The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-08
Tiger Clash Main Feature
 Of Today's Many Gridiron Battles
Notre Dame-West Point,
 Penn Dartmouth an d
 Xale-Brown Contests Will Also Provide Excitement For Football Enthusiasts.

New York, Nov. S-There was a time when college football reached it's height only in the triangular encoun- ters of Harvard, Yale and Princeton. That day is past since the opening up of the game, and the consequent rise of the smaller colleges as real con- tenders. Today's big clash at Princeton, in which Harvard faces the Tigers in the first of the classic series, while it has more characteristic foot ball color than any previous battle of the season, is actually of less import ance than many a so-called "prelim- mary game.''
 Of course, if Bill Ropers' Jersey warriors should rise up in their wrath and smite John Harvard hip and thigh, or even hold the undefeAted aristocrat of the gridiron to tie score, there would be significance ir plenty for today's argument down in Jungletown. But such an amazing occurrence is npt likely. Princeton has been practically played to standstnl by Lafayette, beaten by Colgate, and overwhelmed by West Virginia. Its record indicates noth- ing more than an average team, far below the standards of the great elevens of the year.
 
 progressing through a comparatively easy schedule, not only stands as one of the few undefeated combinations of 1919, but has on occasion demon strated an impressive strength, with almost unlimited possi bilities of de- velopment. Brown University and Boston College, the conqueror of Yale. are numbered among the Harvard vic tims thus far, but, aside from these TWO, the Cam bridge eleven has had little opposition to face.
 Right up at the Polo Grounds to- day football fans may see a game which promises as fine a lot of thrills as any gridiron battle of the season. Dartmouth comes to New York for the second time this Fall, with the proud record of no defeats in T schedule which has included Penn State, Cornell, and Colgate. Her drawn battle with the Iast-named eleven at Hanover last Saturday es- tablished her equality with the best that the East can offer, perhaps the best in the whole country.
 Up to last week Pennsylvania also had an untarnished record, with the added distinction of having scored more points than any other Eastern team of the year. But a rainy day and the surprising strength of her old rivals from Pennsylvania State College spoiled the whole beautiful dream. Quakertown's university was beaten on it's own field, and by team that had previously lost to Dartmouth.
 Of far greater importance for the seasons summing up of football strength is today's clash between Washington and Jefferson and Pitts burgh, in the home of the latter. The Presidents are not only an un- defeated team but, with the single exception of Wesleyan, the only Eas- tern aggregation to have kept it's op- ponents scoreless thus far. Pitts burghs only reverse has been at the hands of Syracuse, whom w. and J. shut out two weeks ago by a 13-0 score. But again, past performances cannot be taken too seriously. Every game for itself ''is the rule this year, and the Partners should be ripe for a vengeance today, which would tie another knot in the hopelessly tan gled situation.
 An interesting flavor is in the meeting of West Point and Notre Dame up on the Hudson, and if the soldiers can win from the strong Western representatives, their stock VIII go SIlII further up"dLu- POStoIl College, humbled by the Army after it's spectacular victory over Yale, meets Rutgers in Boston. Penn State vs. Lehigh promises Tar from peaceful afternoon down in Pennsyl- vania, and out West the classic en- counter of Chicago and Michigan should make football history worthy of the great traditions of these na- tural rivals.