Evening star., 1925-10-26

Z IOSLs Inc Af1np- dIt game any IL
since the 27-to-0 defeat of Notre Dan
thing even more worth whll.
Navy goes to Ann Arbor 10 meet
what right now seems to be the
strongest eleven in the Middle West
Navy itself is about Us strong as any
team in the East. 1t will match
brawn with hrawn, as Navy II eA-
ceptiondIly heavy. In fact, Navy
man said TO the writer sometime ago,
Our team is the biggest / ever saw,
and they're SO big it's IL crime To Snd
5hcm against some of the teams we
src to play.
Michigan has a fine team undoubt-
edly, but in all probability the Navy
Will gtve it all that IT desires III the
way of a real battle, and then some.
one of tho great surprises OF tine
season would be u victory for Navy
over Michigan and, as a passing
thought, il might he mentioned, III
race track parlanCe, as the best 'tAhe
a chance bet' of the day.
NAVY and Army always VIII regard
their own game as most important Oh
their season, but il is a fact That the
clash is not looked forward to as tIe
sole event of the year, as 1t once was.
Both service schools are paying j
..-ood deal of attention to, and hlshly
Faluep lnSll itlShS4S4 S4A-itti'H
institutions.
local eleyens have little to brag
about as result OF last Week
games. Their only consolation ne9
in the fact that conditions ulluei
which games were played were SucH
is 10 make results dependent on ull-
natural situations. IhnSS hdppeli
IN contests played on raln-soaheu
IL hot
ar other times. For instance, III lhe
<,anoe between Georgetown ana
Rucknell last week, which George
town lost, granted that everything
else would have happened just as II
did, Georgetown would probably nave
won had the field been dry.
In the case of that blocked pun,
v-heu a Bucknell man fell on the pan
for Il safety, giving two points ~
Georgetown, had the held peeh uIS
Yhe play probably would have result
ed in a touchdown for Georgetown,
as II was a Hilltop man flfSt
fell on the ball. The ball was so
elinperv. however, that 1t shot out
IRON under the Blue and Gray 1er-
seved player. Had the ball been dry
II probably would have remained I'M
der the Georgetown man and result
cd in a touchdown ana SIX points,
which would nave peeh suIhSiSh@ "
produce a victory.
Down at Charlottesville Virginia
end MARYLAND went through 90 MIN
r,tes of foot ball under just about as
had conditions as could be imagined.
Not only was the field in terrlble
shane, ANYWAY, but just prior 10 the
contest two high school teams had
ffoundered through a game, whlch. lefI
the field in much worse cohulIio2i
shan it otherwise might have been.
Catholic University was badly beaten
and George Washington was held TO a
gie in q contest in which ii expected
40 be a victor. Gallaudet played a
close, hard game with Carson Newman
down in Tennessee and deserves con
siderable credit for its showing
Several. times this Fall statements
save been made that Virginia Is an
y,verrated foot ball team Those who
pxpect to see a wonderful crushing
sfPense and an absolutely impfesnaole
defense probably are justified IN say
4rs that, but to those who take into
account all the factors III a foot ball
came. it Is apparent that the Orange
and Blue is not overrated, but pos
,Sesses a really capable and Intelligent
eleven 1t Is a team that generally
roIavs conservative and accurate foot
BALL, but is willing to take d chance
when the occasion for that kind OF
play is demanded. Virginia has a
scam that will give any eleven III the
South a real battle, and vet II Is one
of the kind that after 1t has Won
will leave the impression in the minds
of the defeated players and coaches
that 1t is overrated.
Georgia players and coaches, after
losing to Virginia thought Virginia did
not have the real stuff and could not
stand up; Richmond, losing, l9 to o,
fn the first quarter, figured Virginia
not to be as strong as was claimed
for it; Virginia Military Institute, de-
feated 1S to 10, after ouTushing Vir-
ginia, probably thinks it outplayed Vir-
Einia and should have won; Maryland
players, after an awful battle in the
mud, defeated, 6 to 0, did not hesitate
10 say that they were just as good
ns Virginia, and would have won on
H. dry field.
Virginia has one of those teams that
s1cver seem to he doing especially
Ncen at any stage of the game, but
which always seem able to win That
e. true because unseen in their make
I'D IS a combination of alertness and
Intelligence which enables them tc
take advantage Of every opportunity
that may come their way. conbtna.
sior1 which, when exhibited in superb
rr!ty, usually means only one thing
tuccess. II is that combination which
usually determines where the So
ralled breaks so. and is the .determln
Ing factor in situations that foot ball
players and some coaches are pleased
10 term luck.
Defeats for Princeton and Harvard
sIy Colgate and Dartmouth practically
eliminate any OF the Big Three from
D. chance for the Eastern champion
ship, If Pennsylvania defeats Cornell
Thanksgiving day. If Cornell can up
set the Quakers and Yale get away
with Its remaining games, then Yale
would have a fairly good claim to the
honor.
Washington and Lee is looming UP
again as one of the strongest teams in
the section. 1t was predicted at the
beginning of the year that the Gen
erals would have the greatest eleven
in their history, but defeats at the
outset, especially one at the hands OF
Furman, gave its fortunes something
of a shock. But Il wonderful game
against Princeton, a splendid victory
over v. P. /. last week, have raised its
hopes, and 1t seems ready to face the
remainder of its schedule with great
confidence.