Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30
lNTERcoLLEclATE ATHLETICS
Western Athletes Have Been Causing Consternation All Through East.
By SOL METzGER

By SOL METzGER
 Coach Washington and Jefferson Foot ball Team.
 Right on top of the alleged state ment of Eddie Mahan, former liar ward football captain and University of California coach, that Oregon would stand little chance against any of the Big Four in football because of its de- fense. could not check the eastern at tack and its offense could be held, comes story over the wire to the effect that Oregon beat Pennsylvania at Pasadena, California. New Years Day, 14-0.
 Mahan and so many others have fallen fer this eastern superiority thing that it might be well to repeat that Oregons victory was not unex-
 pected in spite of the fact that Penn | sylvania according to many news paper men who saw had this year an eleven stronger than the other charm ed members of the Big Four. There is room for doubt as to that.
 Western athletes have been caus- ing consternation all through the East in other branches of sport ever since
 Jim Jeffries landed on one R. Fftz- simmons. Tennis has had its upsets ever since Californians have been
 wont to travel toward the rising sun. One fthem, Maurice Mclaughlin
 but why discuss well known facts
 When we get into college sport the
 Stanford and California have upset
 the dope time and again n track ath-
 letics- Jack Moakley, Cornelrs won
 derful trainer, tells me that the out door life of California has much to do
 with this. These two teams were well
 u pto the fore in the Eastern intercol-
 legiateS last year. and both may be back this season. If so, new names will be heralded over the land.
 In rowing and football the best job along the Pacific Coast has been done by the University of Washington. For nine years it's football teams, coached by Dobie, have not lost game and last season it's crew spiked Stanford's hopes of coming to Poughkeepsie for the intercollegiate regatta by defeat ing that eight some fifteen lengths in a dual race on Lake Washington. Six weeks later and just to show it's class it trounced the California crew some twenty lengths in another three mile race on these same waters.
 While Washington, and Stanford, for that matter, have never won the intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson, Stanford came mighty near it in 1915. This year Waschington has six of last years carmen back under Coach Connibear men from the best crew it ever produced and the intention is to bring the crew to the intercollegiate regatta in the East, should this event become a certainty, providing, of course, it wins from both Stanford and California, and in spite of the fact that its coach stated last year Washington would not be East again. It will be inetrestng to note what really good do in Eastern company.
 Syracuse and Brown went west last year. The former eleven was con- sidered the best Syracuse ever pro- hands of Montana, although it did overwhelm the Oregon Aggies and Oc cidental Brown, with Pollard in the lineup was treated to the same dose Do 6 NY Washington State that Penn got this year at the hands of Oregon. Had Washington been ther opponents what would have happened2
 InterSectional games are becoming more popular, especially football. The University of California, which last year. played football for the first time since 1905 gives proof of this No less than six teams from points east of the Rocky Mountain have writ ten for contests during tn coming season. Also there is talk of Dobie bringing his great Washington team to the Polo Grounds ths fall for a tilt with some strong Eastern com bination. Neither is there reason to suppose that Pasadena will go with out it New Years contest next year.
 Football, besides being of gilt-edged quality in the war West, is making distinct hit at California, where it has been revived Public opinion has been agreeably surprsed by the OpenneSS or play. The game OOeS not resemble that of the early 1900s when it fell into disrepute in Cali fornia and was abolished.
 Those who state that the athletes of one section of the good old U, $. A. are better than those of another will have a hard time proving t. Boys are much the same east and west and what slight advantage the east has, if it has any at all in sport, is due to longer established system of training and play. At that, intersectional contests during vacation time are pretty nearly bound to result in even breaks in the long run. Time proves that just as time proves such con tests under such conditions are most desirable from every standpoint
 (Copyrighted 1917, by Sol Metzger) EASTERN LEAGUE WILL