New-York tribune., 1920-11-17
How Princeton
And Penn State
TeansCon1pare
Tigers Appear to Have Better
Tackles, but the ''Lions'
Shine at Guard and End
Bv Raw Mccarthy

that because OF its fine 81 owing against
Yale Saturday Princeton should be
ranked at the top of the Eastern teams
this year. That's rushing the nomina-
tion bit. For the Tigers the season
is over and their reputation is made.
But we don't think that Penn State and
Pittsburgh, and even Harvard, can be
counted out of it just yet.
1t seems to US that both State and
Pitt to date can dispute the claim Of
the Orange and Black, although at this
have slight edge. But the result Of
the State-Pitt game on THANKSGIVING
Day will go far toward solving the
problem.
Meantime a comparison of the
Princeton and Penn State elevens might
be of interest. They are both great
teams, individually and collectively;
put that down for starter. However,
from what we have seen of the play Of
impression State plays the harder foot
ball, has the edge on defense and that
otfensively the two are about equal.
Princeton has all the better of it in the
matter Of puntng. State seems to be
more versatile in that it can use the
forward pass to better advantage.
Tiger Ends Strong
Legendre to our mind is slightly
superior to Brown, although the latter
is first-ciass end Considered as O.
pair, one might give the Tigers the
call. The Tigers have the better pair
OF tackles in Keck and Hooper, Beck
and Schuster being not above the or
dinary. But State Offsets this advan-
c,,1
Grlffiths and Hess are far and away the
superiors of McManmon and Dickinson
That Red Head" Grifiths is all
American if anybody is this season.
Not excepting Keck, Princeton has no
llneman who is his equal, Extensively
or defensively. Lehigh PLAYERS and
others who have encountered this fell
low will not soon forget MIN, for when
he hits runner he (the runner) drops
| then and there
Against Lehigh he was everywhere
on top Of the pile, beneath it.side Of il
tackiing behind the lines and downing
the runner in the open. Whenever he
lald his mitts on an opponent he tossed
nm like one would handle q rag doll.
Al one time, little Rote, trotting along
seeking man to pass to was overtaken
by the fiery Red" Before the Lehigh
quarter knew what had struck him he
was Jerked from his feet by the neck
Of his Jersey, dragged several feet and
then thrown back several feet more.
However, that didn't prevent the
youngster from coming back for more
Bentz at center is Mike Callahans
e0ual extensively. although the Prince
tonian is the better defensive player.
Lourle at quarter is easily better
player and general than Killinger, but
Gilroy: Garrity and Murrey do not rate
with Way, Haines and Smell.
Best Halfback in East
Way. is the best halfback in the East
excepting possibly Tom Davies. of
Pittsburgh, and in the open he is even
better than the Panther. Despite the
fact that the whole Lehigh team set
after him like pack of hounds when
ever he carried the ball he never failed
to gain less than five yards.
Haines, q wonderful all around
athlete who is destined for the big
baseball leagues, is Nthe best man we
have seen this year in receiving a
pass. AS long as the ball is in the cir
he manages somehow to get his hands
on it. Shell hits line about as hard
as Garrity it seems, although the Tiger
has it on them all defensively. And
| that's that.
enthusiasts have been telling US what
wonderful end Fitzpatrick, of Ford
ham, is and we feel the fact should be
made known. Our informants declare
he ranks with the best-that he can
run with the ball, receive passes and
tackle as good as any star Incident
ally add Gulick, of Lehigh, to list of
star ends.
Eddie Donnelly, the former Trinity
College star, is great favorite among
Southern colleges as an official. Dur
ing the football season Donnelly makes
the trip into the Sunny South every
weekend. Last week, for instance, he
went clear to Nashville to officiate He
is probably the most-traveled official
in the game.
| A football fan writes that if we took
the trouble to look over the statistics
we would find the Dartmouth forwards
outweighed the Cornell lnemen by an
average of fifteen pounds to a man.
We have taken the trouble to figure
out the statistics sent in to US and
the contrary is the case. The Cor
nell line averages at least ten pounds
man heavier than Dartmouth's.
In Hubbard the Cornell freshman
eleven Is said to possess punter who
can average fifty yards and who is des-
tined to become one of the greatest
kickers in the game.
When it comes to star open-feld
runners the name of Webster has been
nominated as one who is entitled to
first rank. Correct. The Colgate back
is q real star, but we still believe Way
and Davies are the greatest of all this