Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-13
SURPRISES At FOOT BALL
Saturdays Games Such ~ to Puzzle the
Wisest Done AaLSrs
PENNSYLVANIA GOAL LINE CROSSED
s~warthmore Holds the Red and Blue
Down md scores, and other BiG
Teams Have Their Hands
Full.

scored upon and narrowly missing defeat,
and with the other three winning by COM
paratively small scores, the foot bali games
Of Saturday seem to have developed some
astonishing conditions In that company at
least. In a heavy rainstorm the team rep
resenting little Swarthmore college held
the University of Pennsylvania dow to a
score Ct II to s. the Quakers winning only
by one touchdown. This, too, was through
fifty minutes CT play, halves being made
twenty-five minutes long.
This lack Of scoring ability on the part
Of the Red and Blue is surprising, far more
so than the same quality as exhibited by
the remainder OF the quartet. Yale only
did Brown 10 to 0, but from all reports the
Blues were up against a powerful team. one
that is likely to be heard from later. Then
Princeton defeated Annapolis only II to o,
which is not fattering work. though still
a credit so long az the Tiger goal was un-
assailed. Harvard scored heavier than any,
with % to 0 against the University of
Maine, but it must be remembered that the
Crimson was playing a team that either
Brown. Annapolis or Swarthmore weuld de-
feat, the first two very easily.
On the whole the real interest in the
east as far as Saturdays games we're con-
cerned is found outside Of the four lead
ers. The showings of Columbia, Cornell
and little Georgetown university are the
surprises. One week ago the Georgetown
team defeated the Annapolis middies 4 to
o. scoring two s~afeties. This was a great
Lurprise, as Georgetown had never won from
the sailors before. This week Georgetown
wins again, beating st. Johns college Is
to 0. That WI Of course, rather expected,
but meanwhile on the same day the Tigers
win from Annapolis only II to o.
Cornell presents a sort OF anomaly. The
Ithacans had for opponents the Williams
college eleven. Two weeks ago Harvard
defeated Williams only II to 0 in the first
Crimson game OF the season. Cornell was
anxious to surpass this showing and
did so in a way. Cornell rolled
up thirty-seven points. but then let VIII
liams score six. This all, Cornell says, was
due to an accident, but the score remains
to mar the victory. That thirty-seven was
just about twice what the most sanguine
Ithacans expected to make. and It looks big
beside Harvard's eleven.
At New York city Columbia university
found its first hard game Of the season
with the University Of Buffalo men. win
ming 8 to o. This Is revenge by a close mar
gin for last years defeat. when Columbia
was weak and Buffalo very strong. The
Columbians figure prominently in a lille
material for dope work. the facts being
On September rs the Quakers beat Lehigh
only IL to O. Yesterday Lehlgh beat Rut-
gers "a to 0. On October 4 Princeton beat
Lehigh % to 0. The same day Columbia
beat Rutgers 43 to 0. Does this schedule.
then. class Columbia down with Lehigh?
In the Big Nine Michigan and Wisconsin
continue to run up Che biggest scores, with
the University Of Illinois coming In a close
second, and far ahead Of the remainder OF
the clan, as was predicted. The Cophers
meanwhile only piled up twenty-nine points
against Beloit, which was hardly what wa.
expected OF, them, Beloit is a small school
and last season Michigan made eighty nine
against It and Wisconsin forty much earlier
In the schedule.
The wins of the Wolverines from Indiana
and the Badgers from Lawrence are so bis
as to be almost uncomfortable as foot bal
contests. Nor has either team anythinr
threatening scheduled up till their owl
meeting on November 1 in Chicago, the
big game of the season. Each school ha.
been playing for this one game ever sine,
1t was agreed upon a year ago, and It Il
amusing to see how careful Wisconsin was
and Michigan also, not to sign a slngl,
heavy game before then, the Badgers ever
cutting Nebraska out Of a contest on tina.
account, though ostensibly for other rea.
sons.
Nebraska's victory over Grinnell did no
bring out a large enough score to be sat.
isfying. Drake beat Grinnell a week ago
IL to 0, and Nebraska should have don,
twice as much at least. However, the goa
line is still intact, and that speaks wei
for defense.
OF the same class was Iowa's win ovel
Drake. With the latter team playing ad.
mittedly bum" foot ball, being slow an,
out. Of form, the Iowans should have rollet
up more tallies than a dozen. In view o
these two games 1t will be interesting Il
see how. Kansas and Drake will fare mex
Saturday. That game will offer the frs
line Of the season on Coach Curtis team
which he will take north against tn
Badgers. OF his alma mater q week later
and which plays Nebraska at Lincoln Of
November s..
Missourt's showing against little simp
son college does not speak well for tn
Columbia boys. A score OF IL to s is n
compliment to the Tigers Of the west. an
that they let Simpson score is still stronge
criticism. AS they stand today, Nebraska
has plainly a far better team than Mis-
souri,. and Is probably superior to Kansas.
IOWA GETTING GOOD PRACTICE