New-York tribune., 1920-11-23
Illinois Team
Eager to Meet
Harvard Eleven
Home-and-Home Series Pro-
posed; Plan Other Inter-
sectional Games for 1921
By Ray Mccarthy

It is quite likely that the 1921 foot
ball season will be record breaker for
intersectional games. We have it on
good authority that the athletic au-
thorities Of the University of Illinois
Will this year propose home home
series with Harvard for 1921 and 1922.
Illinois has received several proposals
for two-year contracts from prominent
Eastern elevens which probably would
agree to alternate games, but the sent;
ment at Illinois favors Harvard.
It will be recalled that Harvard Of
fered Illinois game for 1921, to be
played at Cambridge. However, the
Crimson could not consider the counter
proposals Of Illinois for return game
on the Illinois field for 1922, so the
matter was temporarily dropped.
Princeton and Chicago will begin a
home-and- home series of games next
year, and there isn't doubt that this
contest will be one of the headliners
next year. The Tigers, with practical
ly every varsity player again available,
are sure to have another fine eleven,
and if Chicago figures anywhere at all
in the conference the issue will pack
the Palmer Stadium to overfowing.
Fast Becoming Popular
There is much other evidence that
intersectional games are fast becoming
popular, and that in time there will DC
any number of them held annually 1t
is reported that the flying and formida
Bile Georgia Tech Tornado, which has
cleaned up in the South this year, will
be a visitor to the Yale Bowl next fall,
and it also IS reported that the Geor-
gians will encounter the crack Boston
College team in 1921.
Centre College, of course, probably
will return to the Harvard Stadium,
while other Southern teams, including
North Carolina State, V. N. 7. and Vir-
ginia, are likely to appear "a the North
again. NotreT Dame, whether or not it
comes to West Point next year, is GER
tain to play in the East against some
team, inasmuch as Harvard and others
are anxious to meet this aggregation.
A football observer who has played
the game and who knows the personnel
of both the Lehigh and Lafayette
teams told us yesterday of his impress
sions of the struggle.
''The minute l saw the teams come
on the field felt that Lehigh would be
beaten. That bunch of featherweights
looked pale and wan, their faces were
drawn and they showed a lack of drive
and pep in their play. 1t was plain to
see that tough schedule and the
mauling they had received from Penn
State the previous week had just about
sapped their entire energy.
Lafayette Has Strong Line
Lafayette, on the other hand, with
one of the heaviest teams that | have
seen this year, with a superb line, was
fresh and full of life. And the Maroon
played a whale Of a game. | doubt if
State or any other team would have
beaten the Eastonians. I don't under
stand why they haven't defeated all OF
their opponents this year l believe
there is no team around possessing a
better line. 1t might be added that
Glenn Warner said about the same
thing.
With the football season ended for
most of the teams, many Of the players
will turn their attention to basketball.
For those who delight in seeing real
stars on the court perform, we would
advise them to go and see Harris Of
Columbia, Haines and Killinger of Penn
State, Graves of Pennsylvania, Aldrich
Of Yale, and Rote of Lehigh. These
fellows are all irst-class basket tossers.
Governor Sproul Of Pennsylvania
will attend the Army-Navy game at
the Polo Grounds, as a guest of the
New York baseball club. Judge Lands,
the newly elected chairman OF the Ma
ticnal Baseball Commission, and others
also will be present.
At least one negro star flashes forth
on the grldiorn every year. This sea-
son there are four colored fellows who
have done well as football players.
They are: Shelburne, Of Dartmouth.
fullback; Williams of Brown, end;
Galloway, of Columbia. guard; West, of
Washington and Jefferson, fullback.
Football Coaches to Confer
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-Football coaches
Of the Western Conference elevens and
athletic directors will meet here De-
cember to arrange the schedules for
1921