Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-19
By Frances Baker.

NEW YORK, oct lS.-As the
football season advances, the race
for the Eastern championship IS mar
rowing down to three teams, as r.
has been for the past several years
Harvard, Yale and Princeton COM
posing what is known az the big
Three" are drawing near to the time
when they will match skill with each
other on the gridded field.
OF the three, Harvard looks the
best. as II did last year, but at that
Coach Haughton is far from salts
fed with the results so far shown.
The game Of last week, when VIII
liams scored a field goal on the Grim
son team and managed TO hold # 10
a to tie until the fourth period,
showed clearly that Harvard was
lacking I'm the ground gaining ability
which characterized the team last
year. This week Haughton ordered
strenuous practice in line pluuging
and a decided Improvement was no
Uucd
Charley BrickIey can still be de-
pended upon to pull the team out OF a
bad hole with his marvellous kicking
Eddie Mahan can also boot the bah
and has shown an ability to send
the p!gskin a long distance in pTac-
uce. Even with good punters,
fast backleld is necessary to get
down the field under tho punrs. With
more speeding up Of the baCkfeld
Harvard should figure strongly when
she meets Yale and Princeton.
Trumbell ut center and Pennock
at guard give the Crimson line
great deal Of strength. The only po-
sition which looks at all doubtful is
quarterback Haughtou has tried
Bradlee, Freddy and Logan at this
position. OF the trio. Bradlee looks
as II he were the logical man for
the place. He did good work in the
Williams game, starting I'm the first
quarter but was later replaced by
Logan.
Yale Started Badly.
At the opening OF the season every
thing seemed to point toward a dis
astrOus year for Yale on the grid
iron. The Maine game, IN which the
lads from up North held the Ellis
10 a scoreless tie. seemed to indicate
that Yale was out Of tho running
Then followed the Lafayette game
OF n week ago. which showed that
the Blue had taken a decided brace.
By rolling up a - TO 0 score on La
fayette, who had held Pennsylvania
Yale came back with a punch.
Knowles Pendleton and Ketcham
are the strongest men on the Blue
team. This year Ketcham has been
taken from center where he made
the All-AmeriCan team last year, and
moved over TO left guard Martyr
has taken Ketcham's old position and
has played it I'm good style. Yale re-
Hest mostly on Knowles for the kick
ing end OF tie game, but unless he
improves he win stand but little show
against Brickley OF Harvard and
"Hobey" Baker. Of Princeton, the two
best kiCkers IN the game this year
Bradley STREET. a Star.
Captain "Hobey" Baker and BRAD"
STREET are the most consistent
ground gamers on the Princeton
team. "Hobey" made n name for him
self last year and seems to be just
as good this year STREET at fullback
sprang into fame in the BuCkneG
game and practically won the game
for the Tigers with his end runs lie
made the first tally after q 60-yard
run on a wet and slippery field He
also ran excellent Interference FOR
"Hobey" Baker when the latter was
carrying the ball The Tiger team
is fast and should be able TO give
harvard q struggle worthy or the
name when the two meet Unless
Yale picks up considerably, Princeton
will repeat the performance Of last
year, For al the present time the IT.
gers have shown much more form
than the Eli boys.
However, not all OF the football In
terest IL conferred in the big Three"
Other Teams Look Good.
The Carlisle Indians. Pennsylva-
MIA, West Point and Annapolis also
are coming in for their share Each
OF them. with the possible exception
or the Navy, has as good a team this
year as last, II not better The In
dians are foes worthy Of anyona's
steel. The only way 10 get az a COM
parison OF these teams with the teams
Of the Big Three" IS through n com
parison Of scores made against com
mon foes
Carlisle will PLAY Dartmouth At the
Polo Grounds next month, and Dart
mouth will stack up against Prince
ton Pennsylvania meets Dartmouth.
as well az the Indians The Navy viii
meet Buckneu November s. After