Evening star., 1925-11-04


The Generals are strong in just
about the same things that Virginia
is strong in and in addition is more
experienced Last year Washington
and Lee defeated Virginia by % to 6.
and Virginia is more than anxious to
atone for that. And Washington ard
Lee probably would rather beat \-r-
ginia than to accomplish anything
else that could be imagined in foot
ball way.
Both Virginia and Washington and
Lee have last hackfeldS. Both are
alert teams that take advantage of
every mlsplay of an opponent. In
short, the game itself is likely to be
a splendid exhibition of modern foot
ball
North Carolina University. with
which Virginia must also reckon
meets Virginia Military Institute at
Richmond. V. NJ. 1. has been coming
fast and should put up great game
with Carolina.
At BlaCkSburg the North Carolina
State eleven meets Virginia Poly
technic Institute That game will be
interesting to immediate followers of
both schools. but both have been wal
loped by other schools so deciSively
that they are out OF { running as
far as real consideration for a very
high standing in Southern Conference
circles is concerned.
Georgetown is making preparations
to look after a big crowd OF alumni at
Its homecoming contest with Lehigh
Saturday. And it Is probable that
the occasion will be a joyful one for
the Blue and Gray graduates, be
cause Georgetown victory is almost
a certainty. Georgetown and Lehigh
each has lost one game. the Blue and
Gray dropping a contest to Bucknell
under very adverse conditions and Lee
high losing to Muhlenberg last week
by to 9.
Lehigh's squad is due to come here
tomorrow to remain until after the
game. The death of Charley Prior, due
to an injury received in the game
with West Virginia Wesleyan, has
hardly left the squad in an enthusi-
astic frame of mind, and the coaches
have decided that a change OF scenery
will be good move, hence the deci-
sion to come to Washington earlier
than had been expected.
Some feeling is said to have been
expressed that Lehigh should cancel
it's schedule because of the death of
Prior, but it was felt that COnsidera-
ton due schools that had games sched-
uled with it precluded any possibility
OF that.
Lehigh is coming here with two
fine backs behind the line, according
to reports HAYES is a great line
plunger and Hess a good runner in an
open field.
University of North Carolina has
one of the best lines that have been
developed in the South Atlantic sec
tion in years. It's forward wall out
played the University of Maryland
forwards last week from the first
blast OF the whistle until the honk
of the umpire's horn denoted the end
Of the contest. In Robinson the Tar
heels have 81 player who may be re-
garded as the equal of anybody. lie
is far better than any lineman on
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or
University Of Virginia teams. Weigh
ing close to zoe pounds and fast and
active as any big man could hope
to be, Robinson j. Il holy terror
to any offense. Any man who IS big
enough, strong enough and fast
enough to walk right over every
thing in an offense. IS Il great foot
ball player. and that is just about
as descriptive of Robinson as any
thing could be.
West Virginia plans to dedicate its
new concrete stadium at Morgan
town November Il, when 1t faces
Penn State. An arrangement which
will bring together the governors OF
the two States and develop an I'M
usually gala occasion is being effected.
Two of the strongest teams In the
East will meet Saturday, although
they have not received the publicity
that has attended the performances
Of some other elevens. The teams re-
ferred to are Cornell and Dartmouth
If one cares to see harddriTlng toot
ball at it's best, he should go to Han
over No elevens specialize in that
type of foot bail any more than Dart
mouth and Cornell. Both are eX-
ponents of the kind of game that nets
q or yards at a clip, a steady.
grinding drive, calculated to make the
most in an offensive way and take
the most out of a defense. Other
foot ball games will be better adVer-
nsed and occupy more prominent
places in the sports columns, put LOT
an exposition of a certain KIND OF
offensive foot ball. no other game Will
be more worth While.
After its quartet of overly strenu-
pus games, Brown, Yale, Chicago ana
Illinois. PENNSYLVANIA will get a rest
this week, being scheduled 10 lace
Haverford Penn's second ana thlfd
string players probably will play tnat
game, and win easily.
The Army and Navy also get fairly
EASY contests this week, the former
with Davis and E,lkins and the latter
With Western Maryland College. Mel
,her the Army nor the Navy is likely
10 encounter any serious opposition IN
either of these teams. AS matter or
fact. It is not we'll for either Davis
end Elkins or Western Maryland to
feel on easy seats because they are
easy games for Army and Navy, as
after last weeks contests neither
Army nor Navy is likely to feel In
the humor to let up much on any
thing or anybody.
One of the big games of western
PENNSYLVANIA Is to be played Satur-
day. when Pittsburgh and Washing
Ton and jefferson meet in the ne"
Pitt stadium. The contests between
these institutions date back for 80
wears, although there was an interim
from 1896 until 1905 when no games
were played, but the teams have been
meeting annually since that. In those
davs the University of Pittsburgh
was known as the Western University
Of PENNSYLVANIA. OF the 25 games
PLAYED between the two institutions
w. and J. has won 13 and Pittsburgh
-. In former years w. and j. won
nearly always, Pittsburghs first vic
tory coming in 1905.