Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-08
GEORGIA FACES Ell
IN BIGGEST CLASH
Many lntersectionaI Games
Slated for Southerners.
G. U. Has Big Chance.
BY II. C. BYRD.
BY II. C. BYRD.
TESTS Of Southern foot ball
will come this week on
i widely separated gridirons.

|TESTS Of Southern foot ball
will come this week on
i widely separated gridirons.
At Atlanta, Ca; at Dallas,
Tex; at Madison, Wis; at Column
bus, Ohio; at Ithaca, N. Y, and at
New Haven, Southern elevens are
due to line up against opponents
that should bring out the best of
the Wanted proves Of Dixie
teams.
Undoubtedly the most important Of
the games scheduled is that in which
Georgia faces Yale. The Dark Blue
went TO New Haven last season and won
and fully expects to have at least an
even chance to turn the same trick
again. Georgia has much better team
than it developed in 1880, according to
those familiar with its strength.
Other long trips to be taken by South
ern schools are Alabama Polytechnic
Institute to the University of Wisconsin,
Vanderbilt to Ohio State University
and Richmond to Cornell. Two South
trn schools entertain big opponents from
other sections, Texas A. and M. having
Iowa at Dallas and Georgia Tech enter
tanning Carnegie Tech at Atlanta.
1t may be that Alabama Polytechnic
Institute will make a better showing
against Wisconsin than most of its sup
porters look for. That school has much
better material this year than last and
has been showing signs of a return to
that high state it once held in South
ern foot ball. Vanderbilt probably has
pretty close TO an even chance to whip
Ohio State. This time a year ago the
Commodores went out and gave Mime
sofa q trimming, and now they are
much better than then: and there Is
not much difference in the strength of
Ohio State and Minnesota In any year.
Richmond is likely to lose to Cornell by
a fairly wide margin, but Texas A. and
M. and Georgia Tech ought to do pretty
well in their games. The Atlanta school
lost to Carnegie Tech last season by
big margin. but the former is stronger
and the latter apparently is weaker.
Texas A and M. ought to have about
an even chance against Iowa.
These excursions of Southern elevens
are getting to be rather regular features
Of every foot ball season. Against
Northern schools the South has been
making better and better comparisons,
until now some Southern teams
are conceded to have an even chance
against any opponent from another sec
ton. In fact, so much so Is this true
that the Yale-Georgia contest should be
rated as one of the most important of
the day. And Vanderbilt's tilt with
Ohio State should not be far behind.
Last year, as has already been men
toned. Georgia won from Yale and
Vanderbilt gave Minnesota a one-sided
trimming.
A S far as this part of the country is
\ concerned. Navy and Maryland in
their game at Clark Griffith
Stadium will hold the center of the
stage. AS far as foot ball is con-
cerned. the game is likely to shape up
with the best, and it seems assured that
the biggest crowd that has ever watched
foot ball struggle south of the Mason
Dixon line, with the exception Of the
Army-Navy game in Baltimore some
years ago, when 10000 persons attended,
will turn out. Apparently the Navy
Maryland tilt is generally regarded as
one of the two or three most important
OF the day, with the whole country con-
Coach rip" Miller Of Navy will
bring to Washington a typical hard
lighting, hard-playing Navy squad.
Two teams Of Navy players, the second
OF almost equal strength to the first,
are ready to take the field. Those who
watched the Navy whip William and
Mary last week, and whip that school
much more easily than the score indi-
Gated, are convinced that there is a
better team at Annapolis this year than
last. That means that Maryland has
its work cut out for it, as Navy won last
year by to 0.
However. Maryland also may be
stronger. The Old Liners have in their
lineup now about the same kind of
PLAYERS Navy has. Every one of them
took part in the contest at Annapolis
last year and in all probability vir-
tually every man who starts for Navy
will have back of him some little
experience gained against the Maryland
squad the Saturday before last Thanks
giving day
Both Navy and Maryland have q rep
utation for craftsmanship second to
none, and they should put up the kind
of game that makes college foot ball q