The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-29
HARVARD AND YALE
DEVELOPING POWER
Princeton Lucks Out Against
Dartmouth--0ther Section
al Football Games.

bls lnfee Eastern teams stuck out In
huge gobs in their victories Of yesterday.
md the other member OF the exclusive
riumvirate, Princeton, pulled through
by the skin OF it's teeth and by the
Happy humor of It's patron saint or god
" goddess.
Yale made UP for every beating she
as taken at the hands OF Washington
nd Jefferson by pounding and forward
ng Its way to n 36-to-l4 victory; Har-
ard extracted all the bitterness from
defeat OF n year ago at the hands
Cornell, when Percy Haughtons
even walloped the Ithacans. q to o.
;csides being the first game Cornell has
st In more than two years, II was the
drst time Cornell's line has been crossed
this year
Down at Princeton the Tigers won
from Dartmouth. Z to 3. And 1t all came
about when Eddie briggs. Tiger full
back. leaped bllndly into the air and
snatched forward pass from out OF
the very hands OF n Dartmouth player
and dashed fifty-five yards across the
Dartmouth line for a touchdown. Tib-
bolt added n point by kicking goal.
The heft OF the counts piled up by
Harvard and Yale gives no chance OF
alibis for their opponents, but Dart
mouth really should have walked away
with victory at Princeton.
The Green Mountain team Hcored after
hard team playing. smashing and man
euvering their way to Princeton's D.
yard line. from where Captain Gerrish
booted the ball over the cross-bar for a
goal from placement. Princetons score
was.a fluke. and came after Dartmouth
nj m nm eh.a al g..
another count.
The weakness OF Dartmouth appeared
to be a proneness to tumble and the in
ability Of Quarterback CAMEL to return
punts. Theilcher who. did the kicking
FOR Dartmouth. outkicked the classy
briggs, but his teammates were unable
to get the ball back with the same con-
sistency that marked the work of Eddy.
Princeton's quarter.
The generalship given the Princeton
team was ragged. After Eddy left the
field because OF an injury. Ames stepped
into his place and gave a poor exhibit
tlon. once losing a chance for a possible
touchdown when he called for forward
goal posts. He lost the ball. OF course.
and Dartmouth Immediately kicked out
OF danger.
Harvards regeneration, especially
since II comes at the expense OF Cornell.
ton. and II stands out AS another vic
tory for the methods OF Percy Haugh-
ton.
Yale merely lived up to expectation
in crushing Washington and Jefferson.
The Ell eleven Is enjoying popularity
all over the East for the first time in
several years. and they walked through
the visiting eleven in a way that be-
speaks great strength and versatility OF
play.
At the same time w. & ]. confirmed
advanced notices by giving the Blue a
great deal OF trouble by its great work
In forward passing. This always has
been one of Washington and Jefferson's
strong points. and it was worked TO the
limit today.
Pittsburgh kept right TO the front
when 1t wrecked n mountain OF hope
that had been built at Philadelphia
through the victory OF the University
II Pennsylvania over Penn State a
eleven simply obliterated Penn. getting
away with victory OF 20 to o.
Michigan and Minnesota stand out as
the two powerful Western elevens. with
Wisconsin close up.
fosts machine was geared up to beat
Syracuse, and while Michigan's margin
over the Methodists was only a scant
point, victory was all Yost ever
dared hope for.
The other in+ersectional game indi-
Gated to football experts that Tufts has
been pointed for the Princeton game.
as her l2-to-1O defeat OF Indiana was
not impressive. Indiana was not
ranked high In the Western Big Nine
conference. and wasn't even given a
chance In the contest
Wisconsin, as expected. beat StasR
and his Maroons. and scored another
point for Harvard coaching in the
West. The Badgers S-to-7 victory over
Chicago just about settled Stages team
for 1916, and he will now start to build
for next year.
The Vanderbilt University football
eleven took another long stride toward
the Southern championship when Vir-
yinia succumbed to Commodore on
slaughts, 81 to 6. Rabbit Curry. Vandy's
diminutive back. played the game OF
his life Fumbles cost the winners two
touchdowns after Virginia's goal line
had been crossed.
The Alabama Polys, considered by
many as Vanderbilt's strongest foe de-
feated the Mississippi AgEies. TO 3
Vandy triumphed last week Il to O
Georgia Tech, the other contender
earned a tic with Washington and Lee
Handicap Tournament on