Evening star., 1927-11-30
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

"OLLOWING close upon the inter
I collegiate foot pail season MtiiG :,
bas ended everywhere save IN
Il the South and the Far West. II
is timely to make one or TWO
predictions.
First of all. it.Is. herewith prophesled
4bat the demand from Yale that Iad
ZONES withdraw his resignation as
head coach of the Eli eleven Will de-
yelon strength so great that Tad VIII
reconsider his determination TO get
out of foot ball ,,,e
Jones loves the game, he values ms
association with the students of 1aie
who NAV foot bali and he never would
have RESIGNED had he not felt that the
nress,1re of adverse influences among
certain alumni factions was not worth
the candle.
But now there has been revulsion
of feeling. Some of his most rigorous
critics have abandoned their POSITIONS
agreeing with those who have long
maintained that. given good maternal
Jones can coach it as well as any man
and better than most. so the "rl.eI
be ieves that next season VIII see Iad
once more at the helm and IN
stronger position than he mas ever
been.
Another prospect is Harvard and
Yale coming to grips over Harvard s
abandonment of the non-scoutlng RUE
promulgated ut Yale.
Army-Navy Fight Looms.
Still again, the writer foresees bit
Ter conflict between the Army and
4 Navy on the question of ellSlblllty or
PAYERS. The Navy has passed rule.
effective January l. 1928, that three
wears of varsity foot ball shall be the
limit of gridiTon activity OF a mldShip-
man. This means that If midshlp-
man has played, say, two years at
some college before entering the Naval
Academy. he will be eligible Tor but
one wear on the Navy team.
The authorities at Annapolis would
be plcased if the United States Mil-
tarv Academy were TO see eye 10 eve
with them on a rule of this sort. III
the Army respectfully declines ana
such a rule is not made, the Navy Is
likely TO be greatly displeased. Just
what the outcome of this state of dis
pleasure would be is difficult to say,
but it Is liable to be serious.
At the present time the two service
academies are joined in a four-year
playin. agreement. the game last sat
urday being the first under this agree
nent. The Armys idea is that this
document was signed in good faith
under the understanding that it APP
piled to present conditions. Evidently
the Nevy does not join the West Point
athletic authorities in this stand.
II is difficult, in view of the Army's
limited enrollment-it is 1900. or about
half of the Navy cadet roster-to see
how she could meet the Annapolis
stipulation and maintain the position
she has won on the gridiron.
Might Create Impasse.
So with the Navy standing firmly
insistent, there might be an impasse
which would be regretted by all who
believe that the greatest thing in col
leye sport is the PRONUNCIATION of nat
ural rivalry and 1.-The conservation of
tradition.
So far as attractive games are con-
cerned, the Army with her two big
games-alreadv becoming classic
with Yale and Notre Dame. is in
stronger strategic position than the
Navy if the eligibility issue between
them ever came to a focus.
As a matter of fact. the Army ath-
letic crowd is not so keen on varsity
players from other colleges as might
appear They would much rather
have excellent preparatory school
players of the sort that come to some
of the big universities. Capt. l.. NJ.
Jones. the Army coach. says that if
he had II appointments to use as he
saw fit-that is. to employ in getting
material into the Academy-he had
far rather pick II qualified high school
players than men who have made the