Evening star., 1915-11-19
BY II. G. BYRD.

Sectional rivalry will be the predomi-
nant feature of the foot ball games to-
morrow, excepting, of course. the clash
of nationwide interest between Har-
ward and Yale. Several contests in the
north and two or three in the south
will attract much greater attention
than usual in their respective localities.
Up in Pennsylvania all eyes are on the
meeting of Lehigh and Lafayette. La
fayette has gone through much worse
season than Lehigh, and the only real
bright spot in its year SO far is the VIC
tory over the University of Pennsyl-
vania. Lehigh has won several bat
ties and played a 6-to-7 game with
Yale. Lafayette may spring the big
surprise which seems to be expected by
some of its supporters, but if it wins it
will certainly be something unlocked
for, since the comparative showing of
the two elevens so far gives all the ad-
vantake to Lehigh.
Syracuse and Dartmouth meet at Syr-
acuse. The former must win in order
to obtain the high ranking which al
ready seems to belong to it, Dartmouth
lost it's right to place among the
first two or three eleVens. though, by
the defeat at Princeton, and if it should
win from Syracuse decided crimpwould
be put in the aspirations of the New
Workers. for a championship ranking
such as they apparently deserve.
Out west the big game is between
Minnesota and Wisconsin. Minnesota
must win in order to maintain the
high standard it has set in it's pre-
yious games in the Western Confer
ence.
Over in Baltimore the old rivalry be-
tween Johns Hopkins and st. Johns
will be fought out. Hopkins has had
much the better season, that at ST.
Johns having been much of disap-
pointment. The st. Johns defeat at
the hands of Washington College.
weak combination, last week caused
the stock of the Annapolis institution
to lower considerably as far as its ap-
parent chances against Hopkins are
concerned. St. Johns has a powerful
aggregation of players, though. and if
they find themselves will give the Bal
timoreans mighty hard battle before
succumbing.
The Army and Navy play their last
games before their annual engagement
a week from today. The former meets
Springfield Training School. which is
represented by strong team. while
which is not likely to offer a great
deal of resistance to the Midshipmen.
The University of South Carolina
comes here with a team which won
from North Carolina A. and NJ. and
which undoubtedly is strong The
ch noes are that Georgetown will win
by couple of touchdowns. basing that
prediction on the past performances
of the two elevens. but the contest is
certain to be stubbornly fought. South
Carolina will probably weigh Just as
much as the Blue and Gray
There is likely to be only one change
in the lineup of the Georgetown
eleven from that which started against
A and NJ last week. The Hilltoppers
tullback in place Of Leighty. If that
change is made it will be because
Dempsey has proved IN excellent punt
err one capa Bile of holding his own with
the kicking for the South Carolina
/ team.
Catholic University's squad left this
morning for Roanoke, where ii is to
meet Roanoke College tomorrow. The
Roanoke eleven has a splendid record
and the Brooklanders are not going to
have things easy by any means. The
contest should be a test of the COM
pa rative strength Of c. L. aud Gal
laudet the two elevens which battle
here Thanksgiving day. The play of
the Brookland eleven has been such all
season as to warrant nice things being
said about it and it would indeed be
unfortunate IL it were not to win to-
morrow A defeat for the BrooklanGers
in their final game or games would be
unfortunate.
Central High and Western are to meet
today in the scholastic series to deter
, mine the holder of third place. While
! the game Will have nothing to do with
the championship, that having already
been decided. there will be a great deal
| of interest in the contest. Western and
| Central always have been great rivals.
1.-THE annual battle between Tech and
Central being the only one which eX-
ceeds it in Importance. Any scholastic
| team which has a man who can punt
: has considera BILE in its favcr. but Cen
) BILE to take care of itself against odds
! in weight and experience. The contest
should be well played and well worth
watching.
| Washington is particularly interest
| ed in the battle between Harvard and
| Yale, because Heyliger Church, a for
| mer Western High School youngster,
| is playing left END for the latter.
| Church did some remarkably good de-
| fensive work against Princeton, earn
| ing regular berth for the battle with
| the Crimson.
| Church always has been an aggres-
| siye player, and in high school his
| work was very good. He played guard
| at Western in 1909, and an amusing in
| cident occurred that season, with him
| playing the main role. 1t was against
| Tech in game in which Western was
| putweighed about twenty pounds to
the man Both teams had fought on
leven terms until late in the Arst half