Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-06
EAST HAS BIG CONTESTS
HARVARD TO MEET TIGERS
ON PRlNCETONS GROUNDS
Games Mny Reduce Number of East
crn Championship Clnimunts-Wush-
Jef-IlttSburSh In West.

NE" YORK. November 5.-Although
there are 4 number of football games
OF more than ordinary interest SEIZED
ulcd FOR eastern gridironS tomorrow,
the annual contest between Princeton
ana Harvard overshadows all others.
Dartmouth and Pennsylvania will meet
In Boston: Brown will invade New IIa :
ven for game with Yale: Notre Dame
VIII be the Army'S opponent 1t West
Point; Bucknell will play the Navy:
washington and jefferson faces Pitts
Durgh and Cornell tackles Michiya n
at Ann Arbor.
of eastern championship claimants The
defeat Of Harvard by Princeton would
leave the Tigers on Il par with Cor
nell and Colgate, while a Crimson
the Nassau eleven to the plane Of Iar-
ward, Yale. Pennsylvania, Dartmouth
ana other strong teams which have
suffered one or more sctbacks this
season. The same applies to the Wash
ington and Jefferson and Pittsburgh
contest, neither OF which has been
defeated, and who include victories
over big institution teams
Tie battle between Harvard and
Princeton promises 10 bc one of the
most spectacular struggles Of the sea =
son. The Orang" ana Black Is expect
ed 10 prove 1t far stronger opponent
than year ago, when the Cambridge
clan won easily by Il score of 20 10 o.
iarvard's early games have shown
that the team is not as formidable as
last year. while Princcton's forge 20
the front has been uninterrupted 70
date
The edge in playing form and all
round strength appears to he with the
Tigers for the combination. DEVELOPED
team ana Individual power both on at
tack and defense early in the season.
With Harvard the situation has been
tho, reverse. Coach Haughton has not
had the wealth of material lie did a
O.
slow to find Itself
HARVARD WILL FACE:
TIGERS WITH GOOD TEAM
Harvard, however, Viii face Prince
ton with "a combination containing the
clements OF a formidable attack and
defense. individually and collectively,
the Crimson team is one OF great pos
s.bi!itics AZ no time this fall has
Harvard developed the smoothness and
co-opera ton OF attack and defense thar
was so marked in the work of the
1914 combination.
In facing the Princeton team of this
year Harvard Is going against a much
stronger eleven than was the case
twelve months ago. Under the coach
ing Of Rush, the Tigers have devcl-
oped into - remarkably wcll-trai tI.d
combination. from 4 phys!ca! stand
point. In addition 10 being we'll verseh
IN the technique and strategy OF foot
bah in all it's phases.
Princeton has uncovered a defense
when occasion demanded which was
almost imPregnable and an onense
opponents line 1t is doubtful if the
attack is as powerful and piercing as
iiarvard's but this defect appears to
be Offset by better defense
The Tigers chief point OF weakness
this season has been slow play by the
ends. and unless there is a decided inn
provcmcnt there, the Sprint!ug and
lodging abiiity OF Captain Mahan may
pun,ing OF briggs The Harvard lead
cr is one OF the most dangerous brok-
on hcld runners in the East. In Held
goal kicking, AIahan and Tibbo,t APP
pear 10 be about evenly matched
Chief interest in the Yale Brown
game will center in the showing made
by the Blue after week OF coaching
under Shevlin. The Providence team
is hard playing combination and
should give the eleventh hour shift at
New Haven ample opportunity 10
domonstratc its effectiveness.
The battle between PITTSBURGH and
Washington and Jefferson should be
a thriller, and the winner Will he able
10 claim place in the Gridiron Sun
OF 1919. Tor their records during the
past two years have been remarka BILE
in view OF the small number of stu
dents aVaila bile for the teams The
Pennsylvania pa rtmouth game should
develop q hard fought and interesting
struggle. The teams appear TO be
evenly matched.
Notre Dame will be represented at
West Point by an eleven on par with
those which she has sent to face the
Cadets during the past.
Except for the 20 to 10 defeat at
the hands OF Nebraska, her slate is
clean.
Bucknell, who faces the Navy, does
not appear to be so formidable. hav-
!ng won only one game out OF seven
TO date
Other important games in the East
include Williams. at Wesleyan: Am
herst. ut Springfield T. :: Carlisle. at
Holy Cross; Swarthmore. at Lafayette:
Mt. Union, at Syracuse; Tufts. at Trim
ity.
Western Eridiron contests include:
Cornell. at Michigan; Missouri at
Indiana at Ohio State;
Iowa. at Purdue: Haskell Indians. ut
Chicago; Marquette, at Michigan Ag-
les: Nebraska Wesleyan. at Nebras-
la; Washburn. at Kansas: Henry Ken
dali. at oklahoma: Western Reserve.
at Oberlin; Carnegie. AT Case; Ohio
Wesleyan, ut Cincinnati: kentucky. ut
Winona. at Rose Poly; De-
paw. at Butler.
WAVERlY HIGH WINS