New Britain herald., 1917-11-19

MANY SURPRISES IN
 SATURDAYS GAMES
Collapse of Michigan and Dart mouth Features Day Of Upsets

< Michigan's collapse against Penn sylvania~-or shall we say the rise of Bob Folwelrs eleven over the wreck of the Wolverine tractor?-made a rather sensational feature for an aft ernoon replete With football surprises last Saturday. Hurry Up" Yost's team had considerable distinguished company in it's fall, for Dartmouth got 8 terrific jolt from Tufts and Wash ington and Jefferson was handed a thoroughly unexpected setback by West Virginia.
 Colgate's defeat by Syracuse was looked for, but not in the ratio of to 2S. Similarly Fordham exceeded expectations in whipping Cornell by 27 to 6, the Navy outdid itself in pill ing up 80 to on Villanova and Elmer Oliphant's eleven restored the Armys ley by 50 to o.
 The outstanding result in national football was Georgia Te,hs success over the Carlisle Indians by 9S to 0. We entertain no doubt now that Georgia Tech is the strongest eleven In the country. In the way of vic tories the Indians have done nothing worthy of mention this season, but any team that can pile up 9S points on the redskin outfit must be about as strong as there is anywhere. The Indian1 held West Virginia to 21 SrkS L,,% RSN fore the Navy by 6t to o. To have exceeded the feat of the Midshipmen by : points stamps Georgia Tech as more than the real goods.
 Dartmouth's defeat by Tufts a team which had been swamped by Syra- cuse by 58 to and by the Army by 26 to 3, is one of the biggest upsets of the year. The game wa" played at Manchester, N. H. It seems that every time Dartmouth, goes to a neu- tral gridiron it is hoodooed. Last season it spoiled it's record by being beaten by Georgetown at, Haverhill and some years ago. after it had gone along unbeaten, with a claim to the Eastern title. it was sWamped at the Polo Grounds by a Carlisle Indian eleven which had not been figured in the Greens class
 F Tufts Remarkable Rise.
 Tufts owed it's victory to no f1uke. It developed 8 remarkable efficiency with the forward pass and the line held Dartmouth off like stone wall. Dartmouth had the misfortune to strike Tufts just at the time when the effect of Dr. Whelan's coaching reached it's zenith, and what makes l.. graduate. Any attempt to reconcile the Tufts score with Dartmouth's beating West Virginia and holding Penn to touchdown will re- suit in a severe and protracted head ache. If you hold that Dartmouth was overrated, what about that West Virginia game?
 It was unfortunate for Sol Metzger That just when his Washington and Jefferson eleven had esta blished it. self among the very few close sec onds to Pitt for the top honors it should have been whipped by West Virginia, z to 0. It looks like another Anti-climax. w. & J. had been point ' ing for the Pitt battle, and with that put of the way and close defeat the result the W. & J. man suffered a natural and almost inevitable letdown.
 Fordham's victory over Cornell was Accomplished mainly through the use of the forward pass. When a team starts passing and gets there nobody can stop 1t. Yet that offers very lit tie consolation for Cornell, particu- larly as it must meet Penn on Thanks giving Day. Fordham attained the form which it had been promising all season.
 New York University rose to un- looked for heights in holding Stevens to tic at one touchdown each. Here too. was another case of team f1nd- Ing itself after an all season struggle. for it had been conceded that N. Y. U. had the power but did not know how to use it. Stevens was lucky to es- cape . defeat by point and finished its season as no other Stevens eleven had finished 1t, with nary a defeat chalked up against it.
 Columbia showed marked improve mont, but so did Wesleyan, and though neither was able to cross the others goal line Boote's two field goals gave the visitors victory. The game between N. '. L. and .Colum bia next Saturday should he 2 corker.
 Brown in it's fral ''rera ration for Dartmouth had quite 1lne Oeatlng Colby, the Maine te9 IF outplaying the Bears in the second half, Pitt had no trouble in beating Carnegie Tech. Williams, with Pitt and Stevens the only undefeated +e" ms in the East, earned a brilliant victory over Am- herst
 Rutgers which is to play Blacks Newport Navel Reserve at Ebbete Field on Saturday. had & romp against EdG;o Mahan's Marines with out Maha-. The Newport eleven de- fea+ed F"rVard. while Yale's lone