Evening star., 1927-11-16
BY n. C. BYRD.

NJ ARMIES are favored to beat
N II Army when the two service
N elevens come together Satur'
4 L day in the Catholic UnlVer-
sitv stadium in the annual
Presidents Cup game. the sea sol
hters may not be a strong IN thls
contest as they have been in some OF
the games in which they have ap.
peared already this season, as some OF
the commissioned officers now on the
SQUAD will not be eligible, but even
ut that they are expected TO take the
mea sure of the Doughboys,
Marines have one great advantage
over the team they are to meet, and
that advantage comes in having gone
through a regular season of prelimi-
nary training and regular schedule
such as is played by the average good
college team That is an advantage
that cannot be overestimated in max
ing comparison between two elevens.
Army may have just as many lndl-
vidual stars in its lineup as the Ma
rines. but as a seasoned team 1t Is
not likely to be so capable.
And at that the Army will have to
GO some to send on the field any bet
ter men than some of those that wear
Marine uniforms. Take Levy and Dun
can in the backfield, for instance, ana
wigmore at tackle-players Just 90
not come any better. And in all prop
ability the one commissioned otf1cer al
lowed on each team will he Shapley'
former NAVY star, for Marines.
Rroueher at tackle and several of the
other men. Grove, especially. are bril-
liant linemen.
The Army will go against the best
Marine eleven it has ever faced IN
one of these contests. Coach rom
Eeadv has lined up his men IN such
wav all season that he has constantly
maintained and gradually developed
team for what the Marines consider
their biggest game 1t VIII ne sea
.oned team, we'll coached, and well de-
veloped physically that the Army
faces Saturday, and team whlcn not
onIv is good as a team, but as innl-
viduals who will pull together.
The Army squad is here now at tue
WASHINGTON barracks getting IN some
rough work in preparation for ITS
Test The Army believe it is as good
as Marines. man for man, and fs try
ing to get the cohesion that will give
n inst as great unified power. That
ts not easy in the light of the train
ing Marines have had, but if the VIII
to do amounts to anything then Ma
rfnes NAV get a tougher battle than
might ordinarily he expected.
Maries and Army play the only
games here other than the one at
Kendall Green and are likely to draw
q big crowd. OF course, it should be
q colorful day. just as colorfui as the
average college contest, with Marine
and Army detachments and hands
present. and the game undoubtedly
should be we'll worth seeing just as
a game, even if nothing else were at
teched to make il worth while.
Georgetown and Maryland leave to
play on foreign fields. Marylaa nd
takes the train tomorrow evening for
Nashville. Tenn. TO play Vanderbilt,
while Georgetown goes TO New York
Friday to tackle Fordham. or. per.
haps more appropriately, to be tackled
by Fordham. Maryland is up against
one of the three or four strongest
elevens in the South. while George
town, based on what it and Fordham
have done so far, should win.
George WashingtOn's fast travelling
team goes to Athens, w. Va, to play
Concord State College. The colonials,
unless they run into something en-
tirely unexpected ought to he victors.
Gallaudet plays it's last home con-
test with American University, and
probably will take the Methodists in
to camp.
About the only game in the South
Atlantic section is that at Durham be-
tween Duke University and North