Evening star., 1927-11-18
THRILLS ARE SURE
IN LEADING FRAyS
Ellis May Have Trouble it
Strength of Crimson
Asserts Itself.
Ry LAWRENCE PERRY.

"A VIEW YORK, November, 1s-
Some mighty interesting toot
hall games, headed by the
Yale. Harvard classic in the
Fast. California Stanford on
the west Coast and Michigan-Minne-
sofa, Indiana Purdue, liil"ois-Oii,o II, .
and Kansas Missouri in the Middle
West will attract the spotlight on
Saturday.
HARVARD -YALE.-This Harvard
team is a queer outfit. Tt fills the
eve completely-a raft of 1870 Founders
In the regular line and on the bench.
And sturdy backs; all fast, too. 1t
has struck the writer that about
half an hour of highly qualified coach
ing would make whale of an eleven
out of this Harvard combination. The
team has been more at loss when con-
fronted by deception than when it
faces power.
Yale's favorite offtackle offense is
q powerful drive and she may not
use it against Harvard for gains as
consistently as she did against Prince
ton. If this proves true she will have
to take to the air a lot to get the
Crimson spread. How well she works
her passes. then, will supply the
answer to the success or failure of her
running attack.
Yale gave a lot of physical and
mental energy in the Princeton game
and no one can say how complete her
recovery will prove to be. But the
Ellis are better coached and better or
ganized and should win this game,
although it may we'll be close.
Harvard has a chance to win with
her rugged line play and attack, but
1t is a remote chance.
ILLINOIS-OHIO STATE-Illinois
has the better chance of winning.
The Buckeyes look to be an eleven
that has let valuable weeks go by
in perfecting an attack, with too little
attention paid to defense. No doubt
the Ohioans will set off lot of fire.
works, but Illinois should score more
frequently.
MICHIGAN.MI .MINNESOTA-This Is
the day when one of the most power
full elevens that ever took the field in
the Middle West should come into
its own as a devastating machine.
Michigan is an average conference
eleven with two blazing stars, Ooster-
baan and Gilbert. These players have
carried the Wolverines through some
tough spots this season, but the
chances seem to be that they will run
up against a smashing, crashing de-
fense on Saturday which will limit
their activities considerably. Michigan
is one of those teams which often
moves under a star Of destiny. If
this star is present on Saturday, the
Maize and Blue may triumph, but the
outlook is that the Wolverines will be
trounced, perhaps soundly.
PURDUE-INDIANA-This game
fn cnrood o1nnO the
hanks Of the Wabash. Both teams
have been unusually strong this year;
both have had some great moments
and both have stubbed their toes un-
expcctedly. If they come up to their
full possibilities when they collide, the
game should be a thriller from whistle
TO whistle. g. Either team has a good
chance of victory. The writer picks
Purdue.
California Stanford: This is a classic
which has no peer. The traditional
element enters and some times is suffi-
ciently powerful to affect the play of
the rival teams. But there is no re-
course to selecting the Palo Alta outfit
as an odds on favorite.
Kansas-MissOuri: Here is another
case in which the element of tradition
enters, but IL VIII De SURPRISING III
Missouri does not win this game.
Some excellent elevens are not play.
ing Saturday because of the necessity
of saving themselves for Thanksgiv.
ing day. Nebraska will bide her time
against New York University's visit
to Lincoln on the day devoted to the
turkey and Penn and Cornell will do
likewise.
New York u. will use her full team
Saturday against Allegheny in what
it is hoped will prove to be nothing
more than nice workout.