Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-04
better OUTLOOK
FOR FOOT BALL
Many Games Of Saturday in
South Atlantic Section
Brighten Prospects.


With many colleges IN tho south At
lantic section engaged IN games Sat-
urday. the foot ball season took on
something Of the hue Of former sea-
sons. Nearly all the Institutions To-
Gated in Maryland, Virginia. North
Carolina and South Carolina took part
in games, some OF them big struggles
Of former years.
Perhaps tho three most important
contests were those played between
Washington and Lee and Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. Clemson and
South Carolina, Maryland State and
Virginia Military Institute. One Of
the big contests in former years in
this section was the meeting between
Washington and Lee and v. P. I. in
Roanoke. Saturday the two elevens
played there again. the result being
IA to o victory for the Virginia
Polys. From all reports the contest
must have been even better than some
Of those of previous seasons. Both
washington and Lee and V. P. L are
said to possess exceptionally good
material, and all that they lack Of
being as strong as formerly is the
time to practice.
Carolina play the biggest game in
South Carolina The former is the
state college Of that state and the
latter the state university. Great
rivalry always has existed between
them Clemson won by 80 to o.
best that Maryland offers in the way
of athletics and Virginia Military In
stftute long has been known for its
strong elevena Quite a little rivalry
has been worked up between the two
schools in the last few years. and
the fierceness Of play that usually is
seen in championship contest v. NJ
I. and State, both are weaker than
usual, but their scores Of Saturday
compared in about the same way as
those of the two previous years Two
years ago State won by Is to 9. last
season the game resulted in a 14-to-
IA tie and Saturday State won by z
| to 6. 1t is not often that two teams
fight through three consecutive years
in such close contests.
GaIlaudet's showing Saturday
against st. Johns of Annapolis proves
that it has a much better eleven than
last year, one that will more than
hold its own with most any of the
collegiate organizations around here.
The Kendall Greeners have not been
hit by the emergencies Of war and have
| retained all their old material and
received some recruits who are ex-
ceptionally promising. Particularly
does 1t seem that Deer. one Of the
backs. will be a shining light" all
season. His work on the offense and
| speed give him an ability to smash
a line that few backs possess Gal
| laudet should make one of the best
| records that has been attained by
any eleven it has put out in recent
seasons.
Catholic University got back into
| foot ball with a game against the
Seaman Gunners of the navy yard. The
| latter were heavier than their oppon-
ents, but not so fast. The teams were
evenly matched and the score of to
just about shows their relative
strength.
The Brooklanders were absent from
the gridiron last year, having called
| now that they are back it only re-
mains for Georgetown to play a few
games and have foot ball, as far as
! number of college teams taking part
is concerned, back about where it was
on peace-time basis.
Pennsylvania met with another re-
verse Saturday. dropping a contest to
Swarthmore by - to 20. Swarthmore
probably has not been so hard hit by
/, the war as the Penn gridiron forces.
The defeat was the second for Penn
, out of three games.
Syracuse got the better of Dart
! mouth by big score, leaving no doubt
,, about its superiority. The big green"
combination did not show anything
like the power developed by the SYRIA
cuSe men, and went down by u score
of "a to 6.
Twenty-four years is long time to
wait for victory on the gridiron.
Purdue played Chicago before it won.
Purdue's first victory over Stages
combination came Saturday, when it
won by to 8.
Princeton got back again with an
other informal eleven, and it is said
| the combination looks about as good
as most of the varsity aggregations
the Tigers have DEVELOPED in recent
| Aviation Ground School by z to o.
! Indiana University was another big
! institution to bow to a combination
| representing an Army camp-Camp
Taylor defeating it by z to g.
| Northwestern University was COM
| PEELED to suffer just such a defeat as
Indiana did, except that Northwestern
! had 1t rubbed in a little worse. North
|, western week ago played the Great
| Lakes Naval Training Station a tie
| game, but Saturday the Chicago Naval
| Reserves swamped it by rs to o.
! Howard Berry, who a week ago
made the Vanderbilt eleven look sick
! while playing on the Camp Hancock
, team, got in some more brilliant work
Saturday when he scored a touch
down and kicked three goals from the
field and booted the goal from touch
down.