Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-13


 results of weeks of coaching. eastern football teams. with one or two ex- captions, played strictly to form in the contests of Saturday. The degree of improvement was more marked in the case of some elevens than in others. Harvard. Princeton. Cornell, Penn sylvanta, Pittsburgh. Brown and the Navy demonstrated that they are rap- idly approaching the apex of the sea- son's campaign. Dartmouth and the ed a slump. while Yale is yet to strike its stride.
 Probably the best exhibition was given by Harvard and Princeton in their battle at Cambridge. The vic- tory by the Crimson by the margin of a single field goal was an accurate in- dicatton Of the respective powers of the two teams, although allowance must be made for the fact that neith- CT was able to show it's entire offen- sfve hand with the Yale battles one and two weeks away.
 Harvard Had the Punch. With the exception of few min- utes in tho third period. the play was always between the 25 yard lines. Given the opening as the result of short punt, Harvard demonstrated that it had the punch to drive within easy goal kicking distance of Princes toms line and that power resulted in NiSCOAy. Ao 41SSIS dlIdCh "GtS llA0 ltore spectacular. but Harvards abil- Ny to solve even new plays quickly, took the edge off its effectiveness. Both teams played hard. fast foot ball, tackling cleanly and giving the runner excellent interference. The got down the field swiftly under the kicks. The tricky wind inside the Stadium made the catching of punts difficult ard fumbles were excusable. Harvard's deceptive and shifting at tack rroved more effective than the more spectacular offense of the Ti- gers, since it was harder to follow the ball under the Crimson system of play. Viewed in the light of Satur- days contests. both Harvard and Princeton appear to have reached a more advanced stage of football per lection than Yale.
 Yale Weak and as Inconsistent At tack.
 The Blue was a keen dissapoint- ment to it's adherents in the game against Brown. The Ellis failed to inn | prove over the earlier contests of the | fall. A weak and inconsistent at | tack, coupled with mediocre defence, was the undoing of Yale, notwith- standing the fact that the material for a strong eleven appears available. l Unable to score by rushing during the | first half of the game, Braden's clever | goal kicking gave the Blue a six point lead. This quickly melted away when Brown cut loose with it's sensational running attack, before which the Elrs defense was almost worthless. l After the showing made against ar | yard, the Princeton team is almost certain to enter the contest with Vale next Saturday strong favorite. Nothing. short of a most sensational spurt will enable the Blue to hold the Tiger in check.
 Quakers Great Fighters. Pennsylvania again demonstrated | that Coach Folwell's instruction, l coupled with the fighting spirit of the Quakers, is bearing fruit. Although | held to tie game by Dartmouth, the | honors of the conflict belong to the Red and Blue. Pennsylvania showed q sustained and powerful attack which scored once and threatened at other l times while the Hanover eleven was unable to advance the ball with stead mess. The tieing rtouehdown came as | the result of a tumble which Gerrish scooped up and carried almost across | the line before he was thrown. | Had the Quakers been able to hold l Dartmouth there for downs their showing would have been more inn pressive. The Hanover offense is hard | to stop at any time, however. and the l fact that Pennsylvania was able to outp1ay Dartmouth during a major portion of the game was highly pleas | ing to the Red and Blue supporters, even admitting that the New Hamp- | shire team was not as active and ef- fect1ve as in some of the preceding games Of the season. | Thrilling Battle.
 l Cornell and Michigan had a thrilling battle at Ithaca and again the east l triunphed over the west. although the margin of victory was the narrow one of a field goal. The scoring was l confined almost entirely to aerial plays or overhead plays that made a | touchdown easy of accomplishment. Shiverick kicked three field goals and a forward pass was responsible for one of the two touchdowns scored by Cornell. Michigan was also more proficient in hurling than running with the ball, and all three of the Wolverines touchdowns came as the result of long passes which placed the spheroid within easy rushing dis tance of the goal line.
 Both the Army and Navy teams won their games, but the Middies' vic- tory over the North Carolina Aggies was more impressive than the Sol appeared to have had an off day and played a careless and lithless game against the New England collegians. Maine did not have the power to cope . WICn Cn0 ATInys put WT0ICn6Q of the ball and loss of ground as the result of penalties kept the Cadets score down.
 The Navy, on the other hand, while not faced by a particularly strong op- ponent played with a. vim and dash that has been lacking in recent games
 In the other more important games of Saturday Washington and Jeffer- son was unable to make any impress sion Cpon the remarkable football ma- chine that represents the University of Pittsburgh. while Colgate and Penn State won decisively from the Roches- ter and Lehigh elevens, respectively.
 Rutgers, however found West Vir- gina a most formidable opponent and the two teams battled to scoreless tie.
 HORWEEN'S KICK GAVE
 HARVARD THE VICTORY
 Princeton Had One of the Best Teams
 in History on the Field.