Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-31
GRIDIRON GAMES
ARE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Decisive Contests Taking Place in Eastern,
Western and Southern Sections-East-
ern High Defeats Western.

generally estimated that more than
5000 persons will be present to view
the battle. which is to be not only be-
tween two of the greatest elevens in
the country. but between two of III"
most remarkable foot ball coaches that
have ever taught the game. II Har-
ward wins it will be generally conceded
that eastern foot ball always has
been superior to the western style OF
play. whether or not that really lS
the case: on the contrary. if Michigan
is the victor. the reverse will be true
Virginia defeated Vanderbilt last
year by % to o. hut il is not likely that
1t will have such an easy time of II
this season. The orange and Blue h.
a strong combination. but Vanderbilt
is much more capable now than Il yeat
ago. Virginia must win today in ord"r
to stay in the running for the southern
championship. and il also must be tn
victor in order to prevent the Nerih
Carolina eleven showing much hettor
form in comparison North Carolina
already has beaten Vanderbilt. and II
Vanderbilt were To defeat Virginia II
would mean that the Tarheeis nav
the best chance in their history TO E't
the long end of the score Ia th'
Thanksgiving day game from the Chaf-
lottesvillc institution.
Washington and Lee should defeat
the Virginia POLYTECHNIC. The PolHs
have not cut much of Il Inquire IN sour
Atlantic foot ball in several years. ana
Washin gton and Lee appears stronE
| enough right now to Win by soo,i
margin. The North Carolina A. ana NJ
| is at Annapolis to meet the Mlddies'
! The Carolina aggregation thinks IT has
chance to get the long end of the
score but it is hardly probable thar
will be the case Any 1907 pan te aii.
must be "A whole lot stron ger than any
south Atlantic eleven in recent years
Eastern sprang something of a sur
prise on the Western foot ball team
Yesterday when it defeated the latter
! by 9 to o. Eastern was at the disad-
! vanta ge of being outweighed, and II
| was not thought it would he able I"
| make much Roadway against the Reu
| and White. Just the contrary proven
| true, however, and its offensive work
was excellent This victory over West
| ern probably means that school Will
| have hard time winning game 1T
| it could not defeat Eastern the chances
| are it will not be able to get the long
end of the score IN any contest IL is ~
! play.
| Eastern and Fuller and Whelchel for
Western was the best of the day. All
| these bows did some heroic play wing, and
their accomplishments stand out III con-
trast to those of their teammates Last
! ern has SO far played two games, win
ming from Western and losing to the
! heavy combination representing Tech
! nical High. Eastern has yet TO play
/ Central and Business, but it probab bly,
| VIII do well IN both contests. despite It's
I lack of avoirdupois.
| Right at the start of the contest yes
terday Eastern broke loose with good
| formations that scored for 1t. There
was never a time after that when 1T ap-
peared that Western was going to be
the victor The superiority of the East
| ern eleven was manifest in almost
| every department
1t was pointed out in this column be-
/ fore the season began that Western
| would labor under many disadvantages
| this fall, and that it would be lucky to
| make a creditable showing. Added to
the natural handicap it has been work
| ing under. the squad has been greatly
! weakened by the absence of several
men barred under the funk" rule.