El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-14
College Football Championship Of
East and West to Be Decided Saturday

- OLLEGE football hOnOrs for both
the east and west viii be prac-
ticaIly decided next Saturday by
the outcome OF the games between
Princeton and Yale in the east, and
Wisconsin and Minnesota IN the west.
These teams have survived the tests
in their respective sections and classes,
and have proved that they are about
the best in the land. 1t now remains
for the four teams to decide which
Of them is the best, and this viii be
done Saturday.
Princeton has a better record than
ale. according to the results Of games
lost a game. while Yale has been de-
feated by West Point Princeton had
a mighty close call from the Navy,
however, and the game ended in a tie.
And again on last Saturday the Prince
tons had another scare when they eked
out victory over the Dartmouth team
by a three point margin Then again
they have scored more points than
Yale, having made 173 to Yale's 15S.
Tale has only been scored on for nine
points, while Princeton has had y
marked against it. The dope on the
game is about evenly divided between
the teams, and neither one viii go into
the game a favOrite.
Teams Of the Tigers and the Blue
caliber have been known to show abil-
ity and speed in these crucial games.
winch nave won IOE Llem QnQeE the
greatest of ODDS, and games in which
q single player has risen from a medf-
OGRE player during the season to the
star football player Of the land and
has won the game Harvard went into
the Princeton game this year a to
favOrite, but was completely Outclassed-
The Yale-Princeton game might be the
same way
In the NinnesOta-Wiscon game,
which will undoubtedly decide the con-
ference and western championships, the
"GOphers" have been and still are the
favorites. Tt will take the greatest re-
Tersal Of form that has ever struck
a football team for the Badgers to
bring the victory home to Wisconsin
in the game.
Even the coaches Of Wisconsin are
despairing Of the teams chance Min
nesOta showed its mettle when II de-
feated the Chicago eleven by a 80 to 0
score, and Chicago has the strongest
team in the conference aside from Min
nesOta and Wisconsin.
Wisconsin, on the other hand, has
won all Of its games from other con-
ference teams, but il has never been
put to the test in a real hard game I
Football is football. though, and the
rule of the game that the unexpected
always happens, and is likely TO IN
the "Badg Gopher fight. and bring
the victory where IL is most unexpected
After next Saturdays game Yale has
to meet only Harvard. but this year
the Crimson will probably go down to
defeat. unless it returns to better form
Princeton Will have its last hard game
of the year with Yale, and this game
alone viii decide its chance for the
championship hOnOrs-
Princeton football players are tear
ing the tackling dummy to pieces in
preparation for the game with Yale
next Saturday. This looks bad for the
Yale men. who viii have to be made Of
sturdier stuff than dummies are, OF men
like big Pete Vaughan might be tear
ing them to pieces next Saturday.
Mike Donlin declares the last worlds
series 70 have been the worst ever
played from many points. The Boston
Nationals. according to the excaptain
of the Giants, could have beaten either Z
OF the teams in the series, as neither
the Giants nor the Athletics played
their regulation game. He attributes
their lack Of snappy ball playing to
stage fright
Ten to seven We're the odds placed
on the Michigan-COrneu game last
Saturday with Michigan the favOrfte I
Again the football dope was upset by |
the result of the game when Cornell I
won, and also there We're a few pocket |
books emptied belonging to some 1000 I
Michigan roOters. who accompanied |
their team, and also backed It at the
game.