Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
CLOSELY MATCHED
HEYENS TO CLASH
ely optlmist Would Dare
Pick Winners of Leading
Games of Section.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

YEW YORK, october b.
M There could be no finer
i example Of an optimist
than the man who thinks
he could pick all the winning foot
ball teams this week. There are
half a dozen games in the East
that can go either way as easily
as a pendulum.
Take q look at some Of them. How
can any dopester be sure Of the victor
In such contests as those between Yale
and Georgia, Princeton and Brown, New
York University and Georgetown, Dart
mouth and Holy Cross, Colgate and La
fayette, Penn State and Temple, Car
negie Tech and Georgia Tech, Villanova
and Duke. Pittsburgh and West Virginia,
Army and Michigan State or Navy and
Maryland?
Some of these games probably will be
won by decisive scores, but there is
scarcely one on the list which might not
conceivably go either way. A victory
by any one of the teams which looks a
bit less strong than its opponent would
be the gentlest type of an upset.
II dFOEcus
Georgia has formed somewhat of a
habit of beating Yale and last year
should have won by a greater score
than it did. This season the Southern
ers have practically a veteran outfit. If
anything it is stronger, yet We can not
overlook the fact that Yale, too, should
be more powerful. especially on the of
tense. But, the Blue having changed
its attack, it is bit early for the new
system to be working smoothly. Georgia,
therefore. on the advance dope, is the
logical winner
Brown beat Princeton last Autumn by
the margin of touchdown. The Provi-
dence University is probably better than
last year and Princeton is team with a
new coach. Nevertheless, the Tigers
have shown signs of having good ma
terial and an offense with a punch in it.
The interference and line play has been
good and couple of efficient new backs
have made their appearance. All in all,
Princeton appears to have the edge.
New York University and Georgetown
should offer one of the best struggles
OF the week. New York could win last
year only by virtue of a safety touch
down. Chick Meehan has a wealth of
material this season, and thinks his
team Is lot stronger, but Georgetown's
game against Western Maryland shows
the former eleven's power If New York
wins it probably will be because of
more reserve strength.
Holy Cross . Threat.
Dartmouth, as a general thing, might
be regarded as too strong for Holy
Cross, and may prove to be exactly
that. There is lot of rugged material
at Hanover. But it happens this season
that Holy Cross has Stalwart line and
some fast backs. Here again reserve
strength may tell the story.
They think at West Point that Army
Is stronger than It has been in years.
It will have to be plenty powerful to
beat Michigan State. Jimmy Crowley
has drilled a foot ball team. The
cadets will have to play smarter foot
ball against this outfit than they
showed last Saturday. If they don't,
they are going to have an unpleasant
afternoon.
Maryland has been looking forward
to its game with Navy, and doing so
with the idea of putting the middies
on the rocks. Navy may catch tartar
in Maryland, but Navy is the logical
choice.
Harvard, Pennsylvania Cornell, Wash
ington-Jefferson and perhaps Columbia
should get lot of exercise Juggling the
ball over the goal line. None of these
institutions is in much more danger Of
defeat than Max Schmeling would be
from a grammar school boxing cham
pion.
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Newspaper Alliance, 1nc.)