Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-25
INDIANA AND TUFTS
TOPLAY BIG GAME
.
Middle Western Grid Follow
ers Hope for Victory Over
Eastern Eleven.
CENTRAL BEATS WESTERN
BY n. C. BYRD.

| The eyes of the middle western foot
| ball woNd this week are turned toward
the clash at Indianapolis between Indiana
University and Tufts College. Colgate, a
short while ago. made an invasion OF
! that section and trounced the University
of Illinois. the best of the eievens between
the Alleghanies and Mississippi for the
last three years. Followers Of the grid
iron are wondering il Tufts will repeat
the dose to Indiana that Colgate admin
stered to Illinois. .-.
| The game for Indiana looms. up as a
great possibility, following the defeat OF
Harvard and the holding of Princeton to
| a 0-to-3 score by Tufts If Indiana can
win from the Medford aggregation, it will
gain a prominence that it could not by
| victory in any other one contest Tufts
looms up this year as one of the most
i formidab BILE elevens in the east and lnd1-
ana will have to play a whole lot better
| foot ball than 1t has in any of Its previous
| struggles if it is to emerge the victor.
| OF course, the long trip will be to the dis
! advantage of Tufts. but it is likely that
the players will be taken west early
enough to get complete rest before the
play. starts. Based on what the teams
have shown in the struggles that already
have taken place Tufts should be the
victor.
Just as was expected. Central High
won from Western in the opening game
of the scholastic gridiron series. Cen
trails victory, though, was not as clean
cut as had been looked for by those
familiar with its superiority in weight
and experience. Western played fine
foot ball at times, though it did not
show the consistency necessary to
score. The Red and White lineup was
composed of men who have seen little
in the way of real foot ball struggles,
while Central had many men who took
part in the battles in 1915. Western
gained almost as much ground in
straight rushing as Central. though
Central's greater weight and experience
enabled it to produce the punch to
score points. Although Central won by
three touchdowns, 20 to 0, it did not
show that much superiority in ground
gaining. 1t was in the handling of the
ball. general alertness and ability to
take advantage of their opponents
players the Comfortable margin.
Central showed enough yesterday to
convince it's followers that the only
opponents it need fear are Business
and Tech. That has been the feeling
for some time, but it needed the actual
test against either Western or Eastern
in order to convince. Central evidently
is stronger than it was a year ago. is
well coached and should prove a wor-
thy opponent for the capable teams
| which represent Business and Tech.
l. Neill. the big Pennsylvania guard. who
was protested by Penn State and barred
from the game at Philadelphia last Sat
urday, is to be used by Pennsylvania thi j
week against the University of Pitts
burgh. When told that Penn intended
using Neill. Karl Davis. graduate man
ager of athletics at Pittsburgh, is re-
ported to have made this statement:
The eligibility of Ne:H or any other
man rests with Penn. If the authorities
says he is eligible that makes it SO. SO
| far as we are concerned. and we will
make no protest. We want Penn to have
their; very best team In the field. for we
feel that the Blue and Gold has the edge
on them with all their available ma
terial in the lineup. and they are well
come to Neil."
| An interesting sidelight on the Uni
versity of Virginia-Georgia game last
| week was told today by "Maggy" Ma
coffin, former University of Michigan
| halfback, who was one of the officials
| Magoffin related how Virginia had
| twice won from Georgia in the last
three years by scoring with only a few
| seconds left to play. He also went on
| to tell how a Virginia man blocked a
punt in the last play of the contest
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