The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
Pittsburg Has Tough Battle With w. & J.-Decisive
 Scores Mark Victories
BERRY'S WORK STILL
 FEATURES VICTORIES
Army and Navy Elevens Win Without Serious Trouble-Michigan De-
 feats Cornell-Weaker Teams Are Overwhelmed

New York, November I1.--East- ern college football teams appar-
 entIy reached the zenith of their gridirOn form in Saturdays games if the results cnn be accepted
 criterion, when compared with the previous play of the season.
 Almost without exception, the eIevcns battIed true to the stan dards expected.
 Where close games were forecast close contests developed and by over whelming scores stronger combina- tions eliminated their weaker rivals. Not in many seasons had there been any time when top-heavy scores were SC prevalent. In 20 games selected al- most at random, the combined score of the winning teams was CTS to the losers 54
 Two games stand out in this riot of scoring with startling vividness ow- ing to the closeness of the struggle and the final result. Pennsylvania fought Dartmouth to a standstill and won in the closing period by a de- terinined attack. As usual, Howard Berry was the scoring factor. The | Quaker offensive, however, was bet ter sustained and more varied than that of Dartmouth and the latter could neither break up the Pennsylvania :, passing game or make consistent gains when in possession of the ball. i SEASONS BEST GAME 1 Tittsburg and Washington and Jef- ! ferson had hammer-and-tongs bat ! tie. The Panthers finally emerged vic- torious by the narrow margin of , | points. Both teams showed sensation l al streaks of offensive and defensive 1 work, but the efforts of PittsburE ! were better sustained and this was | the winning factor. Forward, lateral | and double passes were frequent and I the Partners attack was more varied | and deceptive than that of Washing ! ion and Jefferson The defensive l strength of the latter team at critical l moments. however, nullified much of l Pittsburgs power. McCreight and Me- I Laren were the individual stars of the game which was undoubtedly one of 1 the very best of the entire season. l The Army and Navy were victors | in their respective contests, the sol ! dters defeating the Carlisle Indians
 rather easily in game in which Oli- 1 phant ard Knight starred. Georgetown i put up stronger battle against the Midlies. but went down before the 1 a1l-around power and ability of the I Navy.
 1 Cornelps visit to Ann Arbor ended | in disastrous defeat at the hands of
 the Michigan eleven. Except for a few | moments during the first period Cor l nell was never dangerous, and later appeared to become bewildered by the constantly shifting attack and indi vidual brlliancy of the Wolverines BROWN OUTCLASSED | Brown was completely outclassed by I the Second District Naval Reserve
 eleven, explained by Cupid" Black, formerly of Yale Camp Devens eleven
 held the Harvard informals to a mo- l score tie. while the Yale team easily l disposed of the New Haven Naval Base players.
 1 The other games of the day were mainly stories of repeated marches up and down the field to touchdowns and one-sided scores.
 Syracuse toyed with Bucknell; Col | gates overwhelmed the Connecticut 1 Aggies; Swarthmore raced through and around Lafayette; Rutgers com pletely outclassed Springfield Y. M. C. A. Training; Columbia ran away from Hobart and Williams easily defeated Middlebury; Tufts and Colby played a 1 much closer contest as did Penn. State and Lehigh, but these were ex- captions to the general run of re- sults