The Washington herald., 1920-11-11
Georgetown Plays Georgia
Tech, George Washington
Z. Takes on Fordham and
c. U. viii Tackle Strong
v. M. /. Warriors.
By JACK NYE.

As far as collegiate football is
concerned. Washington is going to
be one OF the bleakest spots In
the country Saturday.
The District Is represented by four
eleyens. and there Is another one
Just across the line in Maryland
which is distinctly a home" affair,
but only one of them Will appear
before the local fans this week.
Gallaudet Is the stay-at-home, and
Will meet an eleven from Camp
Humphreys, the scheduled game
with Drexel Institute having been
postponed.
While the Kendall Greeners are
having the field to themselves, the
four others will answer the cali
OF the road. And IL they heed the
bidding of the Spartan mothers of
old. indications are that the ma
jority will be borne home upon their
shields, as the pallbearers impart
the information that "all was lost,
save honor"
Georgetown journeys to Atlanta
to face the Golden Tornado and will
try to stir up enough wind to Offset
the power of the Southern hurri-
cane. Georgia Tech reigns q ia
yorite, but the Hilltoppers are going
to give them a troublesome battle.
Maryland University is boldly
journeyinR to Syracuse to meet the
powerful Orange eleven, which held
Pittsburgh to a tie. and beat Dart
mouth. If they win. they'll pay a
bigger mutuel price than did Newell
w. in the last race at Louisville
Tuesday.
Catholic University tackles V. NJ.
]. at Lexington and in view of the
manner In which the Virginians
have walloped Pennsylvania and
other strong teams, should be satls-
f1ed by holding the score down to a
respectable figure.
George Washington cannot expect
to win from Fordham, but after
meeting such teams as West vir-
ginia and West Virginia Wesleyan.
the New Workers have no terrors at
all. Fordham will merely furnish
some valuable experience for the
game with the Navy on the follow
ing week.
Centre College and Georgia Tech
are on the verge of severing athletic
relations as the result of charges of
rough playing alleged to have been
made by the Kentuckians after their
defeat in Atlanta.
According to a Louisville sport
scribe who witnessed the game. Bo
Mcmillan was handled in anything
but a tender manner by the Tech
players. Others had cause for COM
plant
Tech officials have written to
Coach Moran asking for 4 retractlon
of statements credited to him and,
unless said retractions Is forthcom-
Ing, the probability for another
game between the two teams next
season is exceedingly remote. Van
derbilt has also dropped Tech from
Its schedule in order to make trip
to Texas next fall.
It Is fitting that Armistice Day
should see the first signs of peace
cropping out in baseball circles.
Instead of war to the end" as
proclaimed by both factions in
the major leagues when they met
this week, it now looks as If better
judgment Is going to bring about a
compromise of some kind.
With both factions declaring for
a reorganization and only differing
in the method to he followed, it
would be an unfortunate state of
affairs If they could not adjust their
differences and avert a war that
would drain the treasures of both
leagues and do lasting damage to
baseball.
Fans are not interested in the
method pursued for a cleanup.
They are not particularly welded to
the Lasker plan. but they do de-
mand a change. The integrity of
the game has been questioned, not
without reason. and a drastic house
cleaning is the only thing that is
going to restore baseball to its
old-time favor.
Now that the period for bluffinc
Is over, 1t seems apparent that
common sense is having its inning
and the game Is to be saved from
a disagreeable mess.