Evening star., 1913-11-17
BY n. C. BYRD.

The foot ball championship will go to
Harvard II il defeats Yale at Cambridge
Saturday, but IL the Crimson loses the
rating of the elevens will be SO hopelessly
nuddled that it will be next to Impossible
TO select the best team. II Harvard Is
the victor over the Dark Blue 1t will have
finished its season without a tie or
defeat which will entitle 1t to greater
re cosnition than any of the other lnsu-
tutions. But if ----e keeps on Improving
and turns the unexpected there Will De
so many colleges claiming the title that
the man who attempts to give any one the
call over all the others is to be pltied
because Of the opposition he Will meet.
When either of the big elevens fnlshes
without a defeat, or without even ue
game to mar it's record. 1t is eeneran'
conceded the title, but whenever tiiia
mark is attained by none there are aooue
four or five elevens chosen as the pesl,
according to the individual opinion OF
those who select them.
If Harvard is defeated by Yale there
will be many teams which may rigntls
be considered In the running. fIst
there is Dartmouth. which deied.eu
Pennsylvania and Princeton. Whlle the
latter was only tied by Yale ana was
not outplayed by Harvard: but tne
big Green team lost to the inalans
Saturday by one-sided score. and tne
indians lost to Pittsburgh That seeHs
to eliminate Dartmouth and give Pitts
burgh the call. especially as f1ttsou.s ,sa
beat Cornell; but Pittsburgh only tied
the Navy and was itself deIeateu ny
Washington and Jefferson.
Washington and jefferson has not
been defeated. but 1T was outpiayeu Dy
Yale. Then there are the Indians
Their decisive defeat Of Dartmouth
yxn,, 70 strength tndn
either Princeton. Yale or Harvard
But Colgate-what is to be done about
that teams claim? Yale proved rather
easy prey for its eleven. as did Syracuse;
but it was played to tie by Cornell ana
Cornell has failed to show ANYTHING OF
championship caliber. But after Pits
burgh won from Cornell and the Indians
il lost to Bucknen. which in turn was de-
feated by the Navy. 40 10 :. Won.
seem. therefore, that the Sailors have an
excellent chance to be considered FOR the
honors.
There are some teams IL the west which
look strong. Michigan Won from syracuse
,iecis yely and defeated Pennsylvania in
Z way which left no doubt to which
VAS The more capable eleven But MichI-
Gan lost to team representing the Mlchi-
gan Agricultural Coliege. which also ue-
fsafed Wisconsin. but vas later beaten Z
self by smaller institution. chicago
has won the western championship, ana
ycould naturally PIT i'll a claim. And there
are No,re Dame and Nebraska to he con-
sidered.
Truly. Il Harvard beats Yale, it viii
save Il lot OF pUzZling on the part OF
ever ) body who attempts to pick the coun-
try's bes. foot bail team.
The resul of the Maryland Asricui-
tural College Washington College game
ar last FriGav ca.e the Farmers clean
state AGAINST the other colleges in the
state. they having tailed at least two
-orchlowns against every other eleven
and no. having been scored on tnem-
-eives Johns Hopkins was beaten by
IS 20 o. Western Maryland was defeated
stashiA AGton by 20 to D.
The only team which has scored on
the Aggies far, With the exception
81 the Navy, is Baltimore City College.
and that eleven was against the Farm
ers in the first game of the year when
hey had had only one previous scrim-
mage.
This is the first year in the history
Of H. A. e. when it has defeated every
other state college. The Aggies are
rather proud of their achievement 100,
though they realize that their season
is not over yet by a great deal.
one of the best games of the year from
a local standpoint will be that in which
GalIaudet and NJ. A. c. will figure this
week The two eievens will meet at
College Park, and Gallaudet is expecting
10 win for the first time in several years.
il has made an excellent record this sea-
/ son. and hopes TO crown its efforts with
/: victory over the team it would rather