New-York tribune., 1920-11-22
Experts Await
Pitt-Penn State
Game Thursday
First Rank on Cridiron
Will Go to Winner if
the Victory Is Decisive
By Ray Mccarthy

however, princeton WINS the Suprem-
acy of the big Three" by q wide
margin and is IN line for the hypo-
thetical Eastern title.
Meantime all eyes will be centered
! or that Penn State-Ptt whrl at Pitts
turgh Thanksgiving Day which prom
ises to be the greatest encounter Of the
! season. Whether Princeton will be
placed first will depend on the outcome
OF this meeting. If State defeats Pitts
burgh by wide margin or vice-versa
II is our opinion either should be
placed ahead of the Tigers because
both, and particularly the Panthers,
have played through a harder schedule
than the Orange and Black However,
before making any decision we want
to see how this game goes anad how it
is won or lost; that is, by regular foot
ball tactics or by fuke
Some critics hold that the Nassau
students are entitled to top ranking
regardless of the outcome of the Pitts
gburgh-Penn State issue, but htat is not
our belief. However, we do feel that
the Jersey institution has made an ex-
cepticnally fine record this fall. and
that it merits serious cons liberation
for any titles that may be passed out.
And we are going to give it that con-
sideration in due time.
Yale Has No Attack
Meantime we can comment on the
shortcomings of several of the victims
In Saturdays games. The manner in
which the victories were gained has
already been described First there is
the Harvard-Yale fixture Result
easily xplained-Yale had no attack.
of the Blue ever intend to take up the
new game seriously and painstakingly,
but we do know that if they care for
victories over their chief rivals. they
will have to do so Immediately.
1t is true Tad Jones has been greatly
handicapped by having to deal with an
injured squad all season, but that
DOESN'T excuse the fact that the Eli's
lacked ability to put on good open
game to 60 with their close order at
tack. Had they been able to vary their
offense with suitable forward nassinq sriI
game it is probable they might have
tied Harvard and might have won.
, harvard showed nothing to warrant
the opinion it is a great team, nor has
1t displayed the ability at anv time
this year that Penn State and Pitts
burgh have exhibited
The Syracuse Colgate tussle resulted
about as it was expected, and the out
come demonstrated that in spite of
their serious lapses this fall the up
state students possess the right stuff
Fumbling and overconfidence have
hurt the Orange more this year than
anything else, and have prevented that
combination from ranking as one of
the greatest of the season.
Dartmouth had no end of trouble
subduing Brown by a score of Ia to G.
Many folks got the opinion that the
Green, in spite of its defeats by Penn
State and Syracuse, was one of the
best elevens Of the year after its show
ing against Cornell and Penn We
grant that, as ever and always, the
Hanover lads have a nne team but
from what we saw of it against Cor
nell 1t doesn't rate with the best.
The fact that Brown, hard pushed bv
Colgate early in the season and easily
beaten by the Harvard team, made IN
largely of substitutes, was able to give
the New Hampshire lads the hardest
kind of game, shows that the Green
is not headliner this year.
More Prestige for Boston
Boston College gained more prestige
by defeating the speedy, unde fcated
Marietta eleven, coached by "Greasy"
Neale, by l3 to 3. The Bostonians un-
doubtedly have team that ranks near
the top. but the fact that their sched-
ule contains only one frst-class eleven
prevents them from obtaining top
ranking.
The surprises of the day were more
plentiful last Saturday than on anv
other, with the exception of the pre-
vious week There was first the mas
sacre Of the Lehigh eleven by Lafay-
cite in their annual grill. Some will
probably figure that Penn State, tied
by Lehigh. which in turn was wal
loped by Lafayette, is an ovcrrated
eleven. That is not our view of the
matter.
We think that Lehigh, the lightest
college team in captivity this year,
worn down to fraz2le by hard
schedule. and following the terrific
pounding received by State, was simply
cracked wide open by the heavy Lafay-
cite machine. Viewed from this angle.
the result was not so astounding
Another surprise was the overthrow
of Washington and Jefferson by Car
negie Tech, score 6 TO 0. The Presi-
dents present the sad spectacle this
year of great team gone wrong by
alleged petty fraternity politics and
other internal troubles. On paper the
Westinghouse look like wonderful
that they haven't done better this sea-
son.
Amherst unexpectedly defeated the
Williams eleven in their annual strug-
gle and did it efficiently and decisively.
Every year sees grand little mix-up
in this New England triangular series
A couple of weeks ago Wesleyan de-
feated Amherst. Last week Williams
walloped Wesl leyan by an overwhe Inning
score, yet Williams is beaten by AM
herst. Great league this football cir
Gle.
Shock for Detroit
Detroit University. formidable and
confident, visited Springfield and re-
ceived the shock of its seasons career
by meeting defeat, 7 to 8 Springfield
showed wonderful forward passing
game. at which it is very adept.
Pennsylvania trimmed Columbia, but
the showing of both elevens was dis
appointing and does not augur we'll
Tor Penn victory over Cornell The
Red and Blue played sloppy foo, ball.
as did the locals. However the result
10 no reflection on O'Neill's coaching.
he VIII have to have better material
IN order to produce an eleven capable
of beating the big fellows.
stevens carried off the honors in the
metropolitan district by winning its
1inal game from New York University.
however. the Violet did much better
than was expected of it. Fordham !
managed to win handily from Mullen
berg.
Centre to Play Indians
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