The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-29
Once Mighty Maroon Seems to
Be In for Severe
Beating.
ny DANIEL.

When Yale announced It's football
schedule for this season and showed
Boston College. West Virginia. Colgate
ard Brown in a row preliminary TO the
Princeton game. fears were expressed
that the Els had undertaken a little
too much. II was felt that, Colgate
made too tough a proposition before the
tussle with Brown. Now we find
widespread disappointment that the
game with Colgate promises TO be SO
easy for the Blue.
Last season Colgate was a power to
be reckoned with. It defeated Princeton
tmpressively and then tied with Dart
mouth. II held Syracuse. which played
its best game Of the year, TO a score OF
10 TO T. But the passing Of year has
wrought a great change up at Colgate.
The great Clio, n team in himself has
gone. SO has the All American West.
one OF the greatest tackles II has been
our pleasure to watch in action. And
with them has gone Oscar Anderson,
even a greater quarterback than was
Huntington, who now Is coaching the
Maroon and by many is regarded as
one OF the best field generals the game
yet has seen.
Huntington was All America quarter
In 1912-t1e great season OF 1s13-in
which Craig of Michigan and Mahan
and Brickiey OF Harvard nour,shed as
backs. with Hogsett of Dartmouth and
Merillat OF the Army at the ends. Balm
of Princeton and Talbot Of Yale at the
tackles. Pennock of Harvard and
Brown Of the Navy Mt guards, and
Des Jardien OF Chicago at centre. That
was the All America line up OF that
year. and a most illustrious lot of 1919
are not named on II.
Only Two Veterans.
This year Colgate finds itself with
nine new men on the team. Wooster.
who was the brain OF the eleven IN
1919, Is captain and right tackle, while
Webster fast and intelligent veteran.
Is in the backfield. The Maroon has
yet TO win a game. It played a score
less tie with Susquehanna, to z
tie with Allegheny. lost to Brown by
IA to in a bruising game in which
1t played itself out. and was swamped
by Cornell by AZ to 9. That's not q
team calculated to give even Yale's
substitutes anything more than pleas
ant afternoon.
It's an outlook which is extraordin-
arfly dreary not alone for the up
State college but for all followers Of
the game. Colgate, In past seasons.
was picturesque. powerful, always well
coached In Its past meetings with
Yale IL was quite successful. as II holds
two decisions over the Bulldog. Col
gate defeated Yale in 1918 by IS to 6.
and in 1915 by Is to 0.
Huntington starred in the 1918 affair.
with Brooks. now coach at Williams. as
his co-luminary. Anderson was the big
sensation in the 1918 victory, which came
about a fortnight after similar sue
cess over the Army. The Colgate
spread" was the big strategical feature
OF that season.
Ell Revenge in 1914.
Yale has not been without It's revenge
for these defeats. In 1914 II trounced
Colgate by ~ to T. coming back to life
in n manner similar TO that which It
demonstrated last Saturday against
West Virginia. The Yale avalanche OF
1914 against Colgate was the aftermath
OF an Eli defeat by Washington and
Jefferson only the week before. After
beating Colgate that season Yale won
over Brown and Princeton. but then
came the SO to defeat by the greatest
eleven in Harvard's history.
Colgate has lost not only Its star play
ers. but It's star coach as well. Larry
Bankhart, who brought the Maroon to
the pinnacle. has given way to Hunting
ton. who was assistant to the Dart
mouth man last year. Bankhart has
been seen often at the Yale bowl this
season. and report has II that he has
been helping Tad Jones develop the at
tack. in which Bankhart is a master
Just what official connection. II any,
there Is between Bankhart and the Yale
eleven Is entirely open to conjecture
Rumor that Bankhart may succeed
Jones next season should not be given
too much attention.