The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-23
FIIne for AIibis Has Passed and
Teams Must show Worth or
Drop Out
|ALE-W. & j. GAME TO
BE THE HEAD-LINER
Iichigan-S Syracuse and Harvard
PENN State Rank Next--Much
Depending On Both
BY HAROLD '. WILCOX.

az BY HAROLD v. WILCOX &
Although the championship battles
~ week or two distant, tomorrow's
Cblball games will mark the transi.
|&i>n from early-season practice affairs
"A gridiron clashes OF genuine. i'm
(Ctance. Hitherto victories and de
>fs have both been discounted by
~ arguments that powerful gridiron
ochtnes should not be expected to
04oW much In the early games. and
flDt brilliant form early In the season
nI likely TO be fatal TO success later
~ Tomorrow the schools which ex-
DICT to rank high in the years rec
D(do must show their calfber. and de-
1cafs must be considered as blows to
c1nmpionship aspirations.
AlthOugh much depe nds upon what
y chigan. Harvard. Princeton. Cornell
I'D Pennsylvania do tomorrow, the
G3adlfner of the days bill Is the Yale
Xashington and Jefferson game. The
Nbw Haven gridders are the probable
National champions. Coach Hinkey
~ developed q wonderful team. with
= temarkable attack of the style which
r. destined 10 supp,ant the moss
I(Dun army" game A victory for
81 tomorrow would mean the vindi-
<ion Of the promise with which the
|ue Is credited, and the elimination
~ one of the most dangerous con-
Inders. Opposed TO Yale is Wash
|gton and Jefferson, with team that
D&yed Harvard to standstill and a
~ Ne Of attack very similar to Hin
W.. A repetition of last years tie
build be almost as fatal TO Yale as a
Neat and victory would give the
ne . margin over Harvard that only
1/vjctory of the Crimson could over
c@me Incidentally, the game will be
~ FIRST great modern" contest OF
- year. and for that reason alone
D ould be memorable.
SECOND In importance Is the Micht
&n-Syracuse game. That Is because
Yrncuse has mighty strong team.
hid the hopes of The west against the
~ now hang on the Wolverines.
NO are more than ordinarily In need
"a real test before the Harvard
|1me. A decisive victory for Michi-
~ would give the team confidence
1T Il can play without Hughitt.
psychological need that Is more than
hcted. and would Indicate that the
o1xe and Blue il much stronger
IN is feared. A victory for the Or
>)ge would probably end Michigan for
season. and incidentally the hopes
the west for victory over Harvard.
Third u importance Ii the Harvard
nm State clash. Penn State Is q
tthy opponent OF the Crimson. and
d give Haughton's boys q real bat
~ . critical time. Haughton has
built his attack In the past two
>eks, and II II said that he now has
out as good o backfield as when
Ickley was Its 5ulwark. The sound
X ~ OF that contention will be tested
MORROW, and a decisive victory
&ouId send the Crimson stock soar
30 for the Michigan, Princeton and
J Ne games. Moreover, Penn State
M Syracuse are near enough equal
o<rength to make some comparative
Ne on the intersectional clash prac
liable.
The Princeton Dartmouth game
INKS next, because II will probably
0Ct0xnAAkAG just NutIt kuC
GorD stand In the situation. There
> current belief that the Woodrow
Ilgon stronghold will have chance
~ 1ght It out with Taftians for the
Dotional title, with the Teddy Bears
The rear. but there has been no gem
0|ne ground for that belief as yet
Iogt year Dartmouth beat Princeton
10 0. A pair of touchdowns for the
<5Gers tomorrow would put them In
class, and q few field
D)ols would boost their stock even
n1ore. for field goals are likely TO be
- deciding features OF the big games
n come.
Tomorrow also we have the Cor
ol1lrBrown and Pennsy- Carlisle games.
18th important to US because Michigan
~ yet to meet the Quakers and Itha-
ms. A victory fer Cornell would
Dxove the claims that the team has
yoetly improved recently. The score
N the PennsyIndiln clash will fndi-
c@te nothing unless Il should be large.
Dpt II will be interesting to note how
1nch the play of the two early.season
appointments has improved.
Then there Is the Army-Holy Cross
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In the west there will be trio OF
interesting conference games, Chicago
Purdue, Illinois-Northwestern. and
Wisconsin Ohio State. The first men
6cned In each instance have the title
% fight out among them. and sub
D(antial victory tomorrow is conceded
y each OF them. Way out west, the
L(chigan Aggies wilI play a well.
6orfh-while game with Nebraska, with
Nothing but the pleasure OF winning
y rain or lose. Notre Dame goes
|1enr out 10 South Dakota to meet the
|1ote university. and will probably
IKE the touchdovns they should
I'VE made last Saturday at New Ha-
fhc chief college games in the state