Evening star., 1927-10-07
BY W. w. ROPER.
Famous Foot Ball Authority and Princet
Coach.


NE of the important games to-
morrow will be the Brown
Penn battle at Philadelphia.
Each eleven has had month
Of conditioning and has play
ed preliminary games. and ooth are III
for hard. aggressive foot BAH.
Randall, the Brown captain, ana
Brill, the Penn ace, have been on the
side lines with injuries. Brill hurt ms
shoulder in training, while Randaii
broke a small bone in his hand. he
was kicked while holding place KICK
for a green player who kicked MS
hand instead of the ball.
Randall seems to have recovered
partly from his injury and was IN tne
1ine.up against Albright. The loss OF
either of these star players would
prove a big handicap.
Brown has veteran material ana is
more advanced in deVelopment, aS
tNfcLaughlin is anxious TO WIN the
Penn game. The Quakers are less eA'
rerienced, but have better reserves
On paper, Brown looks trlf1e strons-
er. but Penn got going against Swartn-
more and will be a hard nut to crack.
Tntersectional interest will largely
center in the Harvard-Purdue game at
cambridge. Purdue, while not one OF
the leading big ten contenders, has
good team, with a star back IN WILCOX.
purdue will play typical Midwestern
foot ball Jimmy Phelan has blendeu
the Notre Dame system of attack WIN
a forward passing game, ana IL wiii
be interesting to see Horweens de-
fense against 1t.
Harvard is rounding into form slow
lv. There is a wealth of material at
Ganhridee. What Horween needs
most is a shifty back Of the type or
casey. Harvard has been putting a
good deal of time on the lateral pass.
Whether the Crimson will accomplish
much in this direction remains TO
be seen. Harvard should win, but
by a very close score.
Yale and Georgia.
Vale meets Georgia, a good, shifty
team with plenty of reserve material
Ceorsia. uses the Notre Dame attack
exclusively. A good deal has appeared
in the sporting columns about Yaie
poor material. Tad Jones team made
an excellent showing against Bowdoln
last Saturday. They have several
hard-running backs and plenty OF good
ends at New Haven. l know every
man on the Yale squad will work ms
head off for Jones this year. Georgias
showing against Virginia makes 1t
look very formidable.
Penn State plays Bucknell. which
is starting out this year under a new
working system. Bucknell was held
to a tie by Bo McMillan's Geneva
team last Saturday. This IS no
sign of weakness, however, as the &C.
,neva nlayers have been hard at work
several weeks. This time last year
lthev defeated Harvard. I hear state
has a coming team, and a definite line
can be gotten on them tomorrow.
Princeton plays Lehigh. Last year
there was a difference Of one point In
their scores. Wendell has a young
team with just one veteran. Tne
PLAYERS are showing lots OF enthusi'
asm and somehow Lehigh always
PLAYS its best at Princeton. In 1924,
we barely held them to tie. was.
never more relieved than when the
whistle blew. Our team is green, TOO.
It should be close game.
Hard Game for Navy.
Navy is likely to catch a Tartar in
Drake. Here the physical condition
of the Navy should decide the day.
Army plays Marquette, more or less
an unknown quantity.
Cornell should have little difficulty
defeating Richmond College by a big
score. Dartmouth will not have much
trouble with Allegheny.
Columbia plays Wesleyan. The New
Yorkers should be an easy winner.
Pitt plays West Virginia in their
annual early season game. Washing
ton and Lee made West Virginia
extend itself last Saturday, and I
doubt IL they can hold Pitt.
Notre Dame plays Detroit. From
Detroit's showing against Army, and
rNotre Danes play against Colorado.
T fn1r Tnrlxnotc
ling to have a hard game. But Notre
Dame has a wealth Of good material
and should win by couple OF touch
downs.
In the Western Conference, wis.
.consin journeys to Lawrence to play
i.Kansas. one OF the leading teams in
.the Missouri Valley. Kansas will be
a hard nut to crack. but Thistle. 4
waite's team should win.
Sees Victory for Ohio.
Ohio State should duplicate last
years victory over Iowa. AS the game |
is played at Iowa City. the Iowans will |
undoubtedly put UP very hard fight. |
Minnesota. picked by the leading
sporting writer's of the Middle West |
TO win the Conference title. should de.
feat Oklahoma A. and M. Minnesota |
has powerful team.
ANoAAt" "CcNNlh ChOdiu IldFS 111 St48y /
time against Utah. Chicago and In.
diana will be game between Stagg |
and one Of his old pupils, Pat PAGE. |
Illinois has an easy game against But. |
Ter. Michigan meets Michigan State, |
and should not be extended.
The best game in the Missouri Val |
ley will undoubtedly be the annual |
clash between Missouri aud Nebraska l
at Columbia. It is a pity these sterling I,
teams have to meet 30 early in the Il
season.
In the South. Georgia Tech plays
Tulane, and should win Tulane foet
the backbone Of the team last year !
and is starting the season under a !
brand-new coaching system. Aiexan.
der. at Tech. has q powerful team.
Alabapa plays l.. 8. u, team |
which Wallace Wade says he fears l
as much as any in the South. L. s. q. 4
is termed the dark horse Of the South.
ern Conference. But at that will sbe'
surprised IL Alabama doesn't win BY |
q comfortable margin.
Center is attempting a comeback, a
but is likely to be stopped by Wander. |
bilt. Maryland should defeat North /
Carolina.
In the Far West Oregon against
Idaho should prove a colorfil game.
The Oregon Aggies play Southern |
California. This should be a hard |!
game.