The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-27
SEVERAL INTERESTING
GRIDIRON CONTESTS
Are Scheduled for This Afternoon
with Pennsylvania VS.. Pittsburg
the Most Important.

New York, Oct, 27.-While the easter
college football card for to-day doe
not offer the number of attractiv
matches that featured the schedule of
! week ago, there are several contest
, which promise to develop exceptions
gridiron play The outstanding game
include the meeting of Pennsylvania an,
Plttsburg at Philadelphia, Brown an,
Collegiate at Providence, Syracuse an,
Tufts at Syracuse, Carlisle Indians ant
Newport naval reserve at New York
Georgetown and Virginia Poly at WasI
ington, Cornell and Bucknell Mt Ithacs
and Williams VS.. Columbia at New York
The two leading eastern eleyens at thil
time, Pittsburg and Colgate, both hav,
hard opponents in Pennsylvania an;
Brown respectively although on the form
shown to date they are certain to BIZ
slight favorites over their rivals of the
morrow. Pittsburg has been playins
football this season which falls little, il
any, below the standard of d year age
and while Pennsylvania is certain tc
make determined stand against the
visitors the advantage would appear to
be with the combination coached by
Glenn Warner. Last year Pittsburg de-
feated the Quakers 20 to 0, but the Red
and Blue has improved rapidly during
the past few weeks and Pennsylvania
supporters hope for a much closer con-
test at Franklin field to-day.
The game against Brown will be Col
gates third match of the fall and iudg-
ing from the record made by the New
York state collegians in the preceding
contests the Providence eleven will have
a difficult task in holding their oppo-
nents in check. Colgates decisive vic.
tories over both Bucknell and Cornell
stamp the team as one of high calbre
under the conditions which prevail in
college football to-day. Brown, however.
is also represented by an eleven of much
promise and can be expected to offer
powerful resistance to Colgate's charges
although the loss of one or more stars.
due to injuries received in the game with
Boston college week ago, may mill
tate against the home team putting its
strongest combination on the field
Tufts showing against the army last
Saturday was not particularly impress
siye but the same might also be said of
Syracuse in its battle of the same dav
against Pittsburg if the scores alone
were to be relied upon as basis of iudg
ment. much closer battle can be rea
sonably expected between Tufts and
Syracuse and while the upstate eleven
may have slight margin of advantage
due to the greater number of games
played this season, the New England
team viii probably give the Orange stiff
opposition throughout the entire con
tests. !
Both the army and navy combinations
should come through to-day's con
tests without particular pressure, for in |
playing Eillanova and Hayerford. re-
spectively, the soldiers and sailors should |
have the edge, on the form shown in !
preceding games, Cornell and Bucknell |
appear to be evenly matched and the
same can be said in general way for
the Georgetown. Virginia Poly. contests
oolumba's play against Union would ap
pear TO indicate that Williams will not
find the New York collegians easy vic
inns despite the excellent record of the
New Englanders in the four games
played to date
The principal contests scheduled to be
played upon eastern college gridirons to-
lay, including several games tenta-
lively arranged and subject to eleventh
lour cancellation or change, are as fol
ows:
Brown vs. Colgate at Providence. r. l. !
Bates vs. Bowdoin at Lewiston, Me
Carnegie institute VS.. Allegheny at /.
'ittsburg, Pa
Columbia Va. Williams at New York
Connecticut Aggies VS.. Norwich univer
ity at Storrs Conn. j
Cornell ". Bucknell at Ithaca, n. Y.
Fordham VS. Rutgers at New York.
Geneva We, Washington and jefferson
{ Beaver Falls, Pa.
Georgetown VS.. Virginia Poly at Wash
leton, d. c. n
Hamilton VS.. Rochester university at I
linton, n. y. 4
Hobart Va New York State Teachers
{ Albany, \. Y.
Holy Cross VS.. Rhode Island State at t
Worcester. Mass. a
Lafayette vs. Muhlenberg at Easton, t
a. Y
Lehigh vs. Lebanon Valley at South h
ethlehem, Pa. "