The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-20
"BIG FOUR" GETS.
NEW COMPLEXION
Pennsylvania's Indifference and
Rise of Swarthmore and Dart
mouth Mean Changes.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, Nov. 2O.-Princeton's defeats,
Pennsylvania attitude on the ineligibility Of
players and the decided superiority of several
of the smaller college teams over larger ones
have disrupted the standing Of the ''Big Four
as supreme in football.
Next years schedules in all probability will
be changed materially, and two of the second
division colleges will be found taking part in
the seasons so-called big games.
They Dartmouth and Swarthmore. The
former has proved itself to be better than
Princeton and equal to Harvard, and the latter,
by decisively beating Lafayette, which tied
Pennsylvania, worked her way into the first
division.
In all likelihood the big games next season
will be Yale with Harvard and Princeton Har-
ward with Yale and Dartmouth, Princeton with
Yale and Dartmouth and Pennsylvania with Mich
igan and Swarthmore.
Pennsylvania Forces Action.
Pennsylvania by playing Lamson in the Har.
ward game caused breach in the relations
between the two colleges, which is not likely
to heal. Every quaker knew at the time what
the result would be, and, with an Indifferent
air, started the cry for game with Michigan
Pennsylvania has always been willing to play
anyone under her own conditions, and as Michi
gan has long wanted to try one Of the 'Ble
Four she is likely to seize upon the chance
for game between the east and the west.
| The talk of Pennsylvania and Princeton get
ting closer together is advanced by fading mem
DRY of past disagreements. On this subject the
Princeton Alumni Weekly asks satirically: evil
Pennsylvania insist on agreement cutting ou
all eligibility rules?''
Columbia may have no games with the biz
colleges except Pennsylvania next year. Dart
mouth unGuestionably has earned the standing
she now has with the big colleges She hal
played straightforward football, with not evel
| trick plays, and has only one defeat recorded
against her this season. That was administers,
in the form of unexpected strength by Colgate
which won by score of 16 to 10.
Record Was Unknown.
A defeat Of Princeton and tie with anothe
| "B1g Four is something outsider has neve
accomplished before, and it is no wonder th
Hanovers' thrOats are choking down a, lump O
Joy. From less than 900 students an eleye
was chosen that downed the tiger and prove
equal to the crimson team selected from s. 80
men.
Swarthmore, the second Of the outside college
to earn more consideration has not had a larg
schedule this year, but she will not suffer fro1
that source next season. On the two previou
Saturdays her eleven has been idle. But in tn
meantime on a Wednesday game, she stampe
her seal Of Importance by defeating Lafayett
27 to o. She has been beaten by Pennsylyanj
, IL to in her second game Of the season, BIT
Lafayette tied Pennsylvania when the latter wa
prined for the Harvard game, and the tale {
the quakers' victory the crimson is one {
the uDheavals Of the year. Swarthmores d,
feat and wllitewash Of Cornell added anothe
Instance Of proof of her power.
Yale. Pennsylvania, Dartmouth Haryar,
Swarthmore, Princeton and Lafayette are II
lucky seven to have the best teams This vea
When Princeton scored on Yale it left not or
J Of the eastern colleges with a clean slate :
, defense. Michigan is the only team that h,
: not been scored