Evening star., 1914-10-10
BY II, C, BYRD.

Thre are many games of exceptional
interest for so early in the season to
be played today. In the west. south
and east there are contests of unusual
Importance, though none, of course,
will decide sectional championships. 1t
is very seldom that big teams have
played in contests this early as siren
uous as some of those booked for this
afternoon are apt to be.
Perhaps the one game toward which
everybody will look with unusual in
terest is that in which Harvard and
Washington and Jefferson are to figure.
The Crimson is generally rated by
those familiar with the situation as
being strong enough to win from the
Pennsylvanians. despite the exceptional
power they have shown last year and
this. 1t is seldom indeed that a sec
ondary institution is able to put forth
a foot ball team in successive years
as capable as that which is to meet
Harvard today. and 1t would not be any
surprise to many to see 1t make
whole lot better showing against the
Cambridge aggregation than is gen.
orally looked for.
Judging by its victory over the car
Isle Indians last week, Lehfgh is
mighty likely to do better work against
Yale than it has been expected previ-
GUS to the victory of a week ago ANY
team that can defeat the Indians as
badly as did Lehigh is undoubtedly
powerful enough to furnish some in
teresting opposition to any eleven. Le-
highs greatest rival, Lafayette, Is also
booked to appear against one OF tne
big schools in what it considers next
to its most important contest. 1t is
the annual setto with the University
of Pennsylvania. Unless Penn has i'm
proved since it met Franklin and Mar
shall week ago, then Lafayette STANDS,
or ought to stand, an even chance TO
finish with the long end of the score.
OF course, Pennsylvania will not pc
caught mapping IL it can possibly help
itself, but when Franklin and Marshall
can defeat the Quakers. then Lafayette
ought to do more than it ordinarily
would against a team of the class OF
Penn.
Cornell is banking on defeating the
Indians. The victory Lehigh gained
week ago and the progress Cornell has
made within the last seven days indi-
cate to the followers of the ithaca
team that the Carlisle aggregation is
due to meet another setback. 1t mas
been reported, though, that Carlisle has
hack Joe Guyon, the great halfback OF
last year, and If that be true then ~
will accomplish much more than 1t did
In the contest with Lehigh.
Out in the middle west the two most
Northwestern will figure against Chi
cago and University of Illinois meet
University of Indiana. Another game
in that section of interest is the an
derbilt, but, of course, Michigan ought
to win that by a good margin.
Probably the game between the Navy
and the University of Pittsburgh VIII
be one of the best of the day. There
is no doubling that Pittsburgh right
now is one of the most powerful COM
binations in the country, and the Navy
is always powerful enough TO make
good showing against any eleven The
contest between the two schools last
year resulted in a score of to o, and
1t would not be great surprise TO see
1t duplicated. This game will give
strength of Pittsburgh and George
town. as these two teams meet later in
the year.
week that Princeton is not strong, but
the game with Syracuse will give an
idea of what may be expected from the
Tigers later in the year. Syracuse Will
take a hefty. experienced bunch OF
players to Princeton, and il the Tigers
get away with the long end of the
score they may be expected to develop
sufficiently in time for the big games
with Yale and Harvard to give each
Local teams figure prominently in
games this a1ternOOn. Ieor BetoWH 10
playing the Virginia Medical College;
Catholic University is meeting st;
battling the Western Maryland eleven
in the first game for the state cham
pionship.. Three of the high schools
are also giving their first real exhibit
tions. Tech is at Georgetown to meet
the Blue and Gray scrubs. Western is
at Orange, Va, to play Woodbury. For
est, while Central will meet Episcopal
High of Alexandra.
It is rather interesting to note that
Dan McGuigin and "Hurry-Up" Yost. |
coaches of the Vanderbilt and Michigan
foot ball team, respectively. are broth |
ers -in-law. The two foot ball tutors |
sisters.
The st. Alban School opened its foot |
ball season yesterday with a victory |
over Eastern High. The high school
eleven is not as strong in any respect
as that which represented the Episco-
pal institution.
.JJntz" Brewer, former Westeri High
star. was the mainstay Of the ST. Al