The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-30
Top Twenty of Eastern
Football Season of 1920
town last Saturday clinched the argu-

town last Saturday clinched the argu-
ment.
Right behind Boston College-perhaps
on par with it-stands Dartmouth. If
we had rated the teams on their strength
at the end of the season we would have
had to place Dartmouth right behind
Princeton, for we believe that only
Princeton. of all the elevens in the East
would have had chance with the Han
overian combination. which trounced
Pennsylvania by A to 7. and then eased
up to win over Brown. only to come
back stronger than ever against the Uni
versity of Washington at Seattle last
Saturday.
But Dartmouth shows two defeats
by Syracuse and Penn State. Boston,
on the other hand, Is the only Eastern
team which has won every one of its
games There are mighty few such
elevens In the country. That counts for
something. even If we do find that the
Dartmouth schedule was more difficult
than the Boston programme. That was
no fault Of Boston. we hear.
Yale Is seventh.
In seventh position we find Yale--Old
Ell Yale, which years ago led the Amer
lean football procession season after
season, never beaten and never scored
Yale team of 1920 may have been as
strong as that of the best of other
years, but the quality of the opposition
has become transformed. The little col
leges have great coaches these days,
and they have great players too. The
Yale-Boston contest was striking
demonstration OF that.
Brown Is In eighth place. while ninth
and tenth are the Navy and the Army
form a q
Saturday in beating the Army, and the
Army was not so far behind II that any
other eleven can be sandwiched between
/. and the midshpmen.
The second ten are headed by SYRIA
cuse--the champion in and outer of the
season, and one Of the greatest FUN
bling outfits in the history of the game.
Syracuse had great team. except when
1t decided to tumble, and then II man
aged to do very good job. 1t set a
seasons record for fumbling against
Holy Cross, and repeatedly threw away
hard earned advantage and chance
to score. Syrcuse tied Pittsburg and
played remarkable football in defeating
Washington and jefferson.
Beat Dartmouth, Too.
1t played a great. game too In beating
Dartmouth, and IL II had not been for
the DeatlngS Dy Holy cross ana mary
land State-the latter result passing
all understanding-the Orange would
have won a place right up among the
first half dozen.
Behind Syracuse We have rated Penn
sylvania, Lafayette, Holy Cross, Wash
ngton and jefferson. Cornell, Lehigh.
Bucknell, Stevens and Springfield.
If we were to venture past the first
twenty we might rate the others this
wise: Rutgers, Colgate, Swarthmorc,
Columbia. Fordham, Williams. Wes-
leyan. Amherst. Rochester. Gettysburg,
Penn Military, Villanova, Muhlenburg.
Vermont, Middlebury. st. Lawrence.
Union. Hamilton and New York Univer-
sity.
The outstanding feature of the rank
ing is the return to power to power of
the Big Three. represented by Harvard
and Princeton. Many seasons passed
with the ancient company on the out
side looking in--in so far as Eastern
titular and second place honors were
concerned. But the Big Three are back.
and they will be stronger next season.