New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-08

5-Yae Washington JEFF
6-Nsyy i2-Pittsburgh
BucknoU. as said before. beat Pitts
burgh. but was smothered by Princeton
Annapolis and Washington and Jener-
son Tufts held tbs Army to a score or
?to 0. Syracuse made an excellent show
INK against Colgate and Carlisle. Rut-
gers was beaten only by Princeton ana
the Army. Trinity beat Amherst and
WESLEYAN; Amherst beat Williams, while
Brown won only four out OF nine games
played. Lehigh had fair team, defeat
Ing Lafayette among others, but Penn
sylvania State fell below the standard
set last year, when like Harvard. IT was
indicated. The ranking then, OF more
than twelve teams is not possible, al
though Rutgers and Tufts, the latter
losing only one game and that to the
Army. are deserving Of special mention.
II might be well TO stop at this point
and not make any effort TO substantiate
this arrangement, but few words OF
explanation must be made. Pittsburgh
beat Carlisle, but In my opinion, the
Indians played nowhere near their true
, form on that early date In the season
Colgate also beat Yale in most decisive
fashion, but is ranked below the Blue
for the simple reason that the men from
New Haven made great strides in the
last few weeks OF the season and came
up 10 the Princeton and Harvard games
much more finished and much more pow
erful quite strong enough, in fact, TO
have turned the tables on the plucky and
well coached team up the state If a sec
ond game had been played.
The Carlisle Indians are ranked above
Dartmouth largely on the score Of 50 TO
70 In their game at the Polo Grounds
late in the season. ] am convinced, how
ever. that the men from Hanover had
gone over the edge By training up 70
the Princeton and Pennsylvania games.
Three long trips within three weeks are
likely TO operate against a football team,
and Dartmouth. no doubt suffered a dis
unct handicap in meeting Carlisle on top
OF the other two important games. II is
not meant TO detract from the credit due
the Indians, as on that particular day
Glen Warmers pupils could have ridden
roughshod over practically any team in
the East-not excepting Harvard. IL was
one Of those days in which the Indians
fairly outplayed themselves and every
thing worked like a charm.
The Army is ranked fourth although
outplayed by Colgate and beaten by
Notre Dame for the reason that Charley
Daly brought the cadets up to the last
and all-important game with the Navy
In perfect condition and equipped " DO
battle with the best. on the form showed
that day West Point would De an even
wager against Harvard, Carlisle or
Dartmouth.
There Is no particular reason for plac-
Ing Yale over the Navy except that In
my opinion the team as II played against
Princeton and Harvard would have
beaten the midshipmen as they played
against the cadets. do not feel the same
way about Annapolis and Princeton, as
The Tigers were outplayed by Yale, al
though the game ended In "A 10 tie
and were wofully weak In the necessary
offensive weapons for scoring. Cornell AS
II took the field against Pennsylvania
would have been a worthy opponent for
almost any team, but IT required long
ume 10 bring the eleven up TO us top
iorm, and, further, the Quakers were
weaker than usual. IL docs not seem pos
slbie. then, to rank Cornell any higher.
0xste men may have some reason for