The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-19
Pennsylvania VICTORY OVER
MICHIGAN 4 Bic SURPRISE:

NEW YORK. Nov. 1S.--Srvcral sur
priS!n; laps"A IN the :.wrpoScd form or
prominent football teams vas tho out
standing fnatur" " thu eastern college
football I:atr,;A II Ihr Weekend. Penn
syIyaula swept Michigan from her ped
eatal Of unLrtrnt"h supremacy; Tults
upset Dartmouth AMI rurdlum VI
plctcIy oulpIaycL C"rucll. Whi,r ~ -.
rcvcrSals were few In comparison III mo
many Saalra wh,,h resulted as was g"n-
orally expected. p'vrrIh"l"$S. thy marx
eli The DIZZY rs one OF unusual Erldiron
performances
The downfall OF Michigan Will I've the
subject uf discussion and controversy
mot so much hccnuSc the Wr%tcrnrrS
wrrr defeated MS the manner in which
the losers played and the surprising re-
suit of 4 game which was expected to be
on" Of the best Of the football year.
Judged on their paSt performances ana
records, the Wolverines were conceded
10 have 4 slight adv antage over Penn
sylvauil before the game started. by
even tho aGhcrrntS OF tho QuakerS- ~
close hard contest was locked for. but
never developed. for the l'hilaGclphin
collcglans took command OF the Slt'ia-
ton at the very beginning Of the game
tics until victory had been achieved.
While there was no scoring during
the first half and the play was gen
orally confined To the SPACE between
the twsdty yard lines. yet Michigan was
a disappointment from the start Aside
from n tight defense "lrlE in the play.
tho conQucrUrS Of Nebraska. Cornell ana
other strong clcvcuS. showed absolutely
nothing unusual or promising from 81
football standpoint The Scneral-sh'p
was poor and the attack weak and CT
ratio. This was apparent even before
Quarterback Weston was removed from
the game for Il breach Of the rules.
Pennsylvania hest asset was her
gamcncss and uggrcssivcness combined
with keen following Of the ball and
alcrtncSs to t2kc advantage OF every
break in the play. Although the Quak-
crs did not have the pOWcr To drive
their opponents across their own goal
line. they forced Michigan back re-
pcatcdly until FERRY was within kicking
distance of field goals and they were
quick 10 avail themselves of these OPP
portunitics "a l:crry's feat In recording
three out OF five tries alteSts. The
Pennsylvania line charged faster md
harder and the blocked kick which re-
suited IN touchdown. was freely fore
cast .in the stands, long before tho
block was made.
Michigan was outplaycd az team
and where individual comparison was
possible Pcnnsylvanias ends were faS-
ter down the field. the puntlnG longer
and better directed. the interference
quicker formed and moro cohesive and
Howard BCrry's ali-rUund play prom
iueut factor. The keen rivalry between
the clcvcns furnished an exciting on
counter. but led 10 numerous lniractinns
and the imposition Of more penalties
than have been seen In big football
game In some seasons
Cornell was utterly unable to cope
with the aerial attack OF FordhaU.
backed up the general power and YER
satility Of the visitors barkficld- Dart
mouth showed the effects of the recent
hard games against formidable opPon-
cnts. and was unable to hold Tufts ag-
grcSsivc combination In check.
Among the other leading clcvens Of
the section. victories cAlnn easier and
more in accordance with football form.
Syracuse triumphed over Colgate by Il
satisfactory score. Both tho Army and
Navy swept their opponents before them
until huge. onc-sded scores had been
rolled up. Villa Nova succeeded in
kicking n field Gral against Tia" Mid
dies. but the Lebanon Valley team was
unable to score against tho Cadets.
Pittsburgh continued lts triumphant
march by winning handily from Car
ncSic Tech: Georgia Tech Runihilat"d
the Carlisle Indians: Brown won from
Colby: Lafayette piled up. large total
Of points al Albright's expense: VIII
Iiaus completed the season without de-
feat winning from Amherst 20 10 q. and
In the big preparatory school game uf
the section Exeter defeated AndovCr
3 to 0.
Among the so-collcd Informal and
military or naval cantonmcnt teams
Yalc defeated Trinity; Princeton won
from the Cape May Naval Reserve: Rut-
gers took the League Island Marines
into camp. while Harvard lost tn the
New York Naval contingent Tho Yale
Freshmen won from the Harvard young
stcrs just n week after tho Crimson
first year players had defeated Prince
ton. with college players forming all
star teams. the Camp Dix team won
from the Camp Devens eleven 10 70 0.
in q game Of sensational features.