New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-26
COLGATE VS.. BROWN
BIG game SATURDAY
Jack Rourke's Charges Face
BruinonianS in Providence

New York, Oct. 26-While the East
ern college football card for tomorrow
does not offer the number of attrac-
tive matches that featured the sched-
ule of week ago, there are several
contests which promise to develop ex-
ceptional gridiron play. The out
standing games include the meeting
Of Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh at
Philadelphia; Brown and Colgate at
Providence; Syracuse and Tufts at
! Syracuse; Carlisle Indians and New
port Naval Reserve at New York:
Georgetown and Virginia Poly at
Washington; Cornell and Bucknell at
Ithaca and Williams VS.. Columbia at
New York.
The two leading Eastern elevens at
this time, Pittsburgh and Colgate.
both have hard opponents in Penn
sylvan1a and Brown respectively al
though on the form shown to date
they are certain to be slight fayorites
over their rivals Of the morrow. Pitts
burgh has been playing football this
reason which falls little, if any, below
the standard of year ago and while
Pennsylvania is certain to make q
determined stand against the visitors
the advantage would appear to be
with the combination coached by
Glenn Warner. Last year Pittsburgh
defeated the Quakers 20 to 0, but the
Red and Blue has improved rapidly
during the past few weeks and Penn
sylvania supporters hope for a much
closer contest at Franklin Field to-
morrow.
The game against Brown will be
Colgate's third match of the Fall and
judging from the record made by the
New York State collegians in the pre-
ceding contests the Providence eleven
will have difficult task in holding
their opponents in check. Colgates
decisive victories over both Bucknell
and Cornell stamp the team as one of
high caliber under the conditions
which prevail in college football to-
day. Brown, however, is also repre-
sented by an eleven of much promise
and can be expected to offer a power
full resistance to Colgate's charges, al
though the loss of one or more stars,
due to injuries received in the game
with Boston College a week ago, may
initiate against the home team put
ting it's strongest combination on the
field.
Tufts showing against the Army last
Saturday was not particularly impress
sive but the same, might also be said
Of Syracuse in it's battle of the same
day against Pittsburgh if the scores
alone were to be relied upon as basis
Of judgment. A much closer battle
can be reasonably expected between
Tufts and Syracuse and while the up
state eleven may have a slight margin
of advantage due to the great num-
Der of games played this season, the
New England team will probably give
the Orange stiff opposition through
out the entire contests.
Both the Army and Navy combina-
tons should come through tomorrow's
contests without particular pressure
for playing Villanova and Haverford
respectively the Soldiers and Sailors
should have the edge, on the form
shown in preceding games. Cornell
and Bucknell appear to be evenly
matched and the same can be said in
a general way for the Georgetown-Vir-
GINA Poly contests. Columbia's play
against Union would appear to indi-
cate that Williams will not find New
York collegians easy victims, despite
| the excellent record Of the New Eng
/ landers in the four games played to
,, date.
The principal contests scheduled to
, be played upon eastern college grid
! irons tomorrow, including several
| games tentatively arranged and sub
! ject to eleventh hour cancellation or
| change, are as follows:
| Brown VS.. Colgate, Providence, r. I.
Bates VS.. Bowdoin, Lewiston, Me.
Carnegie Inst. VS.. Allegheny, Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Columbia VS.. Williams, New York,
NJ Y.
Conn. Aggies VS.. Norwich Univ,
Storrs, Conn.
Cornell VS.. Bucknell, ithaca. N. Y.
Fordham VS.. Rutgers, New York
N. Y.
Geneva VS.. Wash. & jeff, Beaver
Falls, Pa.
Georgetown VS. Virginia Poly, WASH
ington, D. G.
Hamilton VS.. Rochester Univ, Clin-
ton, N. Y.
Hobart VS.. N Y. State Teachers, AL
bany. N. Y.
Holy Cross VS.. R. I. State, Worces-
ter, Mass
| Lafayette VS.. Muhlenberg. Easton,
Pa.
-! Lehigh vs. Lebanon Valley, So.
Bethlehem, Pa.
Maryland State VS.. Wake Forest,
! College Park, Md.
New York Univ. VS.. Union, New
York N. Y.
Penn Mil College VS.. Gallaudet, Ches-
. ter. Pa.
Penn. State VS.. West Va. Wesleyan,
State College, Pa.
Phillips Andover VS.. Princeton
freshman Andover Mass
ST. Bonaventure vs. Univ. of Buff