The sun., 1916-11-30
Brown, on Threshold of
Eastern Supremacy, Meets
Colgate at Providence.
P1TTSBURG TEAM WILL
TACKLE PENN A
NJ DANIEL.

Inns uay Drin&s u nttlng climax 10 the
football season. for on its results hinge
the ratings Of several leading elevens
and the disposition Of the Eastern cham
pionshp. For the first time In a good
many years the annual contest between
Cornell n Pennsylvania will be over.
shadowed. for the struggle between
Brown and Colgate at Providence looms
up as a far more important event. Tn
beaten. with its goal line inviolate. Brown
stands on the THRESHOLD OF Eastern su.
premacy. Should Eddie Robinson's eleven
defeat Colgate there will be no g~ainsay-
ing the fact that Brown merits the
championship.
Pittsburg. another undefeated team,
which disputes B.own's claim to tire
title. will be put to the test when IL
meets Penn State at P%ittsburg. The old
rivah have fought twelve times and
each has won six games. 80 that TO days
Is the rubber contest. Pennsylvania and
Cornell have played twenty-five" gtmcs
and the advantage rests with the
Quakers. wis have won eighteen rsnes
M ave carried one tie-the scorrless
draw Of 1906. Cornell has been victor.-
Gus in the last three years.
Brown a a formidable eleven and
a formidable record. but IL will be put
when IL faces Colgate. 1t will be a
mighty hard fought battle. probably the
best exhibition Of the season, and IL -
not at all certain that Brown will win.
Colgate Has the stuR.
Personally we believe that Colgate has
tho NAT 60 49, ~..A. 49, I-~..-
eleven. 1t depends largely whether
Larry Bankhart has been able to keep
his men at h!ga pitch. for they directed
their efforts all season toward the SYRIA.
cuse game. an annual fixture with a ira
ditional rival. Syracuse was whipped
by 10 TO 0. II Colgate retains the form
1; showed against Bill Hollenbach's crew
Brown may be handed a surprise.
Colgate always proves a highly trained
eleven with a varied attack and a splen-
did defence. The attack relies largely
on good old smashes OF tackle. and with
two such able tackles as West OF all
Eastern calibre n Capt. Horning that
style Is particularly effective. Colgate
also has a wide assortment OF open
plays. in which the prime mover Is An
derson. the best Quarterback In the East.
Bankhart has conceived a spread
formation which permits OF so varied an
assortment OF plays that II rarely fails
to fool the opposition. The forwards line
up across the field with Anderson about
ten yards behind centre. II is an ad-
mirable formation for forward passing
and last year II beat both Yale and the
Army. II also permits OF a run oy An
derson. a lateral pass. a kick or a smash
through the line. IL is a very hard
formation to solve and we believe Brown
will have some trouble with IL.
rown May he yulnerable.
Football critics who have watched
Brown rather c~losely-among them Reg
gle Brown. the Harvard scout-maintain
hat the Brown style OF defence makes
the team particularly vulnerable FOR a
good passing attack. The Brown sec
ondary defence plays very close up TO the
line. This imposes a tremendous duty
on the ends. and here Brown Is fortunate
in having at least one guardian OF top
nctcA calibre. Weeks. Marshal. and
Ormsby are also good ends, but in Neil
son and Castellanos the Brown wingmen
will encounter two OF the best ends in the
East. Nelson is a wonder at working
the pass with Anderson.
Colgate has been Leaten only once. by
Yale. 7 to 3. but men at New Haven de-
clare that the up-Staters were the better