The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
BIG GAMES TO BE
PLAYED TODAY
VIRGINIA MEETS HARVARD; PENN
sxLvANIA PLAYS NAVY AND
COLGATE rIE ARlrY.
Possibilities Great Tor Surprises ana
upssssNothsr Btz Games I'd Ne
Played.


NEW YORK. Oct. i5-rhree games q,
,he man ordinary Importance feature
me eastern football card tomorrow. In
Penn MEMS o. virginia and Harvard,
the Army there are unusual posslbiiities
tor upsets and surprises. should All
SIX teams play strictly 10 season form
the result in each contest rs likely no
OF the game
virginia goes to Cambridge with the
courage the eleven In Its battle agains,
me crimson. The south.rners N their
Two games to date have rolled no a to-
lAL score OF - points TO their Opponents
.ero. Against Yale the Charlottesville
team scored 10 points and added "a IN
une meeting with Richmond last sat
In facing Harvard the eIcven From
ni1ginia Will fin a further advanced
ana better coached combination than
doustfui 4, up on october 2. but It is
muster the same power OF attack and de-
Tense that the Kills showed in crude
arsinion Two weeks ago. Injuries to sew
90 OF Harvard's strongest players and
shlIts from the regular order OF forma-
non may weaken the Crimson to some
extent. and II Is net unlikely that victory
and defeat Will hinge upon the team
Mork coaching and strategical ability
developed during the game.
Al annapolis the Middies will be call
81 upon 10 meet In Pennsylvania an
sIeven with three victories and one de-
Feat to its credit. while the nav ho.
Set TO win its initial honor brackets.
over the sailors this season
and Pennsylvania has not escaned sinca
Tenn state defeated the big Iiakers az
yer the latter had Accumulated three dc
V ~, al the sSrense Of Albright. West
virginia ana FRANKLIN n Marshall.
Navy Unfortunate
The naval academy mas an excelle,,
squad TO work with. so far as material
a. Soheerned; but has been unfortunate
IN oeihg obliged TO play powerful teams
OF practice and training.
me Army also made a Door star, this
openpn being tied by Holy Cross in the
= 10 .. almost double the score run M
ns Sorneii against the same team. COL
kate on the other hand. has outclarsed
~ tm1 early season opponents. defeat
ING both Susquehanna and Rochester by
iale and Princeton Will play SPRING
Ted and Lafayette respectiyeiyl ma
o1tn mould come through 10 yictorv
wi.nout more than the ordinary early
mas favored the open game FOR several
ye1rs should be able TO hold the Ellis
Wei IN check II the latter stick 10 for
"aIu ana lateral passing as a basis Of
attack. II the Blue reverts. howeyer 70
cue slower but more certain line buckIn9
" mig running form OF advance. the
Ilnd II difficult TO stop the Yale eround
gaining ~campaign. ~
Expect A victory.
AFTER the drilling and confidence which
comes from meeting and defeating thres
suCh powerful elevens as Georgetown
Netsers ana Syracuse. the Princeton
SNeISome the resistance which VIII be OF.
Tered by Lafayette.
Leading Contests
Inc leading contests OF the day a.
the East. are as follows: my 3"
virginia at Harvard.
pennsylvania at NAVY
lafayette at Princeton
colgate at Army
Buckneli at Cornell.
springfield at Yale
vermont at Dartmouth
North Carolina at ,ieorRetoun
rochester at Syracuse
carlisle Al Pittsburgh.
william at Brown.
gettysburg at Penn State
S"arthmore at Crsinus.