Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-24
Harvard, Yale and Princeton Not
Only Pebbles on Beach in
Foot Ball Circles.
HrTTsBURGH HAS SOME TEAM

NEW YORK. oct. zs.-The reign OF the
"BiE Three" IN the eastern foot ball
world seems to have been effectively
ended by the new game. Yale has been
beaten once. and nearly beaten In another
start; Princeton narrowly squeaked
through with a TO 0 victory over syra-
ouss; Harvard had a mighty task in de-
featlns the Massachusetts, Aggies on
October q
Yale, Harvard and Princeton ruled dur
ing the bygone years because in those
days the greater the bulk the greater the
foot ball eleven. Those colleges had a
big enrolment, they got the cream" OF
the prep school. athletes. and. IS a result,
they always could muster q team that
rarely was surpassed.
But the new and open game-the game
that makes speed . mightier factor than
Drawn. continues to bring newer and
more startling upsets each week IN the
foot ball world. and effectively has kicked
TO pieces the claim of Yale. Harvard and
Princeton that they alone may hold tho
championship.
Some Line, This.
Syracuse. however, IL one OF the very
few colleges that stu inclines to beef,
and this season II has placed on display
one OF the heaviest llnes-if not the
heevieat-in the history Of the game.
From tackle to tackle that line averages
AT pounds. There's exactly Loss pounds
centered In that line, distributed as fol-
lows: Mcdonald, center, 1876 pounds:
White, guard. sbt pounds; schlachter.
guard. 2H pounds; Cobb. tackle. 1876
pounds. and johnson. tackle. isi pounds.
It's q line that no team 30 far has
really dented; q line that has thrown
back nearly every onrush. With a line
like that Syracuse ought to 70 through
a season making a sreat record. but UNI
fortunately for the Orange team. its
backfield IL Just bit above the mediocre.
Pitt Has some Team.
Ii the Navy eleven this year extremely
punk or u Pittsburgh amazingly power
full on the offensivef
That's the question foot ball enthual-
astS have been asking ever since that
Pittsburgh outfit walloped Navy. 20 e
IL thereby doing out To Uncle Sammy
sailor school. the worst beating It ha1
received within the memory OF the Oldest
foot ball inhabitants.
It's a question that will have It's answer
very soon In the later showings Of both
elevens. and II seems TO US that the
answer will be that Pittsburgh has foot
ball team that ranks among the greatest
/ in tho country.
Hinkey Has Trouble.
Life doesn't seem to sise up as one
grand. sweet song. In the opinion Of
Frank Hinkey. He's put his whole hear
and soul into making a winner out Of
those Yale foot bali warriors. but 30 IA
he has failed.
In 1914 during his first year as coacl
his team suffered two defeats; one unex
pectedly at the hands OF washington anS
jefferson and that other terrific beatinI
which was presented by Harvard. II wal
the worst walIoping Yale ever has re
\ ceived.
There were many excuses for Yale'l
poor showing last year-and much hop,
/ over the 1915 outlook. Yale looked like
world beater In the preliminary dope
but what does dope amount TO after all
Yale went out and gets itself beaten vi
by Virginia--the biggest surprise In Yal
history and In It's very next start won
| TO victory over Lehlgh. not because
| Il was a better team than Lehish. bu
because Il outlucked the plucky Pennsyl
i Yaniana.
Hinkey. Just now. Is wondering what
going to happen next. And as he wonder
burrows grow on his brow.