The Washington times., 1925-10-24

they never again met. AS the j
sylvania had the impressive re-
Chicago, the series showing Il
tie game.
Of all the games played between
the pair this one carried the big
gest edge in national interest, anC
q goodly crowd of not much les:
than $4,000 was to be there. Penn
sylvania was fresh from a grea
victory over Yale last Saturday
: Chicago came on as the co-leadeI
with Michigan of the Western Con
ference field. If the two teams
were hand-picked for the game, q
greater natural rivalry could not
have prevailed.
I'VE have a fighting chance, SAID
Stagg this morning, and if he, sal
up all night to think that one over
he couldn't have expressed the
situation more aptly. The Chicago
team never existed that didn't have
O fighting chance.
That's the kind of teams they
turn out at Chicago. As rule,
they are fighting teams with a
foOl-prOOf defense and q running
attack that grinds rivals into the
dust. Sfagg never had team
that wasn't defensiveIy perfect,
and this years outfit is no excep-
ton. The team has a line aver
aging nearly 200 pounds to the
individual hOOf, a great pIunger
N McCarty, and a certain scorer
rom the field in Bob Curley, light
m weight but very heavy in abiI-
ity. Once inside the fffty-yard
line, Curley misses about as often
as the sun rises in the West.
The betting, If any, slightly. ia
Vcred Pennsylvania because of it's
reputed ability to step out with a
lot of early speed. 1t was expected
70 get the jump on Chicago and
thep ride home on it's defense which
was supposed to be a thing Of
beauty and joy forever. At that
Yale scored Ii points in the final
hitlf last Saturday but today's game
was supposed to uncover sounder
and more orthodox football.
1t was always thus in the Penn
Chicago series. Che Maroon never
won game but it left the field
held to the faith and fought the
good fight, according to. the doc
trine OF AIohzo Stagg.
The present Chicago outfit had
more scoring possibilities than its
average predecessor. Not only was
there Curley and Mccarthy in evil
dence but it had one Of the best
ends in the middle West in Lampe,
another fine back in Kerwein and
a local offensive guard in Pokrass
1t was difficult to visualize such a
great Chicago team losing to any.
body and Pennsylvania was far
from immune to defeat.
AS a matter of fact, IL the
writer had ninety-nine cents to-
day, he would bet a dollar on
Chicago. The hottest tip today
was that Stage would desert the
"Old Army game" that won him
year and step out with an at
tack that had more than a mOdi-
cum of deception behind the
thrusts of McCarty and the tow
Of Curley. These two were the
aces of the outfit but q deuce or
two probably would come in
handy.
Stage is a Yale man in theory.
principal and fact and the Yale
man doesn't live who wouldn't
mask his hand behind five fingers.
Chicago had the burden Of proof in
the matter Of weight. 1t had the
abiding incentive of never having
beaten a Penn football team and it
also carried the edge in veteran
material. There were not too many
men in the Penn lineup who had
what is termed as big game ex-
perience.
Kindly weather positions favored
friend and foe alike, the sky being
clear and field dry and firm.
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