New-York tribune., 1920-10-02

into action this afternoon. BY nigh
nretty good line on what may be eS
notably Yale and Princeton, who '
xlls will tackle Carnegie Tech. in
will meet Swarthmore at Princeton
will also open the season to-day.
The game with Carnegie Tech should
furnish Yale simply with fast work
ont. The Pittsburgh eleven generally
hss speedy team and plays hard, but
here is TO reason to expect that the
Harvard last week. The New Haven
students. Of course, will welcome
bard struggle. but in any event Tad
Iones's charges should win handily.
One thing is certain: Yales attack
;s surc to be swifter and fercer than
Il was last year. Jones played that
t,nd Of football himself. and he surely
viii insist that those he is coaching
70 likewise There is plenty OF weight
IN the Eli lineup, and we look for
favorable showing from the New Haven
lads to-day.
Tigers Play Swarthmorc
Princeton is likely to receive stiff
onnosition from Swarthmore. This
l;tfle college always turns out a fast,
hsrd-fghting eleven-the kind that
never quits and which usually is we'll
drilled ~ the fundamentals of the
cy;diron game. This will suit the
Tigers. An athlete doesn't condition
himself on sweetmeats; neither can
football team prepare for its bigger
ron,es roU,s hv running over a lot of weak
i;nrs. Several of the big fellows have
.ried this diet in the past, but always
20 their sorrow
Harvard has for an opponent to-day
tho University of Maine, which appears
~ be a set-up. There was time not
50 many years ago when Maine gave
them all q battle. But within the past
three years the Pine State institution
has slipped back TO only shadow of
is former formidability. The fact that
Inc little Boston University team was
able to hold Maine TO scoreless tie
last Saturday IS the tip-otf on the
Orono eleven. Boston began playing
football only last year Harvard should
have no trouble in beating Maine. Ger
tainlv it won't get the scare Holy Cross
As far as struggles so the best Of
the dav will take place at Morgantown,
W. Va Tom Ready has taken his bunch
Of Lehich warriors down there to meet
West Virginia and the rumblings Of
this clash will probably reverberate
clear back to South Bethlehem. To US
Il looks like one Of the evenest con-
tests of the year. Picking the winner
here depends on sentiment alone.
Dobie Is Pessimistic
Another merry little struggle that
will attract much interest in the New
England district IS that between AM
herst and Brown, at Providence. Brown
appears to have the edge and should
WIN by couple Of touchdowns, but if
l. does it wont have any easy task.
Football followers will be watching
Cornell with keen interest today. Gill
mour Doble the most pessimistic OF
coachesl IS expected to put the big
Red team back into the gridiron spot
light He says. and what is more, he
seiterates, that there is no hope for the
lthacans this year. All Of which means
TOOK out for Cornell Rochester will
be Cornell's first victim.
Pennsylvania is playing Bucknen.
college which is sure to give it more
opposition than Delaware did. We shall
know more about the Red and Blue
altel this issue and if the Philadel-
phians show the same smoothness in
this contest as they did last Saturday
it viii mean they have the goods.
Dartmouth Will start It's season on
its annual victim. Norwich OF late
years. though this little military col
iege has been doing exceedingly we'll
on the gridiron and may make the
Sreer travel faster than it expects to.
Lafayette has for its opening day
game Muhlenberg which gave Penn
state fairly good game last week.
Soldiers in Double Bill
Syracuse will also get better ac~
quainted with itself and IFS possibili-
ties IN the Vermont struggle at Svra-
euse TINS afternoon. # the New Eng
ishoers present as snappy a team as
they showed last year they will give
she Salt City eleven busy afternoon
West Point is going to inaugurate
lne douhie-header scheme on the
pialn to-day Perhaps when it is over
II VIII wish 1T had not done SO. To be
sure 1t looks like a cleanup, with
marshall leading TIE wayl to the
fTuiuotlne and Un'o4 following But
oIIon may not prove quite so soft.
-, me local colleges Will all be busy
.n's afternocs with Stevens having the
hsroest assg gnment. Tho Uoboken
eleven esv VIII play Pennsylvania Military
eollese. Not so insignificant as 1T
may sound These fellows have
"aol' or spi1nglng surprises Qarge
unss, too), IN most unexpected places,
and with Mr.. Campazinni. an old-;imcr,
VI hand ~ break 'em up, will prove
quite formidable.
eoiumbla will entertain Trinity and
a"ouso have no trouble In winning bv
comfortable margin. But the game
VIII furnish all followers Of the Blue