The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-23
big GRIDIRON
CONTESTS TO-DAY
NONE OF THE CONTESTANTS
HAVE VICTORY cINcHEo AND
UPsETS ARE LIKELY.
Greatest Interest In the Harvard-cor
nell Game-W. and J. Plays Yale
Sridiron Fans Enthused.

NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-Although the
football season has just crossed the
midway mark. the eIevens of the lead
ing eastern colleges and universities
will tomorrow face one of the most
dangerous stages OF their play. BY
an unusual coincidence there is not
one OF the big institution teams that
will enter the weekend contest GER
tain Of ultimate victory. Harvard,
Princeton. Yale. Cornell. Dartmouth.
Pennsylvania and the Army are all
called upon 10 e opponents capable
Of giving them battle far beyond the
usual practice standard As a result
OF this peculiar situation interest in
the outcome OF these games is keen.
since the possibility for upsets and the
making Of football history exists in
every n of the principal matches.
Large assemblages OF gridiron enthus-
lasts are expected to witness the Har-
vsrd-Cornell game at Cambridge: the
Princeton-Dartmouth battle at Pince-
ton: h Pennsylvania Pittsburgh con-
test at Philadelphia: the Georgetown
Army game at West Point and the
AAN'NAAk tfh ldlt anu MaSQl0k=
ton and Jefferson at New Haven.
Cornell Has Chance.
Cornell goes to Harvard for the
eleventh game between the two uni
versities since 1890. when the series
was inaugurated. and the Ithaca team
has an excellent chance to break the
the long string of defeats that has
been its portion since the initial con-
test with the Crimson. The present
Cornell eleven Is n OF the best in the
history Of football at Ithaca.
The battle between Dartmouth and
Princeton a year ago was thrilling.
and there Is every reason to expect
another great football struggle when
the teams meet tomorrow. The Tiger
victories over Georgetown, Rutgers.
Syracuse and Lafayette stamp the
Nassau eleven as one of the best OF
the year. Princeton has a welLbal-
anced team, strong on both offensive
and defensive. several individual stars
M an excellent plan OF campaign.
Washington and jefferson defeated
Yale a year ago. 13 to Z, and returns
to New Haven hoping to duplicate the
feat. IL may be that the PENNSYLVANIA
team will repeat. but the chances ap-
pear TO be against a second victory.
Yale Is stronger than in 1914. while
Washington and Jefferson lost several
OF her best players by graduation last
spring, and has not shown the power
and drive that made the team so for
midable last season.
Yale's Chances.
While Yale appears TO have the
easiest task OF the day among the var
sity teams. the result is far from a
foregone conclusion. Just what form
of attack h Ellis will adopt is IN
known. Washington and Jefferson is
expert in he overhead game. having
made a big percentage OF her gains
this season by the use OF the forward
pass. Pennsylvania also will meet a
team exceedingly proficient in aerial
football in the Quaker lineup against
Pittsburgh. Glenn Warner found a
fast. heavy squad when he moved from
Carlisle TO Pittsburgh, and he has
made the most of his opportunity
pennsylvania viii have to be ever on
the alert against the attack and de-
velop a more powerful scoring game
than she has shown up to this time
to hold the Pittsburgh eleven in check
Big Games Today. q
The principal games to be played in
the East tomorrow follow:
Cornell al Harvard.
Dartmouth at Princeton
Pittsburgh at Pennsylvania.
Washington and Jefferson az Yale.
University OF West Virginia Al
W. Va
Georgetown It Army.
Virginia p. +. at Navy.
Syracuse at Brown.
Wesleyan at Amherst.
Carlisle at BucknelI.
Colgate az Rensselaer,.
Albright at Lafayette.
West Virginia Wesleyan az Penn.
sylvania State.
Vermont at Springfield T. 5.
Stevens at Union
Trinity at Williams.
81 Lawrence at Columbia.
Hobart at Hamilton.
M~uhlenberR at Lehigh.