The Washington herald., 1917-11-09
PITT-GE0RCIA
CLASH ASSURED
Leading Elevens Will Meet
at Polo Grounds Satur-
day, November "a.
By JOHN A. DUGAN.

With the last ray Of hope gone for
an Army-Navy football game this sea-
son, arrangements are progressing
to hold a game at the Polo Ground
between the elevens of the Univer-
sity Of Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech,
hailed by gridiron critics as the best
teams In the country to date. As was
RECENTLY told in these columns, sports
men interested in both these colleges
are cooperating with the Red Cross,
under the auspices Of which the
game may be held. An announce
ment that the game will take place
Is expected daily.
As both elevens are scheduled to
play Thanksgiving Day. the date on
which II has been suggested they
meet in this city, contest on the
holiday Is out of the question, but
efforts are being made to bring them
together on the Saturday preceding
or the Saturday following Thanks
giving. 1t is known that the Georgia
collegians are strongly in favor OF the
proposed game with Pitt, and that
they desire it to be played the Satur-
day before the holiday. Pittsburgh
has not yet made known Its stand on
this phase of the matter.
As both Tech and Pittsburgh are
among the few undefeated college
elevens thus far and are numbered
among the most formidable aggrega-
tons of the year, II not the STRONGEST
q game between them in New YORK
would go a long way toward re-
awakening interest in football here
abouts- It Is estimated that a game
involving the aforementioned colleges
for the benefit of the Red Cross would
draw a gate of record proportions. 1t
was at first proposed to play the game
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia. but
those interested in the project favor
the Polo Ground because of the big
ger territory from which to draw.
.Georgetown's football squad went
through a long workout yesterday in
preparation for its game with Navy on
Saturday. Gilroy, McQuade, Whelan.
Zugar, and Maloney, who were badly
battered in the contest at Fordham
on Tuesday. showed signs of plenty OF
pep in the drill yesterday, and will no
doubt be ready when the whistle
sounds on Saturday.
Full Back Gross will not be started
in the Navy game, but Cody who last
season played this position will start
against the Middies. Cody had his
nose fractured in the Virginia Poly
technic game but his injury is now
entirely well and he is in good shape
for this battle
College Park, Nd, will be the scene
of a hot battle on Saturday afternoon,
Naf Cn1laCo
eleven lines up against their ancient
rivals from Annapolis, Md, the st.
Johns coIlegians this season have
been greatly weakened by the bigger
game "over there" but when the
Aggies and st. Johns meet football
fans can always expect a battle royal
The visitors this season are looked
upon as the under dogs, but they are
sure to give the State College tribe
a real battle. Even last season when
the College Park Institute had one OF
the best teams in the history of foot
ball at the Maryland school they were
compelled to work their hardest to
turn back the Annapolis tribe. and il
we are not guessing away wrong
Coach Byrd's State College team will
have to hustle on Saturday.
Callaudet College campus will take
on a military aspect on Saturday aft
erroon when the Khaki Klad Klan'
from Fort Washington, Nd, will play
the Kendall Greeners. Coach Moore
has been driving the Buff and Blue
squad during the past week, and it is
almost an assured fact that the Ken
dali Greeners will turn back the sol
diers- Fort Washington was given
this game on the Kendall Greeners
schedule which was made vacant by
the cancellation of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute team