Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
cRUx Of FOOTBALL SEASON COMES IN
GAMES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL RIVALS;
EACH SCHOOL BOASTS ITS PET ENEMY
Since 1878 Nearly Every College Has Fostered One Ambition
TO win Annual Gridron Battle From One Warmly Hated
Antagonist yale Harvard, Penn Cornell, Chicago Wis
consin, Kansas Missouri and 0regon-0. A. O. Foes

| for After that game Syracuse will
make trip West which has become
an annual affair with the New Workers.
On the 22nd, Syracuse will play Indi-
ana and on Thanksgiving day she will
tackle Nebraska.
The big Army Navy game at the Po-
| 10 grounds is always looked forward to
| by followers of both branches of the
service. Last year and In 1917, no
games were played, but in 1916 Army
won 16 to Z. InAall 81 games have been
played by the service rivals, Army
winning IL, Navy and one was a tie.
Pittsburg and Penn State will this
year stage their annual battle at Pitts
burg on Thanksgiving day. Both the
teams are strong and have been playing
| a superior brand of football all the
season. The Staters showed their
strength by winning from Penn, and
Warmers Painters have lost only to
Syracuse. The two schools have met
on the gridiron Is times and Pitt has
six.
In the West, Minnesota and Michi-
gan will battle at Ann Arbor for the
first time since 1910, when Michigan
defeated the Gophers and won the west
ern championship. The Gophers, des-
pite their defeats by Iowa and Illinois
are still a strong team. The Wolver-
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although the game will in no wise af-
feet the Conference title 1t will be
warm battle nevertheless.
Chicago and Wisconsin win meet In
the yearly struggle on the 22nd at Chi
cago. The Badgers and Maroons are
old rivals and the game will be hard
fought affair. The Badgers have had
a good season and with the exception
of the upset by Illinois, the Windy City
aggregation, too, have had a good year.
The teams did not meet in 1918, but in
| 1917 Wisconsin won. They have met
| % times, Chicago winning IL and Wis
consin games, while two We're ties.
MICHlGAN-NoTRE DAME
Notre Dame will meet her rival Of
old, the Michigan Aggies. Notre Dame
has a strong team as was shown by her
victories over Nebraska and the Army.
The Michigan Farmers were defeated
early in the season by Purdue, but by
defeating South Dakota on the 8th. she
has shown great improvement and the
game with the Catholics will be good
one. On Thanksgiving day Notre Dame
will make one of her yearly trips, meet
ing Creighton at Omaha.
1 Nebraska, after rather mediocre
season, will battle Kansas on the 18th.
The Cornhuskers and Jayhawkers are
geographical enemies and always ex-
hibit scrap in their annual meeting.
Last year Nebraska won 20 to 0. In
all the two have met "a times and Ne
bi aska has won Is games while Kansas
has been the victor but 3 times.
Vanderbilt will meet the University
of the South at Nashville in their an
nual Thanksgiving game, which is the
big event in Southern football. Van
Gerbilt has this year defeated Auburn
and Alabama, but was tied by Ken
lucky State. The Tennessee schoo'
has met the University of the South on
90 occasions, but in 1892 and 1898 two
games were played each year. or the
30 contests, Vanderbilt has won 10,
their rivals and 3 were tie games.
ON THE COAST
On the coast o. A. C. and Oregon
will meet at Eugene on the 18th. This
is always the big game for both Web
Foot schools. Oregon has already de-
feated Washington and Idaho. but lost
to Washington State. The Farmers, on
the other hand, lost to California and
Stanford and consequently dope favors
; the Eugene team. The big game In
| Washington will be the battle between
Washington and Washington State
Dope here favors the Starers, because
they won from Oregon, while the Sc
attic team lost to Oregon. Nevertheless
! both teams will fight for blood, as Is
ALWAYS the case.
The big game for Missouri will be
. her annual round up with Kansas. Both
We're held to tie by Oklahoma and un.
: til Missouri lost to Nebraska, neither
had been defeated. To say that the
game will be a hard fought affair, is
: wasting breath, because when Tiger
J land Jayhawker meet, there are al
ways feathers and fur flying. The two
: have met thus far on 81 occasions and
the Kansans have won Is games, the
} Tigers and were tied.
In the Southwest the big game fol-
. Oklahoma will be the annual skirmisf
: with the Oklahoma Aggies. Dope sc
! far favors Bonnie owens Sooners, be.
, cause of their superior record.
: Other big Thanksgiving games are:
? New Mexico and New Mexico Aggies
at Albuquerque; Texas and Texas Ag.
T, gies at College Station; Tulsa and Lou.
! isiana State at New Orleans; Utah
: and Utah Aggies at Salt Lake City ant
{ Washington and California at Seattle