The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-19
Quakers Beat Wolverines
and Indians Skin the
Gophers.
EACH SCORE II TO 0
East Has Double Claim On Superb
ority, But Does Not Bother
About the West.

Two Of the best football teams in the
west Were decisively defeated by two
Of the secondary teams of the east last
Saturday, and again the question of the
relative strength of one section of the
country as compared to the other has
been settled beyond the question of a
doubt.
Pennsylvania university defeated
Michigan university by the score Of II
to 0. and Carlisle trounced Minnesota.
the acknowledged champions of the
West, by precisely the same score. A
brief account Of the two games fol-
lows:
Using a speedy and clever grade of
ball. Pennsylvania crushed Michigan by
"a score of IL to 0 before 26000 people
gathered at Franklin field in Philadel-
phia Saturday afternoon to see the old
time opponents renew gridiron rela-
tions.
So superior were the warriors of the
red and blue and that they left no
room for doubt as to which was the
better eleven. The Quakers simply
trapped the Wolverine, slaughtered
him, ripped off his hide, scraped it, and
pegged it up to dry in the sun.
Before the Pennsylvania attack Mich
igan's line crumpled and wilted, while
against the red and blue wall the mole
skin heroes of the maize and blue
dashed in vain. The fasteners had
things so much their own way after
the first twenty minutes of play that
their cheering partisans dubbed the
game Pennsy parade
DESCENDANT Music.
The other story is set to the same
music, and to the ear of a westerner
one is about as discordant as the other.
The Carlisle. Indians downed the
mighty Gophers Saturday by the score
Of II to 0. The work of the homo
team was sore disappointment to the
maroon and gold supporters.
Time and again the Gophers fumbled
and in almost every instance a red man
got the ball. Larkin seems to be suf-
fering from bad attack of stage
fright and handled the punts in rag
ged manner. The Gophers tried five
forward passes during the game, and
in every case the ball landed in the
arms Of an Indian.
While the visitors could do but little
against the Minnesota defense the men
were always on hand to take advan-
tage of every misplay made by the
home team. The red men watched the
ball like cats, and on every tumble
would dash after the ball in a manner
never before seen on Northrop field.
They played fast, tricky football from
start to finish.
In summing up the situation the re-
suits Of Saturdays football games
would indicate the east is at least sew
enteen points better than the west in
gridiron strength and skill this year,
in so far as comparative results can be
taken as an indication of anything in
sport
The east has double foundation for
its claim of superiority, because it is
based not on a single game, but on
two International contests in both OF
which the eastern elevens won by
scores of IT to 0. Eastern experts can
| claim a wider margin than seventeen
points on comparative dope" if they
care to. as in the two games in ques-
ton the eastern competitors are con-
sidered secondary in rank in their sec
ton, while the western contestants for
intersectional honors have been ranked
as first class. But the east is not in
the habit of bothering about claims OF
superiority over the west in football
1t considers its supremacy unQuestion-
able, and will not stoop to argue about
it.
The only chance for the west in the
face of Saturdays results is to claim
neither Michigan nor Minnesota repre-
sents the best in this section beca use
it has been demonstrated by actual
results that neither Pennsylvania no1
Carlisle represents the best in the east
The Quakers have been beaten twice
by teams which in turn have been beat
en- in the east. Pennsylvania was TIED
by Lafayette, which went down in de-
feat before Syracuse. usually consid-
cred a third rate eleven. The Indian.
met defeat at the hands of Harvard By
: a small margin after defeating Penn.
syvania decisively.
OF Michigan's strength compared
with other western teams nothing i.
: known definitely, but the general i'm
preston is Yost's team does not com
pare with his former ones Any com
parison of the relative strength of Chi
cage and Michigan on the face Of til,
returns in their games with Illinois il
made doubtful by the widely diferen
conditions under which the two game
were played. Michigan defeated tn
, Illini 2S to in a hard rain storm
! while Chicago's score of 90 to Satur
, day was made under comparatIvel,
good conditions on the other hand
the Wolverines were not handicappe,
: against Illinois by the loss of Captain
Curtis Services. as they We're on sat
2 urday against Pennsylvania, whie
e may supply an argument in favor Q