New Britain herald., 1928-11-06

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New York, Nov R,-In football
games Saturday, November 10, the
players will go out determined to do
better than they did last year. In
seven important games on this date
last season ties resulted and Satur-
day will give the battling elevens
an opportunity to reach a decision
IL months late.
Johns Hopkins slipped up on Co.
lumbia's blind side to score a I to I
draw. and Cornell was rudely shock
ed by a to tie with St. Bonaven-
'ture. Syracuse found no relish in
a game with Ohio Wesleyan ending
with the same score. This same
Ohio Wesleyan team started its 1928
season by defeating Michigan. first
Of series of reverses for the VOL
verines. Neither Pittsburgh nor
Washington and jefferson has scored
on the other since 1928 when Pitt
won to 0. Two scoreless ties fol-
lowed.
a gruelling ~ to ~ game. q ver-
dict that cost the Gophers q share
in the 1927 Big Ten championship.
In the south q year ago Georgia
Tech ano Vanderbilt played all aft
ernoon without either mastering
enough drive to score and the same
day Tulane and Auburn quit with
the count to s.
Army and Notre Dame playing
their annual game at New York will
find the Cadets a heavy choice. but
Army won last year Is to 0, when
Notre Dame entered the game a
favorite. Boston should see the fur
fly when Boston College plays Ford
ham. a natural rivalry being inten-
sified by the position Of Major +.
w. Cavanaugh, Fordham coach, who
formerly coached Boston. A sharp
engagement should be waged in con
trast to an easy victory for Boston
ians last year.
Dartmouth defeated Brown 10 to
I at their last meeting, but may not
be able to do 1t again. Pennsyl-
vania ran roughshod over Harvard
in 1927. but the score should be
closer than ~ to 0 Saturday.
Michigan and Navy. both OF to
bad starts. have improved and
should have a pretty battle at Bal
timore. There was plenty of scor-
ing last November when Michigan
won q to -.
Carnegie Tech and Georgetown
will give the fans of Albany, N. Y.
treat, playing game bit out of
the beaten football path.
Two Southern teams ensase East
ern opponents when Maryland
travels to New Haven to meet Yale
and Washington and Lee invades
Princeton for . bout with the Tiger.
Yale beat Maryland last year 80 to
Q. and Princeton won from the
Generals 13 to o.
Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt
flushed with success, meet in At
lanta in game that may have an
important bearing on the Southern
conference race. Another great
battle in prospect for Dixie is the
Georgia Florida game, won last
year by Georgia rs to q. The story
is different this November. The Al
ligators are stronger than they were
then and the Bulldogs have lost
some of their bite.
The annual meeting of the two
Carolinas-North and South-will
be interesting. for this contest is al
ways close. South Carolina won in
1927. IA to s.
Texas will grow excited over the
battle OF the Texas Axgies and
Southern Methodist The Aggies
rode the Mustangs hard last year,
winning 80 to 10, but this is another
year.
A game to be reckoned with In
compiling Western Conference title
figures will be played between Iowa
and Ohio State at Columbus The
Buckeyes were able to win their
last encounter with the Hawkeyes
10 to S. The Minnesota Indiana
game seems certain to be a terrific
struggle. Chicago won from Wis
consin ~ to 0 last year. but the
followers Of A. A. Stage are having
their troubles now and Wisconsin
will be the favorite.
Nebraska. and Oklahoma. who dtI
not meet last year, should have a
hard fight Of it. and Missouri and
the Kansas Aggies will be busy also.
In the far West California and
Washington play. with a thought
to a to 0 victory for Washington
in their last encounter and Stanford
has reverse at the hands Of Santa
Clara. 10 to &. to consider. Colo
RADIO will be In q state of civil war
from football standpoint with
Colorado College playing Colorado
Mines and Colorado Aeeies meeting
the University of Colorado.