The New York herald., 1921-10-26
big 8 FOOTBALL
HOLDIIG ITS OWN
Yale. Harvrrd and Princeton
Elevens Do Not Claim to
Be Superhuman.
BY WILLIAM B. HANNA.

Isn't II about time 70 cease singing
out Harvard. Yale and Princeton as
a football group at which to send
shafts Of ridicule every time one or
all of them fail to mop up? Probably
all they ask is to be looked upon like
anybody else What IL one was beaten.
one tied and one hard pressed on the
same day? They don't claim 10 be super
hrman or in a class by themselves. They
recognize that there are others as pro-
ficiept as they. and. at times. mayhap.
better.
Their football squads are composed Of
normal young men who are out there
doing their best. and trying to hold their
own at or near the to-. and. considering
the tremendous spread of football skill,
making pretty good job of it. For in
sta CO. Harvard NAV not be su- RENE.
but body's beaten Harvard for a right
lengthy stretch, Moreover. possibly
there are others who could with benefit
rattern after the craftsmanship II not
the football OF the aforementioned and
betimes needlessly derided three.
Gilmour Dobies stock as football
coach will take a leap next Saturday, Nif
Cornell whins Dartmouth. and Jack
Cannell's fame as an expert in teach
ing the young football idea how to shoot
will take on much lustre IL the Green
trims the Ithacans. Each team steps
into something exacting after a season
presenting no difficulties so far.
Bob Meusel of the Yankees muffed
one when he went on the III starred
transforming trip, but in the world
series Meusel proved himself to be a
better baseball player than any body but
Higgins thought him capable Of being.
H. did not hit heavily, and when he
struck out looked bad" but his hitting
was timely. AS an outfielder the talented
Pep Young had nothing on him. and
the tall Yank showed hitherto UNI
plumbed depths of astuteness. He
proved himself to be one Of the quickest
thinking outfielders since the days Of
Tommy McCathy. No better world
series play has been made than his
adrift from first base and wound up
with mailing George Burns at the plate
a great play and a rare play.
-Four captains and two former cap
tains of Notre Dame athletics are en-
this years football squad of that institu-
ton. There's a champion hurdler, an
Olympic contestant a:d a conference
shot putter. 1t appears that the In
dianans are pretty fond of football
Immediately after they play the Army
on November 5 they will come to the
Polo Grounds on election day and en-
gage Rutgers, and one must have a
zest for the crunching game to crowd
that much into such short space.
The head linesman'' in football is
like the high commissioner" In base
ball. There isn't any such thing. It's
lust linesman and commissioner. No ad-
jectives need apply.
former amateur champion billiard
ist and also friend of Willie Hopes
said yesterday he believed Horemans
would win the next professional balk-
line tournament with Schaefer second
and Hoppe third. I've played with
Hoppe lately" he said, and 'and I'd
like to see him win. but from the kind
Of billiards Horemans has been showing
! don't see how it's possible"
Maybe, but nothing but a defeat of
Hoppe will convince many longtime
billiard followers that Hoppe isn't young
enough and skillful enough to keep on
beating the best that can be pitted
aga inst him. They've seen so many
cases of wonderful work In practice and
exhibitions followed by inability to keep
pace with the Hoppe stride In actual
competition.
One OF Georgia Techs assistant
coaches. who has seen Penn States last
two games, thinks Tech has an even
chance of winning at the Polo Grounds
NEXT Saturday