Evening star., 1913-11-28

be without the service of the most capa-
BILE quarterback it has had in years, and
one of the best that has ever played the
position for the Orange and Blue. He
uses excellent judgment in the running of
his team, and also is exceptionally fast,
probably faster than any other foot ball
player in the south.
BY losing to the North Carolina Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College, the
Washington and Lee lost whatever claim
1t had to the south Atlantic title. 1t
was not expected that the Lexington ag-
gregation would be able to defeat the
Raleigh eleven, but If 1t could have done
SO it would have been the most logical
candidate for the title. At that, it gave
A. & NJ. a pretty stiff battle, the latter
winning only in the last quarter by
score Of 8 to 0. A. & NJ. should really
have won by wider margin than that
1t has players of an exceptionally high
caliber. men who could play on almost
an yteam.
BY winning yesterday, A. & NJ seems
to be the logical 'choice for the south
Atlantic championship if comparative
are about the only method by which rat
ings can be obtained, no matter what may
be the personal opinion of what would
have been under other conditions. A. &
NJ. has one black mark against its record
having lost to the Virginia Military Insti-
tute team, but that was at a time when it
had out of its lineup some of it's best
men, which must be taken into considera-
ton. A. & NJ. beat Georgetown and
Georgetown defeated Virginia. Also
Washington and Lee defeated North Car
olna by better score than did Virginia,
and A. & NJ. beat w. &. L. Also Wash
ington and Lee won from V. P. /. These
scores seem to indicate that A. & NJ
had the strongest eleven in this section.
1t is probable that no university has
had a greater blow in years than that
suffered by Pennsylvania yesterday. Cor
nell's victory was such as to preclude any
possibility of an assertion that the con-
test was won on a fuke. The Ithacans
outplayed the Quakers in every depart
ment- They solved Penn's plays rather
easily and also got away for better gains
while carrying the ball. When it is con-
sidered that Pennsylvania has lost to Cor
nell only once in twenty-one years, some
thing of the chagrin with which yester-
days defeat was received may be imag-
ined 1t does not set Well with any body
of men. and especially not with college
university, to be trampled upon and
beaten decisively by a school which has
been wont to accept defeat after defeat
until its supporters began to look upon
the losses with the remark, well it's
the same old story
Cornell came through with as clean a
victory as could have been desired The
Ithacans feel that they have struck
the right road now, and that another
season will see them holding their own
against the best in the country. Cornell
will look forward to next season with
a great deal of pleasure and anticipation,
because 1t will realize that it is about
to come into it's own-an eleven which
can take a place with those among the
best of the colleges. 1t was a distinct
triumph for Cornell, for Sharpe, and for
the players: the victory compensated for
dlfpat ~ in, fIa
last two seasons, and will be looked back
upon with pride by Cornell men as long
as they live.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute teams
are not as strong as they used to be.
It's eleven being held to tie score yes
terday by the Virginia Military Institute. |
Not longer than three years ago the In
stitute was not considered in the same
class with the Polytechnic elevens
Johns Hopkins won from ST. Johns yes
terday in the final game in the Mary !
land state series. The contest determined
the team to hold down second place in |
the final ratings of the state teams, al |
though there was great deal of interest |
in the game because of the long rivalry |
between the two institutions.
The Maryland Aggies lost their last !
game of the season yesterday against the |
Pennsylvania Military College. The farm |
ers gained more ground than did the |
Pennsylvanians, but constant fumbling |
lost them the ball every time they got |
within their opponents twenty-yard line, |
excepting one time. and then it was car |
ried across. The Aggies got their touch |,
down in the last two or three minutes of |
play. while the Pennsylvanians scored one |
In each of the first three quarters. Some |
thing of how easily the M. A. G. team |
gained ground may be shown by the fact |
that it was not held for downs a single |
time during the entire contest, the ball |
going over to the other team continually |
on fumbles Inability to stop two of the |
Penn backs caused NJ A. C.'s downfall. |
Campbell and Frick were the two men |
who gained continually. and every time
they got the ball in possession of their
team they tore off long gains. Those two
men ought not to be wasting their time
playing with a small school like that.
Rudy Hulswitt has signed to play with
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