New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Ranking OF Teams

" tn the first game like Pitt and battle
through each and every contest to the
blttcr end. 1t simply hurdled most
OF ITS opponents. developing gradually
for Yale and Princeton.
mats All right though. Its none Of
our business whom Harvard plays. but
l. 1t chooses to pick a soft schedule il
shouldn't complain if it isn't awarded
Championship honors.
Dartmouth is placed above Syracuse
despite the fact the Orange defeated
the Green IN its own back yard feat
that no other eleven has accomplished
since the time "Ruck" O O'Neill's Colgate
eleven trimmed the Green at Hanover
IN 1908. But we revert to our "math"
schedule in this instance and to the
Yankees Cleveland Chicago analogy in
justifying our placement Of Dartmouth
above Syracuse.
Navy Finished Strong
The Navy, which started slusgish)v
and out of step. but which found itself
lmmedlately after the Princeton tussle
and which after that came like an
ocean liner on record trip. gets eighth
place Well say This for the middics
in the Army game they showed line
the like of which we haven't seen this
year and which was probably stronger
than any other excepting Lafayette
Nale's season. because of defeats b.
Harvard and Princeton is considered a
fiat failure by adherents Of the Blue
But it wasn't so bad as all that. And
If 1t hadn't been for injuries we sus-
pect the Bulldog would have done con-
Sldcrab!y better. Victories over Car
negie Tech, North Carolina, West Vir-
sinia, Colgate and Brown entitle the
IN
are placing Yale ninth on the list.
Lafayette and Brown follow in the
order named. both two fine little teams
that did we'll Why the Eastonians
didn't do much better is a mystery TO
US. They were beaten by the Navy.
which team they OUTLAY. They were
trimmed by Old Penn. which eleven
they also outplaycd. But scores are
scoNes. and the results show victories
fNl the Navy aAd Penn over Lafayette
aNd that is all We can go by
Pennsylvania. Washington and Ief-
ferson. the Army and Cornell complete
tho first fifteen. All of these teams
were pretty evenly matched, as were
the next five Georgetown. Holy Cross,
Lehigh. West Virginia and Stevens
We would also like to say a word for
Buckncll. Swarthmore. Wesleyan, Mid
dlebury and Springfield strong little
teams which made good showing this
year.
George T. Peregrin wants us to add
the name of Fitzpatrick, Of Boston
College, 10 the list of fine punters this
season. Fitzpatrick does rank with AS
plundh. Brewer and Scheerer. PerA
grin. like many others, is in hopes a n
Eastern Conference or two VIII he or
g&nlzed some day
S. W.-The safety and the touch
back stlll exist in foot ball Safety
counts TWO points for offense Touch
back counts nothing Ball is returned
TO 20yard line after touchback. See
rule 6, Section 49,
Coach Dave Morley, former Dart
mouth star, whose coaching was large
ly responsible for Mddlebury's sue
cessfull season. has been retained for
another season. In addition to foot
ball. Morley will coach the baseball
team
J. E. CA safety counts two points;
touchback nothing. The ball Is
brought to the 20-yard line aftsr q
touchback. A touchback Is made when
ball is kicked or thrown over the
goal line by the ofense without tn
defense touching it. Safety Is made by
the defense in having the ball decls red
dead back Of ITS own goal line. Sec
4 tions Is and Is Of Rule give full de-
tals.