Evening star., 1923-10-29

OF the year.
In the western conference Him
gan against Iowa at Iowa City sht
battles of tie conference schedule.
When Yale and Army wade into each
other in the Yale bowl probably ii
will mark the meeting of the two
most powerful teams physically in
the east. Both elevens nave mem
bers who have had experience in col
lege foot ball elsewhere, especially
Army. Both specialize in the driving 6
offense that combines power and
cleverness and both undoubtedly are
well versed in all the things which
pertain to gridiron efficiency. The
way the outlook appears from this
distance not much difference will be
noted between the teams
Penn Near TOo Form.
Pennsylvania seems 10 De coming
rapidly, ana iLS game with Plt.sDut sL
at Phlladel iJhIa ouent TO ind IT en-
tertns The Iray at least an even bet.
W lille the Quakers los. one of their
early games, IT snould not be thought
from that tnat they are not going to
win some of their big November
struggles They have material for a
great team and possess a coaching
san large enough and efficient
enough to whip it into great team.
Penn possibly is depending a little
too much on gaining most of its
ground between the tackles, but even
SO 1t has a good offense.
Results of games so far in which
Penn State and Syracuse have taken
part Is sufficient to indicate the kind
of game 1t is likely to put up.
or course, any team after two or
three hard games may break" but
such a break is not near so likely to
occur with big team which pos
sesses second-string men pract ;cally
. fc xr,iS ~
eleven where good reserve strength
is lacking.
No game offers a better opportunity
to show just what effect big games
have on big teams than the contest
this week at Hanover hetwee- Cor
nell and Dartmouth. The latter un-
doubtedlv worked up to it's highest
pitch to heat Harvard. 1S to ~at-
urday. and whether it will be able to
stay at it's best is a very debatable
question.
Illini Ready for Fray.
Illinois. planning to dedicate its
new stadium, is awaiting the appear
ence at Urbana of Chicago's power
full eleven with about the same fever
ish interest that Princeton awaits the
visits of Harvards legionS. A Wash
ington man recently a visitor at Ur-
bana brings the news that Illinois is
confident Of winning the conference
beat Chicago, John Thomas or no
John Thomas. AS one Illinois coach
put 1t, I'VE want John Thomas out
there on November 8 and well whip
Chicago with him just as we would
without him"
press reports and results of games
are to be accepted at face value as
crtterions, and. inasmuch as Michi-
gan seems to be represented by about
as sterling an aggregation as has
worn Its uniform in many years, the
game at Iowa City should be just as
good an exhibition of modern foot
ball as that at Urbana.
Probably a greater exhibition of a
foot ball team rising to an occasion
has never been given than that at
the Yankee Stadium at New York
last week, when Penn State drove the
ball almost the entire length of the
field in the closing minutes of play
for the touchdown which gave 1t a
tie score with West Virginia. And
1t came near resulting in an even
greater triumph. as it was only by
the narrow margin of the point
missed on the try for goal after that
victory. Especially brilliant was
Penn States effort when it is remem-
bered that 1t was only a week after
1t fought through a terrific game
WIN TIE Navy
Georgetown's eleven seems to have
difficulty getting started. The team
as whole appears to have sufficient
power. as 1t has shown at various
times, but so far has not been able
10 develop sufficiently consistent CO.
ordination to display 1t in sustained
way. The Blue and Gray appears to
have been able to gain ground in all
It's contests, and in none of It's games
mas an opposing team been able to
accomplish 30 much against It, If,
a little later. the eleven goes in It's
games az II has given evidence that
It can go. then some opponent of the
Hilltoppers probably Is due for a
rather rude surprise.
George Washington was beaten by
the Marines, and nothing else could
have been expected. The Hatchetite
eleven could hardly hope to hold up
FOR full game against what one Ma
rine player described to the writer
as the best material in the United
States for foot ball team" In fact,
it Is remarkable and to their credit
that the George Washington players
were able to go through a scoreless
first period and through first half
with only one touchdown against
them.
Catholic University made a good
suOWlA6 against HTOVlQenC6 College
in Its journey to the Rhode Island
capital The Brooklanders had a
touchdown scored against them in the
first period by a heavier team, but
after that kept their goal line clear.
Gallaudet made n gallant come
back to win by one point against
st. Joseph's. at Philadelphia. 1t
was on the short end Of 6 to 0
score during the first three quarters,
but came through in the last period
with the touchdown and extra
point which gave it a well deserved
victory
University of Maryland played bet
ter mechanical foot ball against
North Carolina than 1t has in any
previous game. The greater pro-
ticiency in carrying out their parts
was shown by every player who par
ticipated. Also the team did not
make any glaring blunders. One or
two mistakes in the selection of
plays may have cost another touch
down or. two, but after all this Is
q second guess and there always is
the question as to whether the second
guess would have been better than
the first. Anyhow, it was good
game, with two teams strong in the
essentials of foot ball battling to the
last minute of play.