New-York tribune., 1920-11-10
Blue and White Students
Have Unbounded Faith
in O'Neill and His Men
By Ray Mccarthy


confidence regarding the Cornell-Co-
lumbia game, which will take place at
ithaca on Saturday. One would THINK
that the recent defeat the Blue ana
White received from Swarthmore would
make the local supporters downcast
about the outcome OF Saturdays strue-
gle. Such is not the case, however. All
of the students have unsounded faltn
in ONeill and his proteges and are
going to Ithaca en- m.sssc to cheer their
eleven.
Swarthmore has pretty fair grid
iron combination and to date has made
fair showing. With Asplundh on the
job getting off punts, the like of which
have mot been seen on South flclo
since" football was resumed there, the
Pennsylvanians got the jump and held
it all the way. But it will be noted
that the Blue and White made q great
rally in the second half.
Personally, we think the Ithacans
spuld win by couple of touchdowns,
but we still contend the locals can hold
their heavier opponents and it is not
at all improbable for them to get the
victory. To get down to the if basis the
result might be argued this way. #
the big Red line outcharges tho Blue
and White, Columbia viii never stop
those Cornell backs, for they pile
through with plenty of drive behind
splendid interference.
No Varied Attack
But if the Columbia line can wedge
through and smear the Ithacans before
they get started the New Workers will
have it in their power to win. The up
staters have no varied attack and little
skill with the aerial game. Or at least.
fhcv didn't cvhi bjt aDN
mouth,
In Harris, Columbia has q mighty
inc forward passer, fellow who can
shoot the ball fast and accurately, and
who can make the pass while on the
run. The receivers are not so good.
but couple of players are showing
up we'll in practice. Dobie's men
showed no stable defense against the
overhead game in spite OF the fact the
Green attempted only a few passes and
these with little ability.
1t may have been that Dobc was not
displaying his full repcrtory of plays
on Saturday, but that isn't the way
1t appeared to us. His team has speed
there isn't any doubt Of that. in spite
Of the tremendous tonnage it is bur
dened with, but as a team the Ithacans
haven't shown any more versatility nor
feXlbleneSs than has Columbia. And
as we pointed out, the locals appear
to have the edge in the passing game.
In any event. you can rely on the
Morningsldc students putting up
grand fight.
The Columbians can't hope TO stand
up 10 the Cornell forwards f they
don't get the jump as Dartmouth did;
but that isn't such d difficult task, be-
cause tho line of the upstate eleven
isn't any too fast getting under way.
And unless DobIe makes better prepa-
rations for protecting his punter, the
Blue and White ends or tackles ought
Is be able 10 dash in and block q kick
or two Carey had his troubles all
afternoon getting his punts away in
the Dartmouth game.
The squad, with coaches and train
ers, will leave tonight for Syracuse,
where it Will work out tomorrow and
viii proceed to Ithaca on Friday.
Asplundh's Punting
As regards the punting Of Asplundh
on South Field Saturday, official sta
tstics show this husky averaged an
even fifty yards during the first half
and forty-nine yards during the last
two periods. Which. in the language of
SOME puntng.
Last Saturday the left end Of the
Dartmouth eleven, standing all alone
near his coal line received a forward
pass and Immediately dropped it. He
was promptly withdrawn. Which, to
our way of thinking, was a big mistake
on the part Of the coach. That action
isn't going to increase that fellows
deftness in handling the pass and it
might destroy his confidence in making
the catch. We can see the reason for
coach calling a player for bone
play. but fumbing is simply an error
of commission, no more serious than
an outtielder dropping a fly.
A Boston College rooter wants TO
know what we mean by not ranking the
, Maroon on a par with Pittsburgh, Penn
} State, Harvard and Princeton. The
answer is simple Championship con-
tenders are elected on their record and
!. not because of any particular victory.
True, Boston defeated Yale, but it
hasn't played or beaten any team Of
ability since
The verdict on the Massachusetts
eleven viii have to wait at least until
they have met Georgetown and Holy
Cross Neither Stevens nor Wesleyan
have lost contest this season. but they
can't be considered for the Eastern
championship because they haven't
played any tirst-class elevens.