Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-18
SMALL COLLEGES SHOW UP
Prove Adept at GridirOn Game end
Put Up Stiff Fight
". AND J. SWEEPING BOARDS
Team which Tted Tuie Last Tear
Runs Up Innensa scere Against
49, Dislsss~. ana LshiEh MuE-
Gers oar1tsle.

Some OF those so-called small col
ieees have been playing tho kind Of foot
ban for the last two years that may force
the foot ball experts 20 give them full
consideration with Yale. Harvard, Prince
ton and Dartmouth IN selecting the east
ern champion
A duplicate OF the wonderful Washlng-
ton and Jefferson eleven Of 1913 seems to
be In our midst again. playing a game Of
foot ball that none Of the big eastern
teams have exceeded 20 far this season.
The washington and jefferson outfit
went through the 1913 season without meet
ing defeat II played Yale to a o-to-0 tie,
beat Grove City 100 to 0. Buoinell So TO
and defeated Penn State II TO o. II was
scored on only twice.
The Washington and jefferson OUTFIT Of
this season went against Mt Union In
its first game. beating them % 70 ?. In
Washington and Jefferson's next game.
against the husky Dickinson eleven, II
rolled up i0s points. holding Dickinson
scoreiess. Any team that can collect a
score OF such size, against even the weak
est sort OF foe, deserves lot of con-
sideration. And Dickinson cannot be
ranked 81 = weak eleven
LehfEh shows Glass
I.ahigh, another Of the smaller col
leees. tackled the powerful Indian eleven
on October and beat Il to a pulp. The
Carlisle team Of this year was regarded
a. just as strong a. that Of 1914 And.
n you'n recollsct. Il was the Indian ag-
grewatlcn that beat Dartmouth last No
vember. Just when Dartmouth was about
60 dispute HaFvsrds claim ~ eastern
champion.
Ths University Of Pittsburgh lie another
example Of what the "smalP' colleges
have been doing In recent years. The
Pittsburgh aggregation in It's opening
game beat Cornell to a And Cornell
was figured as having one OF the best
elcvons in many years. Last year Pitts
burEh beat Carlisle and Cornell in easy
fashion.
Surely these three colleges. together
with Penn State. have a right to ask for
better ranking than they have been given
in ether years. Their showings during the
last few years have been on a par with
some Of the big colleges. The only rea-
son they haven't been rated higher Is
because they haven't scheduled the big
elevens 10 any great extent.
Probably. as they say In breakfast food
circles: There's q reason" There isn't
much glory for Yale. Harvard or Prince
ton to beat any Of tho four smaller
rolleges But 10 DO beaten by them would
be looked upon as inglorious.
Prsneeton squad weak.
Unless Princeton shows real form In
The NEXT week or so. It looks ~ II both
Yale ana Harvard win have an easy
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poorly against Rutger and even worse
against Bucknell. The line seams 70 hold
fairly we'll. but the backfieid lacks the
smash and power Of ths Tiger back
fields Of old.
The Princeton coaches ars working with
might and main 10 strengthen the Tiger
backfieid. but Il has little material to
work with, and Il looks very much az n
she Princeton team Of 1914 win 50 down
in history as one Of the poorest that even
wore the black and ye;iow.
Chicago in the west 10 making another
strong bid for the championship. IT'S
clean-cut victory over the Indian agsre-
cation was something OF n surprise even
20 tho most enthusiastic supporters Of
Stages warriors Indiana has q strong
loam--surcly stronger than that Of ipla.
Yet last year the best Chicago could DO
against Indiana was a y TO victory.
Dartmouth seems to be back with am
ether great eleven. II ran MP twenty
nine points against the strong Massa-
chusstts Aggie eleven, following this
with a "A 10 score against Norwich,
Last year the hest II could do against
the AEgiss was thirteen points. The
Dartmouth bankfield u one Of the heay-
ieut that ever fought for the Hanover
college while the line d working IN fina
style.