Evening star., 1917-11-10

western has good team, but that 1t
will stand much Of a chance to beat
Central 10 extremely doubtful. Bryan
AorsA has coached green bunch OF
boys into a well rounded eleven. but
they hardly are good enough to defeat
Central though they are just about as
heavy. There Is considerable time yet.
though before Western plays Central.
and it may be that Central. after going
through a hard season. will slump and
that Western. rapidly developing, will
show much better comparative form
than is looked for.
Eastern yesterday put up a plucky.
determined fight against much
heavier team. The Capitol Hill eleven
played good foot ball and had they
opened up with passes early in the
contest might have caused a different
ending. However. 1t did not look as
good as Western as a team and hardly
deserved to get any better compare
tive count than 1t did.
Georsetown's eleven i. down at An
napolis today battling with the Navy.
No game here this year has aroused
the interest that has the clash be-
tween the Blue and Gray and Midship-
mon Hundreds of Washingtonians
have gone to Annapolis to watch the
fray.
II MARYLAND State fails to defeat st.
Johns this afternoon there will he
gloom in College Park tonight.
State students have collected every
thing infiammable within ten miles OF
College Park and piled it all on the
brow of the hill on which the major
ity Of buildings stand. Also they have
planned big dance. And all the pleas
ure to be got out of that pile OF brush
and boards and barrels and tar and
other things and the dance depends on
:, victory over the ancient rival,
rather interesting incident hap
pened yesterday in connection with the
State-St. Johns meeting today; Six
wears ago, in the days when Mary
tural College and was regularly get
ting the life lambasted out of 1t by
st Johns. there was an end on the
NJ. A. c. eleven of the name of "Pokum
his beating at the hands of st. Johns.
and when he graduated from college
made a vow he would never return to
College Park until he could feel sure
he was aoinR to see State give st
Johns a beating. Thursday afternoon
Andrews drove down to the steamboat
landing on the ri~"r. about eight miles
from his home. The steamer was just
about due to leave and Andrews mad
no place to leave his horse and buggy
He did not intend to miss that foot ball
game. though, and aboard the steamer
he went. horse. buggy and all. Yes
terday he landed In College Park
horse. buggy and all, and today he is
there hoping for the goal of his ambi-
tion. you all just got to win that
game" was Andrews greeting to the
squad, and the squad agreed with him
At meeting last night of representa-
tives Of local colleges at the Y. NJ. c. A
an intercollegiate basket ball league
was formed to be known as the Inter
collegiate Basket Ball League of the
District of Columbia. Catholic Univer-
s,ty. Gallaudet. George Washington and
Maryland State are to hold places In
the circuit. Prof. c. E. Beckett of the
Y. NJ. G.. A., has been elected president
Of the organization. The season will
open December is and the schedule
adopted for the year follows:
December 15-George Washington VS.
GaIlaudet: Catholic University VS.. Mary
land State.
January 12-Catholic University VS.
Gallaudet: Maryland State vs. George
january 19-George Washington VS.
Gallaudet: Maryland State vs.. Catholic
February maryland State VS.. Gal.
February s-catholic University VS.
George Washington. --.-----.e,..-
February 16-George Washington VS.
Maryland State; Catholic University VS.
March c-Georxe Washington VS.