Evening star., 1927-11-03
PRINCETON AND HARVARD
TO MEET STRANGE FOES
Contests With Ohio State and Penn, However, Not
Apt to Compensate for Loss of Traditional
Clash Between Tiger and Crimson.

| the East. but he has not been playing
| well so far this season. He was
benched a short time ago. but got In
| the game last week with Penn State
and showed flashes of his 1925 form
! If he should round to and play one OF
| his great games here Georgetown may
have more trouble than its supporters
now think it is bargaining for.
Lafayette and Georgetown have in
| teresting styles of attack. Both play
| lot of open foot ball and no doubt
many long runs and good forward
passing will be seen. Georgetown, 1t
is reported. may be weaker than 1t
expected to be, but no matter what
lineup is presented Saturday the
chances are good that the personnel
of that lineup will be set to do its
best and give it's best to the winning
of the last big contest Georgetown is
to see on a local field this season.
One Of the best games played in the
South so far this year is pretty sure
to take place at Nashville between
Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech. Neither
has as yet been Whipped by South
| ern Conference eleven, and the only
defeats suffered by either were at the
| hands of Texas by Vanderbilt and at
Tech. Neither Vanderbilt nor Georgia
| Tech sets much store by games out.
| side those played with Southern Con.
| ference elevens, and both bend their
| main energies to being at their best
against each other. In fact, there is a
general feeling among Southern
elevens that makes them like to upset
| Georgia Tech at any time they get a
chance. With the exception Of two or
| three great rivalrieS, such as that be.
tween Virginia and North Carolina.
almost any Southern eleven had rather
| whip Georgia Tech athan any other
school on it's schedule.
Out at South Bend two great foot
| ball teams are to clash in what may
| really develop into the best game of
| the year. Minnesota and Notre Dame
are the teams. and, despite the bril-
| lance of the eleven coached by
| Rockne, it is not even remotely certain
by any means that Minnesota will not
come out on the long end of the count.
Two games are to be played Satur.
day at Lexington, Va, Virginia Mill
tary Institute and North Carolina be.
ing listed to meet at IL O'Clock in
the morning and Virginia and Wash
ington and Lee at 2:30 o'clock in the
afternoon. Both games originally
were listed for the afternoon. but as
Lexington is hardly big enough to
support more than one contest, V. NJ.
/. and North Carolina very graciously
consented to bring theirs forward so
that Washington and Lee and Vir-
ginia would have a clear field.
The Washington and Lee-Virginia
game is the formers Homecoming and
usually the biggest Lexington crowd
OF the year Is present. incidentally.
Washington and Lee is not forgetting
that last season, when it expected to
win. the Cavaliers sprang one Of the
big surprises Of the Southern season
and romped away with the game by
decisive margin, winning by four
touchdowns. Virginia's brilliant pass.
ing game caused that victory and the
chances are it will depend in the main
on that again. Certain it is that the
Charlottesville eleven is not going to
get very far in attempting to crash
the w. & L. line. That line is far
too capable and experienced.
Virginia was beaten so badly by
Tennessee last week, while Washing
ton and Lees record has been so good,
that it seems almost impossible for
Virginia to win. But strange things
happen in foot ball. Probably if Wash.
ington and Lee wins it will win rather
decisively, and IL Virginia gets going
with its long forward-pa ssing attack
1t may accomplish what none of its
supporters expect II to.