Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
BY n. G. BYRD.

More important foot ball games are
scheduled tomorrow than have taken
place any previous Saturday this sea-
son. In the east, south and middle
west elevens meet in combats which
will have distinct bearing on the
championship ranking at the end Of
the year. Some of the contests will
have bearing directly only on Sec
tional titles, but others affect the ma
tional status.
In order to maintain the splendid
standing won last year, Cornell must
defeat Harvard at Cambridge. The
Ithacans go to meet the Crimson with
one of the most powerful elevens in
for the attack of Sharpe's brilliant
backs with a machine comparable to
those that have worn its colors in
recent years. Many critics have be-
moaned Harvard's fate this fall, but
probably they have reckoned without
being familiar with the situation. The
Crimson has splendid material for us
backfield, and the line is not weak by
any means. Casey, one OF the Harvard
backs, was rated one of the greaIe sn
school, and, judging by the reports
! which have come of his performances
this fall, he has lost nothing by being
under the direction of an excellent stan
of coaches.
Cornell played Harvard the first time
in 1890 and was beaten by II to 0. The
next contest was in 1892. and Harvard
again won, the score being 20 to -;
Harva was the victor in 1885 and
1897. in 1908. 1910 and 1913, and last
fall the Ithacans obtained their nrs1
| triumph over the Crimson-10 to U.
Just as important as the struggle be-
tween Cornell and Harvard VIII De
| that between Pennsylvania and Pitts
burgh at Pittsburgh. Penn is anxious
to avenge the defeat sustained last
year in the opening of foot ball reia-
| tionship between the two institutions,
! while Pittsburgh, playing this season
on it's own field. will strive hard TO re-
peat the triumph of 1915. Pittsburgh
will be compelled to win. else 1t, IKE
Cornell. must relinquish its aspirations
for championship honors. A defeat for
Pittsburgh by Pennsylvania Will not
allow it to be placed on an even foot
| ing with some of the other big instl
| tutions, especially as the others Will
| be given the credit for not having de-
veloped their elevens to their highest
| point of efficiency until late in Noyem-
Der.
! Two great teams undoubtedly will
F! be opposed when Penn and Pitt line up
| on Forbes Field. The struggle should
be one of the best of the year. and the
| quality of the, play ought to be equal
| to that seen'in few contests. Pitt and
| Penn are directed by coaches of proved
| bodies a little of everything that has
| real ground-gaining worth. Powerful
| line plunges, fast end runs and well
/ executed forward passes usually fea-
| ture the games in which teams coached
| by Warner and Folwell appear
While Harvard, Cornell, Pennsylvania
| and Pittsburgh are SO interestingly
| occupied tomorrow afternoon, Prince
, ton and Yale also will be Warding on
the attacks of well directed and strong
| teams. Dartmouth appears in Tiger
! town for struggle in which 1t hopes
| to atone for the defeat at the hands
| of Georgetown a week ago, and Wash
| ington and Jefferson is to appear In
the Yale Bowl to do battle with Tao
Jones' cohorts. Princeton has by far
the advantage of it's meetings with
! Dartmouth and won last year by one
! sided score, but Yale has count te
even up with Washington and Jefferson
! for defeats in 1914 and 1915.
| Five big contests are to take place In
the middle west, two of them being OF
an intersectional nature and the Other
| three having a direct bearing on the
ranking of the big elevens of thai
| region. Wisconsin and Chicago meet
| at Madison, Purdue and the University
| of Illinois are to hook up at Lafayette
| Ind and Minnesota entertains the Uni
! yersity of Iowa team at Minneapolis.
| From a general standpoint there are
two games in that section more inn
portant than those mentioned. Tufts
plays the University of Indiana at In
tdianapolis and Syracuse goes to Ann
Arbor to do battle with Michigan. The
contest in which Tufts and Indiana
figure offers much for the victor. II
Indiana can finish with the long end
.of the score it will enjoy the pleasure
of having defeated one Of the strongest
Of eastern elevens, one that won from
Harvard and lost to Princeton only By
a score Of 0 to 3. On the other hand
have jumped in a single season from
la position of comparative insignin.
canoe to national prominence. If In.