Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-21
v. 81. ELEVEN
PINNED FOR GAME
Hopes to Capture Southern
Title by Beating George
town Here Tomorrow.
BY H. C. BYRD.

!, win practically clear claim to
the southern championship. The Lex
ington eleven, without it's goal line
crossed, composed of powerful play
ers, is glad of the opportunity to
stack up against the combination rep
resenting the Blue and Gray, IN the
belief that it has at least an even
chance to win. .'E s.
Despite Washington and Lees vic
I tory over Georgia Tech by, to 0. and
Atlanta, Georgetown would be IA
vored to win were it not for the in
1 ability of McQuade and Dudack to
! play. The latter's absence from the
line is not, going to be felt so much
,Iby the team as the formers from the
!, backfield. McQuade has been about
! two-thirds the total punch of the
3Georgetown backfleld, and it Is ques-
I tionable just how strong an onense
can be developed against Washington
and Lee without him.
| 1t must not NRes supposed, Though,
that Georgetown is going to place
against Washington and Lee. bunch
of strfplingS and a weak OUTFIT just
because McQuaA and Dudack will not
be in the lineup. Against the Gener-
ais will be typical fighting George.
town team, fighting possibly against
odds. but still with a fair chance to win.
Just as was shown at the Navy game,
the man who bets his cash against the
Blue and Gray does not do well 10
bank too much on what he is going to
do with his winnings. And notwith-
standinf the apparent one-sidedness
| Of the comparative score dope favor
[ ing Washington and Lee, hackers OF
the Lexington eleven should not count
on buying too many Christmas pres
! ents with Georgetown money.
| Rut NO matter what the result, spec
tators are sure to see plenty of good,
, hard foot ball, with all the trimmings.
/ The game is to begin at $3.50 o'clock
and the gates will be open at 1880.
While Georgetown and Washington
and Lee are battling over on the hill
| top, Catholic University and VillanoVa
will be staging their annual, combat
out at Brookland. The game at
Georgetown is not. likely to be one
whit more lively nor more fiercely
contested than that which takes place
| at c. U. The Brooklanders would -like
very much to wind up their home sea-
son with a victory over the Pennsyl-
least. an even chance to do so. Villa
nova hardly is as good as usual, while
the Brooklanders have a strong, ag-
gressfve aggregation.
Yale alumni believe that, the Dark
| ward tomorrow. In the first place, 1t
is thought that Harvard has not play
ed this season, and will not play
| against Yale, as accurate a defensive
game as is fairly sure to be put UP by
the Bulldog. And while Casey ran
amuck for while against Princeton,
it Is understood that Yale has a de-
Tense which should stop him. Such is
the idea expressed by Yale men. Har-
ward men are having little to say con-
M. !, he -
filed with the feeling that some noble
work is cat out for the Crimson If 1t
is to bury the Bulldog on Soldiers
Field this year.
All Harvard men are not satisfied with
the kind Of schedule played by Harvard
This morning former Harvard man,
tnow colonel in the Army, expressed
this opinion to the writer: a.; !.
| Even If we beat Yale tomorrow and
thus finish our schedule without i de.
feat, hardly think we should even get
favorable merton as far as the cham
plonship is concerned. We hava.snok
played the kind Of schedule which would
tend to give us consideration for such
an honor if we wiped up the earth with
both Yale and Princeton. / certainly
shall use what influence l. have to get
Harvard to play more Of the. stronger
teams"
y
plays the only game of the year ON its
home field. Western Maryland being list
ed to appear at College Park at 1915
O'Clock. State probably will be minus
three of its players. Bailey and Edel
being at home confined to their beds,
and Sullivan being i'll at the college.
Myers probably will play center; but il
has not been definitely decided who viii
4 replace Edel and Sullivan.
western Marylands main strength lies
md
itself does not know that any better
than State.
It is possible that Smith win eet a
trial at fullback for State tomorrow.
He has been snbbing at guard all sea-
SON., but is fast and adds considerable
weight to the backfeld. Ina hard
scrimmage" staged Wednesday, Smith
showed more drive in plunging through
the line than all the other backs to-
gether. Just what he can do in de-
had practically no experience in the
secondary defensive work.
Following the game tomorrow morn
ing about half the State squad viii. be
taken to Baltimore to watch the Hop
kins-St.' Johns game.
Three big games are to be played be-
tween teams in the westerffsconfafe
ence. Wisconsin goes down to Chicago
to meet Chicago. Wisconsin makes the
journey to Ann Arbor to face Yost's
eleven, and Ohio State and Illinois
nook up at Columbus..IIitnots' meetine
with Ohio State will beSwatched with
most 7nterest, as It isMbelieved that
llanois has fairachance to take a
tfall out Of the conference Champions.
Lafayette and Lehigh stage what to
each OF them is the most important
played at South Bethlehem, and the
greatest crowd that has ever watched
the contests is expected to be present.
as the schools are represented by the
best elevens they have put out in
years.
While the Naval Academy eleven is
idle the Army team will face the
sSpringheld Y. NJ. C. A.. The contest
should serve as little more than a
workout for the. Army players.
Technical and Central meet today in
the Central stadium in a game which
should decide the high school cham
pionship. The Manual~Trainers think
they nave an even chance to win from
ize they will face strong combina.
ton. There should not be much diff
ference in weight in the elevens. but
1t is said that Tech players are In
somewhat better condition than Cen
Gallaudet goes to Philadelphfa to.
morrow to meet the Drexel institute
team. ,Qrexel was defeated last week
| to, o. Such score would not seem to
indicate that Gallaudet should have
much trouble
Gallaudet has arranged a game for
Thanksgiving day, the Camp Hum
phreys eleven being listed to play