Evening star., 1928-11-08

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meet Saturday at Atlanta in
Y what is likely to be the greatest
~ game of the Southern foot ball
season. Neither has been de-
feated and with the possible exception
of Tennessee, the two elevenS stand out
as the strongest in the section. Un-
doubtedly one of the biggest crowds
of the year will pack the Georgia Tech
stadium.
Both Tech and Vandy are we'll
coached and probably have in their
line-ups as good or better material than
any other Southern eleven, except, Of
course, Georgetown. Both have dis
tinctly different styles of play, Georgia
Tech working most of its offenSe from
a close formation very similar to that
used by Rockne at Notre Dame, and
Vanderbilt running practically all its
plays from Short-kick formation SIM
liar to that which has served so we'll
at Michigan.
About the only three teams in the
Southern Conference which seem strong
enough to stand up against either
Georgia Tech or Vanderbilt are Ala
bama, Georgia and Tennessee. Ten
nessee has defeated Alabama by a
margin of two points, while the only
game lost by Georgia was to Yale.
Either of these three elevens may upset
either Vanderbilt or Georgia Tech at
any time.
Right now, though, it seems very
much as if the Southern championship
may hinge on the result of the game
Saturday Last year when the two
elevens played at Nashville the result
was to o, and there is no doubt
that both are stronger now than they
were then.
Tennessee plays Sewanee and will
keep its slate clear. 1t ought to beat
the Episcopalians by a about as big
score as it cares to as the latter have
been making comparatively poor
showing Georgia goes to Jacksonville
for a game with Florida and the
Crackers ought to emerge with the
long end of the score on their side.
Alabama plays Kentucky and should
have slight margin, although the two
appear very evenly matched.
Besides the trip Georgetown takes
to play Carnegie Tech at Albany, two
other Southern elevenS go North, WASH |
ington and Lee to play Princeton and |
Maryland to meet Yale. The Lexing- |
ton eleven has the better chance Of |
making a good showing because it Is in |
better condition and because Princeton |
does not seem to be as strong as Yale, |
and further because at this time it |
seems to be somewhat stronger than |
Maryland.
Last year Washington and Lee put
up real battle in Tigertown. Just |
problem. The Old Liners have lost |
three games, tied one and won two, |
but in each losing game have put up |
real battle, with each game going
just about even from start to finish.
One Of the big games in the East |
Saturday viii be the first appearance
of Pennsylvania against Harvard in
years. The game takes the place of
the Harvard-Princeton struggle, which
was ended last year with the break be-
tween the two universities Penn and
Harvard undoubtedly will putseup a
great foot ball game, but 1t Is not likely
that as much interest generally will |
attach to the contest as always was
shown in the meetings between Prince
ton and Harvard. There always has
been something to games between Har- |
ward, Princeton and Yale that made |
them just little bit different from
others.
Dartmouth and Brown engage in
their annual setto at Hanover. Dart |
ulOuOIl dLlu SIOMu 10 QOG seem 10 De |
as strong as they were last year. though |
both probably are strong enough to put |
up great foot ball game.
Two Of the biggest games in the
country will be played by Navy and
Army, the former with Michigan at |
Baltimore, and the latter with Notre |
Dame at New York. The Navy and
Michigan contest is close and will at
tract many thousands from Washing
ton Also good many Army people
will go to New York to watch their
game with Notre Dame Last year
Michigan beat Navy at Ann Arbor, and
Army beat Notre Dame. Now it seems
that the Michigan-N Navy contest is
something of toss-up, while the Army
ought to defeat the South Bend aggre-
cation again. However, If Rockne can
figure way to stop eagle NotFe Dame
may put crinp in the Armys aspi-
rationS.
In the South Atlantic section the
three big games are between North
Carolina and South Carolina, Virginia
and Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and
Virginia Military Institute and Clemson.
All three games should be evenly and
hard fought with little apparent pre-
game choice between the contenders.