The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
~ WILLIAM y. HANNA.

NJ SHurtcbtOWu.
~ WILLIAM ,. HANNA.
This b a big day in football. There
many games Of importance. Thu elevens
Of half a dozen or more institutions Of
leading football prestige are face to face
with sturdy opposition. More than any
, Saturday SO far will to-day have game
hearing strongly on the Anal ratins.
Furthermore. the football played by
numerous contenders this afternoon will
give a nearer to efin idea OF in
trinsic and comparative strength than
anything they've don up to now.
To-day is the halfway point OF a
season which is rapidly reaching its
climax. Several Of its battles will be
as violent AZ II they were the climax
Of the season. though with none Of the
c%ontenders in end Of the season form.
and II Is possible that there won't be
any later games as hard fought as those
Of this afternoon. Several coming
, games will have more glamour and VIII
be bigger affairs IN the public eye. but
, they may not bring as hard football.
The principal games are Harvard VS..
Cornell. Princeton w. Dartmouth. Penn
VS.. Pitt, Yale VI. Washington and JEFF
ferson, Army VS. Georgetown and Brown
VS.. syracuse. The first two named Will
attract the most attention and the big
gest crowds. but all the others are fully
ms momentous to those directly inter
ested in them. The Harvari-Cornell
game is a t%opnotcher because both nave
shown flashes Of front rank streng.h and
both are scoring teams. They are con-
sidered two Of the best in the countr
and Cornell's chances of lowering the
Crimson from its place IN the topmost
rung Of the football ladder are con-
sidered better than they've ever been.
The drop kicking and punting of this
game, with Barrett OF one side and
Mahan and Robinson on the other. will
be a rare treat.
The annual Observation-Disclosures
game has come to nav a place all its
own and to taxi place among the ieW
real big games OF the year. The Tigers
have had an impressive season to date
many OF their followers think they are
on their way to a championship. and
Dartmouth is the biggest handful they
will nave tackled up To the present under
the coaching of Rush. II means a lot TO
them, this game, whether II Is going to
send them along on the o TO Harvard
and Yale with Increased belief In their
eventual supremacy or whether therein
be a check to bring out that the team
isn't invincible. Most Dart
mouth games are close the Green wins
nv NV @ 49,. ur,r.d ,ratar;ai in big
vi vr,tbout having had any
s.'n,Ir. ,as, 90 vet is of uncertain
quantity for a tussle of this Importance.
Numerous Observation-Disclosures battles
have been played cautiously that Is. AS
10 chance taxing plugging affairs, close
and stubbornly fought. but with only "A
snail nercentape of the free, the wide
onsr and the spectacular. Prlnceton's
. nmnaipn thus for has had little OF the
snec,acul.r or of the dashIng. but marbe
No Tipars are ready TO cut loose a bit
AMI naybe there'll he a Ghee on the
ae,d always ready TO stir things up with
nm exciting NAV. There's been more
xhoop and action in the campaigns
of both Harvard and Cornell. and the
latter pa,ne promises to be a wallop-
Ming vide dung. svlrllng affair.
The Washington and jefferson eleven
isn't AZ strong as the Washington and
Jefferson team that beat Yale a wear
ago I'M, it.s stIIl a strong combination
and a sober prospect for any opponent.
E'oI,ov,np immediately as il does the
contamination of yicissitudes which have
bese. the Ellis all season. this game is
az nec,,lIar interest TO Yale man and. TO
a lesser ex,ent 10 all others interested
in footb,u and interested also I'm a
game effort 10 overcome adversely.
Wasi.nx,on and Jefferson comes co.
trciden, with an importan, moment at
y.is n, ,he end NJ a critical week I'm
the Rius's sr,dirop afYairs They're
baginninp IN recover their noise al New