Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-03

| surrounds the football play schedule
| for Eastern college elevens this after
| noon, owing to the presence of sew
eral varsity teams from sections con-
siderably removed from the scene OF
the days gridiron battles. This inter-
sectional combat adds glamor to the
| week END contests which has been
| lacking in the previous play Of the
! season and marks the day as one of
the most important of the Fall in this
! respect.
This condition merely accents the
| schedule, however, for in two cases
at least, the invading teams have
| achieved records which would attract
| the attention of football followers re-
| CARELESS of the location Of their col
lege or university campus. There is
| a more picturesque touch to the Army
Notre Dame game at West Point and
the meeting of Rutgers and West Viz
| ginia at New Brunswick due to the
| fact that these two opponents of the
| Eastern institutions have travelled
some hundreds Of miles for the play.
Because they are supposed to repre-
sent different schools of football. the
| work of both Notre Dame and West
Virginia will be closely watched
Whether this belief is based upon fact
or not. there can be no doubt that
the Army and Rutgers are in for eX-
ceedingly hard games.
Notre Dame has played three i'm
preSSiVe contests to date and although
winning but one has shown both an
offeEse and defense which appear ca
pable of forcing the Cadet combination
to the limit of its power to win. Wis
consin was held to no-score tie;
the powerful University Of Nebraska
| eleven had great difficulty in defeating
the Indiana players to and last
week Notre Dame won from South
Dakota 40 tc 0.
In this particular contest the VIC
tors gave a remarkable exhibition of
| forward passing, both at long and
short distances which completely de-
moralized their opponents. Notre
Dame had previously uncovered this
same form of attack at West Point
with brilliant success. The Soldiers
have team of great strength and
ability this season with a. powerful
offense and defense and it is not at
all certain that the invaders can win
unless their defense is fully equal to
their reputed offensive play
West Virginia is undoubtedly one Of
the leading southern elevens but it's
record does not indicate that il is in
V1ncible. Both Pittsburgh and Dart
mouth have already defeated the COM
bination from Morgantown but Uheth
er Rutgers can duplicate this feat re-
mains to be seen. Pittsburgh defeated
Syracuse IS to yet Syracuse won
from Rutgers IA to 10 and while com
paratlVe scores are not always a re-
liable working basis the figures are
or interest at this time. The south
ern eleven possesses a etrriffic line
plunsing and fast end-rllning backfield.
protected by a heavy line of forward is.
Rutgers will need to be at its best
TO hold the visitors in check while
scoring, if the home combination is
TO win.
A third game Of the day which al
though lacking intersectionaI feature.
promises to be one of the best of the
AFTERNOON, is that to he played at
providence between Brown and syria
cuse. The Brunonians have vet to
be defeated and their victory over COL
iate last Saturday stamps the team
us one of the best in the East, Svra :
S"7N iH Represented DN one or the
strongest eleVens which has ever won
the orange in several wears and, aside
from its loss of the Pittsburgh game.
has played winning football. So far as
j, can be Judged in advance there il If
tie choice in the power and ability Of
the two teams and the game should re-
suit iE close. hard fought st,i,o-
gle.
t'Grnan
lave slight advantage over Carnegie
Tech. and Penn. State respectively hr+
in neither case is this margin sufficient
to warrant exaggerated hopes of VIC
tory unless the home teams plav hard
consistent football from start To finish
The Same can be said of the Pcnnsyl-
vania Lafayette game although tha
Quakers are certain to be the fayortes
afetr their splendid exhibition of fieht-
ing spirit against Pittsburgh 2 week
ago
Of the other more important games
Pittsburgh should win from Westmins-
ter; Colgate defeat Rochester and M
w cutscore Western Reserve. Sever
a. intermediary camp games are also
carded for the afternoon and as an
these eleNens are composed Of former.
college players. many Of whom were
erldlron stars in their undergrad uatc
days, the play should be fast and high
class.
The list of the leading games for This
afternoon in the East together with
the 1916 scores where the same inst
tuition teams met. are as follows.
Lebanon, Pa, Albright VS.. Susnuehar-
ma, to q. iN''"i'-
Meadville, Pa, Allegheny vs.. Thtel d,d
not meet. A' uiu
Boston, Mass. Boston Col VS.. r r
State, 80 to 0. - -
Maine, to 7. -
did not meet "'
Lewisburg' Pa. Buckness vs.. Carlisle
New York, n. Y. Columbia vs. Am
herst. did not meet
Ithaca, y. Y, Cornell VS.. Carnegie
Tech. did not meet *
Hanover n. H, Dartmouth VS.. Penn
State, did not meet
Lancaster. Pa. Frank & Marsh VS. Ha-
verford. did not meet
Washington, 2. G., Georgetown VS..