Evening star., 1921-11-08

The Thanksgiving day game at
Pittsburgh 1atween PENNSYLVANIA
State and Pittsburgh, which appeared
to be a great feature card, dWlndleS
in Importance now that Pitt has been
beaten twice, first by Lafayette and
then by Nebraska. The all-absorbing
question is whether the Pitt players
can pull themselves together In time
for Pennsylvania State.
{. NOtre Dame Score u Surprise.
While the victory of Notre Dame
over West Point was not in itself
surprise to those who were posted,
the size of the score was. The West
sign on the Army, but In this sea-
sons game they threw rings around
them with their forward passes until
they ran up 2S points.
The extreme closeneSs of the Navy
Bucknell game also was a surprise,
although Bucknell was regarded as
very strong. The same may be said
of the early inability of Pennsylva-
mia State to get going against car
negie. Pennsylvania State cannot at
ford to throw away an entire perloo
when it meets the Navy next Satur-
day at Philadelphia, if it expects to
emerge victorious.
1t is the Navy-Pennsylvania State
match just ahead that gives promise
of being one of the very best con-
tests to be played in the east this
season. With the Princeton Yale
game at New Haven may be more col
orful and doubtless will attract a
much greater crowd, 1t Is doubtful
whether it will provide a better ex-
hbition of foot ball.
-. Some Lessons Learned.
There were scme lessons learned
In last Saturdays games that ought
to N"stick." Harvard learned two
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the first score even though that score
comes within a. few minutes OF the
end of play, and the other is that sub
stitutions in the backfield do not pay
with score only yard or two away
Princeton learned that the officials
still are on the job to see that rules
are enforced and certainly Will innlct
the penalties. They also learned that
there il a soft spot in their defense
to the forward pass which must pc
covered if they are to battle fale
successfully.
Several brilliants appeared in Sat-
urday's setting, notably kiley at END
and Mohardt in the Notre Dame BACK.
field; Kaw of Cornell. who showed
ONeilrs Columbia team how to carry
Schwab, guard, and Gazella, back. on
the Lafayette eleven, which eromped
over HeiSman's Pennsylvania pupllSs
Fargo. the Williams tackle swanson
NebraSkaS end, as well as Ly man,
it's left tackle Slater, Iowa's tackle;
Meyers, Ohio States end, and Pixiey,
it's left guard; McQuade, George
towns halfback, and BowseE,; Buck
nelrs fuilback. For further.p rt1cu-
lars ask their opponents.
Chicago's defeat at the fhandS OF
Ohio State raises the question as 10
how Stages team will fare against
the other teams in the Western Con-
ference. California's decisive defeat
of Southern California makes the big
California-Stanford match loom as q
walkover for Andy Smiths pupils.
even without the great Muller. 1t is
possible that Muller Will be back in
time to play the climactic match.
Next Saturdays Card
Next Saturday bringsSGe0rgia Tech
and Georgetown togeherf ~ lanta;
Illinois meets Chicago nts CEbana;
Iowa meets Indiana atsIowa City; Ne
braska meets Kansas at Lincoln; Ohio
State clashes with Purdue at Column
bus; Pennsylvania clashes with Dart
mouth at New York; Pitt meets Wash
ington and Jefferson at Pittsburgh;
syracuse has its annual match with
Colgate at Syracuse: Tennessee meets
the University of the South at Knox
vile. Vanderbilt and Georgia have
their annual argument at Nashville; {;
Virginia will have it's hands full with
West Virginia at Charlottesville; Wis
consin tries conclusions with Michi-
gan at Madison.
Then comes the final day, November