New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-15
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The Break of the Game.
Twas ever thus from childhood's hour,
l always grab it in the neck;
My dispositions growing sour,
MY spirit soon will be a wreck.
Last night I drew three luscious aces
And two fat kings upon the side;
Then I prepared to run the bases,
Not dreaming 1 would have to slide.
/ thought I'd found a rich oasis,
With gold and silver all inlaid;
I drew two kings and three fat aces
And not another sucker stayed!
The Best Eleven?
IT know writes H. H. F., there
is no such thing as a football cham
pionship. But in your opinion, re-
CARELESS of any outside clemens,
which is the best football team in the
United States? That is, if you had to
bet on one team against any other
team, which eleven would you pick
to carry your money!"
Pittsburgh University, without any
great amount of bordering. If Pitt
hasn't the strongest machine in the
country the plastic dope might as we'll
be tossed overheard to a finish,
The Beaten. ~,
We can't recall q season before
where so many great elevens have all
been beaten before mid November.
In the East the list of the conquered
embraces Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
Cornell, Navy, Syracuse, Colgate,
Rutgers, GEORGETOWN, Tufts and WASH
ington and Jefferson. ... I'd. ~
In the West the list includes Chi
cago, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Indiana,
Iowa and Purdue. 1885,.
These two lists, in the main are
time or anoter the headsman's axe has
landed on a highly vulnerable spot.
The Leaders.
Among the leaders the East now
has but three unbeaten teams
Army, Pittsburgh and Brown.
In the Western Conference Ohio
State and Northwestern are still I'M
marked, where the old rulers have
| been dethroned.
Ohio State and Northwestern will
peak. But in the East Pittsburgh
and the Army are not likely to be
stopped. Neither faces the test that
Brown meets on Saturday, with Har-
ward in the road. If Brown can wiz
this Crimson melee the Providence
lineup will be entitled to the bulk O.
| glory by having overthrown Yale ant
Harvard on successive Saturdays.
Rrcxvu,c Chance
Brown this season has shown
wonderful bit Of reserve power in hel
! hard games.
| The best eleven Harvard can put ir
! the field isn't going to have any easy
canter to win. Haughton, ordinarily
would be up against it with g. team
of Browns calibre sandwiched in be-
| tween Princeton and Yale. But
| Haughton is fortunate this season In
having at least two fine sets of backs
If Casey, Horween and Thacher need
rest, Flower, Bond, Hitchcock and
Minot are almost as good.
If Casey is held out Brown has a
fair chance of winning. But since
Brown has beaten Yale so decisively
Haughton will take no chance that he
doesn't have to take with Ellis con-
queror.
Rush VS.. Haughton.
Lacking the physical power upon
attack, with no backf1eld men Of the
Mahan, King or Casey type, Speedy
Rush. of Princeton, has been at a dis
advantage in his annual battles with
Haughton.
But at that the Crimson margin
hasn't been large. Each time Haugh-
ton won by less than five points-less
than touchdown's margin. But con-
sidering the backfield material he has
had at hand, Rush has given the Har-
ward preceptor a good, even fight
The Game.