The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-28
GOSSIP OF
CRlDIR0N
Comparisons of Games CT
Saturday Last.
SOME SURPRISES SCORED
Soldier Boys Scoring Against Yale Was
One Of tho EiggestProspects for
Championship North ard
South
SOME SURPRISES SCORED

ChamEions.,i Up North and
South.
Saturdays football games contained
LiaDy surprises and brut sht sore disap-
.rolntment to the men of MANY colleges
and universities and the graduates OF
those institutions all over the country.
Perhaps the worst upset of the day was
the defeat OF the University Of Pennsyl-
vania " Columbia by the decisive score
OF is to s. It had been Supposed that the
great Quaker University had the strong
est team In recent years, and was about
to win back Its prestige Of the days
when Brooke Colbert, Minds. McCracken
and other stars made the red and blue
line invincible. The blow has fairly dazed
the team and the University and there
is little heart to hope for victory over
Harvard two weeks hence. nor even to
he sure of defeating the old adversary,
Cornell on Thanksgiving Day.
The Pennsylvania team had played
number of games with minor conege eleV-
ems. and has won by such large scores
that victory was surely expected over the
New York team. But alas TOR sure
things! What the Columbia team did for
the Pennsy giants made them look like
n three-cent piece. too slick to pass
The game was won on Its merlts-that Is
all. Penn swas overestmated. On the
other hand, Columbia, fresh from a tri-
umph over Amherst, which had Just
beaten jHarvard was. and is a Formidable
competitor for any team, on the grldlron.
or the larger teams, Princeton is now
the only one against which no opponent
has scored. If the Tiger eleven can. main
tain this record for fortnight longer.
Nassau ought to havo clear title to the
championship The defeat OF the unbeat-
e., Dartmouth team. with brilliant Sc
ries of victories to Its credit. clearly
showed the splendid defensive and often
sive strength Of the orange and black.
Dartmouth was beaten II to 0, Yale, her
old rival. had big contract to deteatt
West Point. and the soldiers not only heio
the blue champions down to two touoh-
downs and a field goal, but offset the
total OF seventeen points BY scoring I'VE
themselves on field goal. Harvard,
which appears to be the weakest OF the
great teams. having lost to Amherst,
.ihowed considerable Improvement. de-
featlng Brown 20 to o. the Identical score
made by Princeton against the same team
two weeks before, while Penney beat the
Providence eleven so to Q a week before
Ten DAYS ago Yale had difficulty In de-
feating Holy Cross. scoring sixteen points
to ten for tho colleglans. Then to have
the West Point cadets to score on het
even a field: goal. Is a bitter pill to the
sous OF Eli, Certainly unless the New
Haven team shows great Improvement
during the .nextafew5 weeks,. 1t would seem
that the chances favor Princeton to win
in their, annual match Yale has played
and won these games: Trinity. 50 to y,
September 26th; Tufts. 10 to o. September
3Oth; Vermont, 46 to Q. October 18th; Wes-
leyan, SO to @, October It'll; Pennsylvania
State College, 81 to q, October nth; Holy
Cross IS to TO- October 14th; West Point,
II to 5. October 24th.i
Against this showing princeton can
exhibit a pretty string Of victories over
schools of a more formidable class. with
the single exception of West Point, ana
In all her games this season not point
has been scored against the Tigers. She
has In Dewitt the greatest spunter Of the
year and a brilliant tackle: set OF fast,
experienced backs, and record for fast.
aggressive work that has been consistent
ly maintained, Here is the Princeton
record: Swarthmore. 81 to 0, September
Goth; Georgetown, 8 to Q, October 4th;
Gettysburg 6S to Q. October 18th; Brown,
% TO 0, October 10th; Carlisle Indians, IL
to 0, October nth; Lehigh, IL to 0, October
1ath; Dartmouth, II to o. October Mth'
With such record Princeton should De
a favorIte In the annual Yale-Princeton
game. for even though Yale be the
foxiest OF teams and the strongest finish
ers in football, and making all allowance
for Yale luck. the New Haven coaches
will have to Improve IN their work, It
would seam, II the Blue Is again to wave
in triumph over the Orange and Black.
Next Saturday Princeton eleven WIN
tackle their hardest problem. the I'M
known quantity. Cornell Ihe tthacAnS
arr working desperately TO round them
selves into shape for this game, and the
later struggle with Pennsylvania. NO
games thus far afford an estimate OF
their strength. Princetons neXt games
will lie that with Lafayette November
nth. and then the game with Yale on
November 1tth.
A between Yale and Harvard on NO
verber olst. II looks as though yale
ought to win, though Harvard shows
great Improvement. The Blue coaches
arc disappointed in their West Point
showing and, ON the other hand. iiar'
yard nc, nre rrSrsrHfly pleased ~
their showing against Brown. IT must De
remembered, however, that Harvard Is
now Just where Princeton was two WeoSs
aeo. for the Tigers fortnight ego rolled
up the same score against Brown ana
Pennsylvania went them ono point pei
ter a week Inter It Is fair 70 presume
| that both Yale and Princeton nave I'M :
proved on their early season form. me
| games PLAYED by Harvard ma he.e
| AGAINST Wesleyan are tho only ones al
! fording a direct comparison Of tho blue
ard tie Crimson. ON Octoher 7tf Yale
defeated the MethodIsts SO to o., while
Harvard, tust one week later. could score
but II points, and then allowed YES
| l6van touchdown and goal and u satetS'
II Haward develops into winning form
an, defeats Yale, It VIII be Il MOST pf'''
liant ana crcdtable Niece Of work,