Evening star., 1927-11-11
BY w. w. ROPER.


HIS week end provides the big.
gest foot ball card of the year.
The outstanding games in the
L East are Princeton.Yale at
New Haven, and Army-Notre
Dame in New York City. ~
Close seconds in interest and Inn
portance are ColumbiaPenn at Phila
delphia, n. Y. U.-Penn State at Penn
State, Dartmouth Cornell at Hanover
Syracuse Colgate at Syracuse, and
Nebraska Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh.
Princeton, undefeated, meets a pow
erful Yale team, one which has i'm
proved every Saturday, winning from
Brown, Dartmouth and Army. From
all accounts the Yale team is in the
pink of condition and the Princeton
players are in shape to play their best
game of the season.
Because of our non.scouting agree.
ment with Yale, / know nothing Of
the Yale eleven, but / feel confident
1t is a mighty strong one.
/ certainly hope the report that this
Is to be Tad Jones last year at Yale
is not true. Jones is a great coach;
even better than that, he is fine
sportsman and a gentleman. Foot
ball needs men like Jones. He is a
credit to the game and is one of the
outstanding coaches of the day.
1t is ridiculous to attempt to pick
the winner of a Yale-Princeton game.
I know both teams will give their all,
and the battle will be worth going far
to see.
am not so sure of the result of
the Army-Notre Dame game. though
I am inclined to favor the Army.
There is no doubt Rockne was point
ing for Minnesota. supposedly the
strong team of the conference. though
any Illinois supporters will deny this
warmly.
Notre Dame went against Mime
sofa primed. The game was played
before a home crowd. 1t was one of
the few big contests at South Bend
this year. The Minnesota team is big
and powerful, and the game un-
doubtedly took lot out of the Notre
Dame players.
Will Notre Dame Recuperate?
Now the big question is, can Rockne
get his men back on their feet and
over their bumps and bruises in the
short time of one week. He can do
wonders, but he has tough assign
ment.
Biff Jones sknows the Notre Dame
style of play from top to bottom.
and the Army has been pointing for
Notre Dame. The West Point team
rounds into form slowly, but 1t looks
as If it Were coming. Harry Wilson is
a great back. Make no mistake about
that. I pick Army on physical con.
dition to win by a very close score.
Cornell did not look particularly
impressive against st. Bonaventure.
I do not believe Cornell has the of.
fensive strength to defeat Dartmouth.
Hawley has a fast set Of backs and
two shifty ends.
look to see Penn State defeat N.
7. U. by a close score. Bezdek has a
strong team this year. I think the
State eleven is more versatile, and
favor it on this account.
Nebra ska, with a big. strong team, i
got off to a late start, but the eleven
has been rounding into form and
against Syracuse and Kansas played
powerful foot ball. Pittsburgh has
one of the strongest teams in its his
tory. It is hard, long trip from
Lincoln to Pittsburgh. I favor Pitts
burgh by a close score, unless the w.
and J. game took too much out Of the
Pitt players.
The Syracuse.Colgate game always
stirs interest. Colgate has shown to
date a powerful defense, but little at
tacking strength. It looks like any
body's game, with the edge in Col
gates favor.
believe Pennsylvania will defeat
Columbia. The New Yorkers didn't
look any too good against Johns Hop.
kins.
Brown plays Harvard. Both teams
81 a. ln44
no signposts for this game to guide
one in venturing prediction.
Tough Job for Navy.
The Navy has a tough assignment
at Ann Arbor against Michigan. The
Navy should have a good chance IL 1t
can stop Michigan's passing attack.
Stage Of Chicago always does well
against Illinois. A few years ago
Grange tied the game in the last few
minutes by an 80-yard run, and this
was one Of Illinois best teams. one
that ran over Michigan. On past form
Illinois looks stronger than Chicago.
Wisconsin is coming slowly but
surely. I believe 1t will defeat Iowa
by close score.
In the South the only important
game affecting the conference cham.
pionship, regarding which there seems
uncertainty, is the contest between
Vanderbilt and Tennessee, at Knox.
vile. Neither Of these teams has
been defeated by conference rivals,
though Texas beat Vanderbilt. Both
elevens are up to the highest South.
ern standard, with fine backfields and
stronger offenses than defenses. Nc.
Gugin, at Vanderbilt, has never sent
a poor team on the field in November,
and for that reason and his 0-to.0
tie with Georgia Tech. I favor Van.
derbilt by tight score.