New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-17

Pitt.
Fielding Y. Yost has brought East
team which, il is said he regards as one
CT the strongest he ever developed. II
this is not taken in Pickwickian sense,
Michigan may as well begin cheering
row, for Penn has the spirit, but not
the machine, to stop any eleven the
equal % the first four teams Yost de-
veloped when his star reached it's peri
telion.
But our knowledge OF Penn, as gar
nered from her Dartmouth and Pitts
burgh games, leads US to believe Mich
igah has a tremendous Job on her hands
II she is to defeat Bob Folwelps some
times erratic machine. To beat Penn
the Wolverines will have to score, and
to score she will have to beat down
and batter her way through a defence
that, In the quality Of Its stubbornness,
takes second place to none we have seen
this season.
Little Scoring Ability
The chance of Pennsylvania scoring
Is problematical; there is hardly any
doubt her defence will play Trojan ball.
Penn, too, will have to score to win,
and this season she has Indicated no
marked scoring ability. For that rea-
son Michigan is logical choice. But
it will be a fight
To-day's game is the thirteenth be.
tween the rival institutions. The first
game was played in 1899 and there
followed an hiatus which endured until
1905. when regular homeland home
schedule was adopted. In the twelve
times they have met Michigan has won
six times and Penn four, and there have
been two ties. In total points Michigan
leads with l5l to Pennsylvania l0l.
Scoreless ties were played in 1910 and
1918.
This afternoons contest, therefore,
will break an interesting tie in addi-
ton 10 offering Michigan a chance to
show how great an eleven Yost has de-
veloped this season.
Only sad debacls would allow Mich
igan TO walk over Penn as Georgia
Tech did in the South The score of
that game was IL TO 0. There is a
chance that Michigan, II she plays the
kind Of ball her supporters expect. can
defeat Penn by greater margin than
did the University Of Pittsburgh, the
eleven which is generally conceded to
be the Eastern champion. Pitt, play
Ing an insouciant quality OF ball, de-
feated Folwell's pupils by the score OF
IL to 8. Every touchdown made In that
game was highly favored with a condi-
ment of fuke.
If Michigan should ring up three
touchdowns-she beat the strong Ne
braska eleven by that margin--while
Penn failed to score it would be par
donable If Yost and bis retinue Jour-
neyed back to Ann Arbor firmly i'm
pressed with the idea that IL they
weren't stronger than any team in tho
East the scores failed TO show IT,
Honor Of East at Stake
So, in addition to defending her own
not immaculate goal line, Pennsyl-
vania, from the dopster's angle. is also
playing for the honor Of the East.
With the battle but few hours
away both teams are admittedly In
good shape. Sparks, one of Yost's
backs, less spectacular than either
Weston or Weiman, has not recovered
from an injury received in the Cornell
game, and II is said he will not play.
Captain Heinie Miller, Of Penn, is said
To be suffering from grin
Miller played one OF the greatest
games against Dartmouth that any end
ever turned in. He was on top Of
every play that broke through Penn's
right wing. There is some cheer in the
report that while Miller is Individually I'll
be was still able to appear on the field
in street clothes. Sick and Injured
football players have a miraculous way
Of turning up for big games.
The speed of Michigan's backfeld.
the stamina of her line, the beauties
of Weiman's kicking have been pre-
viously discussed. Yost has undenia-
bly, balanced eleven.
Penn has a wonderful defensive line.
brought to Us standard OF excellence
by DR.. Wharton. Her secondary Is
not so stronger was not against Dart
mouth-and her offensive game, eyclud-
ing Strauss tremendous rushes in the
shadow Of the enemy's goal, lacks some
precision and q great deal Of power.
At Columbus, Ohio. the eleyens from
the University of Illinois and Ohio
State Uri rsity will play a game that
should .ermine the championship OF
the West. II Ohio State trims Zuppke's
eleven it will prove that the Southern
Ohio bows again have the strongest
team in the Conference.
Wisconsin Eliminated
Illinois and Chicago played tic
game, Illinois put Wisconsin out or
the race with a 10 victory, and Wis
consin wrecked Minnesota's chances for
a title by 10 10 defeat. Ohio State,
it is significant, defeated Wisconsin
ia. which was far better than llli-
nois could do. Yet. Zuppke is a re-
coach, and in spite OF the
power and ability of Hartley and
Stonchcomb the Red and Gray viii have
TO step this afternoon.
Syracuse and Colgate play a game
second in interest only 20 the Michi-
gan Pennsylvania contest Syracuse has
a slight bulge, and is generally picked
70 win. In the nineteen games that
have been played between the rival
Institutions Colgate has won thirteen.
Syracuse four and two have been tied.
Colgate has run up 235 points 20 SYRIA
cuse's 1877.
Cornell will have its hands full il
Fordham is 70 be defeated; Dartmouth
figures TO beat Tufts, and the Army and
Navy have set-ups before them in Leb-
anon Valley and Villanova, respective
". The Yale and Harvard freshmen,
and Williams-Amherst
contests are other interesting clashes
on the New England schedule,