Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
Well Deserved Victory Over arv
THREE BIG BATTLES
ON GRID SATURDAY
No Easy Proposition Picking Winners in Games Be.
t,ceen Harvard and Princeton, Chicago and Ohio
State and Army and Nore Dame
By GRANTLAND RICE


Tiger Habits
The Tigers an errdtic beast.
You cannot dope him IN the rnSf.
Though crippled In the jungle mitd'
Hes stiH no playmate tor chnd'
+ knoD the Nary scared ms mac
And NJ. Sfoyg garc him rae
I knOv his stripes arc out 0t gear
And there arc knOtS beneath ms ed''
A nd yet I beg that yon dcsist
Who plan to slap him on the "rtSt
Or give hts tail fancy ftctst; 49,,
Unless By chance with stealing redd
You hare bead upon his head.
HARVARD and Yale still retain
IL visions of two years ago. Wnen W
Colgate beat Princeton and west VIZ
gina scattered Tiger hide oil over the
Jungle. the tune being % to o. But bS
November the case was quite dltcreht'
Quite.
The SaIyo
A NUMBER OF big guns begin 10
"a roar this week, and by SaturdaN
night three or four important footDal'
pnrtips will he blown out Of the trenches.
The schedule is full of stirring dctnl,s'
UHI HfIt UTt lIlNN l'pli'N'S
ing over carefully:
. Harvard VS.. Princeton at Princeton.
Chicago vs.. Ohio State at Chicago.
NOtre Dame VS.. Army Mt west fom'
The eagle eyed prophet who can name
the winner in any one OF these tn[ee
contests should get at least respeStlul
nod from the Delphic Oracle, wiilcm
made it's main reputation before football
scores ever stepped across the 1aiht
threshold Of time.
Harvard and Princeton have been
cawing away for two years now without
getting anywhere.
Both have had their share Of trouble
but you can write 1t down that Doth
will Comport themselves with more class
Saturday than either has shown.
A rip -tcnring, highly hectic afternoon
is in prospect. with the physical condi :
ton Of Lourie and Garrity n leading
factor.
East is East and West Is West,
But the West 80 far has looked the
best.
ugrdmmniirdi. | fear.
But why shou'd grammar horn IN hcrcD
Another Stirring Chapter
WE HEAR from the West that
w "Chicago is looking for much
harder game against Ohio state than
Princeton was able to offer.
And as the statement has the clear,
tinkling ring Of truth, the East takes
another jab under the chest. We pre-
dict here and now, without any quail :
fications. that Chicago will have much
harder game against ONO state than
Stages machine picked UP ut Princeton
Stagg has u machine of exceeding
power and excellent merit. nut there are
others in the West. including Ohio
State. Wisconsin and Iowa.
The Chicago Ohio State entertainment
will be one Of the greatest OF the year,
with u far reaching effect upon the Con-
ference championship.
East and West Again
TIIE third big reel, featuring West
l. Point and Notrc Dame, will make
another smashing picture.
West Point l. stronger than Il Nent
nro, and Notrr Dame. minus the bril-
liant. lamented George Gipp, isn't
quite 50 strong.
lbllt VIC never H'ulu VI a. WAN '''S'
Dame, and neither has tho Army
Notrc Dame usually comes tearing out
Of the West with all the vibrant energy
of highly annoyed cyclone, leaving
l,ttlc but debris in its forward passin;
wake.
Both Army and Notre Dame have
been beaten. but MS football goes nov
that doesn't mean much moro thar
IL YOU passed the same remark abou
some major league ball club late II
June.
CALLING the correct turn in thes
~ three big games will require Sc pei
cent concentration and 07 per cen
luck. II Louric and Garrity are il
shape. Princeton moves back upor
even terms against the Crimson ant
the $3.50 so highly spoken Of.
Factor II Contradiction
DRINCETON has proved withou
l. Garrity and Lourie that her ma
chine is of only ordinary mold.
The Tiger attack, minus these tive
stars, has been pulpy in the extreme