The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-11-04
FEW HARD
. BATTLES
. ON TODAY
Four Undefeated Elevens in
Big Nine in Important
Games Today

New York, Nov. with few ex-
ceptions the more important eastern
college football teams face compare
tivelv easy games today and defeat,
with their big contests only a week
mr. two away would be the most SEN
sational form upset OF the season.
Among the sO-called leading eleVenS
the Army and Navy teams appear 10
have the most dangerous opponents or
the day.
The Army will figure in the one in
tersectional game meeting Notre
1 Dame. While West Point is admitted
! to be stronger than a year ago. the
, Indiana ColleEians have not abandon
ed hone Of repeating the victory or
. last season. To date NOtTe Dame has
run up a score Of 1872 points in four
games without being scored on. Re
ports indicate that the team is fully as
formidable as twelve months ago. The
Cadets. however. have piled up an i'm
pressive record themselves and the
contest at West Point should be one
of the best in this section today.
The Navy faces the Washington and
Lee eleven. which the Array defeated
Oct bv a score OF Il to :. For the
Sailors to lose to the invaders would
make the Cadets faVOriteS for the an
nual clash but three weeks away. All
triangle have improved considerably
since early season and this must be
borne in mind in considering the
scores and the outcome Of the con-
test.
Colgate will go to New Haven in an
attempt to repeat it's 1915 victory over
the Blue but the New York state team
will find Yale an entirely different
Proposition from that Of a year ago.
Both teams have shown that they
are above the ordinary this season.
Neither has been defeated although
scored upon, and while they have not
met a mutual opponent an analysis
of their records leads to the opinion
among football followers that Yale is
likely to triumph by a narrow margin.
Both Princeton and Pennsylvania
have drawn comparatively weak Op-
ponents and each eleven should come
through to victory without being Obli
gated to display anything in the way
OF advanced play. The Tigers will be
opposed by Bucknell, which has won
but two out Of six games. Pennsyl-
yania State, Cornell and Muhlenberg
ell conquered Bucknell without diff
Guilty and Princeton supporters are
justified in believing their team will
win
Lafayette will face Pennsylvania
and there it nothing in the record Of
the eleven which would indicate that
the Quakers will be forced hard to
score a victory.
s Much interest will attach to the
Harvard Virginia game In view Of the
fact that Yale defeated the southern
team earlier in the season. Georgia
and Vanderbilt have also won from
Virginia but in every contest the
Charlottesville eleven has played hard
football and been able to score. 1t is
doubtful If Harvard will run up as
large a total as did Yale with the
game against Princeton but a week
away. The Crimson, however should
hold the upperhand even though using
it's players sparingly. Cornell will line
up against Carnegie Technical with
its team in the process Of reConstruC-
tion and as the visitors are above the
, ordinary in strength, speed and STRAIT
egy, the contest should be close and
interesting with the Ithaca eleven
having the edge. due, in part, to the
excellent material available.
The powerful Pittsburgh gridiron
machine should have little difficulty
in subduing Allegheny.
The contest between Syracuse and
Dartmouth is likely to develop into a
thrilling football battle as both teams
have shown remarkable playing abil-
ity although lacking at times the con-
sistenCy needed to round out a win
ming eleven. If it should develop that
these combinations find themselves in
the game today another no score con-
l flict such as marked last years meet
ling is not at all improbable.