Evening star., 1921-11-07

Catholic University Thanksgiving d;
Georgetown, at present, though 1t
has not met a single big southern
strongest elevens below the Mason
Dixon line. Centre College. Georgia
Tech and University of Georgia be-
ing tho other three. Therefore. the
game the Blue and Gray Is to play
at Atlanta this week with Georgia
Tech is all important to 1t and pro-
vides the only opportunity by Whicn
tho local school can achieve a hlgh
ranking among southern institutions.
The game with Boston College does
not appear to be nearly SO important
al It seemed two months ago. the
former not having shown sufficient
strength to cause the Blue ana Gray
Catholic University has two more
contests, which mark the pinnacle or
its season. The Brooklanders tnls
week face the University OF Maryiano
they had rather win than all the otn-
ers on their schedule. and the con.
test, IL 1t duplicates the one OF iast
year, II pretty sure to be one OF the
most hair-raising Of the local season.
Following tho MARYLAND game. =. y.
the meeting with the Hatchetites, the
Thanksxiving day affair they won a
year ago by q scant margin.
Maryland has three contests left.
two following the one with Z. U; tnls
week. Carnegie Tech VIII be piaye1
and in Baltimore Thanksgiving day
the College Park squad has anotner
difhcult affair with North Carolina
STATE. Maryland has anything but an
easy wind-up for its season. as all
three contests are certain TO oe s'fus-
K1es Of tho hardest kind.
Ont Of the mass Of material which
has been written about the frince-
ton-Harvard game one Is aole 10
evolve Just single main thousn!.,
Harvard is lucky that Princeton did
not win by a much greater margin.
After all is told Of the game. Prince,
ton developed tho more powerful and
versatile and sustained attack ana
presented q more impregnable defense
in the territory whore an impregnaple Q
defense is an absolute requirement
Ths presence Of Lourie and Garrity
In the Princeton backheld not only
added to the effectiveness OF the
Princeton attack because Of the hne
playing qualities Of these men. but
because their presence added TO the
man Of I.ouris's caliber not only adds
to q teams strength because he Is
likely at any time to break away Tor
q long run. but because the defense
pays loss attention TO others In order
to cover Lourie.
the Princston-Yale game this week.
Some time ago the writer presented
statement Glenn Warner made to Bill
Roper shortly altar the Army-Navy
game In New York last fall. That
statement was to the effect that
Princeton probably would lose to
any year that Princeton played Yale
the week following q victory over
Harvard. The opinion was given Just
after Q discussion which had begun
with Warner remarking to Roper that
he thought Princeton and Yale should
ask Harvard to vary the schedule
to play their big games on consecu-
tive Saturdays and gives Harvard
week lay-on. Roper said he rather
liked the present arrangement Of hav-
ing the Harvard and Yale games come
on consecutive Saturdays. It was
arrangement was all right as long as
Harvard beat Princeton. but 'if you
ever beat Harvard I should not be
surprised II Yale were to beat you
the following Saturday even II 1t hap
pens to be weaker than you are. I
team popped up for two big games
on consecutive Saturdays"
Whether this view will be found
well based this week is only mat
ter of conjecture. but Warner little
thought that his theory would gs..sa .s1s be
Warmers idea holds good for team
playing big" game and then a hard
game the following Saturday. Prince
ton playing any team other than
be confronted by the prospect of be-
ing somewhat stale and not having
sufficient pep for grueling contest
against worthy foe; but Princeton
against Yale this week is different
from what Princeton would be against
another eleven of Yales caliber
Georgia at last won from Virginia
by q decisive score. The Crackers
ths teI eievsn dc
beating. but the game Of last week
is about the first in which they have
been entirely successful. The Georgia
team mainly was successful because
last year it determined not to use
men in its games it could not play
agreement with virginia usually has
taken out Of the Georgia lineup two
or three Of the best players; Year
WAS stronger than Virginia. but in
both seasons the games were tied.
Georgia in neither year had against
Virginia anything like the strongest
team It could put on the field, though
could be used under the eligibility
agreement existing between the two
institutions.
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concerning what it would do to the
University Of Pennsylvania. And the
results Of the games Lafayette Is
playing are not causing a particular
" easy state Of mind at Lehigh. The
ehigh-Lafayettes game is only two
not shown strength In the least COM
mensurate with that of the Easton
eleven.
Georgetown and George Washing
ton and Catholic University wonNh
games without trouble last week,
Georgetown and Catholic University
obtained decisions much more easily
than most persons expected. Mary
land was beaten by Yale. but hold
Anent Georgetown and George
Washington and Catholic University.
It II understood that there is to be q
realignment of the games now sched-
uled between George Washington and
Georgetown and between George
Washington and Catholic University.
Very definite report has 1t that
George Washington intends to- re-
linquish its Thanksgiving day game
with Catholic University and substi-
tute therefor the game with George
town. The contest between the
Hstchetites and Georgetown in for
msr years was the brilliant Thanks
giving day foot ball episode for Dis
tFfct people and 1t seems to be the
desire of th<s,a back of athletics at