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Hickory bolts cut from now until
spring will not stain nor otherwise be
sailcd. Cut them now and haul when
The roads get good again.
25-2t. Sallee Brothers.
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ants.
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hereby warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer the
complaint Of the plaintiffs, else the
same will be taken as confessed.
Witness my hand and the seal of
randolph county chancery court on
this January 25th, 1927.
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Clerk of Randolph Count Chancery
Court
John H. Bledsoe.
Solicitor for the Plaintiffs. 254t.
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Evening star., 1927-10-27

other guards who are progressing and
when big opportunities come in future
important games they may be ex-
pected to show the results of their
earnest work in perfecting themselves.
Post at Stanford is one of these and
McAIullen of Nebraska is another.
The writer has the idea that there
were more shining offensive forwards
before the shift plays came into
vogue. 1t is certain that the lnemen
coming out of the shift or the huddle
don't get the hefty. lacing charge
they used to get. The great thing
for the offensive line to do is to get
the jump on the defensive forwards
and when they do it, even a mediocre
back is made to look twice as good
as he really is
With respect to line and backfeld.
Nebraska has had an interesting ex-
perience. In 1921 the Cornhuskers
had one of the mightiest of lines but
backs of only fair ability. Playing
Kansas, the team gained 51s yards
by rushing. to Kansas minus three.
and yet the game ended in a tie.
This year against Missouri. Ne
braska with splendid backs and a line
not yet thoroughly developed in the
art of crushing opposition between the
20-yard line and the goal, gained $50
yards by rushing to Mizzou's "a. In
Guiding advances by forward passes
Nebraska gained 400 yards to 103 for
Missouri. Yet Missouri won the game.
What is the answer, if any?
Presnell of Nebraska is unquestion
ably one of the great backs of the
country. Against Missouri he gained
259 yards, carrying the ball 46 times.
His average gain was nearly six yards.
This blond-haired young stalwart is
a great line smasher, but in addition
he can squeeze through a six-inch
hole off tackles or skirt the ends like
a flash. He is shifty in the open; no
back is more so.
Evening star., 1927-10-27
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

N YEW YORK. October 27.-Ont
of the most ridiculous mani
/ enthusiasm for foot ball-and
there are not a few of them
Is the pra ctice that has grown up fol-
ra ting teams at this season Of the
year on the basis of their total scores
against opponents and the sum oi
points made against them.
Little or nothing is proved by this
il only because elevens do not meet
common opponents. One team Will
have a tremendously difficult sched
ule starting right off the bat; another
will breeze through the latter part OF
September and October against rivals
of minor caliber and run up an amaZ
ing total of points. The puerile sig
nifcance of the massive scores is
usually demonstrated when the outfit
that has been running wild against
the little fellows meets a more i'm
portant rival. Then occurs what are
fatuously termed "upsets."
AS an example, there was Temple
University Of Philadelphia, which
gained a great reputation by running
wild against a lesser opponent. scor-
ing a dozen or so touchdowns. Shortly
afterward Dartmouth quite effectively
spiked the so.called Temple menace.
Doesn't Prove Anything.
New York University undoubtedly
has an excellent eleven. The materia
is there and Chick Meehan, the coach.
never turned out poor team in his
life. Yet the Violet will have to do
more than run up 200 odd points
against Niagara, West Virginia Wes-
leyan, Alfred, Fordham and Rutgers
before serious critics acclaim the team
as world-beat ting juggernaut.
Notre Dame has scored S6 points
against opponents and 10 points have
been scored against her, but no one
would give odds that New York Uni
versity would defeat the South Bend
ers were the teams to play next Sat.
urday, despite New York's record of
213 points against 10. The odds, in
fact, would probably be the other way
No, the only way that foot ball
elevens can be appraised and rated
is to wait until the sea son is ended
and then balance facts that have
nothing to do with totalty OF scores.
IL you take the elevens of the
country and rate them on what they
have now begun to show, holding in
mind their November promise, more
than one team is encountered that
has not amassed a heavy balance Of
points or which has already met
defeat.
Must Wait Awhile.
Stanford. for instance, was beaten
by st. Mary's in the first game of the
season and later was tied by Southern
California. The writer suggests that
the Cardinals be watched with respect
to their standing in the Pacific Coast
Conference at the end Of the season.
Then there is Nebraska. Here is
an eleven, slow to start, which may
we'll get going and prove devastating.
The material is there. exceptional ma
terial, and If the men once take fire
they will show how little that beating
by Missouri--in which. by the way,
the Cornhuskers gained some 500
yards by rushing, to Miszou's 80 yards
-signifed.
The Army. defeated by Yale, Is In
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HABIT OF RATING TEAMS
ON SCORES is RIDICULOUS
Caber of Foes, More Than Anything Else, Should
Be Given onsideration-TempleO Offers an
Impressive Illustration.

, similar case. Working slowly and
deliberately upon several important
problems, the cadet coaches are very
likely to put forth man killing No
vember engine. Yale. beaten nv
Georgia, now rests in the balance
between glory and chagrin. But the
scales may well incline favorablv.
Princeton is entitled to a high rating
Just now because she has come
through fairly hard schedule: at
least it contained no t-ups. But
the Tigers have had a high October
ranking before this and November
has found them not so high.
Dartmouth Not Listed.
Dartmouth is spoken of as world
beater. but the only important team
she has defeated has been Harvard
Ana Harvard thus far has done moth
ing to show she amounts to much.
Norwich. Hobart. Allegheny. Temple
! and Harvard, against these teams the
| Green has reared her total of more
than two hundred points After the
1a1e-Dartmouth game we shall know
now much those points really meant.
On the west coast. Washington is
forging steadily ahead. doing what
! she has to do week bv week. No
Vember may find the Huskies star
OF planetary size and Importance
Georgia Tech and Georgia are Just
now out in front in the South, but
both have much yet to do and grave
November problems beset them.
| III there is one eleven that stands
out now with little fear of displace-
ment. the writer should say it was
Utah in the Rocky Mountain Confer
ence.
Many BackfieId Stars.
Has 1t occurred to any one that the
absence of many outstanding linemen
TINS season has been due to the null
tipfcity of stellar backfelds?
The writer has a large sheet of
paper filled with the names of gifted
backfield men, North, East, South
and West. A list of forwards who
have shone thus far as men of singu-
lar ability requires no such space.
1t is a curious fact that when a
forward attracts attention it is usually
in the defensive side of foot ball
Tackling behind the line. diagnosis of
trends Of play. speed and tacklng
down field-these are the things that
draw popular attention to the cen.
ter, the tackles and the guards
Only the keen and experienced eye
notes the work of the guards in inter-
ference. the work of the tackles in
heading plays and in blocking after
getting through the line. On defense,
on the other hand, the line play is
much more open, more spectacular
and Yet, even so. there is many a
stout forward who keeps low, drives
through and causes general scat
teration Of offense. Yet he is on the
bottom and is not seen, while the end
or tackle or defensive back who nips
the man with the ball gets the credit.
When guard shows on offense and
on defense he can be set down as
rare bird. 1t means he is as fast as
good tackle and as discerning. and
that he has more driving power than
any man on the team.
To date the writer has seen two
guards who stand out thus. They are
Cervini Of Holy Cross. and Smith Of
Notre Dame. He has seen several
Evening star., 1927-10-27
Six Generals Will Play Last
Grid Game Against Old Liners

the Lexington institution. SPOTS has
been largely responsible for the show
ing of the Generals thus far this sea
son. Eyes throughout the South are
watching the play of the Blue and
Whites most formidable fiankman.
Latham and Fisher have been play
ing steady foot ball all Fall and should
show some real class SATURDAY.
Latham is a Washington boy. with
Fisher hailing from Waco. Tex.
Stearns has been holding down the
quarterback position. and this position
on Warner-coached eleven is usually
an idle position in SO. far as carrying
the ball is concerned. Stearns, besides
being fine runner of interference. In
dandy line plunger and passer,
which has necessitated a change in the
Warner style a hit here this year.
Stearns is from Maryland, the only
Old Line star on the team.
Howe has been showing up excep.
tiOnally well all season and has been
one of the Generals principal ground.
gamers. 1t is likely that he will he
field general Saturday. calling signals
from the halfbaCk position.
Evening star., 1927-10-27

A T least FIVE South Atlantic
~ eleveNs take part Saturday il
n MAJ MAJ are ke,y to ,siS he a3 sS9o5 t. a
during the whole season. Ant
two of these contests will be the set
tlement of rivalries between South At
lantic elevens themselves.
The greatest rivalry is to he decided
at Raleigh. when North Carolina Uni
versity and North Carolina State Col
lege get together.
The other between rival South At
lantc teams is at College Park, where
Washington and Lee and Maryland
hook up in what bids fair to he a hec-
tic afternoon. Virginia. while it does
not play a traditional rival is in for
a busy afternoon. as it goes to Knox
willie to face Tennessee. Tennessee will
offer anything but an afternoon of
ease.
For the first time in years it seems
that North Carolina State is likely
to start its game with North Caro-
lima University on pretty even terms,
unless. as is the tradition at Ra aleich,
the team has to fight the oid-time
Carolina luck" For one reason or
another. it has always seemed to the
Raleigh people that no matter how
SlTUiE tiietI team dppedl6u W uc, iO
matter how much better than the uni
versity it might have every indication
of being, something always happened
to give the university the edge. That
got to be so pronounced a feeling that
the State College adherentS began to
call it Carolina luck" That seems
to be the factor the Raleigh men fear
Saturday more than anything else.
SO far both elev6ns have had q some
what checkered career. North Caro-
lima State played one or two mediocre
games At the beginning of the season,
but Saturday took the measure of
Florida in what must have been well
played contest. The university has
not been going very well. although it's
work on defense is far above average.
1t seems to he the feeling that the
university ought to win the game, not
withstanding that in events won and
lost the State College looks the better.
Should Be a Battle.
Washington and Lee and Maryland
have for the last two years fought
through two desperate battles Two
years ago Maryland had the Generals
on the short end of a 3.to.0 score, with
only two minutes left to play and the
ball in its possession on the w. & L.
20-yard line. Instead or playing safe,
the Maryland quarterback started for.
ward passing, one pass was intercept.
ed, and the game wound up right there
with Washington and Lee victor by
to 5.
Afterward the Washington and
Lee athletic board discussed whether
or not it should not award the Mary.
land quarterback with a monogram
for his signal service to the Washing.
ton and Lee team
Last year at Lexington. Maryland
had the ball on Washington and Lee
6-yard line, with the goal to go and
four downs to make the goal line,
when penalty took away the advan-
tage. Late in the fourth quarter
Washington and Lee kicked a field
goal and won by to 0. This year,
while one Of the two teams may break
and the other win with comparative
Evening star., 1927-10-27
South atlantic Euen Haze Tough Contests Total Ball Points Mean
"NONE QUALIFIED TO PICK
AN ALL-AMERICA ELEVEN"

CHICAGO, October 81 (P.-
Coach Amos AlonZO Stagg. the
grand old man Of the University Of
Chicago. wouldn't pick an all
America foot ball team for mil
lion dollars. At least he doesn't
think he would.
Stagg said that no one, not even
the late Walter Camp, was com.
potent to make such an all-America
selection and that he would not
make any similar selection at the
end of the present season.
II don't think I'm competent
enough" the grand old man said.
II don't think any one is cOmpe-
tent enough. II you offered me n
million dollars. | do not think !
would make such a selection"
Evening star., 1927-10-27
ONE OF FIVE BICCLASHES
!. DOWN FOR DECISION HERE
Maryland and Washington and Lee Sure to Offer
Real Observation-Disclosures u. and Marines
Also Appear Well Matched.

ease, it is likely that another such
struggle is in store. Both teams. con
sidering the hard games they have
played. are in fairly good shape.
Maryland has not got in as much
hard Scrimmage work this week as il
would have liked. but it was felt that
it would not do to take chances with
players either already bruised or just
recovering from bruises.
Another Fine Attraction.
While the game probably will not
get as prominent a place in the minds
, of foot ball people in this section, the
game at Catholic University between
Marines and c. L. is likely to he just
about as good an exhibition of foot
! ball as any of the other contests. 1t
| is to he played by two we'll coached
| and strong elevens. one of which is
far more versatile and powerful than
the average college eleven.
Marines have in their backfield two
brilliant ball carriers in Shapley and
Levy, and in Duncan a player just
about as valuable. Marines are
favored to win and probably will.
Virginia has been playing more or
less peculiar foot ball and its contest
with Tennessee is likely to be a fair
criterion of its strength. Scouts that
have watched Virginia say that at
least two of the teams it has played
have been fine foot ball teams from
their necks down, while Virginia has
been good team from its neck up.
Be that as 1t may. Hushion at quar-
terback is one of the most intelligent
chaps playing foot ball in the section
md nh tny31 &c I,,n l,,-, rnlt 10
the fact that hesgets out of his men
all they have to give that the eleven
has done so we'll in it's last two con
tests.
Tennessee apparently has by far
stronger eleven than Virginia. but Nir-
giHia is just as likely to win as not.
Virginia does not have a weak team
physically. Just the opposite, if any
thing. The line averages 100 pounds
and the backfield is fairly heavy, too,
although it does not measure up to
that high poundage.
Georgetown has an easy game Sat
urday and it seems that George Wash
ington also will be able to take the
afternoon without much worry. The
Blue and Gray has Wayneshurg Col
lege as its opponent at American
League Park and is sure to win by
about as large a score as it cares to
run up.
George Washington plays Ursinus
at Collegeville, Pa, and ought not to
encounter very much opposition.
Another game on local field is at
st. Adams Field. with American Uni
versity entertaining the Blue Ridge
College eleven.
Ray Foley. stellar Catholic Univer-
sity quarterback. who suffered pain
full injury in the Holy Cross game.
may not start against the Marines Sat
urday. Ed Murphy likely will take
his place.
Porter will be at left tackle for
George Washington when the Colo
malls line up against Ursinus at Col
legeville, Pa. on Saturday. He will
take the place of Crombie, who
sprained his ankle in the Fordham
Evening star., 1927-10-27
BROOKLAND GRID SQUAD
HOLDS MEETING TONIGHT

Brookland A. C. gridders. who meet
Mercurys in the 135-pound class in the
Capital City League Sunday, will hold
a meeting tonight.
Brooklands boast particular strength
in the backfie.d. their talent in this
department including Holden. Brown
McNally. Harwood and Duncan, the
last named the signal caller.
Evening star., 1927-10-27
BRIANTE WOULD SURPASS
ORANGES YARDAGE MARK

NEW YORK, October 81 (P.-With
five more games to play. Ten Yards"
Briante, New York University full
back. is out to tie or surpass Red
Oranges 1923 record of gaining 1850
yards IN scrimmage.
Briante has made 917 yards in the
30 times he has carried the ball He
was used in only half Of last week g
game against Rutgers.
Evening star., 1927-10-27

ISNN lIlt IdSI team 10
~ make it's debut in the pub
wv lie high school foot ball
championship series, will
meet Tech tomorrow in
Central Stadium at 3:15 o'clock.
Just how the boys from across the
creek will fare i'm the series is prob
lematical. Western started the sea.
son handicapped by absence of expert
enced material as the result OF grad
uation of many dependables. Injuries
have further hurt the Red squad. 1t
seems certain that the Western eleven
that lines up against the Manual
Trainers will, by no means, be so for
midable as that which battled Tech
to a tie for the title last Autumn. 1t
is sure, though, to be combina ton
with plenty of fight and is apt to he
stronger than generally expected, as
Coach Dan Ahern has frequently
proved his resourcefulness.
If Tech, generally favored to win
the series, triumphs. it will be two wins
in as many starts for the Manual
Trainers. who downed Eastern, p to
0, last Friday.
Aside from the Tech.Western meet
ing, four tilts are listed for gridiron-
ers of the local scholastic group to-
morrow. Eastern will entertain st.
Johns on the Eastern field and ST.
Adams will play host to McDonough
School of Baltimore. in the games
set for strictly home gridirons, and
Dewitt and Calvert Hall will meet in
Baltimore and Emerson and George
town Prep will come together at Gar.
rett Park in the other engagements.
GOnzaga vanquished Eastern foot
ballers yesterday. to 0. by virtue of
a forward pass from McFean to Gar
vim in the late moments. The heave
came after long chuck from McVean
to Pyne. which put the ball on the
15-yard mark. An Eastern defense.
which stiffened at cruical stages, pre-
vented larged score, as the Purple
carried the fight to Guyon's boys
virtually all the way. Eastern twice
repulsed the / Streeters on the five
yard line.
Gonzaga again had the services of
Capt. Tom Brew, left tackle, and
Ritchie Edmonston, left end. depend
Evening star., 1927-10-27
BANQUET FOR EAGLES.

Mrs. Eva V. O'Donnells Anacostia
Eagies, claimants of District junior
base ball honors, will be rendered a
banquet by their friends of Anacostia
and Congress Heights, Saturday
night at the home of Mrs. l.. F..
Maher. 1921 Minnesota avenue south.
east. Ice cream has been donated by
Joseph Carley.
Evening star., 1927-10-27
NAVY PLAYERS SENT
THROUGH MMAGE

By the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. Md, October e7.-
Navy's varsity foot ball team went
through long hard scrimmage yes.
terday in preparation for the Penn
game in Philadelphia Saturday.
c. J.. Miller and F. s. Smith. bril-
liant passing combination of the fast
1925 plebe team, worked out as end
and halfback, respectively, replacing
Bauer and Moret.
Smith and Sloane. the other wing.
man, were vigorously drilled in break.
ing up end runs expected from Penn.
Evening star., 1927-10-27
POLO DANGEROUS GAME.

Polo is considered a very dangerous
game. 1t is contest between two
teams OF four men galloping at all
times on thoroughbred horses. stifk-
ing at a wooden (willowl ball with long
sticks which have hard wood mall"'
heads
Evening star., 1927-10-27
EXTINCTION. Va, OctotAr 81
Six WASHINGTON and Lee Gen

n DIN w dSEilIlElb anu Lee NISn-
erals will play their last foot
A ball game against the University
of Maryland Saturday, when the
Old Liners are met at College Park in
the annual clash.
The six that are playing their third
and final varsity game against Coach
Curley Byrd's eleven are: Capt. Tips.
guard; SPOTS, end; Fisher, tackle;
Latham, center; Howe, halfback, and
Stearns. quarter. Maryland is thor
oughly familiar with each of the lads.
Tips played his sophomore year at
quarter for the Generals, but in 1926
when there was a dearth of line
material in camp, he. was shifted to
guard, where he has made himself
widely known. This season he has
been playing whale Of. game. 1t
is not an infrequent occurrence to see
him slip through the opponents line
and throw the charging backs for
losses or block punts
Spots. is considered the South's
greatest all-around athlete He is one
of the greatest ends in tho history of
Evening star., 1927-10-27

ables. who have been on the shelf
recently with injuries.
Galliher, clever St. Adams half.
back, has been lost to the team, as
the result of an injured knee.
Robinson. SLOre, Seltzer. Ogus and
Waller are racketers remaining in the
interschool tennis tournament at Cen.
trail High. Semi-fnals will be staged
within the next few DAYS.
Evening star., 1927-10-27
JAPANESE BASKET BALL
WILL INVADE AMERICA

What is believed to be the first jap.
anese basket ball team to visit the
United States will arrive in California
in December for a tour of the country
Because of their generally small stat.
ure, the Japanese play a strange style
of basket ball.
They rely on catlike swiftness on
the floor and their ability to dribble at
top speed while crouched very close
to the floor to work the ball into scor
ing position.
Pie has been officially recognized as
part Of the training diet of the Penn.
sylvania foot ball squad.
Evening star., 1927-10-27

battle. Otherwise George Washington
expect to start as usual.
Because of his smart showing in the
West Virginia game, Liston may be
at left tackle for Georgetown when the
| Blue and Gray starts against Waynes-
burg college Saturday at Clark Crif.
fifth Stadium, Saur, regular left tackle,
has bad cold.
Evening star., 1927-10-27
Western Eleven Makes Bow
In School Series Tomorrow

w WESTERN, the last team to
make it's debut in the pub
wv lie high school foot ball
championship series, will
Evening star., 1927-10-27

Porter will be at left tackle for
George Washington when the Colo.
malls line up against Ursinus at Col
legeville. Pa. on Saturday. He will
take the place of Crombie, who
sprained his ankle in the Fordham
The Alaska fisherman., 1927-10-15

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