The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
KNICKS To BATTLE i
VIRGINIA III" FOR
GRID TITLE TODAY.
Southern Championship
Stake When Stars Clash
In Finale.

Numerous grid stars OF the first
water will be seen in action this =
afternoon at American League Park.
when the Knickerbockers, chsm%-.
pIons OF the District. battle the fast
and powerful Richmond Athletics. >.
Club eleven for the championship Of "a
the South. The game. In effect, will =
be a battle OF college stars, ss the
majority Of players on both teams,
are men who have made football !.
history at various colleges and unf-
versirfes in the South Atlantic seq l
ton. .n1oi
Football fans. especially those.
who have followed the grid game
for the last seven or eight years
will find many names in todsy's line :
ups which were names 10 conjuns :
with in days gone by. Both teams
have been loaded with college stars
since early in the season, and both
elevenS have played together IN I,
enough games go that when they
clash this afternoon Il will not be
merely a battle OF brswn and
weight, but rather two weil-oiled
machines fighting TO the finish from
whistle to whistle with the eleven
that flashes the best teamwork the
probable winner. sk-i
Knicks OutweiEhed. -'
The Knicks will be somewhat out-
weighed, according to the lIne-upF I,
Of the two teams given out by the
rival managers last night The
local boy& are giving away about
twenty pounds to the man, and are a
undoubtedly meeting the classiest
team they have faced this season.
Records OF the two teams mean
practically nothing so far as todzy's
| battle is concerned. The Southern
ers have beaten every team they
have met this year. except jim i
Thorpe's Bulldogs. by whom they
were defeated % 70 O.
However. the Richmond bows rave
the Indian and his cohorts a rauch
harder battle than she score indi-
Gates. Thorpe, himself. declared af- Z
ter the game that the VirEfnians
were one Of the best i've indepen- 2
dent teams in the country.
Defeated ReSmen, IS-o.
Outside Of the loss 10 the Bull 7
| dogs the Richmond eleven rolled
up total score OF $40 points 70
nothing for their opponents in nine
games. OF these clashes one was '
with the DreadnsuEht A. C.. Of Al Z
| eNandria. and another with the Rex
men, OF Washington. who wsts I
| stopped by 10 70 score. This
game with the ReNmen Is the only
/ chance for a comparison OF the two
| elevens meeting today, as Il is the !
| only team which was met by bota
| the Knicks and the VirCinisns
The results OF the Knicks-Rex
and RiChmond-ReX games all things
/ considered, give neither team the
edge Though the VirEiuians. with
| their lS TO win, defeated the Rex
men by slightly larger score thzn
did the KniCks. who won "a TO 0,
: there are conditions which make I
both games practically even. The
EeXmen went South for their beat
ing with their regular team. when
they faced the KniCks they were
slightly padded with stars from va
rious other independent teams IN
this section and college players
were seen in their lineup who did
not play against the Southerners. -
In addition the Richmond team
had twenty minutes longer in which q
to make their additional five points
as fifteen minute quarters we're
played in the southern town while
each period in the Knicks- Rex game
here was only ten minutes -