The Washington times., 1937-10-16
NnUu-HnrU1rd Set for Grid Clash
Hoyas Meet
Lafayette
At Stadium
TERPS VS.. VA.
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Across the land today a mighty
host in football srmor awaits the
gun-crack or the whistles shrill.
In at least eight of the major
games from the Polo Grounds in
New York City to Los Angeles, we
find unbeaten elevens putting
their Rose Bowl chances to the
touch.
Pressing to the fore in quest of
local patronage we find George.
town University, its Grey and
Blue ranks thinned by injury. fac
ing Lafayette's eleven. which is
in two minor games.
of Maryland is in
to tackle Virginia,
and American University battles
Mt. st. Mary's in Emm1tsburg'
Md.
The great spectacle of the day
in this immediate sector OF the
country will bring together unde-
feated Navy with its legions IN
blus against the unconquered host
of Harvard. Under the tutelage
of Dick Harlow, one of the out
standing directors of football
strategy, the Crimson this year
launched it's drive for the heights
once held when Harvard and
Haughton ruled the Eastern scene.
rEppTrTr1 pOuER
Harvard's terrific power, made
more deadly because of the pre-
cision that marks the attacks OF
Harlow-coached teams, was un'
leashed against Springfield Y. M.
C. A. College in the opening game
of the season, and against Brown.
The Gymnasts were beaten 81 to
0, and Brown by score of "a to Z.
The Crimson backfield combines
the pleasing elements OF speed,
deftness and true power. Boston,
the likely choice for quarterback
this afternoon. scales 191 pounds,
and is 10 pounds heavier than
Struck. Incidentally, there's a
name for a fullback. Foley and
Cakes, two spanking halfbacks,
each weigh about 1865 pounds.
The right side of the Harvard
line, with Capt. Russ Allen at
guard, Booth at tackle and Daugh-
tiers at end, averages close to 1876
pounds. Green, light but fast
end, pulls down the Harvard aver
age slightly. But the Crimson
will be sufficiently powerful.
Kevorkian, a smashing tackle, will
provide the fans who love line
play with real assortment of
thrills.
WILL MATCH HARVARD
Navy will match the Harvard
power with more power. The story
of Annapolis football this year has
been a story of strength which
although not fully coordinated at
this time, has been terrific In
those moments when everything
clicked. There was that fourth
period against Virginia, for ex-
ample.
Allen Bergner, Navy's brilliant
tackle, will play on the side of
the line against Kevorkian of Har.
ward. In the old days critics
might have smacked their lips and
prepared for terrific battle. But
under the new system of play, the
tackle plays not a single man,
but often a side of a line with a
few backs hurled in to sway the
balance of power. Bergner is a
smashing player, and with Hysong
on the other side, equipS the Mid
shipmen for any game.
Whether Lem Cooke Or Bill In
gram plays, Nays attack will have
swing and slash. Mcfarland will
supply the short gains, and there
is always Bob Antrim to pull
magic out of the air when needed.
One of the greatest games Of
the day should result when the
Men of Granite" in Fordham's
uniforms deploy against the
Panthers of Pittsburgh. For two
consecutive years these mighty
elevens have fought scoreleSs ties.
Now, critics in the East think
that the superior Fordham power
will sway the balance.
YALE VS.. ARMY
Yale, which conquered Penn
sylvania and Maine in its two
games, faces Army at New Haven.
and while the figures indicate that
the teams are even, many students
of the game believe that Army
will nose out the Ellis in a terrific
struggle. The Yale attack, how.
ever, has not yet reached the full
peak of its promise. 1t stopped
and halted against Penn a week
ago. If it clicks today Army may
topple from the ranks of the un-
defeated.
Cornell, conqueror Of Colgate
and Princeton after a trial with
Penn State, Ions as a strong ia
vorite over Syracuse in game that
definitely should give Cornell the
championship of Central New
York.
Two Rose Bowl possibilities
battle it out in Knoxville today,
Alabama's Crimson Tide rolls
North from Tuscaloosa to play a
game which united Dixie thinks
will discover the Eastern repre-