The Washington herald., 1920-10-26
Princeton, Syracuse, Pitts
burgh, Harvard and Penn
State Seem to Have In
side Track. Hilltoppers
Among Unbeaten Teams.
BY JACK NYE.

appear to be distancing the Held IN
the fight for that uncertain honor.
Past performances indicate that
Harvard, Pittsburgh, princeton
Syracuse and Penn State are the
most powerful machines IN thelr
section, and 1T is probable that sew
eral of them will complete their
schedules unbeaten- In that case
there will be a merry war OF WORDS
ana done by their various support
ers TO show why each Is the pest
in the business.
It'u be almost as fruitful as try
ing to decide whether "Bo' NC
MILAN is as classy a man as FlaVln
or Malley. It all makes mighIy
good reading, but, once having ar
rived at a conclusion. how are you
going to prove it? 1t can't be done
Georgetown still In Race.
In addition to the five teams hst-
ed above there are NUMBER
unbeaten teams in the East whicn
I,I,st h. given recognition until
thew fail. The Army and Cornei4
are among them. Also there Is
Boston College, conqueror of fale'
and our own Georgetown eleven. IN
regard to the last two, somebody Is
going to get a decided shock When
+bav meet on November II, ana
there's a large delegation of WASH
ington parties who will risk oohe
or two that II isn't the Hllltoppers. >.
Moreover, they won't ask nat .
the odds? W
Stevens Brown, Wesleyan and w
and ]. have yet to concede deteat'
but IL would take some tall ngurlns
TO make them a recipient lot top
honors.
Haryards exhibition Of power
against Centre is evidence that
Is going TO be heard from when the
nosf-ssason recapitulatlon begins,
Considering the fact that Coacn
Fishers men used only about four
nlays against the Southerners, 1t Is
NOT hard to speculate on how dan
yerous they will be when they open
m with their full repertoire IN the
big games later on
Princetou defeated Navy by the
individual efforts Of its backneIo
stars more than through team
work and Coach Roper wasn't any
too well pleased over the showins
of his men. Pitt, with one OF the
hardest schedules Of any team hau
enough power to win by a touch-
down from Georgia Tech whlch Is
no weakling this season. Syracuse
again proved its ability by putting
Dartmouth out Of the race and Penn
state had it's usual runaway.
Were sSwonder- Teams
The open season for discovery
Of wonder" teams Is unue
way. There have been nominations
that range from Depauw, offered
by Francis Stephenson, prominent
sporting expert, to the Theological
Institute.
over in Philadelphia they'll tell
you with emphasis. that V. NJ. l. Is
a REGULAR wonder" organization
Heisman's men are still wondering
and so is the football public of that
weu-known community.
One thing Penn was pridtng It
self on before the Southerners came
TO town was its remarkable de-
tense. Had it not kept its goal
line uncrossed by such teams as
BucknelI. Swarthmore and Lafay-
cite? 1t surely had.
But the Flying Cadets weren
worried about past performances
They sailed in and made Heisman
team look like a bunch OF prep
school men. The final score was -
to 7, and the issue was never close
wonderful team, despite the fact
that Penn is no great SNAKES II
would almost oe possible to ngure
Them at the top. Navy beat La
fayette by one touchdown, and Penn
duplicated the trick. V. M l. beat
penn by three touchdowns, and, on
paper. is two touchdowns better
than the Navy. Princeton only beat
the Navy by IA points, and, II you
want to look at it that way, " M
ranks on a par with the Tigers.
rs pretty good figuring for V.
n. I. followers, anyhow.
watch Auburn in South.
While Georgia Tech has been the
racipient of most of the publicity
from the South, there's another team
In that section that is going TO
he heard from when the season is
ovar IT doesn't advertise and IL
dossn't predict. All it does is play
football, and gosh, how it does play
the game!
tschnfc Institute, commonly known
when Tech swamped Vanderbilt
nv a score Of ~ to 0, it was regard
.d as some feat But Auburn TOOK
the CommodoreS hHnlOeA "
gin of SIS to last Saturday. Inat
gives an idea Of their sTengtn m
Though. Vanderbilt is nothing 10
brag Of in the way OF tootoal
machine this year ,-..
Auburn probably has the heaVlest
uns in the business. Their two
tackles only carry 230 pounds OF
avordupois and one of their guards
a. inst as bulky. The center Is a
.otSgsf He only weighs ls4 pounds.
TbA otbsr guard weighs 196. And
~ tninr about these prize beeves
is that they can play football. They
- not merely stationary barriers
a. the line, but can charge with
snsad and power and get around
with exceeding agility.
They've Got the Punch.
Auburn is a peculiar team. Un-
,{L-a most Southern elevens, it al
ways plays a safe and sane game of
fcCtball Mike Donahue, the coach
is an old Yale star, and that's the
reason. They never start rushing
the ball until they get near your
tbIrty-yard line and when they
start, they eat up the yards with
monotonous regularity. Donahue
usually develops about three full
lacks. Once in striking distance
the attack gets under way. II one
line plunger weakens, another Is
shot in. Fresh ammunition is al
ways at hand and it never fails to
explode
All Of which is preparatory to the
prediction that Auburn will in all
probability repeat its feat of taking