The Washington times., 1921-10-25

med the varsity in a regularly-played
game, 3 to 5, on Oct. 2S, and on Nov.
IA the powerful Boston Athletic as
sociation. composed of former college
stars, defeated the Crimson, to :,
the same score by which a week later
Pennsylvania won from Harvard.
IL Is not entirely new TO see a So
called smaller team raise ructions
among the big fellows and that sea
son of 1896 is a good one to pick for
an example. Lafayette battled Prince
ton to a no-score tie and defeated
Penn. guards back and all, but tn ere
were others.
Carlisle gave the Tigers a terrible
battle for one half before succumb-
ing to superior weight and strength
and losing, % to 6. A week later the
red men gave Yale a terrific fight
before losing. IL to 6. 1t was excus-
able, therefore, for the aborigines TO
be beaten at Cambridge, A to 0. Play
ing Princeton, Yale aud Harvard on
successive Saturdays was too much
task even for Bemus, Pierce. Me-
token and Frank Cayou. And, as II
to rub 1t in, Carlisle followed the
Harvard game by tackling Penn, the
last of the Big Four. The Quakers
won, 21 to 0. as might be expected.
And, lowering on thS outside, were
certain athletic clubs. They numbered
former college players, in some cases
graduates of Big Four teams, and they
held their own frequently. Yale barely
won from the Elizabeth A. c., IL to
6, did better in defeating the Orange
A. c., 12 to 0, about as well in win
ming from the Boston A. c., 10 to o.
and better than all against the New
Jersey A. c., conquering 16 to 0, on
ha Gat hafnfn lnSino n prinNn-
ton, "a to 8.
So there Is nothing particularly rev
these days in having the little fellows
slam the daylights out or the big ones,
but II is undeniably true that there>are
more so-called smaller elevens of class
today, even as there are more first
class teams.
Horizon Is Wider.
The football horizon today is much
wider than it was in 1896. In addition
to the old Big Four, the East offers
for equal honors Penn State, Syracuse,
Dartmouth, Brown, Pittsburgh, La.
fayette, Lehigh. Army, Navy, w. and
j., West Virginia and Cornell, with
Boston college, Georgetown, Colgate.
Rutgers and Swarthmore kicking with
powerful combinations every few years.
Georgia Tech, which meets Penn
state In New Ork SATURDAY, Is tne
South's contribution, replacing along
with Centre college, Vanderbilt, the
first Southern eleven to break into
the North.
The Middle West has several teams
well worthy OF comparison with the
best in the East. Chicago, triumphant
over Princeton, is one, but don't for
get Notre Dame, Illinois. Michigan,
Ohio State, Minnesota and Nebraska,
while even as far away as the Coast
may be found elevens well fitted to
offer equal battle to the best any
where.
Yet. back in 1896, Walter Camp
noticed the gradual increase Of football
strength among teams not identified
with the Big Four. Judging from
some of his recent all-star selections,
he Is q bit bewildered, too, by the
overwhelming horizon. To be frank
about It. this all-American idea has
about seen its best days. II was all
right, maybe, when the Big Four knew
all the football. but II is a farce today
to rank Pennsylvania in the same
class with Harvard at the expense of
Georgia Tech, Ohio State or Pittsburgh,
for instance.