Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-17
.OId Eli Defeats Princeton In an
Exciting Game By Score Of
Twelve 10 Ten
U. Of VA. WINS FROM GEORGETOWN
Pennsylvania Scores Triumph over
Michigan, and Indians the vic,ors
over minnesota--Harvard humlli.
atea by Decisive Drubbins at the
Hands of Dartmouth-other Games

Once more Yale is the undisputed
champion OF the football field OF the |
United States. by its victory over
Princeton yesterday Old ELI gained the I
premier position beyond all doubt II
has only one more big game to play |,
and as that is with Harvard. n second !
rate team this season, there can hard |
~ be single doubt but what the
result will b. The result yesterday |
WAS something OF surprise. not that
Yale won. Int because the Tiger gave
the New Haven institution such a |
terrific and close battle. Many OF the
experts believed that Princeton would |
not even score, 10 say nothing of COM !
ing within only two points of the
championship. There Is no nukc
about Yalc's position. II has been won
by hard consistent work and 1t isl
more or less OF n triumph for old
fashioned straight football. Yale has
not resorted to many tricks this aea.
son, but has developed plays that call
ed for line plunges and lots of kick
ing. 1t was in the latter department
that Yale excclled Princeton, and III
was good toe work that won for Ola
ELI.
rennslyvania's decisive victory
over the University OF Michigan.
which is regarded 40 the best team
in the Middle West. places the Yost
crowd way back in the rear. us the
same eleven could not get In the first
division among the Eastern colleges
this season. They would come aloag
about with West Point, Navy, Am
herst, Williams and Brown. The Car
a
their victory over Minnesota when II
IS considered that they had to travel
about 1900 miles. and did not have
time TO fully recover from the long
journey before they went on the field.
Minnesota proved herself very
strong among the Western and North
western colleges this year, but the
Indians victory shows that II would
not secure n high lating II 1t was COM
peting against the Eastern colleges.
In fact the Pennsylvania and Mich
igan and Indian and Minnesota games
show conclusively that the stronger
Western elevens have no right to be
put IN the same class with the big
Eastern teams.
The victory that the University Of
Virginia secured over Georgetown
was more than satisfactory to the ad-
mirer. OF tho navy blue and orange.
The Charlottesville players were not
at all confident after their defeat a
week ago at the hands of Washington
and Lee. but they more than redeem
ed themselves yeste. day.
Harvard. by its miserable showing
yesterday cannot be classed among
the big four" or even the big ten
this season. There are at least that
number OF elevens i'll the East that
could defeat the crimson on the grid
/. on this year. Cornell met and de-
feated the strong Swarthmore eleven.
and no mistake will probably be made
10 regard the Ithaca eleven as stand
ing next to Yale this season. with
Princeton in tho third position.
Results of Yesterdays Games.
tBy Associated FressJ
Georgetown g. University OF Virgin.
ia IS.
Yale IL; Princeton 10.
Pennsylvania 6; Michigan 0.
harvard o; Dartmouth %.
Cornell IS: Swarthmore o.
Lafayette 4; Syracuse 4.
Navy G.; Pennsylvania State {.
Wisconsin 10; Purdue &.
Minnesota TO- Carlisle 10.
franKnn and Marshall 4: Haver'
ford o.
Bucknell IS; Dickinson 0.
Lehigh 81; Ursinus 0.
University OF Pennsylvania Fresh.
men 10; Tome Institute o.
Williams 26; Amherst 6.
West Point 81; Tufts o.
William and Mary IL; Randolph
Macon 4.
Vanderbilt 81; Georgia Tech 0.
Mercer 5; Gordon 0.
Alabama 6: Auburn 6.
Texac A. and NJ. College II; Tu-
lane University G.
N. G. a. and NJ. College 6; David
son College 0.
South Carolina University 14;l
Charleston College 4.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute "a;
George Washington O.
Virginia overwheIms Georgetown.
fiSv Associated Presa.)
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Nov. 16 Il
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