Evening star., 1925-11-16

pdShCu OUoUU Sli OliS, lIc lOOl Dan St
While several games will command
greater respect from the press and
receive much wider publicity, 1t is
doubtful if any contest of the day will
exceed in fierceness of play and bitter
ness of rivalry the one TO be played
1t Bloomington. Ind, between Uni
versity of Indiana and Purdue.
These two universities ought to pick
out the two most deadly enemies to
be found in the animal kingdom, then
each take one for a mascot. Indiana
looks upon Purdue as an aggregation
of boilermakers that have not yet 'ar-
rived" and Purdue turns a Scornful
eye toward Indiana as having a little
too much of that effeteness which the
average WeSterner is supposed to
Scorn.
Lafayette and Lehigh have been
meeting for many years. This season
Lafayette seems to have a great mar
gin in its favor. but that matters little
to Lehigh, as it considers the game
entirely different from the other part
of it's season. No matter what the
result of previous games, either of
these teams that happens to be the
under dog considers that from some
where is due to come inspiration that
produces almost an even chance.
Rivalry between SwarthmOre and
Haverford has its original setting in
dfSa greement over religious mat
ters and extends back years and
years. And they play foot ball with
a zeal that is more characteristic of
the Irish than the Quakers. Anyway.
Haverford would consider any season
a great success were it wound up
with a victory over Swarthmore. And
Swarthmore, even if it had previously
won from Pennsylvania, would think
dire disaster had befallen it We're it
to score fewer points than Haverford.
And so it might be written of many
other games. Take the Leland Stan
ford California game. TO be played
this week at Palo Alto, which. by the
way, it seems Stanford is favored to
win. Great will be the fall thereof
for the team that loses. Out in the
Western Conference some great
games are to be played. Michigan
and Minnesota and Illinois and Ohio
State are to face in their final con-
test. And for many reasons the Mich
igan- Minnesota game means every
thing. Not only great rivals for
years, this week they face in a battle
that probably will determine the best
Bucknell and Dickson are rivals of
long standing and when they face at
memories of many such
such contests will thrill thousands in
the stands. Georgetown goes to New
York to meet Fordham, and not only
have they been playing for years, but
the contest is likely to be one of the
best of the season, as both teams are
strong.
Only one game of any Importance
is scheduled in the South Atlantic sec
ton this week, but that is between
two schools that have been meeting
for many years. Washington and Lee
and North Carolina State. All other
schools are taking an off day in prep
aration for their final tests Thanks
giving day.
Much will be written about the up
set in which Princeton figured in a
decisive victory over Yale. News
paper reports had it last week that
Yale was a 2-to-1 favorite. yet on sober
second thought, how such odds could
have been figured is a mystery.
Princeon beat Harvard by bigger
score than Harvard was beaten by
Dartmouth. yet in the one case it
seemed to be thought that the Green
victory was due to Dartmouth
strength, and the Princeton triumph
TO Harvard weakness. Princeton beat
Harvard by a bigger score than did
Dartmouth and actually showed great
er superiority. Yet if Yale had been
meeting Dartmouth the Green would
have been the favorite.
About the only thing that need be
written of Princeton's triumph over
Yale is the fact that the Tigers have
g. wonderful foot ball team, one that,
on the last two Saturdays at least,
was as good as any in the country.
And, after ALL the real criterion by
which an eleven must be judged is
what it accomplishes on the day or
days when it desires to be at the zen
18th of it's power.
Princeton was not impressive
against the Navy, in all probability
because Princeton did not care eS-
pecially being impressive that day and
later pay for too early development.
And then after Navy, following the tie
with Princeton, went to Michigan ana
took whipping by 54 to 0, natu-
rally everybody assumed that If
Princeton could only tie Navy, then
Princeton was not so much. And
like a lot of other assumptions, moth
ing could have been further from the
truth.
Princeton spent its season building
and working with a definite aim-to
beat Harvard and Yale. That always
is Princeton's aim-tie or beat Har-
ward and then beat Yale. Princeton
what it desired, way
above its own eXpectant dreams. And
it is only the due of the Tiger that
all pay their respects to the high
estate he has attained.
Yale and Army and Pennsylvania
are paying the penalty of too much
accent on the October part of their
Undoubtedly both Yale
and Penn prepared for their own
games with too much care and laid
too much stress on it. That may
have had something to do with Yale's
rather mediocre offensive showing
against Princeton. 1t may have had
some ething to do with Penn's defeats
by Illinois and Pittsburgh. And fur
thermore, it may be that ArmyS
great effort and consequent accom-
plishment against Notre Dame may
be responsible for it's decisive defeat
by Columbia Saturday in New York.
About twice during a season can
a team be brought up to it's high
water mark, that is. brought to a
Itself. And if stress is laid on Octo
Der games, the November record suf-
fers. There are exceptions to this,
but usually it is true.
Georgetown had practically no trou
BILE beating Centre College. The Blue
ona ron I'm and down the field