Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-18
GRID GAMES TODAY
WILL Give Line ON
CHAMPION TEAMS

New York, Oct. IL (By A. FL
Football win come into its own on
eastern gridirons tomorrow with an
array OF games attracting not only
exceptional interest but having vi
, tai bearing on championship hopes
Of many outstanding eievens.
Seldom has this stage Of the sea-
son witnessed a schedule Including
such notable battles a. those between
Yale and Dartmouth at New Haven
Harvard and Holy Cross at Cam :
bridge. Army and Notrs Dame at the
Polo Grounds. Princeton and Navy
at Palmer Stadium AMI Pennsylvania
and Columbia at Philadelphia.
These FIVE attractions alone. 1t is
estimated, will attract throngs OF
probably a quarter Of a million. while
close to 100000 altogether will wit
ness the casts program. which also
includes many other promising Skin
mishes.
Chief interest apparently is center
ed In the renewal OF the Notre Dame
Army feud. which promises. one OF
the closest and most sensational en-
counters these rivals have staged.
and the battle at thu Yale Bowl
where close to $4,000 may see the
bulldogs attempt to check the pow
Arful Dartmouth eleven.
Notre Dame, which has won seven
OF it's ten encounters with the army,
brings a veteran, versatile coInbina =
ton to the field Of battle. The cadets.
also have an experienced eleven. and
seem to have added much needed
speed to their attack with the addi-
ton of Harry Wilson, former Penn
State ace and return to torn OF
Tiny" Hewitt. ex-Pittsburgh bat
tsring ram. Notre Dame Is a slight
favorite among critics but the West
Pointers have an excellent chance to
triumph over their rivals for the
first time since 1916.
Yale, minus most OF the sensation
al cogs OF her unbeaten 1928 eleven
faces a formidable antagonist in the
Green outfit. Dartmouth has been
hopping up early season opponents
and tuning its offensive for a big
drive against the Blue, which barely
| defeated Georgia last Saturday. to
6.
Then, too, Dartmouth has an old
score to settle. These two have not
met since 1900 but in the seven games
they played up to that time the
| Green was numerically walloped
| failing to score point in any OF
| three contests and in the first one
played exactly forty years ago by 1Ss
| to o.
While Yale goes into this fray with
at least an even chance of keeping
her slate clean. Cornell. which shared
the eastern heights with the Ellis last
season, will face Rutgers at ithaca
in an attempt to pick up the threads
Of victory which were broken Sensa-
tionally by Williams last Saturday
stopped after winning 90 straight
games in four seasons Dobies tina
cans are favored to conquer Rutgers
Harvard. giving indications OF old :
time Crimson supremacy. meets
seasoned foe In Holy Cross but
should triumph on the basis OF early
season form. while the other mem
her of the big three" Princeton. is
expected to take the measure of the
nav. The latter contest may he
closely contested but 1t has lost much
, Of it's original significance because
the Tigers were held to a scoreless It'd
last week by LehiGh while the Navy
was trounced by Marquette.
amherst meets WESLEYAN, at Mid
dletown Conn. in the first of the
little three series. Will Brown OPP
poses Boston University at P"ovi-
dence and Vermont tackles Spring
field in other New England attrac-
tons.
Boston College goes out of its ter
ritory for what promises to be an
interesting tussle with Syracuse. a
game which holds good share OF
up state interest.