Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-03

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and with no adverse weather eondi-
! tons to mar their play. Eastern foot
| nal eievcns. ON Saturday. for the first
fme. this season. furnished followers
,r the gridiron sport something of Il
comparative nature on which To figure
| The probable outcome of the remain
Iab crucial games of the season. sur
Rrises were many. surprises of weak
ness in some Of the leading university
teams and surprises of strength in
some af the smaller college eleVens
thai resulted in scores totally at vari-
:tncc with She expectations OF several
ais team coaches.
The week Of hard practice followed
the battles on muddy fields on the
previous Saturday. n remarkable re-
turn ia form IN Princeton eleven and
equally remarkable slump in tine Yale
camp Goleate's defeat Of Yale by the
decisive score Of IL Ia demonstrat
Il that much work must be done at
New Haven if Harvard and Princeton
arc 10 be kept from adding 10 the
gloom III New Haven. Yale, weak ia
HE line and handicapped by the loss
a Cornish al quarterback, Who retif-
- ia the second period with 4 broken
Jaw that viii keep him out Of the
same the rest Of the season. was un
4 bic e. stop the consistent offence ut
the visitors Colgate won hy superior
playing IN every department Of the
game, but the score might have been
different mad Cornish remained. 4aie.s
touchdown showed tile old Eli spirit
af lighting in tn fact Of certain de
reaching the Princeton goal the Tigers
came back strong after their defeat
the week before by Dartmouth. and
won "a to .. It was a demonstration
of reconstruction Of q football team.
although Holy Croas hardly served as
a worthy opponent 10 test the real
strength Of Princeton Frequent penal
ties for effside play and using the
hands Illegally showed that the Tigers
still have much room for improvement
before the Harvard game.
At Cambridge, Harvard tanaaishfd
Cornell with ease. suhstitntions by the
Crimson in the last period alone saVihs
the Ithacaus from heius shut oft OF TN.
scoring altogether. Harvard scored IN
each of the three peri IDS that Buckley,
Storer and HardWick wsfe in the imeab
and Brickey as usual added 10 the To-
tai with field goal In the last period
with ffalVard's second STING men IL thu
game, Cornell made their only tolca-
down with terrific dash that the sui
could got Withstand. The game VAS Won
and Cornell had Only the satisfaction q
showing what II could do on tho o.
fence when the opposition WAS not u
the highest class The Eastern invasion
of the Sotre Dame with the Army WI
not as big a surprise Of the day in thu
section as Ya1ess defeat, although III.
Cadets were expected II make bette
showing than the score of - to Il indi
Gated Notre Danes open play through
out the game came as Il revelation Z
Eastern critics The forward pass wa.
responsible for all the Western eseven,.
scoring. Il al tho II attempts teiae sue
cessful.
The University Of Pittsburg team. vie
tors e*er Cornell and Carlisle. and hell
I by many close followers of the gam
| 10 b. the equal Of any eleven In tn
East. met defeat AT the hands Of Buck
nell BHeknei won on merit, scorini
nine points in the first two periods, af
ter which the Pittsburg team showed
return to previous form and prevente
| further scoring. although themselves tn
able to cross the visitors goal line
While Notre DANES Eastern trip wa
resulting in success. the Western inva
sion By Syracuse proved Il mserab
failure. the University Of Michigan roll
ing up a score Of AZ to = Aitnouge
games between the East and the IVES
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