The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-07
MUCH UNCERTAINTY In BIG
FOOTBALL GAMES In THE EAST
HARVARD AND PRINCETON MEET
m ANNUAL CLASH.
Hard Battle ESpeeted-Yale Meets
Brown and W. & ]. Clashes With
University Of Pittsburgh.

NEW YORK. Nov. Ct nusuaI m.
certainty surrounds the outcome OF
the leading foot ball games To be-
played nm the East tomorrow. Al
most without exception the principal
university elevens face opponents
whose records this season warrant the
prediction OF exceedingly hard-foueht.
close contests. The feature GAMES or
lht daF include the annual Harvard.
Princeton contest al Cambridge. and
inc intersectional contest between the
Army and Notre Dame. at West Point
The interest will not center entirely
around these gridiron battles. how
ever. FOR tho smaller college teams an
pear 20 be- most evenly natcn,d and
the possibilities for upscts extend from
ih" top to the bottom of the iankIns
list
The meeting OF Harvard and Prince
ton brir-s together the only two OF
IA, so-caiied biz five teams that have
not ~ Yet met defeat upou the foot
ball field this fall Although Yale
PENNSYLVANIA and Cornell have all lost
one or more games this season. the
Crimson and the Tigers have managed
TO stave of this disaster. though the
marGln is extremely narrow. since
each has been held 10 a tie gam. dur
ING th" past four weeks Neither team
has played mutual opponent. but all.
indications point 10 the elevcns being
Wen matched I'M the various depart
ments OF the game. Both will be rep
resented upon the field by physically
no combinations from which few. II
amy. regulars will be missing
Splendid Material
Both Harvard and Princeton are
equipped with splendid broken field
runners. forward passers aud drop
kickers. and victory may come
through any one OF these methods of
advance. In actual field goals scored.
Princeton leads the Crimson. which
sorely misses Captain Brickley in this
department of the game I'm forward
passing Harvards attack is not as
spectacular as the Tigers. but more
certain. Unless Nahan is az his best
the Tigers back field is likely to out
shine Harvard in open field runs. but
this advantage should be of 81 by the
line plunging ability Of the Cambridge
backs.
At West Point the cadets will en-
deayor 90 reverse the 30 TO l3 vic
tory piled up by Notre Dame last
year
Yale appears TO have a comparative
ly safe opponent in Brown for the
Providence team has not shown signs
.oi any particular strength this season.
W. & J. MeeIs Pitt.
Cornell is called upon TO face ,he
eleven Of Franklin < Marshall college.
and the little Penusylyanians are quite
. likely Co IiNe the Ithaca aggregation
. IIFE|N fF.ef4 fnr
expected to be- one of the best games
OF the day will be- played az Pitt--
hursh where the Washington and JEFF.
fersOn and University Of Pittsburgh
, teams meet In their annual oontasi.
I here two institutions are represent
ed hy eleycnts which are among the
most powerful la the East Washing
ton & Jefferson has a total score Il
229 points for six games which in
clude d victory over Yale and 9 10
! defeat by Harvard Ten players
have scored touchdowus. OF whom
Spi-Eel and Fleming lead with six
each, while Fleming has kicked more
goals from touchdowns than any other
eastern players. Pittsburgh has de-
feated Cornell. Navy. Carlisle ana
Georgetown, among others. running
mp 10 points iu six games Twelve
players have figured ia tho touch
down scores Of whom Hastings leads
with FIVE
Other Games
Other games IN which eastern com
DinatiOus figure follows
Pennsylvania VS. Michigan ar Ann
ArbOr
Carlisle VS.. Holy Cross at Manchest-
or. VI
Williams VS.. Wesleyan at williams
town.
Fordham VS. Navy az Annapolis
Rochester vs. Colgate az Rochester
Muhlenberg at Lafayette.