Evening star., 1915-10-08
E1evens Meet Strong Opponents u Agge
TWO TEAMS PLAY
STRONG ELEvENS
BY a. C. BYRD.

Perhaps the strongest team to be faced
=, by any of the big eastern elevens to-
, morrow Is that which will go against
| the Navy-the University of Pittsburgh.
None Of the institutions along the At
! iantfc seaboard appears to have as for-
| midable an opponent as the combination
| which is to meet the Sailors.
| The Pittsburgh team. always made up !
of excellent material, is this year coached
by Glen Warner. who turned out some
remarkable combinations at Carlisle
Warner undoubtedly is mighty competent |
and that he will develop a great eleven |
for Pittsburgh is expected by everybody |
with a knowledge Of the tactics em-
! pioyed by him. Warner always has been |
a successful instructor and 1t is not |
thought that he will fail at Pittsburgh |
! this fall, where he has splendid material. |
The Middies ought to consider themselves |
lucky If they hold the western Pennsyl- |
van ans to a tie score. 1t Is not likely |
| that the Sailors will win. though they |
have been known to put up some remark |
ably strong contests against teams which /
seemed to outclass them.
The Army goes against a less capa-
pie opponent than the Navy by far, |
Iettysburg, while fairly strong, not
being in a class with Pittsburgh. Yale |
probably is meeting an eleven nearly |
as capable as that of Pittsburgh-Le- !
high Especially do Yale followers !,
look without a great deal of confidence |
upon the contest when the defeat at |
the hands of Virginia last week is i
powerful eleven, shown by its de- |
.eat OF the Indians last week by II to |
0. but 1t Is possessed of one of the
| Yale, unless it shows a great reversal |
of its form in the Virginia game, may |
have to fight desperately to stave Off |
another defeat.
Brickley's Team Begins.
Johns Hopkins, under the direction of |
Charley Brickley, the former Harvard |
star will open it's season against Mount |
st. Mary's. The latter is very weak, |
and Hopkins should win by big score. |
Cornell should register another VIC
tory. being booked for a contest with
| Williams. The latter usually is repre-
sented by capable elevens, but the |
ltnacans ought to prove much stronger. |
The western elevens are to play their |
frst games of any Importance. The !
western conference opens with a con-
test between the University Of Chicago
for several years has been in a class
way above Northwestern, as far as the
strength of their foot ball teams are
plays the Kansas state Normal College.
and Nebraska is to face the Kansas
Aggies Minnesota plays Iowa State
opponent The University of wiscon-
sin is to try conclusions with Mar
auette University
1t is to be regretted that GEORGETOWN
some fairly strong college eleven The
Blue and Gray Is to meet the University
| of North Carolina next week and the
Iarheels are likely to prove much |
4 q val vlNr 1~N g.
| here. North Carolina turned out an |
eleven last fall that won from Wander |
hilt and the University of Georgia, and !
| is said to he better fixed in the way of |
material than 1t was year ago The |
Blue and Gray is not Understanding |
the southerners by any means and ex- |
poets to be pushed to its limit to win |
! The Hilltoppers are to play the Reina |
Mercedes eleven. representing the |
training ship at Annapolis. and the |
game should prove little moro than a
practice for the second and third teams.
Catholic q. vs.. Aggies.
The most important contest locally is
that in which the Catholic University
and Maryland Aggies are to meet. The
Brooklanders have the best chance that
has ever presented Itself to defeat the
Farmers, as they undoubtedly are rep
PRESENTED by the strongest eleven in
their history. The team is heavy and
idStp Win fnuCn moro CapA~
BILE than the average.
To win from NJ. A. c.. Catholic Uni
versity will have to beat what is
potentially the most powerful combi-
| nation the Farmers have ever develop
| ed. The AEgies have shown poor form
In one or two departments and on one
or two occasions. but their failures in
| those have been due to greenness on
| the part of players. With what is by
| far the best eleven Catholic University
has ever turned out meeting a combi-
nation more capable than the average
| run of secondary colleges a foot ball
game of better than the usual caliber
| should result. 1t may be said that
while Catholic University has by far
| the heavier and more experienced
| players. NJ. A. c. Is possessed OF an ad-
| vantage In having played q regular
game with another college
Gala udet goes to Lexington to try
conclusions with the Virginia Military
Institute. The Kendall Greeners are
| hardly expected to win, as the Vir-
ginians are probably in much better
condition.