New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
Syracuse Team
Out of Runnino
-
For Top Honors
No One Can Tell From
Which Quarter Next Foot
bali Shock VIII Come
By Ray Mccarthy

'"N "eAt SHoch VIII come IN this mod
ern era OF football. Syracuse Jour
rcycd to Worcester. confident and nm
concerned about its encounter with
Hoiy Cross, and received staggering
"iow hnsh on the end Of its Orange
nreadhght. This wallop sent the Salt
ivy eleven reeling out of the cham
p.onship spotlight for the time being
at least, To-day, instead of figuring
'n how il is going to beat WASHINGTON
ana Jefferson on Saturday, the Syra-
oasans are pondering on their setback
ard how it all happened
ehlck' Aeehan, the snappy little
,T.>n oi NC cs.:ato c,aven, came to
tcwn yesterday and told us it was all
~ tne game. that the past was for
gotten and that he would concentrate
on fUture games. He said Holy Cross
prayed whale Of game, fighting like
lemons -, to the final whistle and that
ne had no excuses whatever to offer.
Meehan's only regret was that two
OF ms stars, Falion and uoople, will
probably be out for the rest OF the
season with injuries sustained in the
contest. Meehan, besides being a
clever mentor, is a philosopher and
Ahows how to take beating.
Six Undefeated Teams
Syracuse's exit leaves Penn State.
Pittsburgh Harvard. Princeton.
Georgetown, if you wish, Washington
and Jefferson and Cornell in control
Of the title situation at the present
iime. One and possibly three of these
viii be eliminated this week, and the
Following weeks will probably see the
downfall of some of the others. 'Tis
4 great league, this football whirl.
The University Of Pennsylvania was
cEgulfed by the Penn State cyclone,
which is rapidly sweeping toward the
goal Of the Eastern championship.
Hugo Bezdek certainly knows thing
or two, and the way he is rating the
pace of his charges is caution He
seems to be conserving his teams
power all along the route, which may
OF may not be the case. But in any
OF the Dartmouth struggle the Lions"
as the Penn State warriors are known,
haven't been extended as yet.
Princeton had busy as we'll as a
hectic afternoon getting the decision
over West Virginia. The Tigers may
look powerful on paper but they haven't
shown any superability to date, not
enough, at least, to warrant favoring
them over Harvard and Yale. Still,
they arc going forward, and as long as
they are nobody can say what the limit
Harvard's second string men tripped
Virginia by the tidy count of "a to 0,
enough to show that the Crimson re-
serves have plenty of power Whether
the Harvard string of victories has
been due wholly to the ability of
the Cambridge students or has
been made possible by the weaknesses
Of their various opponents will not be
known until the Tigers invade the Sta
dium on Saturday. Harvard has not
had the toughest row to hoe this fall
by any means.
Yale with a wholesale batch Of sub
impression il is still very much in the
running. We also note Colgate offered
sturdy opposition all the way. The Ma
room is improving, there is no doubt of
that, and may show something yet be-
tore the curtain is rung down.
A Treat at West Point
Those who made the journey to West
Point as was expected certainly got
treat. That Notre Dame-Army game
must have been wonder, and from all
reports was the best exhibition on the
gr!diron this season. The cadets. in
spite Of their defeat. demonstrated
quite conclusivcly that they will not
ialter in the navy clash the way they
aid last year. And as long as they
have French on the Job they needn't
worry about their attack.
The Nesterners also proved in this
melee they are one of the best teams
in the country. We were quite sur
prised by their strength.
Pittsburgh also is still moving ahead
From present indications it is quite
likely the Panthers and Penn State
will come together each unbeaten.
Therefore, all of you football fans who
would like to enjoy real treat on
Thanksgiving Day can make no mis-
take in making the trip to Pittsburgh
20 see this contest. 1t should be
knockout.
Pitt had its troubles winning from
Lafayette, but the Easton students are
not weallings in any way We venture
to say Penn State will have just as
much trouble defeating Lafayettes
chief rival, Lehgh. on November 49,
Mr. Dobie is snre to give his protcges
a call for not scoring % points against
Rutgers. They only got "a. The Ithac-
ans since the second week of the season
have been running wild on all of their
opponents. and when they come here
Saturday to play Dartmouth, a capacity
crowd is certain to attend the game
We shall also learn then whether the
Big Red is really everything that it
seems TO be at the present time. How
ever, there isn't any doubt whatever
that the former Navy tutor has inst.lled
speed into his charges upstate.
Rutgers with heavy and we'll
coached line made the going hard
against the upstaters and showed i'm
provement in turn over its play of
previous weeks. Nebraska is not goin..
70 find any set-up when it opposes the
Scarlet eleven tomorrow.
A Mcritorious Victory
Boston College managed to carry off
the honors IN its game with the Spring
Held College, mcrltorious victory
whether or not it looks that way on
paper. The fact is many critics over
look the strength of this Springfield
team every year whereas each season
1t has one of the best forward passing
elevens in the East as well as a fine
line.
Brown swamped Vermont and will
surely excead the Els next Saturday.
The Province eleven in truth is com
ing along at a speedy clip. George
town remained in the running for top
honors by vanquishing Johns Hopkins
IN decisive manner and WASHINGTON and
Jefferson also is still in the select
class, having trounced Westminster
without any trouble
An idea of just how good PITTSBURGH
IS can be Earnered from Georgia Techs