New Britain herald., 1920-10-11
LEADING. ELEVENS
 SHOW LATENT POWER
Penn. State, Dartmouth and Pitt We'll Advanced

New York. Oct. I1-Cndergradustes and alumni who may be somewhat disappointed at the comparatively meagre totals made by some of the big college teams last Sat- urday may console themselves with the fact that scores at this stage of the season arc Of minor importance. In the second week Of a football campaign coaches arc more in- tent upon putting to the test as many Of their regulars and substitutes possible than upon rolling up huge totals against so- called minor teams Nowadays coaches are not showing their hands in the early games of the season rushing the development of their squads. They satisfied to win by a comfortable margin.
 Harvard. Yale. Pennsylvania and others experienced more difficulty than had been anticipated in scoring against their oppon- ents. but they all gave unquestion6ble evi- dence of latent power on attack. Harvard held to a scoreIess tie in the first half Of the game with the Valparaiso eleven. came through with a satisfactory rally and scored no attack. but a splendid defence. Yale surprised by the North Carolina squad in the early stages of the fray at New Haven. also found the punch necessary to cross the Southerners' line three times. Pcnnsyl- vania, outplayed by Swarthmore for the Erater part Of two periods. brought varied ed by three touchdowns to mono over the squad thnt had given the Princeton eleven a great fight tho previous week.
 Despite tho evidence of latest power. how ever, there was the conviction that the teams have very far tn Ea to reach stage Of proficiency in team play. smoothness in appears he farther advanced than the at tack by wide margin. The attack has shone brilliant individuality. but the con certed action so essential to success is still a long way in the distance so far most of the leading elevens are concerned.
 Teams of High Rating.
 Penn State, Dartmouth and Pittsburg appear to stand notable exceptions. Reports of the games played at State Col Iege and at Pittsburg unanimous in tho assertion that the three teams mentioned showed a midseason form and sstonished critics with their alI-around proficiency in their alert swift play. Although inter ccpted forward pass in the last few minutes was all that defeated Dartmouth after spectacular struggle, the setback no doubt will eliminate the Grctn as a contender for this seasons titular honors in the East. but Dartmouth played brilliant football just the and will give the best teams in the country plenty to worry about.
 Coach Spears has been unfortunate in having many of his Dartmouth regulars on the hosptal list, but the suad proved to be rich in capable substitutes who filled the position as crcditabIy the regulars might have done. and in many cases astonished the coach with their sparkling play. In thf matter of strong second string men, Pitts- burg showed to similar advantage, Glenn Warmers subs meeting with as much sue tearing the West Virginia line as the varsity men. Piu appears to have just as powerful an eleven the one that won undisputed right to be rated the best team in the East three years ago. Its defence can be improved considerably, but there is plenty of time left for improvement.
 After the tale Of woe that came from the Princeton football camp last week and the equally pessimistic reports from Cornell, it was rather astonishing that the Tigers and the Ithscans should win more impres- sively than the rest of the big fellows Gfl mour Doble at Ithaca laid particular empha- sis on the fact that a winning aggrega- tion Cornelrs football team absolutely this season, following which the eleven from the shores of Lake Cayuga pro- ceeded to show most convincing running attack and to smother the heavy, we'll drill 1 cd rridiron team of St. Bonaventure, 55 to [.
 Tales of the woful weakness of the Tiger line came from Princeton last week. | yet the Orange and Black forwards showed decided improvement over their work in the Swarthmore game and performed well. as the back field pressed the attack and