Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-11
BY h. c. BYRD.

Foot ball teams in this section will
play more representative schedules this
year than in any previous season of
the sport. Not only are big contests to
take place between the elevens of the
south Atlantic states. but the most i'm
portant Of the colleges go into other
states to meet representative institu-
tions.
Virginia, Georgetown, North Carolina,
Washington and Lee. Catholic o.. North
Carolina A. and NJ. and Maryland State
are scheduled to make longer journeys
than usual. and at the end Of those
trips will be played exceptionally DIFF
icult contests. Virginia goes to New
Haven to meet Yale and to Cambridge
for a game with Harvard. The most
optimistic view taken from Virginia
standpoint will not admit of anything
other than that it will be 'up against
it" in both battles. The Dark Blue lost
to Virginia last year. but will put up
better fight this time. Harvard could
not cross Virginia's goal in 1915, win
ming on field goals, but 1t can be ex-
pected to put forth more strenuous
endeavors this season.
York, Tulane University at New Orleans
and Dartmouth at Haverfeld, Mass. The
game with Fordham, with the exception
Of one or two seasons. has been an annual
and Tulane are new. The contests with
Dartmouth and Fordham are the most
important, Fordham being a big Jesuit
college in section where Georgetown
a team against which the Blue and Gray
hopes to establish itself sufficiently to
give it the opportunity to obtain places
on the schedules OF one or two Of the big
The University Of North Carolina has
contests with Princeton and Harvard
North Carolina has in recent years con-
fined its efforts almost entirely to insti-
tutions in the south Atlantic and southern
sections. Probably Virginias successful
invasions of other sections inspired Caro-
lima to do likewise. Besides the contests
with Harvard and Yale, Cornell goes to
Nashville, Tenn, this year to play Wander
bilt. In fact, the Carolina and Virginia
schedules have become almost identical.
Each plays the other in the big game of
the year. each meets Georgia and Van
derbilt and Harvard. and Virginia plays
Yale. and Carolina, Princeton. The other
contests on both schedules are more or
less negligible.
Washington and Lee does whole lot
of travelling. 1t goes to West Point to
meet the Army; to New Brunswick, N
j.. for game with Rutgers; to Atlanta,
for battle with Georgia Tech; to An
apolis. to play the Navy; to Richmond,
for game with Washington and Jeffer-
son, and to Norfolk. for the annual
Thanksgiving day conflict with North
Carolina A. and NJ.
Catholic University does more in the
way Of foot ball trips this fall than ever
before. The Brooklanders go to Nor
gantown. W. Va, to meet West vir-
ginia University: to South Bethlehem,
Pa, for a game with Lehigh, and to
villanova, to play villanova. The Mary
land State College. for the first time.
makes q trip to New York, having a
combat booked there with New York
University.
Better foot ball is being played in
this section than was usual two or
three years ago. Not only are the
larger schools putting out better elev-
ems, but tho smaller institutions are de-
veloping rapidly. Four years ago vir-
gtnia was weak, Washington and Lee
had q team which was not within 50
per cent as efficient as those OF the past
two seasons, North Carolina was not up
to its present standard, and last years
Georgetown combination was unusual
This better grade Of gridiron sport Is