Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-04
sDESPI7,E GIL DOBLEyS GLOOMY
se GUESSES, CORNELL IS SHOWING
RIVALS SOME REAL FOOTBALL
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL
Sports Editor Evening Public Ledger

NEXT Saturday will be hectic day in football circles
An Princeton plays Harvard Cambridge, Cornell
meets Dartmouth in New York W. and j. takes on
Syracuse, Nebraska visits State College and Pitt will
frolic with Penn.
This is great card, and, from where sitting,
the Cornell Dartmouth tussle looms up the most in
terestng This is because of the showing made by Gil
mour Dobe at Ithaca this fall.
Dobic either is wonderful coach he has bunch
of high class actors his squad this because Of
q letter-one marked ''personal'-whch was received
this morning.
after reading your story about Cornell two weeks
ago." writes A. G. F., Il went into deep mourning and
wondered IL the once Big Red Team could win from
Ithaca High School. Being Cornell man. naturally
was interested in the eleven and felt ha the season was
about be total loss. Now is different Cornell is
playing great football, is winning its easily and,
II you will pardon me, believe have more than
chance finish the without defeat Look
at the
"Cornell, 13; Rochester G.
Cornell, SO st. Bonaventure, Z.
, ''Coruel, 90 Union, 0.
''Cornell, AZ; Colgate 6.
Cornell, "a; Rutgers, o.
True, very true. Cornell has been improving from
week week and have Of the best teams in
years. It's real test will Saturday in the Dart
mouth game, and then shall
Having favored Wizards chances against Dempsey.
believed the White Sox would play the in the
series against Cincinnati and leaning slightly toward
Brooklyn in the last world series perhaps MIGHT
have erred slightly in regard to Cornell. Mistakes
bound happen would be built the
end of lead pencils.
THIS might be considered alibL You
con tell. Everybody has the privilege of making
second guess, if you get dcdp ,cith It.
Gobs O. Gloom
BOUT two weeks ago I visited Ithaca, and the first
"A person Romeyn Berry, the graduate man
ager Mr. Berry had long face and he looked sad and
dshcartened
"How about the football team?" asked smilingly,
reports had that the squad better than
before.
Terrible" moaned Mr. Berry 1--WE got away with
the early games look into the future with fear and
trembling We doing the best can, but don't
think it is enough"
Students passed with looks of worrment their
youthful faces and the chances of the team discussed
in hoarse whispers. An atmosphere of gloom pervaded
the campus.
While I sitting in Mr.. Berry's Office Gimour
Dobie stalked in He had every appearance Of pail
bearer and sighed heavily as he sat down. Then he
painted mouruful picture Of the chances Of Cornell,
wept copiously and benoaned his fate. There wasn't
player in college, according his story, and before he
finished everybody in the place weeping.
.'But don't take my word for it," sobbcd Dobe;
"come and see for yourself.
Judging from appearances, Dobie right. The
catch punts fall on the ball and tackle, but in signal
practice the worked together smoothly.
= 81 dom know what will happen in the Colgate game
said Dobie hoarsely. They have better team than
they are given credit for and fear they will trim us
A stream of tears followed in his wake.
Then the startling reversal in form. Colgate