Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17
BY n. C. BYRD.

Both service elevens, those represent
ing the Naval Academy and Military
Academy. play hard games today. The
Navy is to meet Pennsylvania and the
Army is booked for a contest with
Colgate. If anything the Navy. despite
that it is meeting a member of the
big five" has the prospects of the
easiest contest.
The Navy is going to give Pennsyl-
vania one of the toughest and hardest
conflicts the Quakers have. had in
years, even if it fails to win. The
Sailors have very nearly as good
team as represented them last season.
while Pennsylvania has not made much
of a showing so far this fall. 1t will
be more of a surprise If the Navy fans
| to win than it will be if it does finish
with the long end of the score. Penn
sylvania will have to face a more
| slashing attack than it has met at any
previous time this fall. and unless it
puts up a stronger defense it Is not
| going to succeed in stopping the Mid
shipmen.
(, 1t would not be unexpected if the
Army loses to Colgate. The remark
| able record the latter institution has
| made in recent years places it among
| the most powerful elevens in the east,
| and its victory over Cornell recently
establishes the fact that it is not weak
now. The Army. of course, has back
who is much stronger than any that
| played on the team year ago. when
Colgate was defeated, but there is no
doubt. according to experts VINO waIcn-
ed the play, that Colgate ought to have
won In order to atone for the unex-
pected whipping it got a year ago the
Colgate eleven will likely put forth
| even more strenuous efforts than usual
| to get the long end of the score III
the Army wins it will have a much
more powerful aggregation than any
| body thinks.
Two local elevens are in other cities,
where they are scheduled to play to-
day. Georgetown is at Richmond, where
it will meet the Washington and Lee
team, and Gallaudet is to meet the
| Virginia Military Institute at Lexing-
| ton.
| 1t would not be surprising to learn
| this evening that both the Washing
| ton schools had won. Georgetown is
I going against a very strong opponent
| in Washington and Lee, but there is
| every reason to believe that it will
| finish with a victory to its credit.
Washington and Lee is going to have
much trouble scoring on the Hilltop
pers, though it may do so. The defense
| the Blue and Gray put up against the
| Midshipmen was sufficient to warrant
an absolute belief in the power of the
forwards and the general defensive
work of the whole eleven. The only
question seems to have been the Of
tense. and that has been greatly de-
veloped in the last two weeks. George
town is pretty Sureto present the
strongest lineup it has had this sea-
son, and certainly the most powerful
offense.
Gallaudet may not win. but it would
not be unlocked for if the Kendall
Greeners were to come through with
the victory by a good margin. Gallau-
Diet. as shown by its game with FORD
ham. is very strong. while the Virginia
Military Institute appears to be
whole lot weaker than usual.
Rudolph Sutton. who has been play
ing end on the Mount st. Mary's Col
lege eleven, is at home now. suffering
from injuries received in the contest
with Washington College last Satur-
day. Sutton probably will be back at
school again within the next few days,
though the Mount st. Mary's eleven
has been disbanded because of the
death of a student as a result OF an in
terclass game.
state of Maryland. and his playing has
been a prominent feature of all the
contests in which his team has taken
part.
Notre Dame, which is to play Yale to-
day, is liable to send the Dark Blue
down to a decisive defeat. Unless Yale
proves much more powerful than would
ordinarily be expected. the Indianians
would seem to be good favorites. Notre
Dame has played two games this sea
son, one with Alma College and the
other with the Rose Polytechnic 1nsti-
tute. The former contest was won by
Sc to and the latter by 1O3 to O. Just
how strong those two opponents of
Notre Dame were cannot be told, but if
they were as capable as the general
run of second-class teams in the east it
will be an even more difficult PROPOSE