New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

DObie's ''Red Tank Takes Place
In Eastern Championship Race

through Last year he had a squad OF
giants that made only respectable
showing. Dobie himself was far from
optimistic over their progress. The
players, most Of them were green and
,reatlv in need Of coaching and foot
ball experience.
DoDls legan his work early this
wear. He had practically the same ma
terial this year that he had last fali
and was able to take up where he had
left off. He had in Kaw hard run
ties last fall. Kaw has developed into
one Of tho best backs Of the year.
Carey is one of the finest punters IN
the game. The forwards are all rangy
and bulky, and it remained simply for
Dobie to drill them. If such material
as Dobie. has to work with-~big,
heavy fellows-can be developed, 1t
ought to be one of the best teams
around. Apparently Dobie has been
able to do what few of his predeces-
sors were able to accomplish
Georgia Tech Surprisingly Weak
1t wasn't so much Penn States
strength as it was Georgia Techs weak
nesses that surprised the spectators
who attended this game. There is NO
doubt that the Golden Tornado was q
vastly overrated team. The tip off on
the Atlanta eleven is that Killnger was
able to run practically the length of the
field for touchdown. The tackling
must have been feeble indeed TO allow
the State quarter to turn that trick.
Kilinger, to be sure, is a hard,
elusive runner, but he does not class az
all with such players as Davies, of
Pitt, and Way, his teammate last year.
There was GONE excuse for man mis-
sing Way. He was a marvel in brok
en- field No, the long and short Of 1t
all was that Tech, possessing an oRense
without an adequate defense, failed to
cope with first class team
State deserves credit for its brilliant
victory and showed in winning it was
en- eleven Of championship possibilities.
But State has the toughest kind of op-
position staring it right out of coun-
tenance. Next Saturday the Nittany
Lions face Carnegie Tech, and Tech this
year has splendid, we'll coached, for
midabe football team. Following that
game State meets the Navy, and, need
less to say, the Navy will not be any
birthday party for the Pennsylvanians.
Then comes Pittsburgh, one of the best
teams roaming the Eastern gridirons.
If State gets by this trio it will get
our vote for the Eastern championship
and every other vote we can lay hanoS
on.
ELI Yale made q favorable impression
by its decisive victory over Brown. We
said at the beginning of the season the
Blue would give its rivals something to
worry about, and, we reiterate. Yale is
going to give the Tiger and the Grim
son fine battles this fall and probably
beatings also. 1t looks very much like
Yale's year.
Lafayette continues to ride rough
shod over its opponents. The Eastonans
have had no difficulty in beating every
team they have faced this season, and it
looks as if Pennsylvania will be the
next victim of the Maroon and White.
Lehigh did mighty we'll in pulling out
victory over West Virginia, and Wash
ington and Jefferson deserves considera-
Bile credit for downing the clever Syra-
cuse eleven
Columba's sad showing against
Williams is simply unexplainable In
stead of referring to the defects of
the Blue and White it would be better
to dwell on the merits of the Williams
team and particularly on the merits of
Wendell as coach. One wonders
what he would do with that team if he
had Benny Boynton back on the Job at
quarterback. New York University
made q good showing against Colgate,
while Fordam did we'll in holding Bos-
ton College to a scoreless tie.