Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-29
FOOT BALL GAMES
FOR WAR BENEFIT
Many Colleges Will Give Pro-
ceeds of Grid Contests to
War Work Fund.

Many colleges and training camp
teams probably will play foot ball
games during November for the bene-
fit of the united waSrwork campaign.
Communications have been sent from
the headquarters of the committee in
charge of the campaign, which is moth
ing more nor less than an united effort
on the part of the Y. NJ. c. A., Knights
of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board
and Y. w. c. A, to raise a fund of
S170, 100000 to continue the work they
have been doing in connection with the
camps in this country and with the
Army in France, to each college. asking
that at least one foot ball game be
devoted to the benefit of the war work
fund.
Already letters have been sent by
several institutions to the headquarters
of the committee signifying willing
ness of colleges to devote the proceeds
of at least one game to the fund. Col
leges will handle the games them
selves. make special efforts to- adver-
tise them, and then forward the re-
ceipts to the general treasurer of the
war work fund.
No more worthy cause could be
found to which the proceeds of certain
games might be devoted. The united
effort on the part of organizations con-
! cerned to raise money to carry on their
| work is sufficient evidence that each
recognizes the worth of what the 9TH
ers are doing to promote the social well
| fare of soldiers. While the effort to
raise the s170,000.0O0 follows shortly
after the fourth liberty loan. there is
only one thing for colleges to do
boost. Particularly is this true when
| it is realized that many of the men
| now in the colleges may in the near
| future realize from actual experience
| the great good these organizations are
doing in the field under all kinds of
difficulties and hardships.
Anent the raising of funds for the
united war work fund, writer in the
New York Sun takes occasion to offer
this criticism of Harvard's refusal to
play a foot ball game for it:
Last week Princeton faculty and
| S. A. T. c. officials informed Bill
| Roper that they would not be averse
| to a foot ball meeting between the
informal Tigers and either Harvard
! or Yale for the united war work fund.
/ Roper Immediately tackled both Of
the other members of the big three.
Yale. we imagine, told Roper to tackle
went to Cambridge to see President
! Lowell. The latter not only refused
to permit a Harvard team to play,
but he took a stand which makes it
unlikely that the Crimson will have
any kind of a representative eleven
in the field this season. President
Lowell told Roper that he would not
stand for Harvard's meeting any coll
lege in foot ball, war fund or no war
fund.
while DR.. Lowelrs action is to be
regretted greatly he has reasons
which to him appear proper. 1t has
been said for the big three that they
need not play for war funds-that
service. Other colleges have given
men, too. All colleges now are in the
service. However, if Harvard does
not see fit to play let no one urge it.
editors about which a Yale alumni
publication complained so bitterly
some weeks ago. 1t is a rank mis-
direction of bowling facilities"
Maryland State is not listed to play
| the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
| this week. The contest was booked
| last week, but the V. P. L eleven
could not make the trip owing to
government regulations concerning
eleven to shift from this Saturday to
late in November, but owing to a
circumstance over which nobody had
control, word of the change was not
got to V. p. 1. in time, and that in
| stitution listed Washington and Lee.
There is a strong possibility that
| State will go to Lexington, Va, this
week for a game with the Virginia
! Military Institute Saturday. A wire
was received from the Lexingtonians
this morning asking for the contest,
and State wired an acceptance under
certain conditions. Provided v. NJ. 1.
is agreeable to those conditions the
contest will take place.
! West Virginia University, notwith-
standing that it started it's practice
with brilliant prospects, may not
play a game this year. Owing to a
ban placed on the student body by
| the influenza epidemic, no practice
has been INDUCED in for the last
month, and none can be had unth
the reopening of the university No
vember S. That practically pre-
cludes the possibility of the eleven get
| ting out for workout before that time
and also will prevent it getting in shape
to play hard contests.
| vanderbi1t's decisive defeat at the
hands of Camp Hancock last week
| was due. in the main to brilliant play
by Howard Berry, star at University
Of Pennsylvania for the last two
| years. 1t was impossible for the
green youngsters, making up Van
derbilts S. A. T. c. team to stop
Berry, and he made several long
I