Evening star., 1928-11-10
FIVE BIC CLASHES
ON COLLEGE CARD
Unbeaten Hoyas and Plaid
Face at AIbany-Harvard
Is Host to Penn.

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NJ Saturday in November today
gave gridiron fans many a
puzzled moment.
The program included such outstand-
ing games as Army-Notre Dame, Michi-
gan-Navy, Pennsylvania Harvard, Pitt
Washington and Jefferson, while Albany
N. Y. was the scene of the only game
of the day between undefeated and
united teams in the East, Georgetown
and Carnegie Tech.
Some $4,000 booked seats for the
Cadets struggle against Knute Rockne's
HooSierS at the Yankee Stadium
Despite early season reverses by both
Contestants, upward to $4,000 persons
arranged TO watch Navy Bill Ingram S
Midshipmen take on Michigan's VOL
verineS at Baltimore.
Perhaps $4,000 were intent on seeing
the Pitt-Washington and Jefferson
contest. Western Pennsylvania classic.
For $4,000 more the nlae::..~t was the
Harvard Stadium, with Arnold Hor-
weenS husky Crimson team matching
wits speed and Drawn with PennSyl-
vania team beaten only by the Navy.
Harvard has lost to Army, but otherwise
boasts a clear record.
Yale and Princeton. taking it easy for
their meeting week today, entertained
Maryland and Washington and Lee,
respectively.
Syracuse's clash with Ohio Wesleyan
and West Virginias home stand against
the Oklahoma Aggies completed the
intersectional card.
Other outstanding affairs were
Browns invasion of Hanover to take on
Dartmouth, Lafayette's twenty first
meeting with Rutgers, at New Bruns-
wick a Little Three" classic between
Wesleyan and Williams, Villanovas at
tempt to maintain perfect record
against Temples thrusts and Lehigh's
trip to Lewisburg, Pa, to battle Buck
nell.
Big Game for NOtre Dame.
In the Army-Notre Dame game some
scattered few desired to see the Corps
of Cadets, cabinet officials or high
ranking Army officers, but the big mag
nets were eagle, Nave and Murrell of
the Army backfield and Niemiec
Chevigny and Collins of Notre Dame.
"Biff" Jones Cadet eleven has swept
through Boston University, Southern
Methodist, Providence, Harvard. Yale
and Depauw for successive victories.
Knute Rockne's squad, not the "superr
men" of other years, has been beateh
by Wisconsin and Georgia Tech while
bowling over Navy Loyola of New Or
leans, Drake and Penn State.
But most of the experts, while lean
ing toward the Army, believed Rockne's
team would play more foot ball than
previously in the season. It is no secret
that Notre Dame would rather win the
Army game than any other on its sched-
ule. The psychological advantage was
with the Hoosiers. They have little to
lose and everything to gain.
Not SO with the Army. In their long
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pionShip recognition, the Cadets are
forced to consider the Notre Dame bat
tie little more than an obstacle to be
hurdled. With Nebraska and Stanford
yet to be played, the Cadets cannot
make victory the sole objective as can
Rockne.
Among the notables who arranged to
attend were Secretary of War Dwight
F. Davis, Assistant Secretary F. Trubee
Dawson, Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum-
neral, chief of staff, and Gen. Peyton
the World War.
Real Battle at Boston.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, November 10
P).-For the first time since 1904, Har-
ward was host to Pennsylvania today
at the Harvard Stadium. The series
was resumed last year at Philadelphia
after lapse of years and Penn won, "a
to o. After Harvard and Princeton
broke relations Penn took Princeton's
place as the Crimson's chief opponent,
next to Yale.
The teams are rated about equally
and are among the strongest in the
East, although each has been defeated
twice. Harvard is heavier and has an
excellent line. Penn relied on Walter
Opekun, 165-pound fullback, who was
recently given regular post, and three
backs who saw action against Harvard
last year.
Navy at Top Form.
BALTIMORE, November 10 @.-
The Navy and Michigan battle today
before a throng of fans in the Baltimore
Stadium is the last meeting Of their
four-game series.
Both, after early season. reverses,
seemingly have found themselves.
Navy, in losing its first three starts by
Davis-Elkins, Boston College and Notre
Dame, had its goal line crossed but
twice, displaying one of the greatest
defenses In the country. Michigan
is rated in the same class as a defen-
sive aggregation.
Then came the reversal Navy,
Inundated in its starts, turned on nm
eri defeated the hitherto unscor~ a-on
Quakers, 6 to 0. Michigan, two weeks
later, followed the Middle lead and
sroiled Illinois chance for a Big Ten
Il e by 3-to-0 victory. Since that
Penn game Navy has beaten Duke and
walloped West Virginia Wesleyan by a
bigger score than did either George
town or New York University.
Navy for the first time this season
was able today to muster full strength
on the field. The Wolverines were
handicapped by the loss of Joe Gembis,
punging fullback, incapacitated through
illness.
Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Will
bur and his staff arranged to go to the
game.