South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-23
SOME SURPRISES
LIKELY To SHOW
IN GAMES TODAY
Four Games in East May Upset
the Dope-Three Confer
enCe Tits Are Seized
uIed in West.
BY Frank G.. Menke.

day bring forth some new surprises in
the football world and some newer up
sets of the grandoldope?
That's the question that gridiron en-
thusiasts asked today as a thousand
and more warriors began dOnning
their moleskins and headgears prep
aratory TO battling in the afternoon
for the further honor and glory or
their dear Alma Matters.
Tne east centered its attention on
these four games-the stellar battles
of the day:
Harvard VS.. Cornell at Cambridge.
Princeton VS.. Dartmouth at Prince
Yale VS.. washington & Jefferson at
New Haven.
Pittsburgh VS.. Pennsylvania at Phil
adelphia.
In the west the big conference
games are:
Illinois VS.. Northwestern at Urbana,
Ill.
Chicago VS.. Purdue at Chicago.
Wisconsin VS.. Ohio State at Madi-
son. Wis.
Harvard grappled with a mighty foe
in Cornell; a team that so far has
shown superior TO both Yale and
Princeton The dope" favors Har-
ward TO win by slight margin. but ii
wouldn't occasion much surprise if
Cornell beat the Crimson.
Has Better Line.
Cornell has a line that seems TO be
a bit better than That OF Harvard. ana
1t has a backfield that is one of the
best in the country. In Barrett. the
1SO-pound quarterback Cornell has
one OF the best drop kickers i'm the
country, a wonderful line smssher.
and an absolutely fearless player. II
Harvard can halt the drives OF Bar
rett. if Il can render his boot hOrs de
combat. Harvard ought to win. II not,
Harvard may lose.
Pittsburgh this year has n team
seemingly three times better than it's
great 1914 aggregation. To date il has
beaten Westminster 50 10 0. Navy AZ
TO II. and Carlisle 4 ) to o. which ranks
II among the greatest scoring ma
chimes in the east. In Pennsylvania the
Pitt boys meet team that has been
beaten 10 to by Penna State, and
held TO a 81 tie by the Navy. Pitts
burgh ought 10 beat Pennsylvania by
comforta BILE margin.
Yale. although wea kened by the alb
sence of Harry LeGore. should beat w.
e J., but by a small score only. The
1914 w. & ]. team backfeld was shot
to pieces by graduations and the new
corners seem TO lack the scoring pow
er of their predecessors.
Princeton should triumph over Dart
mouth because Dartmouth goes into
the fray with a comparatively green"
backfield. The Tiger eleven hasn't
shown up in any marvellous fashion so
far. but its showing has been superior
to that Of Dartmouth, and on the basis
of past achievements, Princeton ought
to give Dartmouth a beating.
Wisconsin has swamped every foe
to date-but what will it do against
Ohio state? That's the gang, you
know. that startled the western foot
ball world last Saturday by holding
the championship Illinois aggregation
to a 3-3 tie, showing surprising
strength in every department. Wis
consin, however, seems TO have one of
the very best teams ever assembled In
the west, and it's heavy backfield prob
ably will accomplish what Illinois fall
ed to do-the smashing of the Ohio
State line.
Purdue has shown nothing of cham
piorship caliber. and should prove
rather easy for Chicago. Illinois ought
to beat Northwestern handily, but
Dope" is like dynamite-very dan
gerous to handle. If all theteams play
true TO form. if the dope" sands up.
Harvard, Princeton. Yale, Pittsburgh.
Wisconsin, Illinois and Chicago ought
to have new victories added to their
decords before sunset tonight but
you never can tell.