The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-18
SMALL COLLEGES MAY
FORCE CONSIDERATION
Zig Eastern Teams Appear to he
Easy for So-Calied Minor
Aggregations.
PRINCETON SHOWS PooR FoRel
Unless Tigers, Display Real Ability
Soon, YaIe' and Harvard Will
Likely Have an Easy Time In
Championship Race.

Some of those so-called small col
icSes have been playing the kind OF
football for the past two years that
may force the football experts to give
them fnli consideration With Yale.
Harvard Princeton and Dartmouth in
selecting the Eastern cllamplpn.
duplicate or the wonderful Wash
tSnSton and Jefferson eleven OF 1918
seems to be in our midst again, play
ing game of football that none or the
Iar this season. Fbe Washington and
JEFFERSON outfit went through the 1918
season without meeting defeat. 1t
played Yale to n o TO tie, beat Grove
CITY. lOS to o; Buckneli, Sc to o. and
defea ted Penn State. II to 0. 1t was
secretion only twice.
The Washington and Jefferson OUTFIT
OF This season went against Mt. Union
Ia Is nrst. game, beating them. % 10
In Washingt9n and Jeaerson's next
s s gh roliea nn ,d husky Dieknson
Dickinson scorcIess. Any ieam. thai
can collect a score of such size, against
n lot Of consideration And Dickinson
cannot be branded az weak eleven
Lchigh, another OF tho smaller
colleges. tackled the powerful Indian
pulp. The. Carlisle team of this Year
q 1919. And. If you'll recoliect, il was
Dartmouth was about to dispute
Harvards claim AS Eastern champion.
o,I The Gniyes,rity Of pittsbHrsh is an n,
colleges have been doing in recent
years. The Pittsburgh aggregation, in
us openirnk game, beat Cornell, Q To
ono of the best eleyens in many years
Last year Pittsburgh beat Carlisle and
Cornell in easy fashion.
hrn Nf,lI
with Penn State. have a right TO ask
Ior better ranking than they have been
S Slysn In tn other years ;a Their shownss
on On par with some of the big colleges
Fhe only reason they haven't been
r rs,,ed hiSner IL because they haven't
extent.
Probably. as they say in breakras,
isnt much glory for Yale, Harvard or
Princeton to beat any Of the four
smaller" colleges. But to be beaten
BY them would be looked upon as
Unless Princeton shows real form
w me next week or SO: II looks as II
po.l, Yale and Harvard will have an
ION showed poorly against Rutgers
ana ,,. even worse against Bncknell. The
linz seems to hold fairly well. but the
power OF the Tiger backnelds OF old
The Princeton coaches are working
with might and main TO strengthen
the Tiger. backfeld. but 1T has little
material to work with. and II loohs
very much as II the Princeton team Of
1914 viii go down in history as on.
OF the poorest that ever wore the
black and yellow.
Chicago. in the West, is making an
other strong bid for tho championships.
Its rlcan;cut victory over the Indiana
aggregation WAS something OF sur
prise even to the most enthusiastic c
supporters OF Stages warriors. In
diana has strong team-surely
stronger than that OF 1913. Yet las,
year the best Chicago could do against
Indiana was "A II 10 victory
Dartmouth seems TO be back with
another great eleven. II ran up
lwcnty.nine points against the strong
Massachusetts, Aggie eleven. following
this with a "A to 0 score against Nor
wich. Last year the best 1T could do
against the Aggies was thirteen points.
The Dartmouth backtield Is one of the
heaviest that ever fought for tho
Hanover College, while the line is
working In fine style.