New Britain herald., 1917-10-29
C0LGATE'S DEFEAT
 CAUSES SURPRISE
Brown AYengeS for 1916 Setback;
 Penn Force Pitt Hard

might accrue in this wartime foot ball season are blasted. Still smart ing from the 2S to defeat suffered at the hands of Colgate last Thanks giving Day. Browns eleven went into the game with Colgate last Saturday with do or die spirit. and the do" part turned the trick. Though Col gate was expected to win by at least touchdown it was forced to accept defeat by ' to and figure in the one big upset of the gridiron season
 There was another surprise last 1 Saturday and that was Pittsburgh's 1 inability <to beat Pennsylvania by l better than 14 to 6. Without the 1 great George McLaren Pitt might l have been beaten. Bob Folwell's l spirit and gave Glenn Warmers com- bination all the battle it was seeking. l and then a little to spare. A year ago Pitt triumphed over l Penn by 20 to 0. yet on Saturday, 1 with a far inferior squad to draw | 1 from, the Quakers covered them l selves with glory and tested the, abil- l ity of the Partners to the limit. Once 1 only during the entire game was Pittsburgh able to get its gridiron ma 1 chine working at top speed and pow l CT, and in that short period gathered in its two touchdowns.
 l Penn Surprises Partners. ! While Pittsburgh had the better | football combination, both individual ly and collectively, the constant alertness and strength of the Quak- l ers' play appeared to disconcert the l powerful opposing eleven, and 1t was not until the beginning of the third ! %~ l start and sustain its driving offence long enough to bring about victory 1 during these few moments. Pennsylvania was swept the entire 1 length of the field by perfect series of line plunges and short runs which l eliminated with forward pass and l dash for the first touchdown. Almost l imm ediately after Pittsburgh blocked 1 Pennsylvania punt and one short rush netted Pitt second score. ] Notwithstanding this severe handi- cap the Quakers never relaxed in their l fighting spirit of vigilance. Their efforts were rewarded late in the final period when they succeeded in block ing a Pittsburgh kick, and with the ball in their possession smashed way through the heavy opponents line for score which did much to relieve the sting of defeat.
 Considered as a whole the play of both teams was rather loose. There was a tendency to make the play a one man affair, Pittsburgh relying upon George McLaren and Pennsyl- vania on Howard Berry for a major ity of their gains. These two stars responded nobly, and individual small margin
 Brown Played Well.
 1t was only missed goal from touchdown that defeated Colgate, but the victory was more impressive than the score would indicate. The Brun- onians swept the New York State collegians off their feet with the se- verity of their attack from the very start, and by a well balanced series of plays scored in the first period. Brown held the advantage thus gained until the latter portion of the con- test, when Colgate hurled it's last ounce of energy Against Browns de- fence, and managed to batter its way to touchdown. Failure to kick the goal appeared to act as a tonic on the home eleven and Brown was able to stave off further Colgate ef- forts.
 The victory of Amherst over wes-
  Wesleyan still is in front in the score by years, for since they began their series in 1886 Wesleyan has won flf- teen games and Amherst ten. Capt. Bodenhorn of Amherst proved 8 host in himself.
 Cornell found new life against Bucknel and won by 20 to O. as against Penn's 20 to over the same team the week before. Dartmouth had no trouble beating the heavy New Hampshire eleven, but the State col lege got a touchdown. West Virginia recovered from the defeat by Dart mouth and swamped Gettysburg as a preliminary to- meeting Rutgers on Saturday.
 Big Three in Action.
 Saturday saw something unusual for this season. Harvard. Yale and Princeton all had informal varsity teams on the gridiron. The Crimson eleven had to be satisfied with a scoreless draw with the soldiers from Camp Devens. Princeton's combina- tion of undergraduates and alumni made a creditable showing in beating the all-star aggregation from Camp Dix.
 Yale sent team of undergraduates against Loom1s Institute and won by 7 to 0. The Ellis, all of whom were members of the university military organization. proved that varsity foot ball at Yale is practicable and that there is a genuine demand for the organization of an informal team. We hope that Dr. Brides will recognize this condition and get busy.
 Penn State got 8 harder battle than it barga1ned for from West Vir- ginia Wesleyan and won by a point in the final moments of play. Wash ington and Jefferson had practice