Evening star., 1914-11-16

the squad. Lehigh, on the contrary,
evidently has an exceptionally powerful
combination, because 1t defeated Penn
state BY 20 to I. and Penn State tied
Harvard. Everybody at Lafayette feels
that something is likely to break in the
game with Lehigh, and there seems to
be an air Of confidence there born OF
something other than any past per-
formances Lehigh has won In each OF
the last two years. though. and 1t looks
very much as if it will repeat the tri-
umph.
Two games are scheduled in the
western conference which will be of
great local interest. and it is barely
possible that one may turn the tide
Of championship away from Illinois.
Chicago is to play Minnesota at ChicaR 20
and Wisconsin will have Illinois as its
guest at Madison: The Minnesota
tance other than that incident to the
meeting between two great rivals. but
unless Illinois can defeat Wisconsin
rs t record in the race for the con-
II Illinois is the victor il undoubte adj "
will be accorded the honor.
Havorford and Swarthmore the rival
Quaker institutions, will battle in their
annual clash. And let it be known that
1t is generally a contest in which
both schools fight for everything that
is coming to them. The rivalry be-
tween them is intense.
The big game for Thanksxiyine is
that between Cornell and PennsvIyan;a
II appears that the Quakers are in for
annotner ncking at the hands Of the
thacans. II the comparative scores Of
the contests each played with Michi-
gan count for anything. MICHIGAN ran
al over the Quakers. and Cornell served
msnnsp rne MeiveT,nss rnrn., up In about the same
year by 20 to 0. but It would not be a
great surprise If the result next week
exceeds that score
Two contests of much interest are
TO be played here this week Wash
ington and jefferson is to meet George.
town and Gallaudet will clash in its
annual contest with the Maryland Ag-
gies. The Washington and Jefferson
team VIII pc the strongest that has
come here in many years. and there
it play. Washington and Jefferson is
an easy favorite to win. but the stub
born defense Of the Hillteppers is
we'll known, and it may be that they
score. A close, hard-fought contest
against Washington and Jefferson
would do much to enhance George
towns season. and the Blue and Gray
will battle desperately to accomplish
just such a result.
The odds appear greatly to favor
Galiaudet over the Maryland Aggies
The Farmers, although they have won
the state championship. do not have
such a veteran combination as that
which represents the Kendall Green
school, nor have they made as good a
record as the latter. The contest is very
likely to be well played. though. no
matter what the result.
Georgetown will work desperately
this week to build up defense against
| the plays to be used by Washington
and Jefferson Saturday. The Blue and
Gray realizes that Ii will have its work
cut out for It to stop the splendid run
ming backs Of the Pennsylvania team,
and also prevent the forward pass. in
which the visiting eleven will be very
proficient, II 1t holds the standard
maintained in its previous contests.
Georgetown's forwards will play bet
ter foot ball than Is expected of them,
of that there IL little doubt-but thew
will be called upon to exert greater ef-
forts than they have hitherto had to
| put forth. The first line Of defense
prevented the Pittsburgh backs doing
anything extraordinary. and, as Pitts
burgh came within an ace Of defeating
Washington and Jefferson, they may
| hold the latter school better than one
would ordinarily figure