The Washington herald., 1921-11-21

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But the fog of
uncertainty seems
sure to hang low
over the Eastern field when the
curtain fiops this week.
-Four teams remain unbeaten in
the East. They are Penn State,
Lafayette. Cornell and Washington
and Jefferson. OF these the Nittany
Lions are. the only ones whose
record is rharred by tie battle.
Yet when the final verdict Is in,
II is almost a certainty that the
Hezdek eleven will get the highest
rating. No team in the country
has faced harder schedule. No
team has shown a more brilliant
and sustained offensive. When the
Staters removed Navy from the
championship path their standing
was made a certainty.
All this is based on the assump-
ftion that the Lions will mangle
The Pittsburgh Partners on Thurs
day That is quite an assumption
in these uncertain days. Pop War
ner's boys are prepared to give
Penn State their hardest kind Of
fight and just as Yale fell before
Harvard when the dope pointed tie
other way, there is a possibility
that Pittsburgh will give the talent
another rude slap il the face.
Odds will undoubtedly favor the
Lions, however. and a victory is all
they need to make the 1921 season
the biggest in their history.
Washington and Jefferson proved
that Greasy Neale had the goods
when il slipped a 7-to-O defeat over
on Pittsburgh, and there is no un-
derrating such a team. Cornell and
Lafayette have waltzed through
easy schedules and are not entitled
TO the same recognition, despite
their clean record.
Add to the list of football greats
Charley Buell. and George owen, OF
Harvard
These boys combined to give Yale
a licking in the face of all the dope.
Buell. flashed more brilliant form
than at any time this year, and
owen must have looked Ike Coy
when he hurled himself into the line.
Iowa claims an all-American quar-
terback in Aubrey Devine, star OF
Howard Jones' championship team.
They say. out there in the West, that
n
Of football machinery Imaginable
a triple threaten and all that.
Granting the truth of these claims,
Aubrey has some large competition
from Bo McMillin and Glenn XII
lingsr. The last named evidently
rates a heavy favorite in public
opinion
washington college elevens wind
UP their season Thursday in what
is the next thing to a double
header that football has seen here.
At 1880 in the Central stadium
George Washington and Cathollc
University go to the mat in their
annual struggle. 1t looks IKE
toss-up from this angle. Neither
team has had a successful year ana
A final victory will mean much 10
either OF them.
Later in the afternoon George
town entertains Bethany college
once more Judging from all re-
norts Bethany has no idea of COM
ing TO Washington to furnish
Roman holiday for the Hilltoppers'
In fact. the West Virginians frank
" told the Maryland players in
pittsburgh last Saturday that they
would be satisfied with nothing less
than a victory.
In weight the Bethany team will
nearly equal the Hilltoppers and
the game ought to be warm one.
Most of the Georgetown men re-
rurned from Boston yesterday IN
GOOD condition. though Flavin and
Gorgin are somewhat bunged up.
The I4-tO-10 victory was not pleas
ing 10 the Blue and GRAY men, who
believe they outplayed the Boston
ians by a much wider marGlh man
tbs score indicates Flavin and Byrne
we're the offensive stars.
Coach CIrIev Byrd is we'll pleased
,,-i,b The showing Of his men against
Carregie Tech. but is pretty hard
81, nv the injury to Tackle Burger
49,, before the North Carolina game
=; paItimore. Burger received an in
i,,-.d shoulder in Pittsburgh that will
,-obably keep him outfof the Thanks
-ivinp, Day game. Taters' Clark
5owevsr. "a back in the lineup and
will probably be able to play the final
battle.
No news is bad news. from a Navy
angle. at least. This is especially
true as the annual conflict with the
Arnny draws near. Out Of the Cadet
camp comes so little news that a
rigid censorship is suspected. Hav-
ing failed to score on the Navy for
two years, the Cadets are making
preparations to add another jolt to
the dope. or the twenty-five games
nlayed in the past. each team has
j., Won eleven. making this years bat
tie all-important.
ell fnr Mnnnnor