Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-19
CRIMSON TINT HAS FADED
Foot Ball Dope in East Predicts
Yale and Princeton Will Both
outolass Harvard.
ILLINOIS LOOKS BEST IN WEST

NY FRANK G.. MENKB.
NEW YORK. Sept lS-There's going
20 be a real scramble for the foot ball
championship In the east this year, with
Yale and Princeton ruling as favorites,
but with plenty of dark horses" IN the
forms OF Harvard. Pittsburgh. Pennsyl-
vania- Washington and jefferson and
Cornell
Looking along the foot ball horizon
Just now one can discern but little other
than the blue tint of Yale and orange
and black combination OF Princeton, so
far as the big Three" r. concerned.
Harvard's rosy tint Of other years
seems TO have faded with the passing of
Brickley, Hsrdwick. Bradles and others.
and the chances are that Harvard must
yield Its first place honors to some other
sleven-unless Coach Percy Haughton ac-
complishes the seemingly impossible.
But should Harvard get several wal
lopings. It doesn't necessity follow-as
was the case In other yeaus-that the
championship must so 90 Yale OF Prince
ton. The days when the big Three
borded Il over the foot ball world are
past. The new rules have given the
smaller colleges chance. and those
smaller" colleges surely viii be in the
fight this year.
The schedules are 80 arranged this year
that II would be possible for Pittsburgh.
Washington and jefferson OF Cornell to
win the undisputed championship Of the
eastern section OF United States. Wash
ington and jefferson has a game with
Yale. Now. suppose Yale beats Princeton
and Harvard, which IL possible. and
washington and Jefferson beats Yale,
which also Ia possible. and Washington
and Jefferson goes through the season
unbeaten. That gives the championship
TO Washington and jefferson. doesn't IT.
Washington and Jefferson has a game
with Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has a game
with Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania has
a game with Cornell II Yale beat Har-
yard and Princeton and Washington and
Jefferson beat Yale, and then Pittsburgh
beat Washington and Jefferson and all
its other foes, Pittsburgh would rule az
king of the foot ball world. II PennsyI-
vania should beat Pittsburgh II would
be champion, IN case all the other things
worked out. And then. II Cornell beat
Pennsylvania. the championship would
be claimed, and Justly 20. by tho Ithicans.
Illinois Looks Best in West.
Illinois looks good enough to repeat IN
the west. The championship eleven OF
1914 was waiioped considerably by rrad-
uations. hut Coach Bob zuppke has left
sufficient number OF veterans 70 form
the nucleus OF great eleven this year.
Chicago and Minnesota are expected 10
give the champions a great battle for
the tsl5 conference honors. with Minne-
Sota. from the early September angie.
seeming 70 have q slight edge on the
Maroons. Chicago lost the bulk OF ia
back field, always II a husky task,
Minnesota. on the other hand, retnins
some of its best men. and some OF the
youngsters who have come UP from iast
years 1914 freshman class look GOOD
enough right now TO Jump into the reeu.
lar lineup and play q game that win
make Minnesota FORGET some Of tn stars
OF 1915
Wisconsin 10 something Of puxiie. n
too. was hit by graduations, but Il hal
some good men left. However, Il needs
az least q half dozen first-class young.
sters to plug up the gapa The sopho-
moro class 30 far hasn't show up with
anything that looks like any too wondsr.
Sul; however, there's lot Of material n,
the rough at Wisconsin. and II the
coaches can develop II quickly that wa
consin outfit ought TO be considerAblv
among those present all year.
The other conference elevens AZ mi,
time aren't figured in class with the
big Four"-Illinois. Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and chicago-but Perdue or ohlr
State may spring q big surprise betoru
the season u over.