The Washington herald., 1921-10-14
ny JACK WYE.

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As. tile day approaches for the en-
aertainnent Of the PrIpoeton Tigers
on Farragut Field. Annapolis. deep
mourning IL reported In the camp OF
the Middies.
lrhe cause Of all this anguish Is the
emphatic statement Of Bill Roper that
neither Don Lourie nor Hank Garrity'
shining lights Of the Princeton back
field. WIN appear in SATURDAYS game.
THIS Unfortunate announcement pros
trated the Navy followers much as
the untimely injuries to Babe kutn
wounded the tender hearts Of "Auggsy
McGraw and his sympathetic men Has
not Dave Bancroft. under his own
alleged signature, aTerred that me
Jints wonld rather have won with
Ruth In the opposing lineup! Ana
who can question his honestly
There Is reason, however. TO believe
that the MIddIes will survive the bad
news and pull themselves together long
enough to put up some mild opposi-
ton to Roper's men There are even
those who credit the future Admirals
with the intention OF picking on" the
visiting crippies and separating them
from their Eastern championship
hopes.
Barring a tie score. the game viii
remove one very prominent contender
from the titular race.
TIGERS Have Many. Fleet Backs.
+ should Lourie fail to start McPhee,
a capable substitute, viz be the Tiger
Geld general, while Thompson will re-
',Iace Garrfty. with 0ilroy and our
own Dick Newly as his running mate.
THANKS to his excellent reserve ma
terial. Roper will be able to open with
a fast and agile backheld- But so
will FolweIl, who has more backs than
he knows what TO do with. Cullen
another washington high school prod
net may get into the fracas Tor tne
MIddies before Il IL over. while Con-
roy. Keohler, Hamilton and Barchet
will probably start.
NAVY again boasts a stalWart
line. despite the loss of the gigahuc
WillKie and Moore. but the same
can be said for the Tigers. win
stan Keck as the ace card navy
superior forwards failed to win the
decision last year when Murrey'
L>ourie and others came TO ume
with brilliant individual EFFORTS. ano
even with their two best stars
missing, the Tigers again seem 70
have the edge on speed and alert
ness in the backheld.
Washington football Followers
are planning 20 invade Annapolh
in a body Saturday and there has
heen a wild scramble for tickets IN
q nttctoation OF the event Mayhap
the spectators will be gazing on
g.-Nhah rha rnnN0n-
Harvard Meets Georgia.
Harvard's intersectional clash
with the University of Georgia is
one OF the interesting games in the
East which will be closely watched
despite the fact that the Southern
ers are conceded no chance TO win.
Georgia's heavy machine. however
Is hoping to hold the score down
TO a low point.
There promises to be plenty OF
action at West Point when Wabash
College from, Indiana goes TO. the
mat with Army. The Westerners
boast of a strong eleven. which de-
feated Purdue by a s-to-O score
which is the same verdict Chicago
planning I'd pull a Notre Dame
stunt on the Cadets.
Two other Southern teams in
wade the East this week, Wash
ington and Lee tacKhng Rutgers at
New Brunswick and Tennessee
matching strength with Dartmouth.
There is a chance that the Generals
will give Rutgers q real night, but
the Volunteers appear TO be doomed
to a lopsided defeat.
Only two of Washington's teams
will be at home" Georgetown en-