Washington and Lee at Kentucky

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  Evening star, October 28, 1927, page 36

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  w WASHINGTON AND LEE n and Marines come here to- wv morrow for games with Maryland and Catholic Uni versity with two of the strongest elevens scheduled to visit here this season. The first mentioned has been defeated only once. then by Princeton in a close, hard game, while Marines has yet to finish a game on the short end of a score. Maryland and Catholic University each has been defeated once out Of FIVE starts. so the local universities ought to furnish real opposition for the stellar line-ups they are to face. Both games begin at 2:30 pm. Washington and Lee has brilliant backfeld. and a big. powerful line that have so far been able to give excel lent accounts of themselves. The backfeld is made up Of a quartet of good ball carriers in the open field and hard line sma shers. while 1t was the power and aggresSiveneSS of the forwards that really wiped up Ken lucky last week, 25 to 0. Kentucky put up a good game against Wash ington and Lee during the first half, but in the second its forward wall be. gan to crumble before the onslaught of seven experienced and aggressive players who constitute the Generals first line of attack and defense. And when Washington and Lees line beat Kentucky’s line into submission, it was simply a procession Of gains for the Virginians. Spots Is w. 6 l.. Star. Star Of the w. & L. line is.Spotts, who has been the bright light at cen. ter on the basket ball team as we’ll as at end on the foot ball squad. And that basket ball experience seems to have made SPOTS the best forward pass receiver in the section; at least, he has done so we’ll that he has come to be regarded in that light. Howe and White are the best ball toters in the w. & l.. backfield, and both are good. The former does most of the open field work and end run. ming and the latter the banging into the line. White is leading scorer Of all the backs in the State Of Virginia Maryland viii oppose this array with a team that has at times played brilliant foot ball, and at others given a rather excellent display Of what constitutes just the opposite. 1t is not known how the team will line I’D when the first whistle blows, but in all probability 1t will not be far from that which has started in previous contests. Three men have had slight in Juries, but all seem to have mended fairly well. Every indication is that the game will be hard and stubbornly fought. If 1t is not 1t will be the first one between the two schools that has not been. Two years ago they played through one Of the most brilliant contests that have ever taken place any, where, Maryland finally losing, z to 3. Last year the teams went through till near the end of the fourth quarter, when Rauber drop-kicked for the only three points of the contest, which three were sufficient to chalk UP the count in favor Of Washington and Lee. Greater interest exists among Mary. land alumni than In years in the Washington and Lee game. For one

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Kentucky leads 10–⁠7–⁠1 in 18 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.