The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-25
Georgia Tech--Penn State
Tilt Outstanding Feature
"Pragin' Colonels" Meet Harvard and rginia
Plays PrSlceton in Other Two Inter-
sectional Contests.
BY JACK NYE.

invasion Of the East this week by
= southern elevens. At least one Of
these games Is destined to play an
important part in deciding the an
nual championship argument
II Georgia Techs powerful eleven,
Undoubtedly the best the South has
70 offer. will grapple with Penn
State at the Polo Grounds Satur-
Gay In the biggest gridiron game
Of the day.
From Danville. KY, the Praying
Coionels' of Center College will
Journey to Harvard in an effort to
redeem themselves for their defeat
OF last season
with Princeton after a lapse of
twenty-three years when the
Tigers defeated the Old Dominion
eieven by a score of IL to o. Vir-
einia Is among the South Atlantic
teams that have frequently played
IN the East and has its proudest
history written around the 10-to-0
victory over Yale in 1915 and her
o-to-s game with Harvard in the
same year when Mahan turned the
tide with three field goals.
Middle South Ambitious.
intersectional games are nothing
new for South Atlantic elevens by
treason OF their proximity to the
East, but though Vanderbilt started
the ball rolling as far back as 1901,
u has been only in recent years
''sthat teams of the Middle South
have been branching out with any
degree of regularity.
This season no less than hve
teams of the Middle South have
a
East and Middle West. Georgia
has already lost to Harvard. 10 to Z.
and will later meet Dartmouth in
Atlanta Tennessee has suffered a
14-to-3 defeat by Dartmouth. Tu-
lane will send an eleven against
the University of Detroit with lit
tie hope OF success.
Georgia Tech disposed of one
Eastern opponent by swapping
Rutgers, IS to IA, and Is prepared
to make an attempt 20 blemish the
record OF Penn State this week.
In games against Eastern and
Western teams before this year,
representatives Of the Middle South
have come of the field with only
nine victories and three ties in
thirty-four contests. These figures
do not express. however. what has
been achieved by the Dixie elevens
In some Of the games In which they
were defeated.
Vanderbilt Once strong.
Vanderbilt, coached by Dan Nc
Gugin, a brother-in-law of Hurry
Up" Yost, the Michigan mentor. was
the FIRST Dixie eleven to invade the
territory Of one OF the big teams
Of another section, beginning Sc
ries with Michigan in 1905 which
lasted for several years Michigan
took that opening game by score
of Is to o. In 1906 the Commodores
entertained the Carlisle Indians In
Nashville and won by score OF
10 o. Al Exendine. now coaching
GEORGETOWN. was holding down one
of the tanks for Pop warmers
Great team that year. vanderbilts
6rst tourney into the East was in
Iso7 when the Middies were played
20 a s-to-s tie at Annapolis and in
Ia1o the Commodores went to New
Haven for A scoreless tie with Yale.
A}tcr repeated efforts to beat Mich
tan McGuigan's team came near
,1-nIne the trick in 1911 when Mich
10, won by a score OF 9 to ,.
missed goal after touchdown pre-
venting a tie.
caoreia Techs rise to fame has
nsen the most spectacular of any
Dixi. eleven. Johnny Heisman es-
t,hII.hed pretty clearly that he had
e.. .ountry's greatest team in 1917
wh.n the Golden Tornado smooth
.r.d Penn by a 41-to-0 score. and
later trounced Carlisle, SO to o.
pittsburgh, Eastern champions in
,a17 had all IL could do to defeat
pam later by a 14-to-6 score. Ohio
r,at,- westerp Conference title
soldsrs suffered scoreless tie
-ar,. with Auburn in the same sea-
.on after (which Georgia Tech
.Iaurhtered Auburn, So to 4.
PITT sJinx, of Georgians.
c.orria Tech has journeyed to
pittsburgh three times to meet the
panthers and has failed to win the
decision on each occasion. In 1918
pittsburgh won 80 to o, and the next
ear saw a 16-to-6 score. Last sea-
son the Southerners outrushed their
opnonents, but were defeated, 10
to 8.
sine. the coming OF Bo Mcmillan,
center College stock has risen high
=, the South. In 1919 the Kentuck-
,ans attained prominence by vic
,ories over Indiana and West Vir-
yinia- IL to 8 and II to 6. The
Colonies threw q scare into Harvard
during the first half of the game
lat wear at Cambridge by scoring
Eve touchdowns, but were unable
20 stand the battering of the East
erners and succumbed 81 to II.
| The important games played by
| go. from the Middle South gov
erned by the Southern Intercolle.
ciate Athletic Association, against
eastern and Western teams, follow:
1901.
Nov. PAT Observation-Disclosures, II;
Vanderbilt. 10.
= Nov. Sat St. Louis-Sewanee, II;
Nov. Pat st. Louis-vsnderbrt. II;
washinston, o. -
Oct. 22-At 81. Louis-st- Louis. s; Tran
syIvania, o.
AZ 81. Louis-sewsnee. II; Washington. o.
1905.
Oct. 14EAt Ann Arbor-Michizan, Is;
Vanderbilt, o.
Oct. Sat Ann Arbor-Michisan. 10;
Vanderbilt. T.
Nov. eo-At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4:
Carlisle, o.
Oct. Eat Annapolis-vanderbilt, 9;
NO. Nov. s-At Na,hvirre-Miehisan. 8; Van