Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1927, Page 43

SP Penn, Seen Stronger in All Departments, ORTS. RED AND BLUE DEFENSE ‘1S LIKED BY TIGER COACH . Poubts That Crimson Can Score in Franklin Field Game—Sees Keen Contest in Princeton-Ohio State Affair—Favors Pittsburgh. BY W. W. ROPER. ws Foot Ball \MH‘I(»‘.(\ and Princeton Saturday the fea- seem to he Hary delphia; Ohio Harvard nor Penn has ve record . their meeting is bound to be colorful. This is the first time the tear ave gt in more than 20 different styles of play be shown. On defense Penn plays a_hard, low-charging game, with the ends coming in fast and strong. Penn's defense will have the center out of the line behind one tackle and lback behind the other tackle, back about men well ba -1 defense. nstforward Penn hs wingbacks and the quick tered the six team in the Penn State completed es in their game, and the on a long forward pass. ks better in line defense than in open. Harvar open play has not been particularly ron Horween lacks a good, shifting, open-ficld runner of the Casey type. The Harvard ps zame to date has not been very fective. I would say Penn’s line should be able to stop Harvard's close attack, while I doubt if the Harvard passing will be versatile enough to get a 1 don't see how Harvard can score, outside of a break. Penn's defense looks too strong. Difference in Style. On defense. Harvard has a powerful « line. It will play much higher than Penn. The ends to date have not been 80 effective. The Harvard secondary + defense looked poor against Dart- mouth, but Dartmouth has a strong passing attack. he Penn attack has not been sus- tained or powerful. Penn has the backfield material. If Brill and Scull are in shape. they are better than any- thing Harvard can produce. Harvard showed improvement against Indiana. I look to see both teams in top form. To sum up, Penn looks considerably stronger on defense and a trifle better on attack. If the Penn backfield gets goi there may be a bigger differ- ence in this department of the game. Ovll past performances, I pick Penn to win. Ohio State comes to Princeton with 1t looked strong against Chicago, and I know it will look even stronger against Princeton. The Ohio line is just as big and rugged as the Prince- ton forwards, and it_has more veteran material. look for a very hard zame. Columbia will defeat Johns Hopkins | without any difficulty. Carnegie Tech | should extend New York University. The New Yorkers got a real test in the Colgate game, and should be a better team for it. 1 favor N. Y. U. by a close score. Yale will get a well-deserved letup against Maryland, though the South- erners should give the Elis a good same. Both the Army and Navy have easy games. The Army will have little dif- ficulty against Franklin and Marshall, and West Virginia Wesleyan is hardly | strong enough to extend the Middies. Dartmouth meets Brown at Provi- | dence. From the records, it appears like an easy win for Dartmouth, but records can't always be trusted. Brown Deserves Comeback. Since time immemorial Brown has given Dartmouth a close game. It is true Brown has shown nothing so far. But if any team is due for a come- back Brown is. If it had won again: Temple, I would have felt more confl- dent in saying Dartmouth was in for a husy afternoon. Pitt has a powerful team, the best {In vears, and W. and J. looks very strong. 1 expect a close game, and favor Pitt." The outstanding game in the Middle West will be Chicago-Michigan. This used to be the midwest classic. I am glad to see Chicago and Michigan get together again. Both have splendid forward passing attacks. On form to date, Michigan should win. Minnesota, one of the powerful teams of the conference, plays Notre Dame. Rockne's team will get a real test, particularly the line. I consider Notre Dame about one touchdown stronger. Ilinoi | | plays Towa. ‘. Zuppke's team in. should I favor Wisconsin over Grinnell. Northwestern, smarting under its defeat by Missouri, should give Purdue a busy afternoon. In the South, Washington and Lee should defeat Virginia. The Georgia Tech-Vanderbilt game will be a great o) 1t appears' like an even propo- Both Alabama and Georgia comparatively easy games against Kentucky and Florida. If a vor Tennessee to beat Sewanee. In the Far West, California has a fairly easy adversary in Montana. The Stanford-Washington meeting, at Seattle, seems the big game of this section. Washington had a runaway victory over Whitman last week, while Stanford showed marked Ssuperl. a team of tremendous poésibilities, and one that has not shown its top form. ority over Oregon. It looks as any- body's game. Y (Convright. 1927.) Small Things Swing Balance In B_ig Foot Ball Struggles BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, November 4.—Any foot ball critic can make a very high average of success- ful forecasts concerning the outcome of games if he in- cludes in his list of pickings teams which obvio are overmatched by their opponents. If he confines himself to contests amopg rivals of the same class and approximately of the same strength he runs far greater chances of going astray and thereby earning the de- risive smiles of those who follow his commentaries. On Saturday not a few games will be played in which the victorlous algnce easfly might swing either that can be done by the is to balance what he ‘concerning opposing elevens, “material, their systems of play then make his choice on paper, it many things arise in actual hich cannot be foreseen. And “the dive: State-Princeton—The writer 2 ays had the feeling that the normal Big Three defense in Novem- hegl i# one of the highest expressions of 'foot ball technique. It has its roots back in the years and is a ‘wonderful thing. So the writer looks the Buckeyes’ running attack ‘well checked and has not the ‘gepfidence in the effectual etop. {998 the Tiger attack. Modern A sing often discounts the se, but at the same time offensive ends delayed or d in going deep down fleld and linemen helping care for flat terri- tory, the pass is being better handled by a sharp defense than it used to be. Ohio has stuff which may win this game but the writer thinks the Tigers have more stuff. Princeton is picked. Minnesota-Notre Dame.—Dr. Spears, the Minnesota coach, is a very shrewd man. Last r he sat on the side lines watching how and-learning why the Hossier barks scampered by his en. To beat Notre Dame one condi- tion above all must be present—you CHICAGO’S FINE PLAY SPOILED BY PENALTY CHICAGO, > ing a tradition of ball coaching, Saturday he Maroon eleven after a play had been executed succ for a touchdown, € It ike, and we don't the old man said. statement was J:cld it against him,’ He emph. not an s licity which a Tho play, explained, d and had been thorou; g, perfectly execut a_lateral pass from Mende: vall to Jersid, in which the scored @ touchdown. Ref r contended a Chicago bac Juted the man-in-motion rule, the play back and the score did not count. I saw the play clear) “and it was exccuted perfectly, The man in motion stepped back three counts before the ball was snapped, and it was the official and not the player who made the mistake.” . BIG BATTLES AT SOCCER. November 4 battles dominate to- in the first division oot Ball League. Bir- Aston Villa, the Bol- oppose Burnley, Mid diesbrogh stacks up against Sheffield Unitad, Newcastle United meets Sun derland, and the Tottenham Hotspurs lige up inst West Ham United, said Stagg, land, must have players as competent as those on the Notre Dame elesgn. The writer believes that the Gophers this year meet this condition. He believes that on Saturday the Gopher ends and :ackles won't go through those “sucker holes™ that the Irish Jeave invitingly open, only to clip the would-be tackler 28 he enters the backfleld. Walter Steffen and Glenn Warner have shown How the typical Notre Dame attack may be handled. It will be & game between two great teams. The writer realizes that Notre Dame is the popu- far pick, but he likes Minnesota's :h;::;n. more fine teams, Washington and Jefferson and Pittsburgh, ,,15',,, Into action Saturday. The writer picks Pitt because he believes that Pitt's scheme of attack is better qualified to give the great Gibby Welch a scoring punlc‘:. dami w. ;nd J.’s methods are qualified to send the equall; Amos over the line, iy Stanford-Washington—This is goin; to be a real foot ball game and i: 2 tough one to pick. But the writer selects Stanford because of her ever- increasing strength and the ability of Warner to develop scoring teams. Brown-Dartmouth—Dartmouth - cer- :»'a.ln'ly ls:uld ‘vgln this game, although may be a closer one t! 3 sons think. S i New Yl:r:(h.v‘n’z:levr:{:;ez picked to de{)?lzncd:mc!gliloe‘;r o plcked to beat Colorado U. after a hard game, ha};)ou Cross is favored to beat Ford. Tilinots 1s plcked to beat I Nebraska will beat Knnlno;.l.. Pennsylvanis-Harvard—Penn this Year seems an uninspired sort of out- :l;‘.’ta:d wn’r‘. l-}i:rvnrd coming along 0w, she has th nfswin:mg this mm; e outhern Method: Te‘f"h iy st should beat Jtah should beat Creighton. ‘W. & L. =hould bel'.r{"fi‘rdnh. EIGHT TEAMS SURE FOR BASKET LEAGUE — Knights of Columbus and Jewish Community Center basket ball teams will enter the Tri-City Independent League, which is to take definite form at a meeting tonight at the Herald, at 8:30 o'clock. This brings the total number of entries to elght. Games will be played at the Ar cadia before American League comr tests, opening November 20. George P. Marshall, owner of the local American League club, has offered a rophy’to the league champion. Forced by injuries to desert basket ball as a player, Nate Sauber, for sev- years a star performer with Con- gress Helghts Yankees and other in- dependent teams, has announced his intention to devote his time to referee- ing this Winter. He is a_member of the Central Board of Basket Ball Referees, Winton A. C. and Corinthian quints are booked to meet on Peck Gym floor Monday night at 8 o'clock. Win- ton players will meet at 7 o'clock at Twelfth and G streets southeast, Flying Cloud Scniors will meet to- morrow night at 819 Eleventh street northeast at 7 o'clock. All candidates are asked to attend. . TAKES ROOTERS ALONG. CHICAGO. November 4 (#).—A spe- cial trainload of rooters planned to ac- company the De Paul University team when it leaves tonight for game against Niagara Falls tomorrow. Twenf will make the trip, THE KV uuniing STAR HOW ROPER PICKS THEM FOR SATURDAY’S GAMES Harvard-Penn—“I pick Penn to win."” Princeton - Ohio — “A game.” Columbia-Johns bia, without difticult Carnegie Tec by a close score.’ Yale-Maryland — “A well-deserved let-up for Yale.” v - Franklin and Marshall — will have little difficulty. Navy - West Virginia Weslevan— “West Virginia is dly strong enough to extend the M Dartmouth-Brown—"' the rec- it looks like an easy win for T favor Pitt.” Mich- very hard Hopkins—"Colum- Y. U=“N. Y. U, Chicago-Mic should wi Minnesota - N Dame about one toucl inois-Towa—"' otre Dame — “Noti hdown stronger, ois should win favor Wi consin.” Northwestern - Purdue—“Northwest- ern should give Purdue a busy after- £ ' i E Washington and Lee - Virgini “Washington and Lee should win.’ Georgia Tech - Vanderbilt—*Looks like an even proposition Alabama-Kentucky- bama.” Georgia-Floridla—"Easy for Geor- ia."” Kasy for Ala- Tennessee-Sewanee—"Tennessee.” California - Montana—*Fairly easy for Californi: g Slall!or(l - Washington—"Anybody’s game.’ FOLEY IS HONORED BY CENTRAL ALUMNI ‘William (Bill) Foley, veteran Cen- tral track coach, was honored and the Blue and White foot ball team .that was to battle its old foe, Tech, today was given a big send-off at a meeting held last night at the Racquet Club by the Alumni “C” Club of the school. In addition to members of the foot ball team, many present students who have won their letters in other sports attended. Foley, who has been at Central for around 30 years, was described as a coach with a phenomenal record. He was termed not merely a developer of athletics but a builder of men. Rob- ert E. (Dutch) Acorn, on behalf of the Alumni “C” Club, presented Foley with a handsome portrait of the coach. Acorn said that Foley “admitted” be- ing at Central since 1898 and has been' there ‘continuously from that time. Until 1913 he never lost a public high Spring track meet and during his entire career his teams kave been beaten not more than four or five times. When he first came to Central he put up his own money to further track activities. Acorn pointed out that Foley was the only remaining member of the *‘old guard” which was at the Central School on O street and said_that, like the late revered principal, Emory (Ep) Wilson, he had given his best years to the school he loved so well. At a chapel to be held soon at Cen- tral the picture of Foley will be pre- sented the school, to be hung in the halls of the Institution. Following the presentation of the picture, the evening was given over to a pep rally for the Tech battle to- day. Others who spoke Included Princi- pal Alvin Miller of Central, former Principal Robert Maurer, Tom Kirby, former Central foot ball coach; Mike Kelley, present gridiron coach; 8. T. Kimble, Central director of athletics; Bert_Coggins, basket ball mentor, and goe Howard, manager of the foot ball eam. Z Sylvan King, president of the Alumni “C” Club, presided.. Sid Kent and Al Hendley, 05, were the oldest alumni present. They were both foot ball and track stars. Leon Entz. 1920, did some peppy cheer lead- 8. VIRGINIA WELL FIXED EXCEPTING AT ENDS UNIVERSITY, Va., November 4.— Virginia’s varsity eleven this after- noon will hold its last practice before the Washington and Lee game, to be played in Lexington tomorrow. Starting the week with strenuous scrimmages, the Cavallers have eased up each doy, and the final workout is likely to be brief. All the men ex- cept the regular ends are in good con- ditlon, and Coach Earle Neale does not want to burn out the enthusiasm of his charges on the eve of an im- portant game. % The varsity, with Flippin and Tur- ner missing from the flanks, did not have the defensive power the coaches would like to have seen when it scrimmage against a_ “Daffodil” eleven coached in Washington and Lee tactics. ‘This eleven, which included such former varsity stars as Phillips, Hol- land, Cuddy and Glauber, with the best of the first.year and scrub squads, had little difficulty driving through the first team. Inherent weaknesses in the line which were s0 obvious in the Tenes- Symington, De Butts, Austin, Holland and Marston in the guard positions in an effort to dis- cover the strongest combination. ~All of these men are green and need drill- ing. But every man is fighting hard for the much-sought-after privilege of starting agalnst the Generals, The varsity squad will leave here about midmorning tomorrow and will go directly to the place where the men will Junch before the game. It was_first thought that the ‘players would be permitted to see the V. M. I. game with North Carolina, but Coach Neale has decided that this would make the hour of starting too early for his charges. CHURCHES APPROVE SPORTS ACTIVITIES By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, November 4.—Sports activities as a means of promoting a closer relationship among churches have been approved at the fourth an- nual meeting of the General Counsel- ing Commission of Churches in ses- sion here. The body comprises 20 representa- tives from as many Protestant de- nominations. Base ball, basket ball, volley ball and other sports were i dorsed by ministers, bishops and Y. M. C. A. secretaries attending the meeting. Eighty-seven Y. M. C. A. branches already have agreed to cu-operate in the movement. % Appointment of a national commit- tee with whom churchmen may confer and receive advice on church recrea- tional activities was authorized by unanimous vote, TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F e ] PLAYING THE GAME Officials’ T: BY FIELDING H. YOST. (Director of Athletics, University of Mich N ARBOR, Mich., November 4 —Officiating in ny game or sport is very difficult, The machine called the mind must interpret and translate the machine called the eye zes, and in few men is this in- and translation the Even when it comes to the d tion of immobile objects, the eyes a minds of two men seldom function 2xac i \When action is added, two men secing one tion the same way is lessened on foot_ ball and b the most diflicult of games which to officiate. This difference in faculties of ob- servation was clearly presented in an instance happening here at Michigan s ago. It was in a field entirely hoved from sport. Offers Fi A talented professor of the law sehool had an impromptu fight, ending in gun play, staged in his classroom without the preliminary knowledge of is class, whioh was in evidence. As ent arrests had taken he class to write ¢ seription of hoth men and the incidents of the fight. Virtually none of these descriptions tallied, the professor finding that the students had seen short, tall, slim and rotund fizhters, garbed in hoth light and dark suits, with hair ranging in color from black to red. This, the professor, pointed out, was the way honest evi- dence sometimes . would differ. In addition to eyes not secing the same, psychologists tell us that we see what we most desire to sce, and that it is difficult for two men desir- ing to see different things to come anywhere near seeing the same thing in pe Tlustration. ciating in foot b while the officials are trained to see correctly and are picked as impartial, they are surrounded on every side by partisan crowds, ea bent on seeing just what the other side does not wish to see. Errors Bound to Occur. If it were possible to eliminate dif- ferences of seeing and interpretation | in a hard-fought game like foot ball, it might be possible to eliminate offi- cials altogether and send 22 men on the field to play according to the rules. This would be the ideal condition, the Valhalla of sport, but one that is not possible under present conditions of mind and eve. It is approximated to some degree in games for small numbers, like ten- nis and golf, but none of the games in which bodily contact occurs has yet reached that height. From the standpoint of the develop- ment of a certain battling spirit in vouth, it might not be an ultra-desir- ble condition when reached, although it is probable that the youth of today and tomorrow might be trained to at- tain it. Foot ball has added to its officials instead of reducing the number. Fourth Official Now. In the original rules a referee and an umpire were in charge of the game. ‘The third cfficial was named headlines- man, an assistant to the two officials. He was given the duties of keeping track of downs, the points to which the ball was advanced and holding the timekeeping watch. ‘With the new game, having more open play, a fourth official was named. This fourth official was first dubbed an assistant umpire and then named fleld judge, his duties beipg the same under both names. He was placed far down the field, where long passes and punts would terminate. He was, there- fore, in position to judge who first re- covered a fumble and to decide just when a ball was dead, as well as to take charge of violations that might occur in that part of the field. This change, again, allowed the major offi- cials to remain near the point where 73 8~ NINTH ST-N- WHERE THE PRICES ARE ALWAYS LOWEST CUP GREASE 1-Pound Can 12¢ e the Right Vo Fieatt” Guantitien Celluloid Sheets 20x25 In. CELLLULOWD Sale Price, 39¢ 30x3Y; Guaranteed Guaranteed INNER TUBE SALE 31x4 Tube 99¢c | *1® 33x4, — 35241 32x4, —— 36x414 SPOKE BRUSHES 30x3 Tube 89c¢ Extra Special $1 Bottle Po h. Low Price 30x3', Tube 33x4 33x5 Our Special 9c Pries Between G and [ S SRS AR AR TN Should ick Harvard; Roper Thinks L SPORIS. ask Difficult gan) ments there. The referee in general has control of the ball and the umpire control of plavers: Roth ar sisted in s by the headlinesman and the field judge. See Better Than Fans. and in some cases ns have defined that ch the game from s, if they could see bet- 1dge better what was taking e on the field from a seat in the it is probable they would be| :, 1t ms to be generally agreed, however, that the man trained to sce what happens and to interpret that happening correctly—the official —is better placed at present, even though occupants of the stand seats disagree with him. In foot ball games officials have one status that should always be remem- bered—they have been mutually agreed upon by Loth sides, and repre- sent not only the players on the fleld and the athletic departments, but also the supporters of both teams. It also probably is correct to say they repre- sent in the very highest sense all the friends of clean sport. GEORGE MASON TEAM PLAYING WARRENTON ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 4.— | Warrenton High School, champions of | section A, third athletic distric | Virginia, will appear in the Dread. | naught Park this afternoon at 3 > play the George Mason High School eleven. Claude Ballenger, who starred in basket ball, base ball, foot ball and | track at Alexandria High School, is recuperating from an operation for appendicitis at the Lexington Hos- pital. Rosebud Midgets have entered the foot ball field and desire games with 110-pound teams. Phone Alexandria 59 Alexandria Gazette Newsboys are requested to report for practice this afternoon in Dreadnaught Park at 4 o'cloek. The Newsboys will play the Chevy Chase A. C. tomorrow morning at 11:30 in Dreadnaught Park. l Two shoots remaln on the Fall pro- gram of the Alexandria Gun Club. One will be held tomorrow at Jan- neys Lane at 3 p.m. and the other on November 12. Episcopal High School plays Vir- ini iscopal School of Lynchburg, one of the strongest preparatory school teams in the State, tomorrow afternoon on Hoxton Field, at 3:30. Virginia A. C. will practice tonight at Lee and King streets, at 7:30 for Sunday’s game with the Fort Hum- phreys post team Park. in Dreadnaught TR OHIO WESLEYAN PICKS TILTON AS GAME PILOT SYRACUSE, N. Y., November 4 (#).—Robert Tilton, tackle, the only man on the present Ohio Wesleyan team who played through the 1925 Syracuse-Ohio Wesleyan game, today was named captain of the Battling Bishops for the fray with the Orange tomorrow. The Ohio Wesleyan elects no captain, but the coaches appoint one for each contest. Tilton, who has twice been selected as an all-Ohio tackle, was a consider- able factor in the 1925 game, in which Syracuse was forced to a 3-to-3 tle, marking the first score against the Orange that season. |y — Fri.. Sat., Mon. 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Grinnell will invade Mad Wisconsin while the homa_Aggles had only p with freshmen. ve the u day. Sta Des ens 1 Jap of the championship ndefeated head of il Armis on-titular by the vorite to rsity at asted vie - in the e, Kans., St. Lonis sing ma niversity, nce game Moines te eleven on to méet and Okla- tice tilts WILNER TO PLAY QUARTER| FOR QUAKERS TOMORROW Morty Wilner, quarterback ta‘n of the crack Central m won the 1925 public high foot by without having its goal ine et n picked to start tomorrow for wwainst Harvard in Franklin Field . who has got far except that with Brown and | shown cleverly, will get his chance | |at signal-calling because of the indif- it showing of Murphy and the in of Schober. The former Central . who is a sophomore, played last Fall with the I men. PARENTS OF GRIDDERS TO SEE THEM PERFORM | | CHICAGO, November 4 (£).—Among | the guests ‘of honor at the 11 | Towa foot ball game at Towa ( morrow will be the parents of | Humbert and “Peanuts” Schultz, full- back and tackle on the Tilinois team. A special trainload of 400 will ac- company the old folks from Geneseo, 111, to Towa City. Schultz is the third of four brothers nd cap. which 1 title d, 1t quarter- Pennsylvania the game at | in_all games fourth brother. Arthur, his high school foot bs am. under the coaching of Emil, an older brother. UNBEATEN ELEVENS TO CLASH ON COAST By the SAN W el ference will m Associated Press FRANCISCO, evens ¢ November 4.— { the Pacifie Coast Con- et tomorrow in battles ndin while another conference team, Tdaho, meet St. Mary's in San Francisco. 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