The Washington herald., 1915-11-21

Three Games Will End
Queer Gridiron Season

played one game in common. that being
Georgetown The Navy met Georgetown
in the opening game and was beaten 80.
Two weeks later Georgetown was con-
quered by the Army. 100 This would
indicate some superiority on the part OF
the Army were it not for the fact that
nearly all comparative scores have been
proven almost worthless.
Pittsburgh-Penn State.
The interest in the Pittsburgh-Pena
state game extends far beyond the boun-
daries Of the State of Pennsylvania. Pitts
burgh enters this contest with an I'M
broken string Of victories. good many
critics have insisted that Pittsburgh is
the greatest team in the East The fact
remains. however. that Pittsburgh has
not had the advantage OF such hard
schedule as Harvard, Princeton. Yale or
even Pennsylvania have played The
only first-class eleven Pittsburgh has met
to date is Washington and Jefferson, and
this game was considered hard one
because w. and ]. defeated Yale, but
Yale when 1t played W. and J. was a
pathetic sight.
State. on the other hand. has been
tried out in the fire every week. State
has met Pennsylvania, Harvard, Lehigh
and Lafayette In a row. Only one team
has beaten State, that being Harvard.
And even against the Crimson the critics
voted unanimously that State deserved
a tie score on the strength Of the two
elevens. It is likely that Pittsburgh has
more. speed and perhaps an attack more
technically perfect than State, but there
Is a good defense at State and unlimited
physical power in States plunging and
runs of tackle.
YaIe's Great Comeback.
There seems to be no limit to the num-
Der Of times Yale can come back" In
spite OF the fact that Yale was helped to
one touchdown by Princeton's atrocious
fumbling the Ellis did what they threat
ened TO do. and IT will take a good many
years before Princeton will recover from
the shock. The Tigers laughed heartily
at the idea of ShevIin teaching Yale
enough football IN two weeks to beat
Princeton. Indeed, Princeton expected
to win by a margin Of between 20 and
20 points.
Yale's great reversal Is the third the
Ellis have staged in the last three years.
In 1907 a superior Princeton team led Yale
100 at the end of the first half. Be
tween the halves Yale changed her line
up and sent Ted Coy from end to full
back. In that second period Coy ripped
Princeton's line to pieces and the Ellis not
only held Princeton scoreless but tailed
L points themselves and won the game.
This years come back exactly parallels
that Of 1910 That year Yale was beaten
twice and held to one scoreless tie
week before the Princeton game. Then
Tom Shevlin rushed East with the Mime
sofa Shift and in a weeks time whipped
Yale into shape TO win the game by a
score of SO. This year Yale had been
beaten three times, and whitewashed
each time. before Shevlin was sent for.
At the end OF his first week Shevlin had
a team that held Brown to a 80 score.
But nearly every one was skepticsl about
Yale beating Princeton, for Yale's play
ing looked to be fundamentally unsound,
while Princeton played good rudimentary
football and had the physical power. Yet
Yale with two field goals by Guernsey.
one kicked from yards past midfield.
and a touchdown from a Princeton FUN
BILE won the game. 49, 1t is true that
Princeton fumbled away the game. but
one should not overlook the fact that the
chief cause of Princeton's fatal fumbling
was YaIe's vicious defense.