Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1929, Page 26

vt Ok ‘SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. (. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1929. Tech Favored to Keep School Laurels : Big Three Elevens Face Powerful Foes PATH TO TITLE SMOOTHER AFTER WIN OVER CENTRAL Alert McKinley Team Tri ing Fourth-Period Rall , With Thrill- enth Victory in umphs, ]2 y—Ele 28 Tilts With Great High School Rival. E while 5 battles have been drawn. It is Tech's eleventh win in The latter has won 12 games, The McKinley team, which previously had upset Eastern, 14 to 2. now has only Western to be met November 5 and Business to be engeged November 15 remaining in its march to the flag. | It may be that Western will give {he Maroon and Gray a stoui | battle as “he Georgetown scholastics showed plenty of power ia| drubbing Fusiness Wednesday, 41 to 0, but Tech is expecicd to take the measw e of the Stenogs handily. It was by dint of a heads-up, exhibition, that Coach Hap Hardell's boys scored two touchdowns in | the final period to conquer Central. hawks in the steictest sense of the than did Central. After weing outrushed in the first half, the Maroon and Gray came bz:k in the second half to outfiight the Blue and White, par- ticularly in the late stages, and by Willis Benner, clever end. Tech scored the winning touchdown in the last minute of play. when Be ner snared a pass from Aubrev Spencer quarterback, and after falling and escaping being downed only by adroit maneuvering regained his feet in a flash and twisted his way 10 yards to cross the Central goal line. Ties Score With 30-Yard Run. In tue early part of the period Benner also had counted a touchdown when le caught a ball which had bounded from the arms of Larry Pinckney, big Central fullback. and streaked 30 yards down the left side of the field to goal. Sabatini, Central left halfback, orig- inally had the ball, but it was knocked from his grasp into Pinckney's, only to be caught by Benner when the Central fullback was unable to hold it. Benner's place kick for goal failed after that touchdown, as it did after the second, and until the McKinlev second touch- down it appeared that this iffight mean the difference between a tie and a Tech victory. It was in the second period that Central scored its touchdown. Pinckney took the ball over from the 22-yard line with four successive line bucks. However, his attempt to score the extra point also by rushing failed. All Central at Start. During the early part of the game it was hard to see_anything but & Cen- tral victory. Pinckney _particularly proved viriually unstoppable, gaining substantially almost every time he took the ball, and McKinley's attack ap- Jeared mlpless before the Dig Central e. Capt. George Brandt, who played & fine game at end for Central, also punted well, generally out-distancing little Dick Nelson, Tech halfback. Nel- son got off some good kicks, but also some that were decidedly not good. courageous battle, a typical Tech The Tech boys proved ball- word and played smarter foot ball showed to decided advantage, though Central carried the fight to Tech. Both Pinckney and Goss, opposing fullbacks, got off for several good runs, however. It was late in the second period that ¢ | Pinckney staged his solo foray that win. Brth touchdowns were made | netted Central's touchdown. The Blue and White got the ball i scoring posi- tion when Colella, Central quarterback. | grabbed Nelson's punt and ran it back 10 yards to put the ball on Tech's 22- vard line, Central Threatens Earlier. Shortly before that Central had looked dangerous when Pinckney made a 14- yard line drive and Hinkel and Saba- tini had collaborated for a first down. In the first part of this period Nelson and Reichman did some ground gaining for Tech and the first forward pass of the game was completed when Spencer heaved to Benner for a net gain of 20 yards. In the third period the McKinley team menaced the alien goal, but on the Cen- tral 11-yard line Lamond, Blu: and White, right guard, snared the ball when Tech attempled & pass, and on the next play Pinckney rushed the ball past his d line. was not long to be denied, however, and early in the fourth period Benner snagged. the ball, which bounded from Pinckney for a 30-yard scoring run. Then, thoroughly arousad, Tech went into the air o soar to the decisive block of points in the last few minutes of play. Line-Up and Summary. 0 1212 0 0-6 Pinckney. Central Touchdowns — Benner (2). Points alter touchdown -Pinckney (failed on rush), Benner (missed two placements). Substitutions: Tech-_Wahifarth for Stutz. ucCartee for Hoy. Rhodes for Goldman. Central--Cumberland for Colella. RefereeMr. Towers (Columbla), Um- nes- In the opening period neither team ire—Mr. Brewer (Maryland). Head man—_Mr. Danfels (G. U.), Time of periods —10 minutes each. DOWN THE LINE WITH W. O. The Coaches’ Delight. ANDERING here and there and questioning various coaches as to the new rule which limits the penalty for a fumble, I gather that this rule was passed for the benefit of the coaches. Of course, in theory, it was guud for the benéfit of the players. he argument was that it was unfair to penalize a team in such drastic fashion for the error of one man. Some of the proponents of the rule wept copious tears while they were ar- guing for it. They told of cases where | a young man'’s entire college career was blighted because he had fumbled & foot ball at a crucial period with the resuit | that the opponents scored a touchdown | and won a game in the last few minutes | of play. While these arguments were | being made I could hardly restrain my- self from bursting into sympathetic | tears. But, now that it is in the books, it seems that the coaches were not altogether disinterested in having it passed. One of the franker coaches whom I questioned regarding the rule replied, “Of course I like it That one is the coaches' delight.” Of course, the fumble is the error of one player, either the man making the pass or the receiver, or it might be the man receiving the kick. Obviously, it is almost impossible for eleven men to boot the ball simultaneously. At any rate, I do not recall any case of one | team of eleven men fumbling in unison. | One correspondent points out that | any weakness on the defensive or the | offensive can be traced to one player. He fears that if the fumble rule stands they may go further in the direction of making the game even safer for the coaches, with the result that the foot ball games of the near future will be largely static. He writes: “As you saw last Saturday, the new fumble rule certainly takes a lot of the drama out of the melodrama, if any, of our present-day foot ball. But the | passion for standardizing is reaching | as you have said, | may be mechancial | and_uninteresting. “The reason given for this ruling is that a fumble by one member of &/ superior team often penalizes unjustly | that team. In other words, the,more | flagrantly & player e the lighter should be his punishment, Carry this reasoning to the obviously ridiculous 1imit and what have we? I'll tell you. “Team A is about to punt and team A’s punter s & dandy. How- ever, the right guard on team A momentarily forgets his assignment while dreaming ot the last rubber of bridge the previous evening. Con- sequently, some Tough opponent flattens him and, eluding the pro- tecting backs, blocks the kick, “Now this should not be. A slight technical error on the part of A team’s guard should not penalize his 10 earnest companions, with the probable loss of the ball, to say nothing of the 40 to 60 yards in distance. The solu- tion is that if a punt is blocked, owing 10 the negligence of & lineman in block- ing, the kicking side shall be allowed another turn. “On defense, take the case of a missed tackle. The defensive right half has done wonderful tackling all season and has shaken the teeth out cf the dummy and several scrub carriers. However, in & hot game, with a dash- ing opponent cutting for the side Jine, he takes off on the wrong foot and his frantic figure merely scrapes the mole- skin (or silk) pants of his enemy, who dashes on for many yards or maybe to a touchdown. Now this is, obviously, a mechanical error, as it has been proved repeatedly that this defensive back can tackle. Therefore, if his fingers touch the man with the ball, the ball shall be declared dead at that spot, etc., etc. This is called ‘touch foot ball.’ “In the last analysis, if each and every man on both teams carried out perfectly each and every assign- ment, it would be a case of ‘the irresistible force and the immovable McGEEHAN. if every assignment is carried out perfectly. But if each defensive man carries out his assignments (as the coaches call them) perfectly, then the runner is smeared in his tracks. “In fact, then, eithier team is able to advance only through errors of omis- sion on the part of the defense. A long run resulting from a fumble is certainly severe punishment, but next in line is a blocked kick developing into & touchdown. Ask at New Haven about this. If the fumble rule is al- lowed to stand, within two years teams will be having one additional try after a blocked kick. “The rules attempt to make the game easier for the boys, but in one historic | mstance they made -it harder. Too many field goals were being made, so | the goal posts were moved back 10 yards. Now there are no field gorls and the goal posts might as well be put on top of the stadium as a symbol of what the game was, What say? “W. K. M" Applied to Base Ball, IN order to give this theory & fair test, they should apply it to other intercoliegiate sports. There is base bell, for instance, game that still is considered almost & major sport in some of the old-fashioned colleg ‘The base ball rules for the colleges are the same as those used by the professional base ball teams. This should not be. Allowance should be made for the feel- ings of a college base ball player who errs at a critical point. There have been instances in in- tercollegiate base ball games where an infielder has let an easy grounder roll through his legs for a three-bag- ger. Naturally, with the rest of the team playing errorless base ball, it would seem unfair that the eight others should be penalized for the error of this one man, especially as this error might have lost the game. Obviously, the thing to do would be to have the ball declared dead at the | point where it rolled between the in- flelder's legs, and the batter would be given another chance to hit a ball that could be more easily fielded. Mis- takes in pitching naturally would be classed as one-man errors. If a pilcher hurls the wrong kind of ball and it is knocked out of the lot, it should be called dead at the place where it crossed the fence. Otherwise, the whole. team would suffer for the pitcher’s error in judg- ment. Then, oo, the pitcher who tossed the ball awsy would suffer great mental anguish through the remainder of his college career. The Fumble in Boxing. "[THEN there is the matter of the box- ing teams in competition. We will tuke one of those hypothetical cases upon which most of the idiotic theories in sport are worked out. The score is 6 and 6 by knockouts or decisions. ‘Then comes the last bout, between a couple of heavy- weights. In the heat of this en- counter the boxer representing a college forgets to duck. Of course, he should not forget to duck. That is strictly & cne-man error. His box- ing coach has warned him not to forget to duck, but in spite of it all he does forget to duck. Naturally, he is knocked out by a right cross or something of that sort, making the score 7 to 6 against his team. Of course, this is unfair. It is penalizing a whole boxing team for the error of one man. This should be changed. The boxer should be declared dead at the point | where he hits the canvas, and the | error should not be charged agaiust his team, | (Copyright, 1929.) GOETTGE STILL STAR. QUANTICO, Va., October 26.—Frank | Goettge, former star Marine foot ball- er, still is good on the gridiron, He went into the game for the Marine post team when it was trailing the Langley Field eleven, 0 to 6, and acored one touchdown and paved the way: for cbject. Every attacking play is a potential, nay, inevitable, touchdown T, tico eleven, tge 15, coaching the Quan- | registe 1 | | | ECH'S eleven today is a heavy favorite to retain its public| high school foot ball championship following its dramatic 12-6| triumph yesterday over Central, its traditional foe, before a| 5,000 crowd in Central Stadium. its series of 28 games with Central. CapT. KOEPKE® Navywfi MICHIBAN-ALLINOIS BIE TEN HEADLINER Western Conference Teams in Three Other Title Clashes Today. By the Associated P HICAGO, Octoher 26.—Head- lined by Michigan and Illinois at Champaign, Ill, eight West- ern Conference foot ball teams ‘ today had championship busi- ness to look after. Tied once, but undefeated, Illinols vas out for its initial triumph in Blg Ten competition, while the Wolverines' aim was to spoil the Illini homecoming celebration for about 50,000 perséns and make the affair a pleasant one for about 10,000 Michigan rooters. Ohio State had the defense of its un- defiled record against the assauit of In- | diana as its part of the program. The Buckeyes faced the contest with two victories behind them, while the Hoo- siers, along with Illinols, Wisconsin, and Towa, had their eyes on their first conference triumph of the season. Towa was arrayed with' Wisconsin at Madison, and Stagg's Chicago Marcons and Purdue were involved in a “make or break” contest, with defeat for either meaning its virtual elimination from the championship race. Minnesota was host to Ripon, in a practice game and Northwestern hed & double task, with the Little Giants of Wabzsh, and one of Knute Rorkn:'s Notre Dame reserve elevens as its ad- versaries, First Big Ten Win Goal. MADISON, Wis, October 26 (#).— Neither headed anywhere in the Big ‘Ten foot ball championship quest, Iowa and Wisconsin today awaited their duel and the accompanying opportunity of scoring initial conference victories, ‘The Badgers dropped their only league game to Northwestern, while the Hawkeyes brought to Madison a record of one defeat and-a tle. Iowa's chances improved when Oran Fape, speedy half- back, was cleared of professional charges and declared eligible for the game. Wisconsin's strongest line-up was svailsble and eager to square up for three straight defeats. Strive to Stay in Race. CHICAGO, October 26 (#).—Life in the Western Conference championship campalgn was the prize of battle today for Purdue and Chicago, in their thirty- fifth foot ball encounter. The Boilermakers, with a victory over Michigan in their only Big Ten start, ranked as favorites over the Stagg team, which defeated Indiana in its single league game. Both teams were to take the field without their regular fullbacks, Purdue lacking Alex Yune- vich, and the Maroons. Red Burgess. Eoth were out because of injuries. A crowd of 45,000 awsited the open- Ing of the gates at Stagg Fieeld, includ- ing about 6,000 supporiers of the Boil- ermakers, to watch the contest. Michigan Primed to Limit. CHAMPAIGN, IIl, October 26 (#).— Its title hopes already blasted by two defeats, but primed to the limit for battle with a cherished foe, Michigan invaded ~Memorial Stadium today to meet Illinols. ‘The game was the big event of the annual homecoming and 60,000 persons were on hand to witness the struggle. Ohie State Confident. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 26 (#).— Indiana and Ohio State squared off to- day for the fourteenth time in their gridiron history, with the count even and each team anxious to take the lead in the series. Coach Sam Willaman, sending his first Ohlo State team before a crowd of 35000 spectators, was shooting for his third Big Ten victory in as many starts and confident of winning it Realizing_that Piltsburgh and North- western lle just ahead, he hoped to score & touchdown and then play con- servative foot ball in order to-save his tricks and men for the Panthers and the Purple. C——— Scoring two touchdowns in the first period, the George Washingion Fresh- men_gained the lead in its game with the Universily of Maryland Junior Var- sity eleven yesterday at College Park and was never headed, winning, 32 to 19, It was the second victory in three starts this season for the Colonial Cubs. ‘Wells, quarterback, and Carlin, right halfback, led the G. W. attack, each scoring two touchdowns, while Duteh Stieber, Maryland right halfback, count- ed all three of his tegm's touchdowns, ring “two of ti in the final MUCH IS EXPECTED ‘OF THIS QUARTET IN' BIG GRID CLASHES TODAY Foot Ball Results West Virginia Wesleyan, 47; Salem, 0. Louisiana State University, 53; Louis- iana Tech, 7. Niagara University, 12; Alfred, 0. St. Vincent, 40; Fairmont (West Vir- ginia Teachers), 0. ‘Teachers _ (Springfleld, Mo.), * 32; Arkansas College, 6. - Teachers (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), 13; Murray (Ky.) Teachers, 0. Southern Illinols Teachers, 0; Cen- tral Wesleyan-(Mo.), 0. Buena Vista, 28; Central, 7. Simpson, 40;. Parsons,, 0. Erskine, 45; Guilford, 6. Kirksville (Mo.)' Teachers, 38; War- rensburg_Teachers, 12. John Carroll, 32; Kent State, 0. Central Normal, 12; Oakland City, 0. Indiana State Normal, 32; Evans- ville, 0. Georgetown (Ky.), 12; Transyl- vania, 6. Oklahoma Baptist (Shawnee), 14; Oklahoma City University, 6. Willamette, 42: College of Idaho, 0. St. Edward's (Austin), 0; Danel Ba- ker, 0. . Intermountain Union, 19; Montana Mines, 6. Charleston Teachers, 19; dree, 2. Cotner, 13; Nebraska Wesleyan, 6. Iowa State Teachers, 13; Penn, 7. Austin College, 14; Southwestern, 0. IRISH SEEK REVENGE; PILOT IN WHEELCHAIR By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 26.— With the injured Knute Rockne direct- ing his forces from a wheelchair on the sidelines, Notre Dame’s powerful eleven, determined to get revenge for two straight upsets at the hands of the Tartan, faced a deflant Carnegie Tech foot ball team in the stadium here today. Betweéen 60,000 and 70,000 followers of the teams are expected to see the struggle. L Unimpressive In. its early battles and stinging under the disappointment of & scoreless tie with Washington and Jef- ferson, the Scotsmen, nevertheless, were & confident, though sullen crew as they emerged from their mountain retreat today to battle the Irish. Rockne, de- clining to predict victory, asserted Carnegle “must be at its best to win.” With the brilliant Harpster and other stars of past triumphs over the Irish gone from their foot ball' ranks, Car- negie followers today were pinning their faith to Harry McCurdy and others of the fighting young backfleld Coach Steffen has built up this year, ECKERSALL RETURNS TO SCENE OF '23 RIOT By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis,, October 26.—For the first time since he was almost mobbed by infuriated Badger fans in 1923, Walter Eckersall of Chicago was back in Madison today to referee a Wisconsin foot ball game. Eckersall, former University of Chi cago gridiron star, refereed the Mich- igan-Wisconsin game in 1923 when Rockwell of the Wolverines made his disputed Tun, giving his team a 6-to-3 viclory. As soon as the game was fin- ished ~several xmn,gr-d Badger rooters dashed on the fleld and Eckersall was saved by the guick sction of foot ball players of both teams. His contention that he was forced to accept the ruling of the fleld judge on the disputed run satisfled Wisconsin cfficials, and now that hard feelings of fans have subsided against him, he was requested to referee today's game belween the Badgers and Iowa. BASKET FOES WANTED. ‘The First Brethren Church basket ball team, just organized, has the East- ern High gym for Thursday nights from | 7 to 8, and desire practice games. Man- | ager Munch's phone number is Atlan- tic 2761-J. McKen- SANDLOTTERS TO FETE. teams, senior and junior champs of the Capital City Base Ball League, will' be WO GRID BATTLES OND.C. CARD TODAY Georgetown Plays Lebanon, Galaudet vs. Shenandoah. Four Teams Away. G doah Valley at Kendall Green in the only college foot ball games here today, both starting at 2:30 o'clock. Four Washington teams play out of town. Maryland is at Richmond to oppose V. M. I. in a Southérn Confer- ence game, Catholic University is at Rutgers, American in Baltimore to play Loyola and George Washington meets City College of New York in Gotham. Lebanon Valley is the last foe for Georgetown before the Hoyas enter upon the stiff part of their schedule and today's visitors are not taken lghtly. ‘The Blue and Gray is trying out a new backfield, with Ed Leary at quarter, Johnny Bozek and Sleepy Hudak at halfback and Buddy Bordeau in full. It is the first starting game for Bozek and Bordeau. Johnny is the shiftiest back on the team and Bordeau the most rufmt f this combination succeeds today mr&-mo: lwp:‘:; wlalnlnl a couple coni wi 3 outlook has been dark. e EORGETOWN _meets Lebanon Ga)laudet entertains Shenan- HOYA TICKETS ON SALE. The Georgetown University athletic office will be opened at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning for the sale of tickets to the Hoya-New York University game in' New York next Saturday. Green May Worry Harvard Defense BY SOL METZGER. Again we have deception. It's the standard trick of foot ball wher- ever you see it played. At Cam- bridge today Harvard entertains Dartmouth, a game that will un- questionably decide whether or no the Horween swan song as a coach is to be a cry of victory or a dirge. One play the Massachusetts lads will have to stop is this one. Marsters, No. 1, and the Green's best back, stands idly by as the ball is passed to No. 2. No. 2 turns to his right and runs as though circling Harvard’s left end, handing the ball to Marsters as he passes him. The fake to the right tends to draw the defense in that direction, It also takes enough time to let linemen 5 and 6 and backs 3 and 4 to swing around to the left to lead Marsters on his short-end run. ‘When Dartmouth has & lineman at the No. 5 position able to take out the defensive right end alone the play is a whiz bang, as three men then lead the runner past the ‘The Try-Me Aces and Vic 8port Shop I line. Short end runs or plays off tackle are the ‘most, powerful in foot ball. Let us look over some of nd . 3 'l;lxen L3 d'tnue;' and buffet ‘supper and | day night at Od« Fellows' ted next Thurs- Temple, | them next- week. (Copyrisht, 10200 Valley in Griffith Stadium and | EboYATTMER- Princeton WESTERN QUINTET MAY LOSE PLAYER Jimmy Thompson, Clever For- ward, Has Elbow Broken in Foot Ball Play. ESTERN HIGH SCHOOL'S basket ball team may be without the services the coming season of Capt. Jimmy ‘Thompson, clever forward, who recently suffered a broken elbow while playing foot ball, It may be that Thompson will be able to take the floor by January 1, but this is by no means certain. Loss of Thompson doubtless would prove a body blow to the pennant aspirations of the George- town scholastics who finished second in the title series last Winter. Preliminary practice for the Western aspirants is now being held a couple of times a week and serious preparation will begin about November 1. Clifton R. Moore, who coached the Red and White courtmen for the first time last season, and who will again bz on the job, is faced with the neces- sity of finding replacements for four stalwarts of the quint of a campaign ago, Herbie Thompson, all-high guar Mike Hunt, guard: George Baer, for- ward, and John Woods, spectacled for- ward, who was captain. Among the veterans in school besides Jimmy Thompson are Bob Freeman, who was an all-high center selectiol Dos Hatfleld, guard, and Anthony La- tona, who can play either guard or forward, but who was ineligible last searon, and Eaton, a forward, who saw some action last Winter. An attractive schedule is being a ranged for the Western team by Man- ager Leonerd Nicholson and negotia- tions are on for several attractive out- of-town games. A contest has been listed with Tome Institute at Port De- posit and a trip to Orange, Va., to en- gage Woodberry Forest and other Jjaunts are in prospect. According to plans the Red and ‘White will open its season around December 1 with a group of preliminary games and later that month will en- gage Swavely, Alexandria High and other quints. It is Coach Moore’s plan to have the team meet increasin stronger combinations so that it will be on edge for the title series starting in January. Games with such teams at the George Washington Freshmen and St. John's College Junior Varsity of Annapolis are planned just before the start of the title series. TROJANS AND CARDS IN CRUCIAL BATTLE By the Associated Press. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif, October 26.-—With what has been called the strongest Southern California eleven in the history of the institution, Coach Howard Jones' Trojans invaded Stan- ford today to do battle in one of the crucial West Coast games of the season. ‘The outcome will eliminate one or the other from the coast conference race. Stanford faced the invaders with only one regular on the injured list, Pete Heiser, first string guard, whose place was taken by Ray Dawson. Southern California pinned her hopes on the powerful and speedy running attack that has enabled her to score 209 points already this season, plus a line that averages 196 pounds from end to_end. ‘The Cardinals banked on the line- smashing ability of Smalling, Fleish- hacker and Hillman; the clever passing of Simkins and the elusive halfbacks, Frentup and Moffatt. Neither eleven appeared to have a pre-game advantage. Neither has been beaten nor tied this year. BOYS' CLUB, NOTICE. All members of winning teams in the Boys' Club Vacation Base Ball League are invited to attend a Halloween party Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at the club. Walter Johnson and Clark Grif- flthu;llll attend. Prizes will be pre- sented. D. C. MEN AT BIRD MEET. NEW YORK, October 26.—W. F. Dis- mer, D. C. Buscall and H. C. Burke of | Washington are attending the Inter- national Federation of Homing Pigeon Clubs and the American Racing Pigeon Union, which opened annual sessions By the Associated Press. the 1929 records. air. Yale has the double task of Carnegie Tech deployed against Notre Dame on_the Pittsburgh front, with the Irish favored to clip the string of the Plaid at two straight. Holy Cross was no such favorite over Marquette, which went to the battle of Worcester ple. Penn State had an edge over Lafayette in a game which rated as a come-back effort for both. elevens in the East clash at the Polo Grou: where Fordham went into battle inst Davis and Elkins, each carrying a perfect record. Davis and Elkins has come to be known as an early-season winner which cannot hold the pacs; Fordham is so new to the heights that it remains something of a puzzie, but was yet to yield a score. New York University faces Butler across the Harlem at the Yankee Stadium. Another New York game sees the un- defeated Willlams eleven arrayed against a Columbia team which was looking more to its Cornell game next week than to the comtest at issue. Cornell had an open date today. Syracuse meets Brown, Pennsylvania seemed to have an easy task with Lehigh. Star Backs Clash at Yale. NEW HAVEN, Conn., October 26 (#). | —Yale and the Army meet on the foot ball field for the twenty-ninth time !'zdl)' with the Cadets heavy favorites win, Yale's early season defeat by Georgia, coupled with a successful early season campaign by the Cadets, has made the Army the popular, as well as expert, choice. Of tl 28 previous meetings, ;Il:’e has won 17; the Army 5, with es. Two of the East's most brilliant ball about as well equipped as the Pur-| Two of the most evenly matched | |ONLY HARVARD BELIEVED TO HAVE WINNING CHANCE | Good Crimson Team Encounters Strong Dartmouth at Cambridge—Princeton Rated Inferior to Navy. Driving Army Band Invades Yale Bowl. EW YORK, October 26.—The foot ball eye of the East was fixed upon three ancient citadels today as Yale, Harvard and Princeton had to play three somewhat better foot ball teams. Yale faced the Army, Princeton deployed against the Navy and Harvard set itself to meet a charge by Dartmouth. Only Harvard was believed to have a chance to upset the dope. Harvard is the last re- maining hope of the Big Three for an undefeated representative in ‘Harvard’s main task was to check Al Marsters, who swept through the arms of Columbia tacklers last week as if he were made of thin halting Cagle’s sweeps and passes and Murrel’s line smashes, itself depending upon an undeveloped of- fense not yet mastered. The only hope of Princeton apparently is Roper inspiration, which has been known to work a change for the better in previous Princeton elevens. | carriers were in opposite camps and the 170,000 or more spectators expected a | thrilling dusl between Chris Cagle & the Army and the pint-sized Al Booth of Yale. New Tiger, Navy Quarters Toil. PRINCETON, N. J., October 26 (#).— Navy's foot ball team today had to en- counter a Tiger of Princeton twice trampled in the dust and ready to | wrack vengeance on the Midshipmen, | themselves beaten once. Past performances indicated one of the weakest Princeton elevens in years would go down before the Midshipmen, downed only by the powerful Notre Dame array. Ed Wittmer was at the Princeton quarterback position for the first time in his foot ball career. Navy also had a new man at that position, Williams having played his first varsity game there last week. 4 Fine Teams at Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 26 (). —Harvard and Dartmouth were match- ed today in one of the East's banner foot ball attractions. The game brought together two of the most powerful foot ball aggregations on the Atlantic Seaboard. Dartmouth has been unbeaten, untied and unscored upon in four games and gave a con- vincing display of its strength in trouncing a strong Columbia eleven, 34—0 last week. Only a 20—20 tie with the crack Army team marred Harvard's slate. If ! either was to be given an edge it was Dartmouth for in Al Marsters the In- dians from Hanover, N. H., boasted the highest scoring back in the country. A Harvard handicap was the absence from the line-up of three regulars, Ben ‘Ticknor, Wally Harper and Art Huguley.; All were on the injured list. HAWKS AND APACHES TACKLE TOUGH FOES Washington's two leading sandlot elevens, the Mohawk and Apache, ceased wrangling over a date for their annual clash and gave immediate and pressing thought today to battles they are to engage in tomorrow. Neither looks for a pleasant after- noon. At Griffith Stadium the Mohawks will take on the O'Reilly A. C. of Rich- mond, & team made up of Richmond Blue and former college stars, including Chesty Cain and Meb Davis, who strutted the grid for Willlam and Mary. At Union Park, in the final game to be played there, the Apaches will play the Middletown, Pa., pros, who have a formidable record. They lost only one of 10 games last year, and so far this season have dr:}med one, a 6-0 de- cision to the Baltimore Irvingtons, in which the Pennsylvanians made 18 first downs to the Irvingtons’ nine. CARDOZA HIGH ELEVEN VICTOR IN BALTIMORE Cardoza High School eleven journeyed to Baltimore yesterday and triumphed over Frederick Douglass High, 6 to 0. ‘Work of Rush, Payne and Joe Jack- down. Harvard—Dartmouth, at Boston: Will it be the Crimson Kicks and passes—tell In the land of sacred cod and bean, C. U. FROSH DEFEAT GONZAGA, 24 T0 6 ‘That Catholic University again has an exceptionally strong Freshman foot ball team is evident today following the 24-6 victor scored by the Cardinal Club over Gonzaga yesterday. It was the third win in as many starts for the C. U. youngsters, and the tenth straight tory for a Cardinal yearling eleven, the Lafond-coached team having won all seven of its games last season. It was the first defeat in three starts this season for Gonzaga. For the first half Gonzaga gave the Cardinal youngsters an even battle, the half ending 6 to 6, but in the closing stages the latter got their attack func- tioning in high gear and scored one touchdown in the third period and add- ed two more in the final session. Bussink counted Gonzaga’'s lone touchdown in the first period, when he plunged across aféer a long drive by the Purple. Gonzaga the ball to the Preshmen’s 1-yard line near the end of the game, but here a forward pass failed. ‘Woodward School took the measure of the Warrenton High eleven, 13 to 0, vesterday in the Virginia town. It was the first win of the scason for the | |¥. M. C. A. eleven. Willingham scor: son in the backfield for Cordoza and Woodward’s first muchaovsn X:he;o fi: that of the line in twice holding the | skirted end in the first period, while ore team on the 1-yard line were | Myers ran 1 features from the District team's stand. | for e e L e point. Payne scored the Cardoza touch- | the extra point after the first touch- for the second. Myers place-kicked for down. THE SPORILIGHT Y GRANTLAND RI Today’s Round-Up. or the Green? What will they do when Marsters starts, Wiggles and sprints and dives and darts, me, gal, Can they stop Special Delivery Al? There’s the answer that I confess, And if it isn’t—well, what’s your guess? Stanford—U. S. C., at Palo Alto: They beat Pop last year, neat and nice, But how many times do they trim twice? This game should decide the Welt’ggfl! set, And I like Stanford for my bet. Yale—Harvard, at New Haven: The Bulldog is @ hardy beast, He is no set-up in the East; Nobody yet has called him yellow, But how about this Cagle fellow? This Onward Christian Army Who likes to move about the 1 don’t see how the scrappy Blue Can keep this cove from stepping through. Notre Dame—Carnegie Tech, at Pittsburgh: The team that steps on Notre Dame Will have its season’s share of fame; And if Carnegie Tech can do Slip me @ hoop—and I' Princeton—Navy, at Princeton: Tllinois—Michigan, at Urbana: Tapped Dr. Zuppke on You might Mv?’;xmd 1 like the Orange and Other games: Should have the Ohio State should take here yesterday. MIDGETS WANT GAME. The Virginia Midgets want a game for tomorrow with any 100-pound team. Manager Humphreys' phone number is Alexandria 142, to be called between 5 and 6 pm. ace lace? it, "l fjump through ft. When Gob and Tiger get together, Its mostly rough, not sunny weather; And I know, too, the Tiger’s due, But Navy meat is tough as leather. A year ago the Wolverine the degn; his anguished cry From caverns deep against the Bt Wk Top Werner, Jutt a5 mioer They seldom tap the Doctor twice. Knowing that Michigan is due the Blue, 1 don't believe Wisconsin’s play Will stop the bunch from I-0-Way, And Carolina on the fly Fordham should bag otk ‘ordham shoul anoi me, But Davis"Elkins isn’t lame; ” its toll Across the Indiana goal; Columbia and also Penn Are due to turn and win again. ‘And Georgia Tech should hook Tulane ‘Amid the sunshine or the rain. 1 once read—and 1 think it's true— This flaming head, “Stagg Fears Purdue.” 1'd like to bet my seasom’s pay He fears her even more toda With T Pest Welsh waiting for the call 'hat sends him zo0ming with the bail. Though it is quite a sacrifice Though this won't b¢ the s s won’ rst occasion ' Some Rice has known & lflflu