Evening star., 1927-10-21
RY w. w. ROPER.
Famous Foot Bali Authority and Pri
C0ach

Famous Foot Ball Authority and Princeton
Coach.
THERE are several feature
games in the East tomorrow.
including Princeton Cornell,
Il Army.Yale, Dartmouth Har-
- ward and Penn State-Syracuse.
It is just 20 years since Princeton
team has played in Ithaca. One of my
first coaching experiences was in 1907.
when l took Jim McCormicks eleven
to play Cornell. We lost by the mar.
row margin of one point. This was
the last game.
A renewal Of relations between
Princeton and Cornell gives one a real
thrill. 1t is a difficult job for coach
to comment on the play of his team
before a game. I realize only too well
how strong and powerful Cornell Will
be.
A comparison Of the teams is inter.
esting because they represent two dis.
tinct STYLES Of play. Cornell always
has a beautiful drilled team.
Dobie believes in the attack, usually
of a close order variety. His teams
grind out three and four yards with
machine-like precision. The Cornell
off-tackle play is one of the strongest
in the country.
/ think our passing attack is trifie
more versatile than Cornell's, while
they are undoubtedly stronger in
rushing the ball 1t looks to me as If
the team with the better defense
would win.
Yale Is Coming Fast.
2 The Yale team Is coming fast, and
should put up great game against
the Army. On paper the Army looks
stronger, but its record to date has
not been impressive. except for the
last few minutes against Davis'Elkins.
I look for q close score, but would not
be surprised at Yale victory. Cald'
well and Wilson. two of the outstand.
ing backs of the year, will be on oppo.
site sides of the line.
Dartmouth should defeat Harvard.
The Crimson has improved in the past
two weeks, but so has Dartmouth.
Temple, a supposedly strong team.
had little chance at Hanover last Sat.
urday. The Dartmouth backs and
ends look stronger than anything
Harvard has.
Penn State has good chance to
defeat Syracuse, unless the Penn vic.
tory has gone to the players heads.
II it has, Bezdek's charges are in for
a busy afternoon.
Lafayette play w. & ]. Lafay.
ette didn't look particularly strong
against West Virginia, while w. q
j. put up a great game against Car
negie Tech. AS this Fall has been a
great one for reversal of form, shall
take a chance and pick Lafayette.
Brown. has an easy game against
Lebanon Valley. This will be vel. |
come. Columbia should have little diff |
ficulty with Williams.
-
ago I would confidently have picked |
Penn to win by a substantial margin. |
But last weeks defeat at the hands Of |
State College, with Chicago's defeat of |
Purdue, makes me a bit uncertain. |
Chicago has improved steadily since
its opening defeat by Oklahoma. while
Penn has been up and down.
Duke University ran all over Rich.
mond College last week. They may
hold the Navy to q close score, but
look for the midshipnnen to be out for
after the Notre Dame defeat.
Alabama should defeat Sewanee
easily. while Georgia will overwhelm
Auburn. I should say. after seeing
Washington and Lee play. that they
viii defeat Kentucky by q good.sized
score.
Vanderbilt win have its troubles de.
feating Tulane. but should win. /
favor Maryland to defeat v. NJ. I. by
a close score.
Louisiana state should overwhelm |
Mississippi A.. q NJ. while Missis- /
sippf should win from southwestern.
Florida probably will defeat North /
Carolina State.
In the Western conference, Illinois
swings into action for the first time
against stiff opposition. The Illinois
boys play Northwestern, which last
week defeated Ohio State in a mem.
orable game. Illinois hasn't had