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Rutgers. still the Scarlet scourge, de-
sp,te its surprising upset before the fly
ing feet OF Paddy Driscoll and his Great
Lakes eleven, will meet a worthy rival
when II throws out skirmishing lines
arainst Syracuse on the Polo Grounds
,bis afternoon. On Thanksgiving Day
syracuse routed Columbia 20 TO 0. I'm
der the shadow OF Coogan's Bluff to-day
Blue and White rooters who missed the
massacre in the Archbold stadium can
see lust how II happened.
The Rutgers-Syracuse conflict is the
outstanding game on to-day's pro
rramme which will signal the ringing
down Of the curtain on the 1918 football
season.
On Soldiers Field, Cambridge. the
Harvard eleven will meet Brown in its
Anal game. At Ebbets Field, Brook
lyn. the strong Granite State and Pei
ham y. T. 6. teams will mingle in what
PROMISES to be the hardest fought battle
NJ the season. Over on City Park, New
ark. Camp Upton will throw out Its bat
,,e front against Camp Dix in n game
which will go long way toward decid-
ing the army championship for this sec
lion OF the country.
Greek will meet Greek when the
whistle chirps on the Polo Grounds.
With the possible exception of Pittsburg.
Rutgers and Syracuse are the two
strongest teams in the East. The shields
% each are furnished with but single
defeat. and in both instances the beaten
eleven looked stronger than the team
that won.
After Rutgers marched straight
through the Great Lakes eleven for two
,ouchdowns in the first half. driving the
Tars steadily down the field. the Jersey
conegians cracked Lacking the harden
ing process necessary In conditioning an
eleven for so fierce a game, the Scarlet
wilted. Unable TO answer the wave on
wave Of fresh material that Great Lakes
poured on to the field. Rutgers could do
rt.le else except offer a half hearted de-
fence in the closing period
Rutgers "Cracked."
The defeat of Rutgers by Great Lakes
was blamed" on Paddy Driscoll. To he
sure the feet Paddy got away to two
beautiful long. broken field runs for
touchdowns, but they only helped TO tie
the score. Rutgers simply could not
hold the pace. with practically no
scrlmmaging to prepare themselves for
the game the Scarlet stood up as long
as their physical condition would permit
them.
The Great Lakes game taught Rutgers
a needed lesson. For to-day's contest
the Scarlet has been prepared by daily
ncrimmages So small is the squad at
Rutgers that Sanford had to put men,
btrs Of the vlrsity on different teams
and let them scrimmage against one an
other.
only in the signal drills could he keep
The big machine itself intact. But II
O. pttt1 IN ha
knee this afternoon the Scarlet cannot
attribute its defeat to any lack OF con-
ditioning Trainer Jake Besas says his
charges are "fitter'n hddles" and will be
fighting harder at the final whistle than
OF the start.
Like Rutgers this season, Syracuse
also suffered one surprising defeat
Chockful OF confidence the Orange
trekked to Ann Arbor. only to meet with
stunning reverse at the hands of Mich
iEan. Overconfidence cost the Orange
the victory, Football experts who wit
messed the fray came away with the i'm
preston that should the two elevens meet
again the Wolverines would be easy prey
for Buck ONeirs outfit.
scarIet's Great Interference.
Rutgers has only one star, Robson
but there is not a weak spot on the
team. Foster Sanford has welded to
gether a wonderful football machine
The line is a stone wall from end TO end
The backfield Is one of the smoothes
working ones that ever rolled down tn,
grldiron. The whole team play OF tn,
Scarlet in fact Is a delight to watch
Any coach who wants to get an idea o
what perfect interference is only need
70 see the Scarlet in action.
Like Rutgers, Syracuse has a big
powerful line. II was the stalwart syria
use forwards who crushed Columbia
Outweghing the Blue and White linemel
Nfteen pounds 10 the. man the Orang
forwards kept smashing through an,
smearing the Columbia plays before the,
could get started. They kept even tn
elusive and slipper Robb from nlakinl
single long gair
Some old locs favorites are in tn
Syracuse backfied At right halfbacl
is Johnny Barsa OF Brooklyn. Billy Err
wig, who reached Syracuse by way o
New York University and Fordhan
plays left halfback. The bright an
shining star Of the Orange backfield
however, is Quarterback Ackley. Rut
gers can Well fear his big toe and hi
inack Of getting off forward passes.
II one wants to see a real battle,
Lobets Field will be the proper place t
20 this afternoon. After one servic
game certain sporting writer com
planned, They don't need football ex
N"'iS At these games. This IL the plaC
Tor war correspondent The rivalr
between Granite State and Pelham Ba,
: keen and hot. Fur and feathers vii