New-York tribune., 1919-10-20

went against the reckonings of the
occurred Saturday-Syracuse's trou
o. Yale at the hands of Boston Col
Of these the reversal suffered by
the Panther eleven was probably the
greatest Of turnovers seen in years.
Many had figured the Pittsburgh team
an easy victor; others had figured the
contest to be close, but it is safe to
say few had the audacity to wager that
Syracuse would win. The upstaters
not only won but buried the noted
Warner machine under "a to 3 score,
that in large measure avenged the
defeats in 1916 and 1917
While all this was taking place Bos-
ton College was humbling the big
Blde. team with great possibilities
which early this season gave indica-
tions of being one Of the best that has
been turned out at the New Haven
institution in a decade. The possibili-
ties of the Blue still remain, but con-
siderable molding will have to be
wrought before old Eli can be reckoned
as championship contender. But
more of this later.
Scores Occasion Surprises
The results of the other games were
generally as expected with the exception
that in some cases the scores occa-
stoned surprise. Returning to SYRIA
cuse. In 1916 Pittsburgh unheralded
trundled into the Salt City brimful of
confidence and dash. 1t was reported
that the Panthers had great team
So had Syracuse, and the Orange stu
dents, cock-sure of the result, laid all
kinds of odds on their representatives.
The result is we'll known to all.
Pittsburgh buried its opponents under
an avalanche of touchdowns and won
easily 80 to 0. The Panthers returned
the following year and did almost
identically the same thing, winning
2S to o. Many of the players who were
on those pile-driving, lightning fast ,
powerful Pittsburgh elevens are back
in the lineup after having done duty
for Uncle Sam. Syracuse had shown
Orange made this veteran array OF
Warner stars look like bush -league
outfit.
Syracuse evidently has improved tire
mendously since it defeated the Army
last Saturday. Saturdays result means
that the Colgate Syracuse contest a
few weeks hence will be one Of the
banner gridiron battles of the fall. 1t
means that Glenn Warmers period Of
to an abrupt halt Pitt has Lehigh.
W. & j., Penn and Penn State to play,
and if the Panthers win these contests
they will have done extremely we'll,
in spite of Saturdays setback.
Now, as to Yale. There are no
aiibs for her downfall, as the Bos-
tonans played every bit as we'll as the
Blue. and tie margin of two points
just about measures the difference of
,.t
pearcd Saturday But there is the
thought that Yale certainly had the
wherewithal to have done much bet
ter.
No Strong Opponents Desired
When Yale's schedule was prepared
last spring it was probably intended
TO have no tough opponents before the
Brown game, preceding the Princeton
and Harvard tussles. But the day Of
figuring any of these smaller colleges
as goats is gone. They are becoming
as capable Of playing football as the
big fellows. If Yale and Harvard want
to meet each other with clean states
they will have to take on Exeter and
other prep elevens or chance defeat
Yale received no opposition to apeak
of before meeting Boston. Therefore
when it ran against team which re.
fused to be awed by the fact that il
was playing in the bowl or that tht
team opposite was the big Blue, Ole
Eli became demoralized and did no
know which way to turn. Not having
enough plays, because abundance O.
plays are not thought necessary fo
little fellows. it had to depend npol
the few formations possessed, which
proved to be insufficient and the re
suit was defeat.
Yale certainly seems to have enough
good material. Better backs, thai
Kempton and Murphy or better linesme,
than Walker, Dickens and Allen ar
hard to find. The coaches said tn
team was not pointed for this game
Rather weak excuse on the surface
There is no reason why those hustling
aggressive, husky young fellow
couldn't carry a dozen plays as vel
as half the number. In short, tn
coaches don't seem to have gottel
all that could be gotten out of tn
men--at least at present. Perhaps the
are holding back.
A few lines about Boston. 1t ha
Heaphy, a centre, who is undoubtedl
one of the best in the game to-day
He proved wonder on the defence
1t has in Fitzpatrick an exceptions
and cool kicker and it has in Cavanaug
one OF the best coaches. as the play o
the team illustrated.
Colgate convinced the skeptics tha
1t has another great machine, on
winch will make a strong bid for to
honors this season. This is anothe
team which has one of the best coache
IN the game. Larry Bankhart's equs
Is rare specimen. Given material. h
! can be counted on to do the res
While Colgate showed up so brillian,
~, Cornell demonstrated that it
rot yet up to standard. The Ithacan
IKE Yale, need lot of work
Two Capable Elevens
The Dartmouth State strnvv1
turned out as expected, a battle rova
waged furiously from beginning to en-
That IS the only thing that could |
expected from two teams containir
capable players, experienced in u
xridiron game and toughened by sho
irg the Kaiser out Of Germany
Dartmouth will meet Cornell ..e
Saturday and Penn later on. Ii
Green also clashed with Colgate tn
season, which game will undoubted
be the New York Staters' hardest.
1t goes over the top at Hanover it
almost sure to grab the medal
Harvard didn't beat Brown by
large score as many had figured O
but the Crimson showed enough
warrant the belief that at present
has something on Princeton and Yal
whether 1t will maintain the adval
taXe III problcmatical Williams rom De