The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-08
YALE ELEVEN AGAIN
DISADVANTAGE
Must Face Two Rivals Who
Are Unbeaten and Tied
Each Other.
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
Harvard and Princeton having bat
tied to aother tie, Yale finds itself at a
strategical disadvantage in the Big
Three football struggle similar to that
into which II was thrown at this time
last eeason by the 10 to 10 deadlock
between its traditional rivals.
The Crimson and the Tigers have
gone through the first of their two ell
matte tests without defeat and with
honors even while Yale faces two well
prepared rivals who have learned per-
haps more than the Blue. And Yale. 1t
must not be forgotten, faces these games
with the memory of a preliminary de-
feat by Boston College and a scare by
Brown last Saturday.
Not in many years have Harvard
and Princeton gone into their last games
in positions as formidable as those
which they occupy this morning. Last
season Harvard's tie with the Orange
and Black left 1t with a record un-
suited. which it kept unsullied by beat
ing the Ellis. However. Princeton took
on Harvard with two defeats already
chalked up against it-defeats admin
istered by Colgate and West Virginia.
Yale. 1t will be remembered. lost to
Boston College last season too. but ap
parently found itself in IA to 0 trl-
umph over Brown.
With Harvard and Princeton heading
the procession there are only seven UNI
defeated elevens in the l1ast--Pitts-
burg. Penn State, Boston College, Wes-
leyan and Stevens Tech being the others
However, of these four have been held
to ties, leaving only Pttsburg, Penn
State and Boston with victories in every
contest which they have played. Wes-
leyan was tied by New York Univer-
sty. while Stevens indulged in score
less tiff with Middlebury.
Four Quit Charmed Circle.
Hitherto undefeated teams which
dropped out Of the charmed circle last
Saturday included Cornell. which lost
to Dartmouth; Brown which took a
beating from Yale; Washington and
Jefferson. which provided the medium
for a comeback by Syracuse. and
Georgetown. which unexpectedly fell be-
fore the Navy. The setback suffered
by Washington and Jefferson was of
double poignancy to 1t, for it had not
only won every one of its five previous
contests but had kept all its opponents
from scoring 1t had been the only
eleven in the East with a record of that
character.
The Harva I'd Princeton game bore out
what we said preliminary to the
game = that the teams were evenly
matched and that it would be hard.
even fight. AS we predicted, Princeton
had the edge in strategy and in speed.
but Harvard saved itself with sensa-
tional string of half a dozen forward
passes. which led to touchdown and
tied the score.
On the attack Clarity, Lourie. MUIR
rey and Keck were the stalwarts for the
Tigers; while Owen, Churchill, Hor-
ween and Havemeyer stood out for the
Crimson. On the defence keck was
the one big man for Prlnceton-bigger
than any other player on the field. with
Sedgwick playing big role for the
Cambridge eleven.
The Days Disappointments.
Harvard failed to develop the ire
mendous power which its adherents be-
lieved that 1t possessed. while Prince
ton did not rise to the sensational
heights which some expected it to at
tain. But both did as well as they
could Princeton was left again with
out victory over Harvard since 1911;
without a triumph over the Crimson at
Cambridge since 1896. But The is as
much as the other fellow can boast Of.
splendid fight which Pennsylvania put
up against Pittsburg. If it had not
been for the individual prowess of the
speedy Davies, the Pitt back, Pennsyl-
vania would have won. As II was the
Quakers came mighty close to n tie.
being beaten BY q to 81. Penn, which
had looked shopworn against Penn
State. recovered In startling fashion.
and showed that 1t was by no means
out of the running in the remaining
games.
Penn State, by defeating Nebraska's
heavy eleven by 20 to 0. while Pittsburg
was being fought all over Franklin
Field. strengthened the impression that
Il was probably the most powerful team
in the East Nebraska never had
chance against Penn States speed.
Syracuse. coming out of the fumbling
epidemic which gave the game to Holy
Cross on a silver platter the week be-
fore, showed Its true form In flashy
victory over Washington and Jefferson.
Syracuse no longer Is In the running for
titular consideration. but the triumph
rcgained for 1t the prestige which 1t
had lost at Worcester. Victory over
Washington and Jefferson was doubly
sweet. as It avenged the setback which
the Presidents handed the Orange last
gtar, aAttI SyIutusc HtN uciVatcu illS-
burg.
Cornelrs defeat by Dartmouth was a
bitter blow for the Ithacans. who had
been more or less confident of VIC
tory. But Cornell met stronger eleven
and had to take a beating.
Dartmouth WINS Superior.
The game between Dartmouth and
Cornell was interesting enough, but It
did not develop the sort OF football
which the crowd expected and wanted.
Only rarely was the ball In view. At
tempts at forward passing were neither
frequent nor well executed. But the
Dartmouth eleven showed tremendous
power both In the rushing and the run
ming attack.
IL could have been lot more versa
tile. but Dartmouth had Pennsylvania,
Brown and Washington, three truly for
midable opponents, to look forward TO
and did not want to show It's hand un-
less II was absolutely necessary. Cor
nell. too. held considerable back for Co
lumbia and Pennsylvania. 1t Vas n bat
tie that was too monotonous In attack.
Dartmouth had far the stronger line
and the faster and more resourceful
back field. In the matter OF strategy
there was little TO choose. because
neither eleven made use OF many plays
Jordan made couple Of errors. but
they were not fatal. Trying n forward