The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-10
new ENGLAND LOOKS TO
PENN=DARTMOUTH TODAY

Will Strive to Keep It's
Slate. Clean-Panthers to
Face Test-Cornen Will
Attack Wolverine at Ann
Arbor.
= Followers Of Dartmouth from all
over New England will flock to Bos-
ton today to see the game with Penn
sylvania, for there is a strong I'm
dercurrent of feeling among those
who are close to the Hanover eleven
that Dartmouth has an excellent chance
of winning. The game will be played
at Braves Field and with the absence
of the usual football spectacles IN
Cambridge this season, the battle
looms up as the biggest Of the season
for New England. Last year the
game between Dartmouth and Penn
resulted in a to Z tie.
While the conditions are quite diff
ferent this season both of these col
leges have gone ahead and developed
the best elevens possible. Dartmouth
even suspending the freshmen barrier
in order to be able to- put forth their
best gridiron representatives Penn
sylvania has had disappointing sea-
son, with defeats by Georgia Tech
and Pittsburgh. but the Quakers have
been improving since those two down
falls, Ind Coach FolweH expects his
eleven to show its best work today.
The team revealed lots of fight and
courage in the Pittsburgh defeat, and
J came out of that contest with almost
| as much honor as the Panthers.
|. Under the conditions which con-
fronted Dartmouth early in the season,
the big Green team has had a most
encouraging season They have not
| yet been defeated. and have register.
ed victories over such strong oppon-
-entss as the West Virginia. Noun
taineers and Penn State. These two
Performances stamp Dartmouth as a.
| stronger eleven than Penn, which has
| won from Swarthmore, Bucknell, and
Lafayette. The surprising thing
about PENIS season is that it has not
| made, a better showing with the talent
| it has on hand. Berry, Bell, and Mil
Ter are players Of high standard, and
Penn expects Nthem to show their real
worth In today's contest.
Praise for Dartmouth.
l A11O I OA4AA kos6IO QA6ySAS, 0OACdLO0
by Dartmouth last week, had the
highest praise for the Hanover eleven
| They considered the Green the fast
/ est and best drilled team they had
met, and considered lit a. stronger
combination than Washinton &
Jefferson Scott, the Penn State
coach, predicts that the result will
depend on the strenth OF Pennsylva-
MAS line. Dartmouth plays smash
ing plunging game, with the attack
| aimed almost entirely at the for
| wards.
The Dartmouth line lis heavy and
| strong from tackle to tackle, and the
ends are light and fast The back
fields success has been due to quick
shift play, from which practically
every play Is run. Nicely. the one
armed tackle, is the only seasoned
veteran in the Dartmouth line, and
for a team which had to be built all
over again. Coach Spears has ac-
complished much this season.
With the material ON hand, Penn
should be able to put up a great game,
and the coaching since the Pittsburgh
defeat has been aimed at perfecting
an attack which has been ragged
Penn has been unusually late in get
ting started, but expects to be at top
form this afternoon
The Pittsburgh-Was and
Jefferson game at Pittsburgh Is also
commanding much attention today.
Last year the Painters ran away
4 with Sol Metzger's eleven 81 to o. and
they expect to win again today Wash
ltngton and Jefferson defeated Pitt in
1914, but they have lost game since.
Pitt doesn't seem to be formidable as
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defeat Penn a few weeks ago. Wash
ington and Jefferson is made up Of
many veterans, and is as strong as
any eleven that ever represented this
institution. Both lines are big and
powerful, and the battle should be
welI-worth seeing
1t ifs likely, howevep, that the Pitts
Iburgh eleven has not shown its strong
lest front this season, and more than
likely Glenn Warner will unfold a sur
tprising attack. Stobb, at quarter for
Washington and Jefferson, and Cap
tain McCreight are both veterans and
expert performers with the forward
lpass. If any eleven on the Pitt sched-
ule can beat the Panthers, Washing
ton and Jefferson is the one to do it.
land the eleven has invaded Pittsburgh
primed for accomplishing just such a
feat.
Cornell, with all its Universities and
lsetbacks this season, has marched on
to Ann Arbor to do battle with the
Michigan eleven today, and although
lCorneIPs showing has not been such
las would promote much Confidence in
the Ithacans, they are prepared to put
up their best battle. In the last week
Coach Al Sharpe has developed fas-
ter and better attack than Cornell has
lyet shown, and it is reasonable to sup
,pose that the team will make a much
better showing than it's poor work
earlier in the season would promise.
Football interest at Princeton,
which has not had much opportunity
to assert itself, will have its fling this
afternoon when the Tiger freshmen
play the Harvard freshmen. The
Crimson cubs have shown much
promise this season, and there was q
fine lot Of material to choose the
eleven from at Cambridge.
A The Navy eleven will have its most
important game of the season with
Georgetown, but as the Washington
! fAara ia NOT Gfrnnpy as last aaaaOf,