The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-30
BIG EASTERN TEAMS
| SHOW STRENGTH IN
/ TEST STRUGGLES
More Practice to Put Teams
on Edge for Big Games.
big Three Strong

New York. October 29.-The week.
end football games in the east dem
onstrated without exception that an
other two or three weeks will be re-
CURED to put the teams on edge for
the games which mark the climax of
the season.
Another development was the de-
mand that no team, however big or
powerful, can hope to win from a rival
of reasonable strength with an attack
based entirely on the old school meth
DDS of advancing the ball Almost
without exception the team which
showed an attack equally divided be-
tween line plunging and slSirtine,
coupled with a perfected overhead of
Tense. was the one which emerged
the victor.
This was particularly true of Corr
nell. which went down before Hair
ward by a surprisingly one sided score.
With one of the biggest and most
powerful teams that has entered the
Cambridge stadium in many seasons
and with the wagering five to four in
their favor, the Ithaca players failed
completely to live UP to expectations
The Cornell eleven did not appear
to have any settled plan of campaign
was slow and uncertain ain running
it's plays and handling of the ball was
little short of atrocious'' The Grim
SON. on the other hand, while still
crude. showed another Haughton grid
iron machine that promises to be -
worthy rival for both Princeton and
Yale.
Next to the Harvard Cornell game
chief interest centered in the play of
Princeton and Yale. Princeton managed
to win from Dartmouth by the mar
gin of four points. but it was due to
the prowess of an individual player.
AS team the Hanover eleven was
the better and before its attack the
Tiger offense and defense was far
from what must be developed in any
hope to win from the New Haven and
Cambridge rivals.
Yale, on the other hand. showed 4
continuance of the gradual improves
ment made under the coaching of Tad
Jones. In defeating Washington aTr
Jefferson decisively the Blue made
marked progress, for the Pennsylvania
combination is football machine;
which plays game hard.
The gridiron juggernaut built up at
the University of Pittsburg rolled
over Pennsylvania without being Sc
riously threatened. The Quakers were
unable to cope with the speed and all.
round superiority of the Painters.
Both the Army and Navy teamt
found little difficulty in disposing Of
Villanow and Georgia, but the size Of
the Middies scored against the south-
ierners was somewhat in surprise of
the Crackers good showing against
teams of it's own territory, particular
ly it's victory over Virginia. This game
was enlivened by some rough play
ing which finally terminated in the
Punishment of McLaws of Georgia and
jackson of the university after an en-
counter in the center of the gridiron.
Donnelly's punting for Georgia fea-
tured that teams play
Brown took the strong Rutgers,
eleven into camp. but the victory was
costly one, owing to the number of
players injured.
Michigan showed that it has an
other squadron of fighters by turn
ing defeat into victory in the clos
ing minutes of play by the use Of sew
eral of Coach Yost's sensa1 onal open
full Syracuse team had rolled up what
appeared to be a safe lead.
Scoring 236 points in its last four
games. as compared with total OF
ii points registered by its opponentss
the University of Minnesota football
eleven appears to be so firmly ems
trenched in the lead for the big nine"
championship that none of the three
contenders is generally conceded much
of chance to lislodge it. Yesterday it
buried Iowa under a 60 to 0 score.