The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-23

IN athletics; SyracuSeS anner nave
reigned supreme in rowing; Columbia
in past years regularly turned out a
champion team In basketball, and SO 1t
has been all along the line.
Seven years had passed since the
Crimson conquered the Blue In foot
ball. No wonder the Johnnies painted
little Cambridge red after that victory
of Saturday. The game was won and
lost on a field goal, It's true. Yale can
still point with pride to a goal line that
was not crossed by Harvard. and, thai
being the case, they look upon the game
as q virtual draw. Yet that goal from
the field, kicked by the trusty toe of
Kennard, the %fullback, who was sent
in for Yer Weibe late in the first half,
won the game on figures n also the
money at stake.
The next move is that Of figuring out the
champion team for the season OF 1908. Har-
ward naturally claims the title, but so does
Pennsylvania. If the Red and Blue are
conquered by Cornell on Thanksgiving Day,
claim cannot be disputed, but, should
Pennsy win from the Ithcans, she Will
surely have a leg on the championship.
ss There 9 l. n,.t this s, season Al no the team biz that f%Sast ean
colleges have been either tied or defeated.
The Navy held the Crimson to a draw,
6 to 6, on October "A, and a week later
Brown scored a safety against the Cam
bridge lads. The safety does not cut much
figure, but that tie score with the Midship-
men does. In all Harvard scored 1S2 points
TO its opponents s.
Now let's look at Pennsy's record. The
Quakers in eleven games rolled up 1913
points to the foes a.. Carlisle is the only
team that has gained as much as q tie
with the Red and Blue. The Philadelphians
beat Brown, u to q, whereas Yale only
tied the Providence eleven, and they over
whelmed Lafayette, "a to A, the team which
held Princeton to a no-score game.
Pepnsylvnnia's 20 to 0 score against Mich
1gan looked good on paper for a week.. but
It's Importance deteriorated last Saturday,
same team, % to 4. 1t is evident that
Michigan, which in days gone by ran up
scores exceeding fine 100 mark against Its
opponents zone Is is Is no %, Ron ysar the ser s ;nsaagc fae tSe
Wolverines failed to score against the
Michigan Aggies; they won only 16 to 6
from Case. IL to Q from Nortre Dame ana
10 to 6 from Ohio State. 4
So far, before the Cornell, game, Har-
vlrd's showing has surpassed that OF the
Quakers. She Indians, who tied Pennsyl-
son; Dartmouth, which had triumphed. over
Princeton and showed a record untarnished
by defeat. had to bow to the Johnnies, 6
Won from Yale. It is doubtful II Penn
sylvania could conquer the Blue. Harvard
did that, and so II Pennsyl is entitled to
a leg on the cnamplOnSnlp, tne crimson Is
entitled to the other two.
Yale. though beaten only by a field goal,
scarcely a proof of superiority on the part
o. Harvard, cannot rightfully be consid-
cred for the championship. Princeton ia
out Of It altogether. As for Cornell, the
1tbacans were tied by Chicago. nnd, be-
rldes, they have not clashed with any of
the big Eastern universities. Their big
gsme with Pennsylvania remains to be
played. Strange 10 say. the Navy, after
Airiig Harvard, lest to tho Indians. who In
Turn were easy for the Crimson. The Mid
shlpmen play their big game with the Army
next Saturday.