The Washington times., 1922-11-24

In a previous article / signified'
my preference for the army over
the navy. 1 haven't changed my
mind, and will not as long as Charley
DAILY can show me the superiority in
his forward line as indicated by the
greater speed and isity of Mulligan,
Breidster, Gargisch, Goodman and
F'arwick over Bolles, Carney,
Mathews, Winkjer or Lentz, and
Clyde of the navy.
Folwell has a good backfield. but
X Is an old saying that a football
team Is no stronger than it's line and
the navy forwards are hardly up to
the standard Of recent years.
There are several other big games
scheduled for which would not care
to venture prediction, namely, those
between Notre Dame and Carnegie
Tech, and Chicago and Wisconsin.
The latter figures to be close enough
to defy accurate forecast, while the
third of a series of long, overland
jumps In which Notre Dame has en-
gagged may take just enough out of
the team to let Carnegie Tech pull
through. The odds, of course, favor
Notre Dame, for 1t is the better team,
judged on its record.
Iowa IL . prohibitive favOrite to
beat Northwestern and finish its
conference season with q clean
slate, Just rs Is California over
Stanford, but Michigan may ex-
perience some trouble with Min
nesOta, and Illinois and Ohio State
will undoubtedly furnish n treat
battle, with Illinois favored.
I look for Brown to beat Dart
mouth up New England way, but
Detroit seems hardly strong enough
this season to stand off Washington
and jefferson.
AS / have said before, the work
of the rival quarterbacks will have
much to do with the result of the
Harvard-Yale game. To this, I will
add the work Of the rival punters
also.
This latter. as I have always
maintained, is one of the most vital
factors In football. Statisticians
wasted columns telling how Yale
outgained Princeton, yet lost the
game. What they overlooked was
that, although Yale showed much
the greater yardage on attack, much
of this was counterbalanced by
Princeton's superiority in punting.
II Yale relies on Neale and
keeps Wight on the side lines, I
look for Gehrke to gain many val
liable yards In kicking.
AS for the quarterbacks, I will
say this: II Buell. and Spaulding,
neither of whom Is in first-clas con-
dition, are able to last the game out,
Harvard is sure to make use of
every trick It has in the bag in or
der to win.
/ am not 30 sure that Neidlinger
or any man Yale selects will handle
the team in such q way as to get
the full benefit of its powerful at
tack. II wasn't done against Prince
ton, and since Yale has practiced
Just twice since then. hardly look
for her to find the answer now.
will say this, however: II chat Yale
team ever does find itself and pro-
duces the football It Is capable of,
II will be bad afternoon for Har-
ward.
AS the teams size up. Yale has
the greater punch in Its running
attack and Harvard the greater de-
ception. Defensively, the Harvard
backfield does not measure up to
Yale's but this II evened by the fact
that Eastman and bunker Of Har-
ward are better tackles than Miller
and Diller or Joss, Of Yale, and the
same applies to the Harvard ends in
comparison with Yale's.
The two center trios favor Yale,
with Cross and Cruikshank standing
well out above any men Harvard
can produce. The injury to Grew