The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-10-23

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Few Serious Form Upsets in
the East-Defeat of SYRIA
cuse a Surprise

ne" 4oEk. Oct. 2o.-EaSt6fn var
sity football teams came through
the week end games without serious
form upsets, but there were several
contests in which the final scores
demonstrated strength or weakness
not heretofore suspected Of the VIC
tors or vanquished. The results OF
Saturdays play brought about a sharp
division between those eleVens which
romped through weak opponents with
out the necessity of showing more
than mediocre offense and defense,
and the teams which were forced to
fight for every yard gained or de-
Tended.
In the former group Harvard.
Princeton, Army, Colgate and Brown
were outstanding examples while
Cornell, Pennsylvania, Georgetown,
Navy. Union and Tufts, all victorious,
slackness of play even in the closing
minutes of the games
Syracuse Defeat a Surprise.
PROBABLY the most surprising fea-
ture Of the days play was the over
Whelming defeat of Syracuse by the
| combinations were thought to be very
evenly matched before the game and
far above the ordinary in both ability
and coaching.
Apparently. however. the Syracuse
team had sacrificed speed for weight
and was well nigh helpless before
the sprtnting attacks OF Glenn Warm
er's lighter but perfect football ma
chine.
oua<ers Deliver Goods.
| pennsylvania also rose to uneXpec-
ted heights in defeating Penn State
in a game in which the Quakers al
ways had the upper hand and played
football that reflected great credit
upon the coaching system installed
| this fall by Bob Folwell. The addition
Of Howard Berry. the all-round ath-
lete, fresh from his severe training in
the military camp on the Mexican
border was a decided factor in the
victory. but the eleven, as a whole
showed that Pennsylvania is again
| approaching the powerful type of
team that made the Red and Blue
feared in past years.
Both Cornell and the Navy gave ex-
hibitions Of gameness and strength
against opponents which for a time
threatened to wrest victory from the
home teams. Neither eleven showed
anything remarkable in the way Of
either attack or defense for this
period Of the season. but their gen
eralship and steadiness under a strong
| attack promises much.
| Georgetown in Form.
Georgetown proved to be a gridiron
machine too we'll balanced and smooth
running for Dartmouth. and while the
Green fought hard at all times it
was unable to check the versatile
| play OF the southerners.
Tufts with it's victory over Har-
ward as a standard. found the Boston
college team also knew the game and
was not to be defeated without a
| hard struggle. while Union won from
Columbia by the scant margin OF a
held goal after all other attempts to
score had failed.
Princeton and Harvard on the 9TH
er hand were able to dispose Of La
fayette and the Massachusetts Ag-
gies respectively. without the neces-
sity OF rising much above the plane
or a practice game. Neither Of the big
team opponents was able to press Its
rivals hard at any time. and both
Harvard and Princeton used many
substitutes before the contests ended.
Several OF the plays used by the
larger institutions elevens were ex-
cellent ground gamers. but their ef-
fectiveness against more powerful
opponents is problematical.
The victories OF Colgate. Brown and
the Army must be placed in the same
category since neither Trinity. Rhode
Island nor Williams had an attack or
defense sufficient to test the winners
to any extent.
Passes Bio Factor.
Considering the play throughout
the east as a whole. Saturdays games
demonstrated that both the forward
pass and the goal from the field are
to be permanent factors in the scor-
ing again thu season. There was
hardly a game of Importance in which
points were not made through these
two forms of aerial attacks. In some
cases the forward passes were made
across the goal line or paved the way
for a run which scored. A consider
: able percentage Of the field goal at
? tempts were turned into scores and it
is apparent that these spectacular
" methods Of garnering points will tie
u seen frequently throughout the re-
mainder OF the gridiron campaign