New-York tribune., 1919-11-15
". Y. L. and Stevens Clash
For Metropolitan Honors
Columbia and Wesleyan
Also Face Each Other in
Annual CridirOn Battle

New Workers. will not have to travel
far to-day to witness two interesting
football games. The undefeated Stew
ems team of Hobcken will encounter
its severest test when it clashes with
New York University on Ohio Field
for the championship of the Metropoli-
tan district. New York, despite poor
start, has come along rapidly within
the last month and is primed to give
the engineers their first defeat. A
victory for n. Y U. would not assure
but it would give New York a good
chance for the title, as it meets the
Columbia team next week.
The addition of Frank Gargan
former Fordham coach, to the coaching
squad was Of material benefit to New
York in the winning of it's recent
games. Gargan has instilled plenty
of fight into the New Workers and has
helped to construct a good defense and
an effective offcnsc.
Captain Howard Cam has been
shifted to the backfeld again, where
his line -plunging ability is counted on
to bring long gains to the Violet team
He will be ably assisted by Vein
moved to Cann's place at tackle, and
Sulzer will play right guard Park
hurst will be stationed at end in place
OF Adams, who is out of the game on
account of illness.
SO many Of Stevens workouts were
spoiled by the rain last week that
Coach Dorborow took advantage OF
yeste rday's fine weather and put his
men through a stiff practice. Ordi-
rarily a blackboard talk is in order
preceding a game, followed by light
signal drill, but to-days tilt with N
Y. U. is regarded as the hardest con
test scheduled.
The varsity again was put on the
defense while the scrubs fired away al
the line, trying TO pick holes or. any
Howard at right guard, showed that he
was thoroughly fitted for the position
and supported the rest of his lnemates
against the persistent attacks of the
scrubs. The scrub outfit could not
score on the first team, after having
received the ball on the 20-yard line at
least a dozen times, and the coach
was thoroughly satisfied that the Red
and Gray defense will prove a stone
wall to the N. Y. U. attack to-day.
Stevens will make an attempt to keer
its record spotless against N. Y. U
to-day, and will bring along practically
the WnOIe SluQcNC DOdv ana lew
hundred alumni to back it's team up.
Columbia, which has been having {
most erratc season, will make big
attempt to retrieve its showing of the
last two weeks by downing the fast
Wesleyan eleven. The Middleton
students have we'll drilled machine
but Amherst defeated them last week
and inasmuch as Columbia defeated
Amherst a few weeks ago, it appears
that the locals have a good chance tt
come through.
Columbia has not been going along
very we'll, but many changes have oc
Cured since the last game which may
affect their playing materially. Charlie
Shaw and Ralph Forsythe. two of the
best men, who were considered out o.
the game, will be back in the line up
The one objective that has been hcl(
up to the men all week is "beat Wes
leyan." The students have held mas:
meetings with this slogan in the air
All of the linemen, with the excep
tion of Forsythe, are IN the best of con
dition for the first time in weeks. Th,
backfeld will be made up of two regu
lars and two men who have been sub
stituting. Shaw and Appelbaum will b,
in their regular positions, while Eccle
fills in for Qugley and Johnston re
places Canapary.