Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-28

sylvania, whose once great machine is shot; Cornell. decided failure So far; and Brown. The last named team is something of dark horse; but their line has been woefully weakened; and Pollard, fifty per cent of last seasons offensive strength, can no longer play. Not one of these four are of true championship calibre.
 The New Order.
 Although the season is still young, Fordham, Georgia Tech. Dartmouth and Georgetown loom up as the prob able quartette to replace the Colgate ! COrnell-Penn-Brown combination Ford ham has not proven herself of more than ordinary power in the straight game. but her backs and ends make deadly use of aerial attack Georgia Tech, on the other hand, has a crush ing machine that seems to delight in smashing its way to victory. Wash ingtol and Lee, which but year ago humbled the Navy, was recently bur jed beneath Georgia's superior game by the score of 63 to O.
 Dartmouth suddenly climbed into prominence by. crushing West Virgin ia's supposedly invincible representa- tives. The Green, of late. has been accused of lack of good sportsman ship. They were beaten last year on New England field by Georgetown. and then refused to schedule the Wash ingtonians for 1917 game This was unfortunate, as it is quite possible that such a contest would decide the eastern, informal championship Georgetown's line, on paper. is not nearly as strong as the line of year ago; but it has proved adamant until the present time. The backfield, how ever, contains McQuade and Gilroy Gilroy, it will be remembered, scored more points than any other man in the game season ago; and he seems to have retained all of his cunning in offensive and defensive work He has no superior at open field running.
 Which?
 Indications point to these four
 
 teams and Pittsburgh as the logical contenders for that informal title But it is a bad year for predictions. any or all of them may receive terrific trouncings at the hands of unsung elevens before another fortnight, and with Thanksgiving may come victor unheralded and unknown.
 
 Baseball Outlook.
 The next baseball season is too far off to discuss definitely. but it offers splendid chance for speculation In the American leagren the Whi'a SoX will doubtless go 70 the post with the same lineup that conquered all in the season just finished The war has completely disrupted the Red Sox- the draft taking several regulars, and | enlistments many of the other play CTS. It isn't improbable that Carrigan will return to Encouragement of the | Boston entry. Cleveland and Detroit | have both suffered losses. If Spencer | quits the game, Jennings will have to find himself another first string | catcher.
 Sweeping changes are scheduled for the Yankees. A persistent rumor | states that Miller Huggins will replace | Donovan, and that another fortune will | be spent in an effort to give New | York an American league winner Washington, St. Louis and Philadel | phia must make shifts of radical nature before they can be given any consideration whatsoever.
 In the National.
 The Giants will add several young | sters to their 1918 roster and drop ! several oldsters, but the machine which cracked so badly in the world series will enter the next race virtu- | ally unchanged. The Phillies, the Car dinals and Matthewson's Cincinnati Reds will all make a bid for honors, as weak spots are being strengthened. | The Reds appear particularly danger ous. and they will be equal favorites with the Giants in the spring.
 A Big Year
 All in all, it is a great period for ! sports. Like two "free-for-alr' bat | ties in the ring. football and baseball are full of unforeseen happenings; and | the very inconsistency of both at the present time leads athletics flavor i and a color that makes the appeal of the world of sport universal.