Evening star., 1927-10-28

Il Columbia, Penn State-Lafay'
cite and n. Y. U.-Colgate.
The Yale-Dartmouth and Mayhem
battles will draw the largest crowds
and probably will be the closes
fought.
Yale came through the Army gam,
without injuries and showed power
Dartmouth ran up a big score agains
Harvard, but that does not mean {
great deal, as Harvard has not shown
very much so far.
The New Haven meeting will be {
close game, with lots of action, and i
is hard to pick the winner. Some
might choose Dartmouth on past per
formances, but Yale has played &
much harder schedule and is there
fore better prepared.
Dartmouth Not Tested.
Yale has had two real tests, against
the Army and Georgia, while Dart
mouth has not been tested. / doubt
IL Dartmouth has a back of the all
around ability of Caldwell. The game
will be q thriller. with l1onors about
even, so far as I can see.
If Scull and Brill are in shape, Penn
will give the Navy hard game.
favor the Navy because 1 believe the
MiddieS are in better physical condi-
ton. I don't think Penn has had
time to recover from the effects Of the
Chicago trip. 1t is not easy to travel
to Chicago and back one week, and
be ready to play hard game the next
week. Penn has an impossible sched-
ule from team development stand
point.
Columbia plays Cornell in Ithaca.
favor Cornell by a close score. The
IgInpntny7 Ch h ic
weakness on attack and defense, and
he has no doubt polished them Off
Cornell has a fine backfield, with Beck
splendid ball carrier.
The Cornell aerial attack is beau
J tifully devised and well executed.
Against Princeton the Cornell kicking
game was none too strong, due to
some extent to faulty protection on
punts. This can be remedied easily.
Real Test for Army.
Penn State to date has a more i'm
pressive record than Lafayette. Nc
Cracken, the Lafayette coach, has
first-rate material. 1 favor State.
n. Y. Z. should defeat Colgate.
West Point will have real test
against Bucknell. The Army is a
mighty hard nut to crack on it's own
grounds. While the soldiers haven't
gotten together yet, they are a team
of real possibilities, with a great back
field. / look to see Army win.
Harvard plays Indiana in its second
intersectional contest. The Hoosiers
record against Minnesota and Notre
Dame gives them an even chance to
win.
If Brown doesn't snap out Of it's
slump it is likely to have a real game
with Temple. Temple was disap-
pointment against Dartmouth, but
this was its first big game and the
Philadelphians went up in the air.
They are out to retrieve themselves
against Brown. Brown has some re- |
trieveing to do, also. / doubt If |
Tehple can win, but the game may |
be close.
An intersectional game Of interest |
will be between Syracuse and Ne |
braska. Neither is quite up to last |
years standard, but both elevens have |
possibilities.
We probably will get a breathing |
spell at Princeton before the Ohio |
State game, though William and |
Mary is an unknown quantity.
In the Middle West the game Of the |
day will be the Illinois Michigan battle |
at Urbana. Both teams have been |
developing rapidly. Both play their |
hardest in this game. All can say is |
that the game will be very close
Chicago's Good Showing.
Minnesota should defeat Wisconsin |
by a small score. Wisconsin is i'm |
proving, but I doubt if the Wisconsin |
line is rugged enough to stop the Min |
nesota backs. Minnesota has not en-
tirely lived up to early season expec- |
tations. though it looked strong |
against Iowa.
Chicago's showing against Penn and |
Purdue makes the Ohio State game |
an almost even proposition, though I |
favor Ohio to win by close score un. |
less Chicago gets going.
Northwestern meets Missouri. the |