The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04

The final selections Tor Tne w asn-
Ington Times An-EAstern first eleven
for 1871 are furnished by seven var
sity teams. This indicates. IN way,
the great spread Of hightla foot
ball. Walter Camp for years chose
an all-American eleven from among
Yale. Harvard and Princeton. Harvard
has provided two players Tor the
ACCOMMODATING eleven, Yale but one,
its great captain, Mac" Aldrich.
we give unhesitatingly the principal
donors of the East to Hugo Be1dek's
Penn State eleven, though Harvard
succeeded In tying the score against
the Nittany Lions and Pittsburgh.
especially prepared, held them to q
scoreless tie In the rain and mud
Thanksgiving Day. The Penn State
eleven possessed all that a champion
ship aggregation should have. size.
speed, brains and knowledge. 1t fair
ly earned top place among Eastern
teams.
Lafayette Is Second.
To Lafayette goes second honors.
beyond which we do not go. 1t is a
meaningless scramble beyond there.
AS between Penn State and Lafayette
one has but to compare their CON-
p0lRn8 10 see tue JuStiCc VI potttuk tAo
Nittany Lions ahead ~
Penn State, opening with easy vic
tories over Lebanon Valley and Get
tysburg, was going at a fast rate Of
speed when II crushed North Carolina
State, IS to 6. Then 1t defeated the
sturdy Lehigh eleven, Q Sto Z. Penn
State, losing "Raes" MADEIRA in the
very first play of the Harvard game,
was leading down to tho last few min
utes of play when Harvard, never quit
ting. succeeded in equalling the score.
81 to 81.
It was admitted that Penn State
lost quite a bit of its strength as a
result Of that bitter contest at
Cambridge. and yet the Lions came
right back a week later In New York
and handed out stiff whipping to
Georgia Tech, 2S-to-7.
Carnegie Tech, planning all season
to break Penn States heart, tell a
victim of the same score q week
later and then came that tough scrap
In the mud Of Franklin Field against
the Middies. Penn State humbled the
sailors, 13-to-7.
Pittsburgh, after winning from syria
cuse and Penn by wide margins. had
fallen before Nebraska, 1O.to-0, and
w. and J., 7-to-0. The Painters craved
revenge and they got II when they
outplayed and outlucxed Penn State
at Pittsburgh on Turkey Lay. Neither
team could score and what honors
resulting went to Pitt. Nevertheless
the work on the whole season before
cannot be nulhfied by that failure
to win at Pittsburgh.
Lafayette Beats Pitt.
Lafayette had veteran eleven this
season. "Suds' Sutherland. a star
forward in his days under Pop" War
ner at Pittsburgh, was coaching II,
having a former teammate, Seidl. as
his assistant. Lafayette wasyunbeaten
and united all year, scoring 274 points
as against twenty six for opponents.
Lafayette came into notice early
with Its unexpected 6-to-0 victory over
Pittsburgh on October 1. No really
strong team was played from that
day until Lehigh was crushed on
Thanksgiving Day, 2S-to-s. Dickin-
son, Bucknell, Fordham. Rutgers,
Pennsylvania and Delaware hardly
compare with Lehiah, Harvard,
Georgia Tech, Carnegie Tech. Navy
and Pittsburgh.
Nevertheless, Lafayette had a won
derful eleven, strong IN all depart
ments. None can tell what Il might
have done II played against Penn
State. At least two of Its stars find