The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
Clash Between Bezdek's
Eleven and Panthers Will
Be Classic-Way. Gipp
AndDavies Are Brightest
Backheld Stars.
BY JACK NYE.

seven teams remain unDeaten IN
/. the East, but to all intents and
purposes the championship race has
simmered down to four-Harvard'
Princeton, Penn State and Pitts
burgh. They are the big boys"
who will bear most of the inspec-
ton until the seasons close. by
seems sure to be eliminated.
Unless Yale pulls the unexpect-
ed. both Princeton and Harvard
should come through with their rec
ords clean. The Tigers meet the
Ellis Saturday in their final game.
Harvard battles Brown at the same
time and. IL the usual practice is
followed of sending most of the
regulars to see the Tiger-Bulldos
ARRAY. may have a hard time win
ming. Still. they ought to come
through and in the following week
will be favorites over Yale.
Watch This Battle.
In the Penn State and Pittsburgh
camps. however, there is a feeling
of uneasiness- When these elevens
meet on Thanksgiving Day. one of
the most brilliant battles of the sea-
son should take place. The duel
between Charlie Way and Tom Da-
vies will be in itself a brilliant
spectacle. With Mr.. Gfpp. of Notre
Dame, they constitute about the
fashiest backfieId trio in the West
ern Hemisphere.
BeZdek's men meet Lehigh before
their final test, while Pitt encoun-
tiers Washington and Jefferson. The
Penn Staters should come through
their game in fine style, but the
Panthers are no sure bet over the
strong w. & j. bunch. who fell be-
fore Syracuse's big eleven Saturday.
Four unbeaten teams took the
count in last weeks games: George
town. looked upon with favor by
many critics. found the Navy too
strong. while Syracuse toppled w.
& j.: Yale beat Brown in a late
rally. and Dartmouth squelched the
hopes of Dobie's machine at Cornell.
In addition to the favored four
which are still victorious. stevens
Tech, Wesleyan and Boston College
have not yet tasted of defeat. They
cannot be rated with Pitt, Harvard.
Princeton and Penn state, however.
should they maintain their pace.
Penn State is one of the two elev-
ems which can not only say it has
yet to be beaten. but has not even
been tied. Boston College has the
same record. There's some addi-
tional information that may come
in handy in doping out the cham
pionship.
Harvard Pretty Foxy.
Princeton was the under dog when
the game in the Harvard stadium
began. but now the Tiger followers
are bemoaning the cruel fate that
robbed them of a victory in the final
period. 1t seemed certain that they
would register their first victory on
Soldiers Field until John Harvard
uncorked his forward pass attack
and carried the oval over the
chalked lines for the touchdown
needed to bring a tie. 1t wasn't luck
that turned the Tigers back from
victory. Harvard skill and coaching
turned the trick.
1t seemed as II the Crimson. bent
on saving something as an exclu-
sive gift for Yale, was intent on
holding back it's air attack and try
ing to win by straight football
when the emergency arose, however
the Cambridge men had the neces-
sary plays up their sleeves and
uncorked them in an amazing style
Yale scouts in the grand stand
were probably gratified that the
emergency presented itself. else they
might have gone back home with
the idea that, after all. Harvard
didn't realize the possibilities of the
pass.
No All-American stars were made
in that classic tilt, unless is be Stan
Keck, the great Princeton tackle,
whose work was of superb order.
He blocked a punt that gave the
Tigers one of their touchdowns and
was the most conspicuous Individual
star OF the day. Lourie. one of the
f1eetest backs of the year, was
stopped on most occasions, and the
vaunted Crimson line was unable to
open holes wide enough for the
backs to chatter through. as they
did against Centre.
Three Backs Stand Out.
Gridiron experts are still search
ing for the outstanding backfield
star of the year.
Its harder than trying to find an
Orangeman at a Sim Feiu jubilee.
There appears to be no such animal.
There are three youngsters, how
ever. who look like the class of the
field. AS mentioned above. their
names are George Gipp. of Notre
Dame; Charlie Way of Penn State.
and Tom Davies. of Pittsburgh. II
there are three more dangerous men
with the ball in these our great
United States. trot 'em out for in
spection.
Gipp led his team to a 2S-to-0 VIC
tory over Purdue Saturday and was
more prominent even than against
the army. 1t was not until the sec
ond period that he went into the
game. He was yanked out in the
third period. In that brief space of
time. the Catholics made all their
points.
Gipp scored a couple of touch
dcwns himself and was responsible
for the others with long runs or for
ward passes. When he decided to
call IL day. the teams returned to
normally and played on practically
even terms.
At the same time Way was
Strengthening his bid for all-Ameri-
can honors at State College, Penn
sylvania. He introduced that pow
erful Nebraska eleven to some fancy
stun. His first performance was a
55-yard run OF tackle. few min |
utes later he shot of tackle for 81
yards and another touchdown. I,
That's the kind Of stuff he's been
pulling all season.
Did You Notice Davies.
Tom Davies is the fash who beat
the Penn team Of 70 81 Ha;s,~,a..s I