Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-28
Collegiate by Robe
EASTERN GRID TITLE h
UNDECIDED, SAYS RICE
Penn State apparently Strongest in This Section. bu,
Points to Splendid Records OF Cornell ". and !.
and Lafayette
BY GRANTLAND RICE

THE football curtain is down for the
J. ycar. with California supreme along
the Pacific slope and with Iowa ruling
king of the Middle West. For the
East and South the championship goes
to the loudcst voi"cS and the most i'm.
passoncd dcbatcrs, whore lung power
carries the deciding vote.
So far as one can gather such widely
scattered evidence. both California and
Iowa. with Notre Dame, are bit
stronger than anything the East can
show. but this also Is merely matter
Of opinion. The testimony all leans in
that direction and that Mt least is
something TO consider. Centre and
Georgia Tech hold the whiphand over
the South, with Vanderbilt and Georgia
well to the front with two strong, hard
lighting machines.
The East however. is the great de
batting ground Of the country with the
heaviest snarl and tangle to unravel
Cornell, Lafayette, Penn State and
W. and j.. all unbcatCn. each steps for.
ward with vocal claim upon the purple
toga,
o't these four Penn state took on the
hardest schedule and so became in.
vowed in two drawn matches with
Harvard and Pitt that seemed 10 have
lcft certain scratches upon her blazing
esCutchCon
YET nc doUbt rcrL much that
any machine in the East couh
hdre be1tcn Penn state Mt ifs best.
hh'ch is also nothiug but opinion.
Rules Lax at Lafayette
Lafayette, ono Of the best. still has
certain eligibility charges to answer be-
fore hcr claim can come in for proper
attention. There has been much NUT
tcring and murmuring concerning la
faycttc stars. and certain hints have
been openly made without any rebuttal
up TO date.
There is no doubt TO be cast upon
the fine power of the Cornell team,
which ran roughshod over everything
iu sight.
Gil Dobic's big. fast. we'll coached
machine lifts Cornell back beneath the
old spotlight, despite schedule that
was not so strong as il should have
been to compete a certain test
This is why we insist that no one
can make fair. Just. accurate team
ranking in the EaSt--a ranking that
means anything at all
Cornell. for example. faced ST. Bona
venture, Rochester, Western Reserve,
Colgate, Dartmouth. Columbia, Spring
field and Penn.
Penn state tackled Lebanon Valley.
Gettysburg. Carolina State. Lchigh,
Harvard. Georgia Tech, Carnegie Tech
Navy and Pittsburgh.
In such wide disparity of schedules
how can any one arrive at a conclusion
that is worth mark a word?
THIS is taking no credit from
CorneHS big. SldShHg team.
No machine is going to beat PENN
Svlrnnid II 10 o IN the mud rith
ont a tcorld Of striking force back
Of its drirC. Therc is simply no
mOrthy basis OF comparison.
Navy Also a Fine. Machine
Next to the four teams in dispute
comes the Navy. with cluster of we'll
drilled talent. stronger looking than
Harvard, Yale or Princeton by rather
tidy edge.
The Navy had o great line. two good
ends and at least four first class backs
The Navy's place in the football firma-
mCnt is extremely high. The stuff was
here. and it was all well handled and
we'll drilled for man power attack.
Ranking Harvard, Yale and Prince
ton is merely making three -cornercd
guess. Nalc's downfall against Harvard
was Il stunning blow
\ word here regarding Princeton
Th" photograph referred to last week
that showed holding upon Gilroy's win
ming run against Harvard was incor-
rcctly labeled.
THERE Wa8 hoMing on the play,
L but il wGSu't the Gilrov PLAY.
as this haJbnck. uum6Crcd 10, is
, Sho,rn sprGwling upOn the ground.
! ThS HttS any idmt Of Wegnlhv
| from the tcinntng run and ends
,cideSpread discussion upon this
point in Princeton'S tnror.-
Buell. Best Field General
| Tho best backs in the East were