Evening star., 1924-10-27

Since defeating Pittsburgh. Lafay-
cite has given conclusive proof of
its strength by whtewashiug Buck
ncll and dcciSiNcly beating Washing
ton and jefferson. Something of
Pennsylvania strength may be real
lied when it is considered that it de
featod Columbia. and Columbia has
since decisivcly whipped Williams,
which had previously taken the meas
urc of Cornell
other games in the East and Middle
West this week may attract greater
attention than that between Penn and
l,afay but in all proha bility not
ON" is likely To surrass it in the fight
ing spirit Of the Cout"udiuG teams and
il is very doubtful if any Will equal
II IN the quality of the play.
The largest rrGwds that are likely
10 watch games this week viii he at
New Haven to see Yale and Army
clash and at Crbana To view Iowa
and Illinois in a crucial conference
struggle. Both are important III their
separate spheres.
Yale and Army have provided a
splendid game at New Haven each
year since they resumed play. The
contest last year was brilliant and
marked in the second half by d
splendid comeback on the part of the
Dark Blue. Yale was on the short
end Of the score at the end of the
first half. the count being 10 to :. but
in the closing part of the game ran
Wild and won by 4 big margin. The
Army cadet corps appears in the
bowl and adds t. the attractive scene
which always is present when a color
ful multitude of more than 10000
persons draw together i'll one en-
closure.
Iowa playing ut Illinois with what
many consider a fair chance to win
should result in filing that stadium,
one which also seats more than 10000.
Iowa will have to stop Grange to win,
which is almost IS apparent as if one
were to say that you have to build
a dam to make water back up. Iowa
has a team. though. which physically
should be able to stop anything or
anybody. \ lin" averaging 2oJ pounds
end to end. and Il back1ield aNcra ging
1>I, comprises a combination of mus
clc and Drawn that should not quail
before anything. However. Illinois,
with Grange III the lineup. has some
thing in tht way IF Offcnsc that seems
to have come just once in the history
Of foot ball. That is exceptional
enough To MAX" it tn" favoritc to
Win. no matter how big and strong
Iowa is.
Since Columbia defeated Williams
by a one-Sided score, Cornell is look
ing upon its game this week with
Columbia as one Of the biggest of
its schedule. Columbia would hail a.
foot ball victory over Cornell as an
achievement second to few attain
rnents that it would like on the grid
iron.
Dartmouth and Brown meet at Han
over in a game that has been for
each probably the most important of
the year. 1t has been pretty much the
same as the old George Washington
Georgetown game was to the District
of Columbia. However, no doubt from
u Dartmouth viewpoint the contest
has dwarfcd somewhat in the light
of its recently formed alliances with
Yale and Harvard; and especially
since its recent successes in those
contests. y tie with Yale and vic
tory over Harvard are attainmcntS
that feW schools have reached i'll one
Wear.
1t will he remembered, though, that
Brown some years ago won from
Yale and Harvard in the same year.
Now Brown is strong again, as it's
great game against Yale Saturday at
considerably for its games with Yale
and Harvard, as it probably did, no
great surprise need be expressed if
Brown turns out to be the victor.
Nothing in the way of an upset oc-
Cured in South Atlantic foot ball Sat-
urday. 1t was felt that Virginia Poly
technic Institute and Washing gton and
Lee Were about evenly matched and
their tie score proved that the
thought was based on solid judg-
ment. Virginia was expected to losS
TO Pennsylvania and Virginia Military
Institute WAS looked upon as a fairly
easy winner over North Carolina
State. North Carolina and Maryland
were expected to play Il close, hard
game, and they did, and about the
same thing was true of the contest
between Georgetown and Bucknell.
Probably what was something of a
surprise to all those who have fol-
lowed Southern foot ball and watched