New-York tribune., 1921-11-07
Nebraska Puts
PittsburghOut
OF Title Race
Sensational Victory of Corn.
Huskers a Decided Upset;
Coach Dawson Gets Credit
By Ray Mccarthy

startling upset being recorded In the
football records. Champions. coming
and going, are knocked OFF with surpris-
ing regularity and from the most unex-
pected directions. For instance. who
ever expected Nebraska, the rangy,
awkward, slow-tramping eleven that
appeared In New York last fall, to lay
low the speedy Pittsburgh crew? A
week ago. in running wild on Franklin
Field in Philadelphia, this same outfit,
coached by the crafty Glenn Warner.
looked like an unbeatable combination.
We don't know how it looked against
Nebraska, but according to the reports
the Corn -huskers were the whole show.
Either Pitt has deteriorated fearfully
within one short week or Nebraska is
exceptionally good. Certainly it must
be wonderfully improved eleven over
the one we saw here last year.
We are inclined to the latter view
that Nebraska is q real team and that
1T was fully deserving of victory. Incl
deentally Fred Dawson, former Colum-
bia coach, should receive due credit for
the triumph Of the Corn -huskers. He is
coaching those lermakers-pardon,
those strapping young men who hail
from the corn belt of Nebraska. Any
furniture van could make good use of
those huskies.
Credit Given 60 Dawson
Dawson, it will be recalled, was
forced to go West on account Of his
failing health. Apparently the genial
Fred is on the road to recovery and is
making good in new berth More
power to hiTl
Pittsburgh's defeat, its second this
year, practically eliminates the Pan
theirs as Eastern championship contend
ers. Football Is indeed q strange and
mystifying game. Here are Pittsburgh
and Princeton stumbling along through
q rocky road when at the beginning Of
the season it looked as If each, with a
veteran array of stars, would walk over
the entire field.
Yale, the Navy and Cornell are the
! leading elevens in the East. Not only
have these teams not IS yet suffered
defeat, but records to date are such as
to entitle them to consideration for
| top honors. The first three named
scored impressive victories last Sat-
urday.
Lafayette, team that has cleaned
up handsomely in every game it has
played to date. defeated Old Penn
more easily than Pittsburgh did 1t
would give Penn State trouble, but
Bezdeks crew, despite the fact it has
been travelling through the hardest
kind OF schedule, one containing no
soft spots, won with plenty to spare.
State Favored to Beat Navy
States victory on Saturday and its
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the Blue and White favorite over the
Navy on Saturday, when the pair meet
ut Philadelphia in what should be q
whale Of battle. The Navy, as was
expected, had the most trying after
noon it has had this season in beating
Bucknell, mighty though little foot
ball team Rather the members of the
team are big but the college is small.
BucHnell is a full afternoons as
signment for any team in the country.
But Lafayette defeated the same outfit
q few weeks ago by a score of 20 to 7.
That may mean much or little. How
ever, it is our belief State can beat
Bucknell by larger score or that it
could get the victory in an easier man
ner than the Navy did.
! Georgetown, which hes been moving
them all down this season, all that Il
has encountered, anyway, scattered the
hopes of Fordham all over the lot Sat-
urday. Georgetown has q splendid
well constructed eleven, with a back
field. including McQuade, who starred
on the team several seasons ago. Thai
ranks with the best
AS for Cornell, it did all that w.
expected of it in trouncing the grorcv
Columbia warriors. Cornell has q
football team this year; make no mis-
take about that. It looks as good as
any Of them. even If it has had ma
execting schedule.
The pity is that the Ithacans have
not had better opposition. With Dobie
apparently come into his own, it is like
ly the powers at Cornell will rearrange
the list next season, and that the Bic
Red eleven will meet more first-clas IS
teams.
Yale Is still running in stride-a fine
long, easy pace that promises much fo,
its two big games. The Blue with q
substitute line was able to score four
touchdowns against team possessing
one Of The best kickers in the came
one Brooke Brewer. The notable feat
ure Of this contest was that Aldrich
the Eli captain, more than held his own
with Brewer in punting.
NOtre Dame Looks Good
Nocre Dame, az good a combination
as we have seen this year, handed the
Army a decisive beating. There are
several features Of this game, including
the controversy between Coach Daly
and the officials, which we shall discuss
in another story. In winning Saturday
Notre Dame looked like finished ma.
chine, while the cadets played very
raggedly.
OF course forward passing team
when 1t is going right always looks ex-
ceptionally good and scores easier than
a. straight plugging team. But the
Westerners had the running game to
go with Its passing attack. A week age
they defeated the heavy Nebraska out
fit and 1t Is said that they should have
beaten Iowa University, the leading
conference eleven. Iowa defeated Notre
Dame by 10 to z, although the South
Bend players gained nearly twice as
much ground and threatened the
Iowans' goal several times.
However, Notre DANES ability and
skill do not excuse the Army defects
The cadets will have to improve con.
siderably within the next few weeks if
they are to beat the Navy.