Evening star., 1917-11-04
B|G GE[EVENS SHOW.
STRENGTH OF PLAY
Some Run Up High Scores on
Weaker Teams, Others in
Close Struggles.
CORNELL is IMPROVING
By Il. C. BYRD.


show power in contests with
weak elevens, and in games IN
which hey were opposed Pitts
burgh, Georgia Tech and Navy
ran up big counts, while Brown
and Syracuse fought an almost
even struggle and West Virginia
and Rutgers battled to tie. Out
in the middle west Michigan
ran up big score, Chicago and
Illinois played o to 0 and Wiscon-
sin surprised Minnesota by beat--
ing that team by a field goal
margin.
Pittsburgh was content to win
its game by a margin of only four
touchdowns, but Georgia Tech
and Navy gave the teams they
faced awful lacings. The Crack
ers trounced Vanderbilt. which
has turned out some fine teams
at times, by 50 to 0, and Navy
ran up o5 points against Western
Reserve. Navy is the only one
of these three elevens defeated
this season, having lost to West
Virginia in a game in which
West Virginia was outplayed. !,
Worthy Antagonists Play.
Syracuse-Brown and West virginias
Rutgers games proved that the oppose
ing teams were worthy antagonfsta.
Syracuse beat Brown by to 0, though
reports show it to have outplayed the
Providence eleven by greater margin.
West Virginia and Rutgers did exactly
what they did year ago. each finish-
ing the contest with one TOUCHDOWN
Big, powerful elevens. they brought out
some of the best foot ball Of the year.
which these four institutions took paft
that they have to regret.
Out in the middle west Michigan gave
Kalamazoo College 62-to-0 beating.
The Wolverines continued to show the
driving. slashing offense that has char
acterized their play all season ana
which week ago counted for three
touchdowns against Eehra ska. Mscha-,
gan, despite the loss OF five yeterapQ
! Of last years eleven because OF t&9
war. seems to be more steady and pow-
erful than in any of the last Ave or
six seasons. At least that is the tAs
preston one would gain by considef1S
tion of the big scores 1t is running up.
Chicago and Illinois fought througo
scoreless battle, while Wiscon8to
whipped Minnesota for the first time IN
obtained by the narrow margin OF .
goal from the field, each Of the teatnD
getting a touchdown.
Army Defeat May Surprise.
Notre Dame in all probability somes
what surprised lot of people by beat<
Ing the Army. to 2. although 1t was
aggregation had been making a nnos
showing Notwithstanding the disa4-.
vantages of the long trips they had
been taking. Incidentally. 1t might be
has travelled farther this fall for itD
games than any other eleven In the east
or middle west. 1t went to Madison.
Wis, to play University of Wisconsin
and to Lincoln, Neb., to meet t1sosx1 -
versity of Nebraska, and yesterday NJ
took the journey to West Point. Trav.
cling that far for many contests would
not leave the players much time tor
Ohio State University continued its
march toward another victorious sea-
son by trouncing Indiana University
by rs to g. Chick Harley and his ~.
the teams they come in contact with,
Ohio State ia winning its games by
such big margins that there can bo
no doubt as to its power and versatile
ity.
Cornell showed signs of considerable
improvement in its game with Car.
negie Tech. The Ithacans broke down
the defense % Of no,nta the b
not scored on. Sharpe's men must have
played better foot ball than usual
because Carnegie Tech has a team that
is not to be taken lightly by any OPP
ponent. Pennsylvania had little trou-
BILE getting away with Lafayette. the
score being 81 TO o. Teams coached by
day affair probably will be something
really worth while after all.
Colgate. following it's defeat of last
week by Brown. broke loose against
Holy Cross and won by 21 to Q. The
New Yorkers had things all their own
way from the start and the Massachus
setts aggregation had little opportuni.
are to be taken in full as criterions.
Maryland Teams Defeated. -
MARYLAND State. Johns Hopkins ana
st. Johns. three Maryland elevens due
to hook up in big games within The
next four weeks, went down to defeat,
State was heaten in a fine struggle By
North Carolina. Hopkins went down be~
fore Swarthmore by 26 to ana SG..
Johns got the short end Of a to
count in a meeting with Gettysburg
College.
GaIiaudet again met defeat, the Kendall
7reeners scoring one touchdown againse
Delaware College and having two register
I'd against them. Virginia Military In
.titute swamped Roanoke College. SCOT
nR 54 points against nothing.
virginia Polytechnic Institute ran
through the Wake Forest eleven IKE
water through the proverbial sieve, total.
ng SO points against the North Caro-
inians Washington , and Lee had no
.roubIe beating Richwond College. count-
ng 43 against nothing.
Tho Carlisle Indians again went down,
Bucknell being the victor by 10 to 0.
Probably the most talked Of game b.
ween service elevens Of the year res
,ulted in q victory for the Camp MeaAo
,fficers' team over the Marine Of P1ilae
ielphia, captained by Eddie Mahan, fcrs
ner Harvard star. Camp Meade va
winner by to z. a touchdown and sa4sfG
against q touchdown.
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