Evening star., 1914-11-25
SEASON IN SOUTH
ENDS TOMORROW
North CaroIina-Virginia Game
Is Most Important of
Those Scheduled.
GEORGETOWN FINISHES
AGAINST GALLAUDET
Kendall Greeners Hope to Make
Good Showing-Cornell Favorite
Over Pennsylvania.
BY n. c. BYRD.

With the exception of two post-Sea-
son games the Carlisle Indians are to
play. tomorrow'S contests will mark the
close of the foot ball season in the
south. The contest between North Caro-
lima University and the University of
Virginia is the most important that
has taken place On Thanksgiving day
in years. Us it will undou ubtedly deter
mine the southern championship. Only
two other contests of general interest
| :ira to he played, one being between the
| North Carolina Agricultural ard Me
cilanical College and Washington and
| Lee. the other between Virginia Poly
| techric Institute and Virginia Military
Institute. The last local game will be
| that in which Georgetown and Gallau-
det are to figure.
| Never in years has the University of
Virginia and the University of North
Carolina figured as prominently in
southern foot ball as has been the case
this season and is true right now.
| These two teams loom up S among the
most capable in the south. and with
the odds greatly favoring the victor
getting the southern championship.
There may be some who will claim the
honor for teams farther down toward
the gulf, but it is hard to conceive how
any claim can be as strong as that
which the winner of the Virginia-Caro-
lima game can bring forth. Virginia
derbilt and Georgia. while Auburn,
which was leading, was tied by Geor-
gia.
AS North Carolina defeated Georgia
| by As to and Virginia Won from the
same eleven by 35 to Q. it can plainly
be- seen where the real strong claim for
| southern honor lies. OF course, on
| what it showed against Washington
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bly, have defeated any eleven ment,on-
| ed, but it's failure to win from either
of the two south Atlantic institutions
| probably will eliminate 1t from con-
| sideration.
| The meeting of the A. and NJ. and
| Washington and Lee teams is sure to
! be one in which some slap-bang foot
| ball will be played. Both are powerful
| combinations, with the betting seem
| ingly about even. Washington and
! Lee has victory over Georgetown, and
| A. and NJ. tie with that team: but 1T
| is certain that the Blue and Gray was
! whole lot stronger when it faced A.
! and NJ. than when it met defeat at the
| hands of w. and l.. in Richmond. The
! Lexington and Raleigh aggregations
have in their line-ups some OF the best
| players in the south. and some brilliant
individual work is likely to be seen.
The Virginia Military Institute and
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute game
I
| terest than attaches to any contest in
| which two great and natural rivals
| face. These are the two military schools
! supported by the state, and there is an
! inherent rivalry between any two col
| leges of this character which makes
/! for hard and bitterly fought contests.
| Unless Georgetown fails. because of
| Its gruelinS struggle with Washington
and jefferson last week, to show true
| form, it Will have an easy time defeat
| ing the eleven representing Gallaudet.
| The Kendall Greeners are not to be
considered in the same class with the
! Blue and Gray, and their only hope of
making very creditable showing lies In
| the possibility of catching their oppo-
nents in a highly overconfident mood.
! Georgetown'S eleven will greatly out
weigh that of Gallaudet, and is more
| capable team and when considered
from standpoint OF the individuals
I composing it.
! Georgetown will probably give every
| body chance to play i'll the game to-
morrow. unless it should by chance fail
/ to show we'll in the first half for the
| reason already mentioned. Many sub
| stit utes. who, by the way, are very
| capable, have been watching game after
| game from the Sidelines, and they are
! likely to get their chance to play
against real opponent. The contest,
| from what has been shown. should be
a question of how many points George
:
! probable that the Kendall Greeners can
J penetrate the powerful defense of the
Hilltoppers sufficiently to get "a man
! across the goal line. Georgctown's line
/ ought to crush three-fourths of the
Gallaudet plays before the backs, or
| ends, cross the line of scrimmage.
| Everybody is hoping that Gallaudet
| will make IL good showing. Tho Ken
| dali Greeners have a mighty capable
combination, probably the best in the
country in their class: and they have
none but well-wishers for them In any
Of their contests, particularly one on
which much depends.
It looks like Pennsylvania will sue
| cumb to Cornell for the second consec-
| utive year The Quakers have gone
! through their most disastrous season,
| and their work has not been such as
would entitle them to anything more
than a creditable showing. The Cor
nell eleven has done some great playing
against strong teams, it's climax being
i reached, as far as the preliminary sea-
son was concerned. when it won from
! Michigan, % to 13. Penn may possibly
win, but if it does It will be the great
| est surprise of a season full of sur
prises. There is not one thing in the
record of the Quakers to indicate pos
sible victory. and the chances are they
!, will lose again.
, There is a determined effort being
made to change the coaching system at
, Pennsylvania. Those in charge of Penn
have made every effort to create
: a different system. according to report.