The Washington herald., 1915-10-20
PREPARINGTEAM
FOR Army GAME
Coach Exendine Anxious to
Have Georgetown Eleven
Ready for West Point.
BIG GAMES SATURDAY

Nothing put light practice was held
at the Hilltop yesterday in prepare
| ton for the Army team Saturday as
the coaches were afraid of the player.
going stale. The Army eleven at
West Point did just the opposite yes
terday. and upon the arrival of Lieut.
Graves, a famous line coach of the
Army eleven for the past five years,
one Of the hardest scIimmages of the
season was held.
Evidently from the reports the West
Pointers are fearing the Washington
team and together with the fact that
Andy Dempsey will positively start at
full back for the local eleven IL seems
that the foregoing dope is just about
correct At the practice yesterday
Dempsey kicked several punts. but
owing to the fact that his leg is still
in bandages II was impossible for him
to do himself justice. In the next
day or two the bandages will be re-
moved and then watch the spIraIs
sail.
Several changes were made in the
West Point team yesterday. Neyland.
who has played quarter so far this
season. was sent to end while OIiphan {
who held down the end position went
to half back. Murrill. a "plebe." was
at quarter and from his showing il
is hardly possible that any of the
present squad can dislodge him from
the place.
splendid list of football games is
on the collie giate slate for next Satur-
day. more big games than have been
staged at this early date in many a
year.
OF course local interest centers in
the Penn-"Pitt" game at Franklin
al 4
for other reasons than because il is
the first meeting on the gridiron be-
tween the two universities. Glen War
ner. coach of the Pittsburgh eleven.
seems to have developed a team which
rivals any of the two great machines
he turned out at Carlisle.
The A to IL victory over Annapolis
two weeks ago was sufficient TO rank
the Pitt" team superior to the Red
the Carlisle Indians on Saturday gives
a decided boost to Pitts" stock
Especially is this true in view of
Penn's showing against the Navy.
The Princeton Dartmouth battle at
Princeton also has great local interest
Dartmouth meets Penn this year at
Boston. and just how strong the big
Green team really is ought to be ascer-
IN eidppA~ the
Princeton has made an enviable show
ing thus far. Dartmouth has an
equally clean slate. but its opponents
have not given II a real test.
Last year this game resulted in a vic
tory for Princeton, is TO IL. but Dart
mouth was pushing its rivals at the end.
The Quaker City following will also be
interested in the outcome of the Har-
IN I'd ma a. ,Hy-9l
OF the critics have picked the Ithaca
eleven as the greatest in years and
whether the Red and Blue has another
Thanksgiving Day defeat to look for
ward to may be In some measure deter
mined in the big Reds showing against
the Crimson. II will be the first meet
ing between Harvard and Cornell in
years.
In taking on the Michigan Aggies at
Ann Arbor. Michigan meets a team that
was very strong last season and prom
Uses to have an equal aggregation Of men
this year. Last year Michigan was for
tunate in getting away with the game
by a single drop kick.
Out at Lincoln. Nebr.. there is going
to be a fine contest when Nebraska
meets Notre Dame. These two teams
did not meet last season. but Nebraska
was easily the star of her section and
Notre Dame will have her hands full.
SYale meets Washington and Jefferson
at New Haven. The last team lost a
great many Of its veterans last year, in
a season in which II defeated Yale, 10
to T. and played a practically even con-
test with Harvard. Yale has not start
ed out very propitiously this year, but
W. ard ]. is also very much weakened
so much so. In fact, that IL Yale gets
her best men in she ought to turn the
tables.