Evening star., 1917-11-27
FOOT BALL CLOSES
THANKSGIVING DAY
Official Schedule Has Few Big
Games for the Wind-Up
Thursday.
BY H. C.. BYRD.

While several post-season games are
scheduled, foot ball for 1917 officially
ends with the games Thursday. Thanks
giving day. Most of the big contests
of the year already have been played,
but for the wind-up there remain sew
eral of considerable Importance. Es-
pecially is this true of struggles which
hold great local interest for their par
ticular section.
Perhaps the two contests on which
the foot ball public especially will CEN
ter it's interest are those in which
Georgia Tech and University of Pitts
burgh meet worthy opponents. The
Georgians go against Auburn, which
last week played Ohio State a 0-to-0
tie. The Georgia eleven is not going
to have the easy time whipping the
Alabama aggregation that it has had in
some OF its big struggles this fall
Auburn always is a worthy opponent
of the Crackers" and last year the
struggle was one of the best in the
south. Auburn, which is the familiar
stitute, can match Georgia in weight
and power, though il does not have
such i brilliant backtield.
in the annual affair between those insti-
tutions. Penn State does not have a rec
ord this fall anything like good as that
of Pitt General opinion is that Pitt will
win. Penn State may come through with
the victory. which will be worth more to
it than any other but its record to date
does not indicate that it will. Penn State
has team that as team is not very
players are very capable. Particularly is
Way. quarterback. splendid runner in
an open field If he gets away he may al
any time win the game for his team with
single brilliant run. However, Warner
is too old foot ball head not to have his
men cover Way at every stage of the
struggle.
At Lexington, Ky, the University of
kentucky IS to play the University of
Tennessee in one of the big games in
that section. The contest between the
TWO rival state institutions is the best
of the year for both The University
of Missouri and University of Kansas
are listed for their annual contest. and
University Of Texas and University of
Arkansas also lock horns in the COM
bat each most desires TO win ont in
the far west games between great
rivals are booked. Washington State
College and University of Washinpton
are scheduled, and oregon Aggies and
University of Oregon are to do battle
Down at Richmond Washington and
Lee is to meet Washington and Jeffer-
son IN what should be real strug-
gle. Out in West Virginia the big con-
test is listed between West Virginia
University and North Carolina state
One big intersection struggle is on the
card. Syracuse being scheduled to go
to Lincoln. Neb.. for setto with the
University of Nebraska
only one game is scheduled in
Washington. the United States Ambu-
lance Corps eleven being due to ap-
pear here against Georgetown The
Blue and Gray eleven has its work cut
out Tor II. The ambulance men make
no secret of the fact that they exnec.
to win. and Georgetown thinks its
team better than any service eleven.
MARYLAND State goes 10 Baltimore
for the game with Hopkins, which is
the big game in Maryland. The con-
test won by state will give it the
championship of Maryland.