The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
RICE CLOSES
HIS DOPE ON
I BIG BATTLES
Herald Expert Picks Cornell
and Pittsburgh to Win Grid
iron Games Today.
a~ By GRANTLAND RICE.

By GRANTLAND RICE.
(STHE curfew tolls the knell
of parting play"-by sun
set the nation can breathe
easily again, as jumping nerves
quiet down with another long, ten
month stretch before another kick
off booms across the field.
All football years are great
years. 1t is the fashion to speak
of each as the greatest, but the
one now waning must be satisfied
without the superlative-great, if
not the greatest.
The most enthralling battle OF
the season so far was that melo-
drama between Princeton and Chi
cago.
That battle stands almost un-
paralleled for action and sheer
nerve strain.
The best or most enthralling sin
gle battle in the East was the clash
between w. and j. and Lafayette
at 1913. On a par with this must
follow Penn's victory over the
Navy, another pulse-fluttering af-
fair.
CORNELL AND PENN.
Cornelrs faster attack. headed by
the brilliant Kaw. should give the
Ithacan lineup a slight advantage
over Pennsylvania, despite the lat
ter's keen attack and strong de-
fense.
Cornell is no certainty. for the
simple reason that Penn has known
a harder schedule and is better sea
soned for a hard afternoon.
COrncll's defense isn't quite as
strong as Pennsylvania but her
hackfield excellence should carry the
day.
PITT AND PENN STATE.
Any machine that can come back,
after two consecutive defeats. and
beat Syracuse. Pennsylvania and
W. and j.. the latter deCisively,
must have more than average i'm
petus left for it's final charge of
the Eastern season.
Pittsburgh's powerful line and her
strong hackfield should give Pop"
Warmers encourage a slight advan-
tace. just about enough to pull the
Panther slightly through.
There will be carnival worth
long juorney. NOtre Dame re-
mains unbeaten up to her last start,
but Nebraska's big machine can win
ny playing up to top form. There
will not he more than a touch
downs difference. whatever the
final result. And whatever margin
OF power remains belongs to Ne
hraska.
C0LGATE-COLUMBIA.
Columbia is facing another tap
on the dome if form runs true.
Colgate has been coming steadily
along and today has one of the
strong teams of the East, a ma
chine that outrushed both Prince
ton and Syracuse. only to lose both
games.
Colgate should win by two or
three tOuchdownS. unless Columbia
in one Of those final desperate raj
lies should play far above its form
to chop away part of this advan-
tage.
Vanderbilt. facing the Univer-
sity Of the South N Nashville, has
her chance 10 remain one Of the
few urbeaten elevens of the coun-
Try. Vanderbilt should win by two
her record. including a tie with
Michigan. will be one of the finest
ever mad" 10y Southern team.
AUBURN-T TECH.
A. precisely the same hour Au-
hrrn and Georgia Tech hook up in
ArEnra. This contest will be
among the thrillers. Tech has a
'asrer attack and Auburn
stronger defense. Auburns recent
victory over C"utrs College at Is
~ q shows how strong this defense
10. Neither has been beaten by a
SOu'h'Tn team. hut neither has the
a'l-rpUr r record Of Vanderbilt. Te"h
and Auburn are so close TO a toss
M that any figures offered would
he - per cent guess.
In Lynn BOn.ar and "Scotty"
Neiil. Vanderbilt has two Of the
leading stars of the land. Bomar
is Il fast. compound end. rated by
many who have seen him as the
hest Of IN" year. for in addition TO
speed and power and sure. hard
tacklng, h" is exceptional in the
passing game. Neill is one Of the
best painters Of the year. In his
gam" AGAINST Georgia he averaged
forty-ei-ht yards on fourteen punts
The hattie between w. and J.
and West Virginia at MOrgantOwn
and the historic affair between Vir-
Etnia and North Carolina help to
round out one Of footballs biggest
days W. and j. is figured to beat
West Virginia by n slight margin,
while the renewal Of an ancient
gridirOn debate between Virginia
and North Carolina is close to a
toss-up- Both contests will be
among the hest of a strong pro-
gram. thereby assisting the grid
season 10 fade out in the midst Of
stirring action all along the line of