The Washington times., 1936-11-26
CoIoniaIs End
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Season
Continued from Page II

Fordham puts its damaged
chances of Rose Bowl glory to the
touch this afternoon, meeting New
York University on the field at
Yankee Stadium. When the fiery
Red Bulldogs of Georgia tied and
almost defeated Fordham, they
furnished one of the startling up
sets of a season already jammed
to the guardrails with some
Somersaults and unexpected de-
feats. A beating for the Maroons
today, or another tie will ruin
their hopes.
May Be Choice
Louisiana state University.
which approaches its traditional
game with Tulane undefeated, but
tied by Texas in an early season
game, will wind UP its season Sat
urday. The Bayou Tigers may be
the ultimate choice of the Rose
Bowl committee. Their record
would justify such a choice.
The season will end locally
when George Washington's slash
ing Colonials meet the Mountain
eers of West Virginia University
at Griffith Stadium. The Buff
comes to the end Of one OF its
greatest seasons, all of its honors
richly deserved. It lost only to
Rice, and in that game the result
might easily have been reversed
with a break in the luck IN one
or two instances.
West Virginia boasts team that
makes football fans forget the oc-
casional defeats suffered over the
course of a season. Kelly Moan,
triple threat artist OF exceptional
value, and Barra, left end, form
one of the great forward pass com
binations of the year. They sim
pie erase distance with their
heaves and catches. Against Uni.
versity of Cincinnati they scored
from kickoff in six seconds.
Against Western Maryland they
were just about as swift. The
Colonials will have to watch these
boys.
So far as the Eastern Seaboard
Is concerned, the traditional game
of the day will be the clash be-
tween University of Pennsylvania
and Cornell's Big Red team.
Penn Leader
Penn has definitely established
itself as one of the leaders in East
ern football. The Quakers lost a
heartbreaker to Yale, but they
turned around then and snapped
the myth of Princeton invincibil-
ity on the gridiron. That victory
started the Penn team clicking,
and it has purred along SWeety
ever since.
Cornell, with it's band of exalted
sophomores, has played splendid
football all season. It apparently
Is overmatched, but after the
events of November 81, which will
live in football history as BLACK
Saturday." who will be so hardy
as to predict that Cornell has no
chance.
Another traditional game is on
the cards today. Up in Providence
Colgate's Red Raiders make their
last foray of the season, confront
ing the haplesS Brown University
team. If Colgate wins, no one
will pay the slightest heed. But
if Brown wins, the critics and
prognosticators will seek out the
highest possible bridges and take
the leap.
There's a real football game on
the schedule down at Durham, N.
c., where North Carolina State
and Duke do their stuff.
Stanford Comes East
In the midst of traditional
games, Saturdays battles loom
across the national gridiron. The
Cardinal Indians, of Stanford,
have invaded the East to mingle
with Columbia's legions.
The Indians shivered in New
York's chill, bleak fall weather and
trod gingerly through patches of
snow, but Coach Tiny Thornhill
was confident they would be at
IuSlT peak ueSp1US uuldVOI dUlG
climatic conditions.
A crowd of 10000 is expected
to watch the two elevenS close out
their seasons in a meeting remi.
niscent of the 1884 Rose Bowl
game, which Columbia won by
to 0. The Westerners probably
will be favored this time because
of an edge in weight and in re-
serves.
Their workouts through the rest
Of the week will be devoted largely
to retaining their peak condition
and to polishing up a defense
against the Columbia passing at
tack.
Whether Sid Luckman, the Col
umbia backfieId ace, will start re-
mained in doubt today because of
his injured knee, and most of Col
umbia's offensive may be built
around Joe Vollmer, the powerful
running back who led the way in
Columbia's decisive win over Syra-
cuSe.
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