Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-06

the greatest offensive weapon at the
punter. Ten yards gained on an OK
change OF kicks is the easiest possible
way to gain ground.
Harvard probably will be against the
strongest combination it has faced
this season. Tufts in recent years has
been a factor in the athletic world to
be reckoned with, and two years ago
e-to-13 score. The Cambridge team
Is pretty sure to win, but that 1t Will
not get the margin as easily as in the
contests already played is a foregone
conclusion.
Franklin and Marshall goes to Frank
lin Field for game with Pennsylvania.
That eleven has nearly always made
trouble for the Quakers, and Is expect
ed to put up a stiff game tomorrow.
to worry a great deal about Franklin
and Marshall after getting away with
the. West Virginia eleven last week
under disadvantageous conditions.
Cornell is listed to play its opening
game today with the Gettysburg elev-
en-. but the contest has been postponed
| until Monday. The Oberlin battle. the
first on the Ithacans' schedule. which
celed. The cancellation and the 'ost-
ponement were due entirely to unfore-
seen conditions-the lateness Of the
team in getting ready because of the
enforced late opening of the univer-
sity.
While the University of Virginia is
playing Yale at New Haven the Uni
versity of North Carolina will be strug-
Cling with Princeton at Princeton
North Carolina's games with big north
ern institutions have been few, and q
good showing by the Tar Heels will
| be heralded with considerable delight
by their followers in Carolina and else
| where. The southerners won from
! Wake Forest last Saturday in their
opening game rather easily, but If they
can hold Princeton to three touch
downs they can consider themselves as
having done remarkably we'll.
Both the service institutions have
hard. games. Not only will the Navy
! be up against it" when 1t meets
Georgetown. but the Army has It's
| and Lee. The Lexingtonians are said
| to have the strongest team in their
history. and they are figuring on win.
nlng. washington and Lee probably IL
diers. though they do not possess an
individual back as brilliant as Olipi1aht
| or Vidal. These two men are to be the
backbone of the Army offense this sea.
| SoH' anu uotH are brilliant. The FOR
mer was star at Purdue before sntsr.
| ing West Point and the latter was tbs
most capable back on the South Dakofa
| eleven in 1885, Victories for Washing.
| ton and Lee and Georgetown would moi
be great surprise, although tradition
| favors the service combinations
Lafayette has another stiff game
| on Its schedule. 1t opened with a bat.
tie against Fordham that ended 0 to o
and tomorrow It has Swarthmore fol
| its opponent. Swarthmore, If it is az
good as 1t has been in times pas viii
prove worthy foe for the Presby.
terrain institution. 1900. - :.
! Penn State has a game with Bucknel,
| at Penn State. The former has beer
preparing an elaborate defense agains,
/ forward passes, as Bucknell Is knowr
! to use that form of play considerably
Penn State is figuring that 1t will hay.
comparatively easy time winning ii
| 1t stops the open game.
I 1t might be we'll to mention in this
connection that Gene Ochsenreiter ha.
been showing splendid form in play.
ing with the Penn State freshma ar
team. Ochsenreiter is scrimmagins
with the freshmen almost daily ane
is about the only member of the back
field who shows ability to gain GROUND
consistently.