Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-26
SATRDAYUpS FOOTBALL WAS
 OF VARIED GLASSES
A Few Surprises Were Sprung But the Majority of Teams Played True to Form.

New York Nov. 25.-Football play which ranged from high class to mediocre, marked the close of the east ern gridiron season for a number of While a majority of the teams played true to form, the weekend contests also produced several surprises auo exhibitions or errors which proved to be turning points in the struggles for victory.
 Brown won from Dartmouth by talk ing advantage of opportunities follow ing fumbles by the Hanover players; Washington and Jefferson lost to No Ire Dame due to disresard for one cf the primary rules of the game, as did Boston College at West Point: Rutgers surprised her most ardent ad mirers by completely outplaying the al1-star Navil Reserve eleven captain ed by Cupid" Black. formerly of Yale, and the Princeton team defeated the Yale first year combination, which was a decided favorite over the embryo Iii gers before play began. In the other games the results were more in keep ing with the expected outcome.
 For two periods Dartmouth and Brown fought back and forth on the gridiron at. Bostcn with little advan- New Hampshire eleven developed q fumbling streak early in the third ses- sion and lost the game when Brown, quick to grasp it's opportunity, scored
  Dartmouth, despite the reversal. fought back courageously but a determined and sensational defense by the Provi- dence players prevented a score with the ball inside their five yard line.
 An illegal tackle by a Washington and Jefferson player after Notre Dame opponent had s1gnaIled for a fair catch, paved the way for a field score in the otherwise well played in terscctional game between these two teams and caused the east and west to break even in the days football combat, as Syracuse won from Michi- gan Aggies at Lansing, Mich.
 A forty-five yard placement kick by aN Princeton freshman lineman caused the defeat of Yale's 1921 eleven after the two first year teams each had scored touchdown in rather loose iy played contest which took the plece this season of the usual inter-varsity classic.
 Rutgers ell,balanced and strong combination proved entirely too pow erful and versatile for the Newport Naval Reserve team notwithstanding that the personnel of the navy eleven came nearer to an All-American group of football players than anything seen on an eastern gridiron in many years The all-stars showed little teamwork and while the game was well played the New Brunswick collegians were
 
 Devens and Camp Upton teams proved far closer matched, and but for a cIev- CT lodging run through the line and backfield by Minot, Harvard's former plunging ha1fback. might have played a scoreless tie.
 The Army closed it's season. by win ming from Boston College but the New England combination gave the cadets a hard battle and severe scare. It was due in part to another violation of the rules, this time by the Boston College coach, that clinched the game for the West Pointers. His entry up- on the playing field in the final min utes of the game to protest a deci- sion, cost the visitors 15 yard pen atty which put the ball within two yards of the goal line. Oliphant then plunged over the winning points
 Pennsylvania had a +ar easier time in winning from the Carlisle Indians, although the aborigines tough gameIy and surprised the Quakers with thei.. power of resistance, Berry was the alI-