Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-19
SURPRISES IN FOOTBALL
DOWNFALL OF MICHIGAN
SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION
Manner I'm Which Losers Played in EA-
pcctcd BiE Battle Against Penn
s!Ivanta Causes Surprise.
tBy Associated Press J

sSlvanta Causes SurprfHc.
tBy Associated Pressl
rs. NEW YORK, November ls.-Scvcral
surprising lapses in the supposed form
OF prominent football teams was the
feature of the Eastern college football
games OF the weekend. Pennsylvania
shook Michigan from her pedestal OF
undefcatcd supremacy; Tufts upsc:
Dartmouth. and Fordhan, completely
outplaycd Cornell While these re-
NcrSals were few in comparison 10
tho many games which resulted. as
WAS generally expected. nevertheless
they marked the day as one or I'M
usual Eridiron performances.
The downfall OF Michigan will he the
subject OF discussion ana controversy.
not So much because the WesterncrS
wurc defeated. as the manner in which
: tho losers played and the surprising re-
suit of Il Samc which was expected to
be one a the best &c the football year.
Ju1g.d on their past performances
and records. the Wolverines were con-
coded to have slight advantage over
PENNSYLVANIA by even the ahhcrents of
tic Suakers. \ close, hard contest was
lruked for. but the Philadelphia col
lcRians took command of the situation
1t the yer. beginning Of the game.
and never ceased their aggressive tao
,tics untii victory had been achieved.
The keen rivalry between the c!evcns
furnished an exciting contest. but lei
IN numerous infractions OF tho rules
9rd the imposition Of moro penalties
Than ravc been seen in big football
game in some seasons.
Cornell was utterly helpless against
tn, aerial ii;nck Of Fordham. backed
by the general power and versatility or
THE visitors oackield.
Tufts shows AG--esxIvenesS.
Dartmouth showed tho effects OF The
recent hard games against formidable
opponents a;.d was unable to hold
Tufts aEErcGsiVr contribution in check.
Among tho other leading clcvcns OF
the section. iCtoii"s cain" easier and
MORE in aCvuIuancc with football form.
Syracuse triumphcd over Colgate by q
satiSfac;ory score Both the Army and
the Navy swept their opponents before
them until huge scores had been rolled
ND Villa Nova succeeded in kicking
Held goal against the M;ddies. but the
Lebanon VALLEY team WAS unable to
score against ,nc Cadets.
Pittsburgh continued its triumphant
march 10y winning handiiy from Car
neEic Tech. Georgia Tcch annihi!atcd
the Carlisle Indians, Brown won from
Colby: Lafayette piled ZIP large total
Of points at Albrght's expense; Will
li,,nS completed tho season without
defeat. Winning from Amherst 20 Ia
o. and in the big preparatory school
ra,ac 81 Tho section, Exeter defeated
.tniuvcr 5 TO ..
Among the sc-callcd informal and
military o. naval environments teams,
Yale defeated Trinity: Princeton won
from tho Cape May naval reserve:
Rutgers took ihe League Island ma
rincs into camp. while Harvard lost
to the New York naval contingent.
The Yale freshmen won from the fiar-
ward youngsters just "A week AFTER the
,ri;nsou hrst-ycar players had defeat
Ell Princeton. With college players
lniuljuG Jll-star teams, the Camp Dix
team Won from the Camp 2Devens
clcNcu. I. TO q, in q game Of sensa-
tiUn"l features.