Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-30
FOOT: BALL SEASON
'T0BE.LENGTHENED
Teams Are Listing Games for
First and Second Weeks
in December.

FOOT Dali ScneQuleS CHUNG luo SoA-
leges in all sections are likely to
run into December. Many institu-
lions already have listed contests for
the first Saturday in that month and
others have. games for both the hrst
and second weeks. If the season
looked as If it would be extraordi-
narily short because of late be-
ginning. it seems that the colleges
are going to make every possible ef-
fort to lengthen it by stretching the
schedules beyond the usual ending
time, which in previous years has
been on Thanksgiving day.
Probably the most important. post
season game talked about 80 far is
that between Georgia Tech and Uni
versity of Pennsylvania These teams
are planning to get together at Phila-
delphia- on the first Saturday in De-
cember. Penn has never Stunned
hard opponents and is anxious TO
get back at the Georgians for the
walloping received at Atlanta a year
ago. Besides that game, it LOOKS
c. elevens will be playing games as
long as the weather is such that out
door athletics can be INDUCED in: At
least that will be the case If efforts
on the part of managers to arrange
games bear fruit
University Of Pennsylvania has 30
many foot ball teams on the string
for games in November that 1T Is
having difficulty getting its schedule
Strengthened out. 1t seems probable
either on Thanksgiving day or the day
following. Dartmouth is booked for
November 9 as one Of the other big
contests.
Ingram, captain and star halfback
foot ball field this week. after an
illness which it was, thought would
keep him out of the lineup for the
remainder Of the year.
Here are some of the games that
have been arranged for the benefit
Of the united war work campaign
fund.-:
/ November 5-Rutsers vs.. Pittsburgh, place
November 1e-Pelham Bay VS.. Newport q.
November zs&Harvard Radio vs.. Princeton
November 2s-Georsia Tech. ". Pittsburgh.
at Pittsburgh.
November 2s-orsson w. California, at San
Francisco. !.
November 2s-Missouri VI. Kansas. at Kan
sas.
Maryland state has listed a foot ball
game for this week with the Virginia
Military Institute at Lexington. The
State eleven probably will leave here
Friday night, which will place it in
Lexington in plenty of time for the
contest, though there will be very lit
tie time for the men to rest before
the game. The game has been settled
upon by both institutions with the
exception Of details about which there
should not be much trouble.
Baltimore newspapers seem to be
making quite a. stir about a. foot ball
game between St. Johns and Mary
land State on Thanksgiving day, now
that Hopkins is going to get back in
the field with a. team. Hopkins can
celed its schedule early in September,
but recently announced 1t would play.
Hopkins and State to resume their
annual struggle ON Thanksgiving day,
with St. Johns figuring some time be-
fore that in a game with Hopkins
Change in the time by turning the
clocks back is having its effect on
foot ball teams. Class schedules are
running until 4:30, and by the time
foot ball squads get on the field it is
so dark that they can hardly get much
practice. Lack Of practice is going
thing near as good elevens as have
normally been turned out by the COL
leges prior to this fall Especially
bright lights are being used to IL
illuminate the fields at many institu-
tiohS.