Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-02
TIGERS RECORD PLACES
THEM At TOP OF HEAP
Princeton Eleven Rated as Rest
Gridiron Aggregation OF East
During 1920 Season.
ny a. IIOw Arm KELLY

NEW YORK. Dec. with the
final whistle Of tho Army Navy pig.
skin tilt last Saturday. ardent fol-
lowers OF football along the Atlantic
seaboard found themselves in pos
session OF practically all OF the grid
iron data needed 20 atiemp; classi-
:lcation OF the leading Eastern clcvens
for the season of 1890 Despite the
fact that the very nature OF the game
prohibits tn" institution of any hard
and fast rules TO adhere to in alloi :
ing positions - football teams. We;
there are certain methods employed
by experts OF ~" great intcrcoll.Ei-
ate sport that offer reasonable. II
rot iufalliblc. solution To- the an
nual conunirum bearing upon grid
!roR supremacy.
II IS by these methods Of compari-
son and elimination that the Orange
and Black Of Princeton has been con-
flagstaff Of Eastern football fame.
by those who are qualified 10 rank
teams according 70 best traditions OF
the game: and incidentally, in add
uniting rrinccton's supremacy over
all other Eastern football machines,
it must b. the strength OF it's rec
ord for tho entire season ami not
upon individual victories that Prince
ton registered over her l2s0 oppou-
GntS.
y study OF she football history
made by The leeQ Princeton aggrcEa-
ton reveals that @lthough tied Us
harvard IL. 1914 struggle, The
Orange ana Black warriors defeated
Yale by n score Of 700 While III"
best that Harvard could do with Eli
was TO win 10y a margin Of three field
goals THIS in itself subs;antiatcs
the general belief that Princeton had
AN edge on Harvard in their tie game.
Consequently tho laurcls for first
place in 1920 football OF III" East
nave gone To Princeton without as
,nuch hagglng as other seasons has
developed in an attempt To award a
team with first place honors.
Harvard Displays Powerful trtnct>.
Harvard developed Il wh!rlwind at
tack during the last season that SUI
game with Princeton and b! d!ut o!
this driving power The Crimson
eleven has worked Itself into second
PLACE and apparently :herc are u"
facts or figures 10 dispruve It's cccu-
pancy of this place. In the Yale game
Harvard revealed a defensive power
which has been looked upon ;lS Soc
ond only TO the brickw quality ot
the Princeton line.
The performances Of Penn State
and University OF Pittsburgh. cut!ilc
them TO a tie for third place. Their
fray on Thanksgiving which resulted
in scorlcSS one, did not prove Ia.
means OF riv!n; either team All as
son OF the games won by each pro-
Vide many qualified critics with rea-
son for according third place 10 Penn
state. However, inasmuch as toot-
ball eludcs any kind of uncrr!ns
analysis az regards the strength OF
teams, unless actually pittcd against
each other, Il * perhaps only fair
10 place Pittsburgh on par with
Penn State for third place.
Boston College has received consid-
cradle attention as foctrall team OF
speed and power on account uf its vie
tory over The Yale cicyen by a widr
yet met defeat IN any ~ h"r l:2"
sames plus her Yale victory Is SAT-
ii;c:.n,. however. 70 warran; giving
tain the rather unusual football rec
ord o: being undcteat"d throughout
an entire season remains To ). seen
heNt Saturday when the Hub Eladi-
ators are scheduled to lock horns
with Holy Cross.
With only two defeats registered
exhibits o: unusual flashes cf strength
and speed 10 it's credit. tn. eleven
representing this institution has
cinched its bid for sixth place among
the first ton football outfits OF thu.
last Although bearing no direct re-
lat!on TO Eastern football classified.
ticn. DartmouthS great victory OVER
The University cf Washington a. seat
.
iha' her 1870 eleven vas combine
ton Of grit. strength and speed.
coupled with Intelligence.
Yale Given seventh Place.
POOR old Yale, uuondam leader Of
American football and always a pos
Sibil!ty for grldiron honurs. despite
her notwithstanding thc last few sea-
sons TO .-cN-..C-g championship
eleven. can do no better than ASSUME,
seventh place. Perhaps :he smashing
BOSTON backs partially destroyed EI!'s
morale: or nlayh. II VAS just a cues
non OF the incomplete development;
OF Football matcrla! in tho beginning
mat held Val. power in leash dur.
;nE the las; season.
Brown, 80 rrovid"nct. can usua'lv
ne depended upon to produce a team
that l. capable OF Offering Il St!ft bat
tie with any OF the Eastern c0,nhlna.
tons During the last season Brown
hrHionstrdt"d this capa1ili;y IN prac-
ideally all ot her games. aIthourh rhn
Nopeu-l"f victory over Yale did not
setting in eighth place.
Amidst the hlazCnry Of rolors and
Inc ianiTc OF music that cnliv.u.d
me brush stadium here last SATURDAY.
tnc !pmeN from Annanolis
proved th..r supcriority over tn. Ga
dets from West Point, and thereby
earned hard-carncd ninth plara
"ni!e TcIcGhtlnr Army 10 tenth Til.
nhhHa! service classic revealed N.vr
STRAIN nan that possessed by tae fu-
turc Held marshalS Of the AIncr.cnn
ARM. The records OF both eleven.
Hap p!actH Them on an ever, keel for
ninth and tenth place until tici,.
Las'. inc 20 Navy victory decided