The New York herald., 1922-01-12
LOUISIANA ELEVEN
TOPLAY RUTGERS
Election Day Game a Feature
of Schedule for Polo
Grounds.
Dy DANIEL.

With a decision on the Army-Navy
game yet to come the football schedule
for the Polo Grounds for next fall. ar
ranged by Joe O'Brien and announced
by the New York National League club
yesterday. consists of seven contests. 1t
is expected that the service schools viii
hold meeting In the near future and
decide just where they will stage their
classic.
The Navy wants to go back to Phila-
delphia this year and IL it can get as
surances from the University OF Penn
sylvania that its new stadium will be
ready for the 1922 football season, Phil.
adelphia no doubt 1t will be. If the
Army-Navy shindig leaves the Polo
Grounds next autumn It will be back In
New York in 1923, as the Army will
have the privilege Of naming the scene
for that contest and without question
will select this city.
The Polo Grounds program for 1922
Is a most attractive one. Only one
of the elevens named to play here will
see the stadium for the first time-and
that is Louisiana State. The outfit from
Baton Rouge never has been North.
Louisiana State will engage Rutgers on
November 7--election day. Louisiana's
Tigers will make quite an attraction for
the Harlem park. as they are the con-
querors of the conquerors OF the great
Centre College eleven.
Beat Texas AGEies.
Last October Louisiana State defeated
the Texas Aggies by 6 to o. and on Janu-
q tfxa fo nj
of stunts in outscoring Centre and stop
ping McMillin and Roberts. Last elec-
ton day Rutsers met Notre Dame. but
this year the Hoosiers will not be seen
in New York. A Notre Damc-Georgia
Tech affair was arranged tentatively
for the Polo Grounds but the colleges de-
cided to move II to Atlanta and ar
ranged a home and home series which
calls for Techs going to South Bend
in 1929. Nebraska, which had been re-
garded as n sure opponent for some
Eastern eleven at the Polo Grounds.
declined to meet Rutgers or any other
outfit here.
Two teams which played at the Polo
Grounds some years ago will return next
fall They are washington and Jeffer-
son and Georgetown. The season will
be opened on October 21, when Fordham
town. All dates previous to october Fl
are kept open in the expectation that
the world series will be played In the
Brush Stadium again. There is intense
rivalry between the Catholic colleges
and hot battle Is certain.
Washington and Jefferson, which went
through the 1921 eeason unbeaten and
achieved true greatness In its scorelcss
tie with California will come here on
November ( to take on Lafayette. an
aggregation which won all Its contests
last season and recently was awarded
the Eastern title by the Veterans Asso-
ciation at their dinner In Philadelphia.
That does not make Lafayette the cham
pion by ony means. but II lends moro
interest 20 the engagement with Wash
ington and Jefferson. Some years back
the Presidents played at the Polo
Grounds every season against Rutgers.
II was Washington and Jefferson which
gave New York its first view of tho real.
modern. up-to-datc forward pass.
Penn State. generally regarded MS the
Ea stern leader for 1921. will come here
again, on October 2s. to play Syracuse.
Laet season Penn State played Georgia
Tech here and scored a sensational
victory. while Syracuse won over Dart
mouth.
Dartmouth will make two trips to the