Evening star., 1917-10-03
STRONG OPPONENT
FOR PENN ELEVEN
Georgia Tech Should Put Up
Fine Game Saturday
Against Quakers.
BY n. C. BYRD.

Notwithstanding that this week real
ly marks the general opening Of the
foot bail season. game of unusual i'm
portance is scheduled-University of
Pennsylvania VS.. Georgia Tech at At
lanta, Ga. 1t is the first intersectional
contest of the year. and, because of the
prominence gained by the Atlanta in
stitution last year. it is believed that
the meeting will result in a real strug-
gle. Pennsylvania, under FolwelI. is
never going to be easy to defeat, and
Georgia Tech has a squad which prob
ably as far as the worth OF the ma
terial is concerned Is second to none.
Pennsylvania is not forgetting the
Importance of, the contest. and the
Georgia institution is not asleep to the
fact that it has its first real opportun-
ity to jump into the big six class.
Not only does the Tech team have
fine line, but behind its forwards are
some of the best backs in the south
Particularly is this true of Guyon and
Strupper. Last year Strupper starred
for that team and was rated as the
most brilliant player below the Mason
Georgetown. Young of Washington and
Lee, Folser of Carolina and others.
Guyon was at Georgia Tech last fall,
but was ineligible. He is not without
foot ball experience. though. as fol-
lowers of the gridiron know full well
the brilliancy and steadiness OF his
work as a halfback at the Carlisle
Indian School under Glenn warner.
Just a few days ago communication
was sent from Atlanta by followers OF
Georgia Tech asking if Pennsylvanians
had enough faith in their eleven to back
it with real cash: The Georgians.
,iy,lr fIny- nirler n
make a pretty fair showing against the
Quakers. And the Quakers usually
have some confidence in themselves.
Not only are they always willing to
back their teams, but they are willing
to back them against all comers. No
| matter what kind of showing Pennsyl-
| vania has made on the athletic field.
! there is one particular thing about it
worthy of particular admira tion-it has
| never Stunned difficult opponents The
| stronger a school becomes, the more
| anxious Penn seems to meet IT. When
| the Army Cancelled its schedule last
spring-Penn originally had october 6
at West Point-the Quakers Immediate
| ly accepted an invitation to play in
Atlanta, though it knew full well that
| It would be against a powerful COM
bination which would develop rapidly,
and especially in order to be at its best
| against Penn.
| The Harvard Crimson, the bulletin of
|
best foot ball possible should be de-
veloped at Cambridge. 1t calls upon
the undergraduates to give their united
!, efforts to aid the game this fall. Here
! is its call in the nature of tribute to
the sport:
'It was inevitable that in spite Of any
,readymade dictum of any national or
sectional athletic organization there
would be foot ball this fall. When the
| frosty deliriuf of autumn is in the air
and the southing sun shines on the goal
posts of the stadium we remember
proud victories of the past, and no less
proud defeats
Though the five continents be swal-
lowed up in war and the kaiser twist
his embattled mustaches a thousand
times day with fierce conceit of con-
quest, still foot ball will go on. As long
as there is one ball to boot and one
goal line to cross and two men to meet
shoulder to shoulder at the last stand
on the fourth down foot ball will go on.
"The good foot ball man plays well at
the game of life, There are few shirk-
ers among the line and backfield
There are no towards. SO very many
have gone that only the barest resem-
blance of a team may be organized