New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01

,, winding up the 1917 affairs of Old
-, pirkin it is possible 10 group the
,.,l;.c collegiate elevens Of the coun-
;,to classes prcsuming 20 indicate
All, relative strength.
| In. any hypothetical presentation,
ID list is more than a matter Of
-,,,Ou. Il is rot unusual to find that
ls.r i, so much and so conflicting
,;,ion In such an important not to
,,to. serious, speculation, that all
~ could not be compressed on a
r,-.oO: book shelf.
Having thus disarmed criticism and
,.,s.rueted a defence which no letter
raer may penetrate, the next scene
| acvs Us patting ourself An the back
ud e1claiming: you may fire when
nsiy, Gridley!"
Tia. Pittsburgh alumni will agree
"a. George Tech is superior to Glenn
Esrer's team is a traitorous thought
,r which they would gas man in
I,-okstovn. Pitt hasn't been defeated
H. three years, and won't be in three
,,r, more if the quality Of Eastern Of
| u,iye doesn't develop more fire than
! : DID in 1917.
h More Smoothly Drilled ~
But Georgia Tech appears to be a
/ utter, more smoothly drilled eleven
| AN the one coached by Warner, and as
| scoring machine it has excelled the
| i.nnsylvsnians. The only direct line
\ Z comparison is furnished by the
| r.,ting Of Penn with each. Tech
aossl under Penn, winning II TO o,
Vais Pitt was exceedingly lucky, grant
ing she had an off day, TO defeat Fol-
wells machine, Il 10 s. Two touch
4 downs built Of fukish Ingredients gave
4 ~ that victory. But Penn, of course,
rE much stronger than when she met
4 Tech.
4 During the season Georgia Tech
1 rored total Of 491 points 20 its OPP
y psntrts' 10. which shows somewhat
y ihs electricity Of the Southerners' at
i 'ssk Il was a greater point aggregate
an that turned in by any other
s.wen. AT no time did Tech face such
sturdy defence as Pitt would offer,
or did she essay TO stop an offensive
apsriiy with that Of Warmers. But
! the two teams met il is our assump-
ion that Pitt would have far greater
dlheulty in breaking up the end runs
q SlfTpper and Guyon than the
Gsofga ine would have in stopping
NsLAren, and he is the Pitt quality
l'it IS TO be considered in the ulti-
ate analysis.
i " 81 best II is reasonable TO sup
pose that Strupper and Guyon could
sore with greater frequency around
ne ENDS than could McLaren through
.. hae. Line plunging is slow,
ssihodiesl work, while end running,
= y halfway successful, touches the
an'mun IN scoring possibilities.
I Navy On Par With Pitt
I NAT Is our primary reason for rank
q Tie United tSates Naval Academy
par with Pitt. To be sure the
aFy was defeated early in the sea-
~ oy West Virginia, but that was be-
fs Gllmour Dobie had his team well
hand. Later, when it had perfected
offensive that is similar in its es-
s,es 70 that Ct Tech, the Navy rushed
gu nell over all opposition. The
N.sy. was the second best scoring
asssaine IN the country with a total
u w 10 IT,.
f't might shade the Navy, but the
s,fyin would be thin.
NJ me third class Rutgers, Syracuse,
alnhesoia and Ohio State are so closely
aN here is little 20 choose among
-sn Syracuse beat Rutgers in an
Wy season game when Sanford had
green men on his line. Syracuse
young team at that time, also,
~ u the measure Of experience out
sSssd the New Brunswick eleven.
se hey met later il surely would
.Ae been toss-up, as the Salt City
an was able 20 win by only IA 20
score as it was. Playing as she did
N'hs' Newport Rutgers would press
Y eleven in the country.
vsio State won the Conference cham
,esship, but failed to develop the
Nly offensive shown by DR.. Will
as Minnesota team in the latter
.s1gss OF the season. Whereas Illinois
ss'y held the Columbus boys 70 the
xaa Minnesota scored approximately
.y points on Zuppke's eleven and
ne time looked like the strongest
wing machine in the West. But o.
:. exeelled in the matter Of equili-
an, -n as It's sequence Of victories
S,."eo Tor Minnesota, caught on an off
~ was beaten by Wisconsin by the
-,-r,n Of field goal.
ois"Sets, Syracuse, Minnesota and
49,. s, State compose four elevens eX-
ssuoheliy well matched and danger
AT the top Of it's stride any one
nese teams might defeat the three
.ss,s as Us superior. But OH the sea-
spas rlay-Pitrs % TO 0 defeat Of
.ease, for instance-the fou-
s.as IN The third class would not b.
s'lly placed upon a plane with the
a'te leaders.
Fourth Class Honors
,, rem, NOtre Dame, Nebraska, Wis
y. .'h, Washington and Jefferson and
university Of Michigan are the log
l sentsnders for the fourth class
's The right of any Of these to
IA sannng, possibly excepting Michi-
a. PROBABLY viii not be questioned.
'sah IA her game against Penn and