Evening star., 1914-10-24
BY II. c. BYRD.

Four elevens in the south Atlantic sec
ton are to play some of the most I'M
portant contests of the season To-Day.
The University of Virginia, North Caro-
lima University. Georgetown University
and the North Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical College are to meet teams
lin intersectional championship conflicts.
The University of Georgia is to ap-
pear at Charlottesville. and this Will De
one of the contests upon whlch the
ranking for the south at the END or the
season will be made. Virginia defeated
Georgia last year by a small margin, oue
this fall Georgia seems to be weaker.
The Athens institution was defeated
last week by the University of North
Carolina very decisively. which would
indicate that it is not nearly as strong
as in 1913. Virginia, of course, will
meet Carolina Thanksgiving day. and
today's contest may give a fair line on
the comparative power of the two
elevens.
North Carolina is meeting Vanderbilt
for the first time, if memory serves
rightly, and after the overwhelming
victory over Georgia the Tarheels un-
doubtedly will put forth even greater
efforts to get the long end of the score
from the Tennessee team. II Carolina
can. win from Vanderbilt 1T will stand
an excellent chance to defeat Virginia
Thanksgiving day, for the first time in
many years. Provided Carolina comes
out Of today's game the victor there
will be absolutely nothing standing in
the way of the southern championship
except the contest with Virginia. The
southern championship for Carolina
seems an almost impossible accomplish
ment, in view of the rather poor work
done by it in previous years. but it
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the honor.
North Carolina A. and M. will meet
the University of West Virginia,
team that has played up-and-down foot
fall in the last few seasons, but which
always has had a good ranking. This
contest also will have bearing on the
seasons rating for teams in the south
Much already has been said of the
contest Georgetown is to play at Pitts
burgh, and there is no need to augment
that now. All may be summed up in
the statement of one of those in charge
on the hilltop-"Pittsburgh expects to
win from us easily; we are stronger
than it believes and will greatly sur
prise those in charge of that eleven.
Washington and Lee has a rather
easy contest. Wake Forest being
booked to appear at Lexington. The
Generals should win by four or five
touchdownS.
The Virginia Military Institute has
hard contest scheduled, having to meet
Georgia Tech at Atlanta. The Cadets
have their hands full in attempting to
get away with the long end of the
score against that team.
Dartmouth will have one advantage
over Princeton today-that of being
prepared almost to it's topnotch form
to meet the Tigers, while the Tigers do
not expect to reach the zenith of their
development until the Yale and Har
ward battles. Whether this will give
the big Green aggregation sufficient of
a margin by which to win is not known.
but the conflict is certain to be one of
the best of the year. There is no
doubt that Dartmouth is strong-very
little weaker, if any. right now than
the most capable elevens in the coun-
try-and nobody expects anything other
than that Princeton will have it's hands
full to win. The odds. as posted by
one of the betting commissioners in
New York, favor the Tigers
any foot ball game must be placed in the
men who carry the ball. since they must
make the scores. it is interesting to note
the comparison made between the Prince
ton and Dartmouth backfields by a man
familiar with the qualifications of both:
Dartmouth can boast of a backfield
that compares favorably with any in the
country. The qualifications of Ghee at
quarterback are well known. He is one