Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-16
ARMY AND HARVARD
IN FEATURE BATTLE.
However, There Are Clashes
of Note in All Parts
of Country.
BY.H. C. BYRD.

~ ONE of the biggest foot ball games
of the year are scheduled this
week. Up. at Cambridge the
~ Army and Harvard meet in what
seems to be the topline contest.
At Syracuse the Nebraska eleven ap-
pears against Syracuse, and Penn State
goes down to Philadelphia to meet
Pennsylvania State In the Middle West
Indiana and Illinois are to be con-
tenders, while out in the Far West
California plays Southern California
and Oregon faces Washington.
In the South the meeting of Georgia
Tech with Notre Dame probably is the
most important struggle listed.
Up north great attention is being CEN
tered on the Harvard-Army game. It
is impossible to buy a ticket for the
game anywhere around Boston, and re-
Gently requests have come to Washing
ton from that city in efforts to gain
admission. Army apparently has its
strong eleven working intact again and
functioning well, while Harvard has
given evidence that it is on the way
again TO attain its rightful place in
Eastern foot ball. The game seems to
be something of tosS-up, with almost
everybody looking upon Army as almost
certain to be the victor. However,
despite this apparent feeling that 1t is
only necessary for the game to be
played to insure Army victory, there
is a we'll defined thought in the writer's
mind that the result may be different.
Harvard is playing better foot ball
this year and, while the task of beat
ing any eleven made up of material
such as the Army has, and well coached
besides, is of real magnitude, still it
seems that Harvard has a better chance
IN a aRs In
which it has taken part in the last
three years.
Indiana has seemed to be especially
strong this Fall, and its game with Il
hnois will do much toward showing Just
what chance it really has in the West
ern Conference race. Also it is evident
That the game means much to Illinois, as
it is the first appearance of the Zuppke
team in conference battle.
California and Southern California
furnish just about as big a game as
there is on the Pacific Coast, with the
possible exception of California and
Stanford Oregon and Washington offer
one of the biggest attractions of the
Northwest.
Around Philadelphia and throughout
Pennsylvania main interest should lie
In the Penn State Pennsylvania game
That is one of the big games of the year
for both teams, both Pennsylvania and
Penn State being great rivals in every
thing, the rivalry extending to other
things besides athletics. Both have good
teams, and the game itself should rank
with the best.
Nebraska and Syracuse ought to put
up great battle, with the chances
about even. In fact, it is probable that
no better foot ball game will be played
than that to be staged between the New
Workers and the Cornhuskers
Georgia Tech seems to have its best
chance against Notre Dame. The At
lanta eleven has never done anything
more than make good showing against
the South Bend crowd. but this Fall
seems to have. with one of the best
elevens IN its history, about the best op-
portunity that has presented itself to
wind up with a victory.
Two Southern Conference games sure
% furnish plenty of good foot ball this
week are between Tennessee and Ala
hama at Tuscaloosa and between North
Carolina and Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute at Chapel Hill The Tennessee
6ence over any other contest, as those
teams have stood out the last two or
three years, and also because Alabama
this Fall seems to have one of its great
est eleverls.
1t must not be thought that because
Virginia held Princeton to a tie score
last week that Princeton is weak. The
truth of the situation is that Virginia
has wonderful line, one that averages
1872 pounds from end to end, and that
at this time of year Princeton's offens-
i've is not so very far advanced.
fine line against an offenSe that
has not been advanced means only one
thing, that the offense is not going to
get very far. And, as far as scoring
was concerned, Princeton's did not.
Virginia has a good foot ball team.
probably one of the best it has ever
had, and certainly the best that has
worn its colorS since 1918.
Maryland seems to be in for another
real battle out at College Park Satur-
day when it faces Western Maryland
College. The UpStaters have a team
good enough to do well against any OPP
ponent, probably stronger than either
South Carolina or North Carolina, both
of which have won from the Old Line
eleven. And Western Maryland may
know of some things it had rather do
than to beat Maryland, but If it does it
has not given any indication of what
they are. AS matter of fact. it is
likely that one Of the hardest and pos
sibly one of the bttterest fought games
of the year on local fields may result
from the meeting of the two schools.