Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-21
TITLE IS DOUBTFUL
Eastern Gridiron Champion
ship for 1910 Is Undecided.
DIFFICULTY FOR EXPERTS
Chief Honors q Hard Task to Locate
Because of Tie Between
Harvard and Yale.
DIFFICULTY FOR EXPERTS

Since the smoke CT Saturdays foot ball
battle has cleared away gridiror
dopsterers are asking the question
Which college has the championship
eleven of 1902" And the question is
so theoretical and hard to solve, this
year above all others, that the student
of foot ball figures and performances
Is apt to find himself occupying a pad
ded cell If he ponders too much upon
the subject.
And this because of the upsets Of the
last two weeks, especially the upset
which occurred at New Haven Saturday
the no-score tie between Yale and Har-
ward. Following as it did on the heels
of the Yale victory over Princeton the
week before. it presents a situation to
which there are few parallels in the his
tory of foot ball where the eastern
championship is so open to dispute.
BY championship is meant the intangi
BILE title which yearly is fought for theo-
retically by Yale. Princeton, and Har-
ward. This year Yale, team beaten
twice and held to a no-score tie in pre-
turned around and defeated Princeton.
if not by big score, at least in such q
manner as to show the Blue the superb
or. Then on top OF that triumph. Tor
triumph it was, Yale came back and
held the supposedly best Harvard team
ever" to "A no score tie. While not the
victor. Yale was not the vanquished. and
the result practically stands as a moral
Yale victory.
Critics there are who insist some of
the so-called minor colleges should be
reckoned with in the distribution OF
honors when one of these elevens earns
victory over Yale. Harvard or Prince
ton. But when it Is taken into consider
alton that the big fellows count such
games as mere practice warm-ups FOR
argument hardly holds water.
Early Games Do Not Count.
Yale, Harvard and Princeton do not
count the early season games. The trio
figure the contests as experimental
games to show the strength and weakness
of their elevens. OF course. 1t is true
that Yale. Harvard and Princeton do not
like to be defeated at any time during the
season. But TOR all that a defeat shows
certain weaknesses which are to be RENE
died for the big games. Then when the
Yale Princeton and Yale-Harvard games
come around the teams are ready to fight
their hardest. They are pointed for these
just as a race horse is pointed
for some big stake event and entered in
other contests to get him in condition to
strive for a rich prize.
That was the case this year at Yale.
The Blue was beaten by the Army and
discovered certain defects. and later was
defeated by Brown. The
last named contest. the one before the
showed the coaches that many
things would have to be done before tack
ling the Tigers. And. with rather misty
goal of victory in sight, Yale showed her
usual willingness to learn.
So we'll did the Ellis master their lesson
that the sensational victory over Prince
ton is now gridiron history. II after this
triumph there was no let-up at Yale.
there was no undue rejoicing. Yale men
knew the final game and the supreme
test was to be with Harvard, an eleven
which had shown tremendous power and
played superb foot ball In all the early
games.