Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-26

Penn is not a SeC-up Dy any
means, as its victory over Navy
proves. but that it can be beaten
by teams that are not champions
is proved by its defeats at the
hands of California and Penn
State. Penn has a good team,
but has hardly shown as much
strength as Cornell against Dart
mouth.
The fact that the two teams are OF
such caliber that a great game is in
prospect, would in itself be sufficient
to fill the stands at Franklin Field,
were nothing else involved. But with
the long rivalry between Penn and Cor
neil there is involved just double the
interest Any game between Penn AND
Cornell is great game, no matter
what the game caltb2r OF the team
as the long rivalry between them gives
the game about the same glamor that
attaches to the Yale-Harvard contest.
MANY people from washington will
make the Journey to Philadelphia to
attend. Alumni of both schools, antici-
pating O great contest are likely to put
forth unusual eGorts to be among those
present. Cornell has not had the edge
on Penn so often in the last few years
and this makes the game unusual for
Corneu Alumni.
Notwithstanding that North Carolina
has a brilliant record and one of the
most brilliant of all Southern elevens,
Virginia is working away with will to
break that record Word from Char
lotteSville indicate that thsre IS some
hope of winning from the Tarheels, al
though a comparison between the two
teams on a basis of their showing
against other schools would not seem to
offer much reason for it.
Virginia will meet team different
from any that it has faced all season.
The Tarileels will play harder loot pail
than any of the teams Virginia has
played and they have backfield that
actually is better than the group of
stars behind Virginia's line. However,
with Virginia in a frame OF mind to do
or die, it may be that great upset viii
be provided. And victory for the
Cavaliers would be an upset, the most
remarkable of the year in the South.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
Virginia Military Institute are getting
ready for their battle at Roanoke. Both
schools have strong teams, but in all
probability v. NJ. L will start the game
with slight edge, because it has been
a little more consistent. v. P. I. has
three defeats charged against 1t and V.
M. I. two The former lost to Penn,
North Carolina and Maryland. while
the latter dropped games to Florida and
Kentucky. On the other hand v. M. I.
has no such great battle to its credit as
v. p. I. staged at Philadelphia against
Pennsylvania, and 1t has no such over
whelnaing victories to its credit as V. P.
T. won from Washington and Lee and
Virginia.
The two teams seem evenly enough
matched to provide great foot ball
game. v. NJ. I. has won the last two
years and 1t may be ". p. is turn,
even if it may not seem quite as strong
as it has been at times. The game
should be a good exhibition of foot
ball and probably will draw by far the
largest crowd that has watched con-
test in Virginia in years.
Maryland's varsity foot ball squad
went through another hour Of scrim-
mage yesterday afternoon, or rather
last night to be more accurate in the
statement. The scrimmage was staged
under the flood lights and all 30 men
who are likely to see service against
Hopkins Thanksgiving day took part.
The scrimmage was held against
combination team of freshmen and
varsity squads, and that eleven offered
a good deal more opposition than any
other team that could have been put on
the field The game has always been
something Of nightmare to Maryland,
as 1t seldom knows what kind of OPP
position it must face. At times the
College Park eleven has gone to Balti-
more with the odds overwhelmingly in
its favor only to find that 1t was against