New-York tribune., 1921-11-14

showing WcnQefTui potentiatlGy In G
little ahead of the others and are s
the order of the teams at the preser
Yale, Washington and JetfeMon, La
1t is quite possible that this order
may have to be rearranged, win Penn
State and Yale facing the stitfest kind
Of opposi,ioa, in Pittsburgh and Har-
ward, respectively, as tney enter the
stretch this week. However, the odds
favor the Nittany Lion and the buai-
dog. two great lighting animals, in
these mai struggles; ana 1t S our opin-
ION the cri.lcs VINO attempt to rank
The various eievens of the East Will
be confronted with the Ok of choos-
ing Penn State or faie for the mythical
championship.
Penn State has had by far the tough
est and rockIesr road of any Eastern
eleven to travel this season, ana the
manner in which the great little Hugo
bezdek has maAeuvered his machine
over thas chalked line this year has
earned him the right of having his
team placed at the top of the list tenn
porari.y, at ieaSt-
One Little Blot
Penn State has only one little blot
20 MAI its Splendid record to date;
via. tle Win harvard. The men
OF the NA.tany Mounsaln have trampied
over ali o.ner eievens they nave laced J;
ana believe Us. they have encountered
host oI good ones THIS tail, as the
record shows.
The B.1s and White in meeting
Pntsourgh on Thanksgiving Day is fac-
nis q harder assignment tnan Yale,
Wnien Clashes Win its dearest rival,
Harvard, OH Saturday.
faie hasn't had the easiest kind of
schedule to play through, either, this
faIl, but 1t 0ld have several soft spots
on which to lana ana catcn its breath
before the next fan, whereas Penn
State starting ear4J in October, has
nad to KNOCK down top-notcners, five
OF taeln, IN successive weeks.
We stated two weeks ago, after the
Nittany Laon had kicked tue Golden
Iornauo into the taintest kind of
breeze, that If it could put Carnegie
Teen, the Navy and Pittsburgh to rout
1t would get our vote and ali others we
could corral for the Eastern cham
pioLohip. State has only one of tnat
trio now to beat, but the Pittsburgh
Panther, licking his wounds in mis- lair
at the present time, is in no frame of
lninu to be trifieo with. and 1t would be
no great surprise to see him rebound
on to the Lions back with mighty
spring on Thanksgiving Day.
AT the beginning OF the season we
wrote of the briii,ant prospects of
Washington and Jefferson after an in
terview with Greasy Neale, the
coach. At tnat time Neale was here in
New York with the Cincinnati base
ball team. 1--we got q likely looAlng
squad" he said at the time, "and /
think we shall have good season.
Washington and Jefferson wants most
y to beat Pittsburgh this year.
think we can turn the trick Neale
wasn't so dumb, after all. His team
vas called upon to play through a
schedule of rigorous opposition, and it
mas come through that list unscathed.
Met Only One Strong Team
Lafayette continued its wild-running
mace on Saturday against Delaware,
which means nothing. We shall prob
ably not learn this year just how good
the Maroon is, as Pittsburgh was prac-
ticaliy the only good team the Easton-
ians have met. They will be called
upon to play at top speed all the way
next Saturday, however, against their
chief rival, Lehigh, and that struggle
will furnish q fairly good line OH the
ability of Sutherland's eleven.
CornelPs light victory of two touch
downs over Springfield doesn't look so
GOOD, but Springfield isn't as bad as
many believe, while the big Red team
was probably conserving its strength
and strategy for Old Penn The skep-
tics are stiIl declaring that Penn, viii.
give the Ithacans surprise Thanks
giving Day. Yes, indeed, if the Red
and Blue wins the contest this year it
than an election shock.
AQ1Onp the cOntar1pra cIip,;p 4nr =
Saturday was Georgetown. The Wash.
lnton students had slight chance OF
being placed at the top, but they
showed considerable strength in beat
ing Holy Cross and Fordham by de,
cisive scores.
Dartmouth and Pennsylvania fough,
each other to standstill on Saturday
mus indicating that The Green's down
iail at ithaca was quite deserved. This
is the first time in years the Hanove,
students have had q really bad season.
Columbia as a football team is quite
as exasperatlng to its supporters and
followers as were the Yankees as 5
baseball team. The Yanks. it will be
recalled. could generally outslug, out
game and outeverything all of its op.
ponents, but the minute they had vic
tory within their grasp they collapsed
and consequently they had the deuce o.
time winning that pennant.
Coed Ground Gamer
So with the local eleven. II has ont.
rushed practically every team il has
raced more than two to one. It CIR
gain miles and miles of ground within
!. BOUNDS, but the minute the goals looms
IN sight. blooie goes the attack.
New York University and Fordhan n
along with Columbia suecumbed or
saturday. Apparently New York Citv is
not healthy place in which ia brine
up football team.
Harvard with an outfit comnosef
mostly Of substitutes managed To dovr
Brown, which was all the Crimson de.
sired, while the regulars were lookine
on and getting pointers at New Haven
The Cambridge students are hot on the
trail of the bulldog and are leavine
nothing undone to catch the pun.
Syracuse's victory over Colgate
while not overwhelming was quite suffi
cient to satisfy its supporters, being
rs how Colgate is one of tn Sc near,
rlvals-like near relatives. While The
cadets were making merry at the OK
pense Of vi lanova tho Army coaches
we're in Philadelphia Saturday watch
ing the Navy. They saw enough te
convince them the West Pointers neec
plenty of intensive work if that An.
napo'is ship is to be sunk next week
Williams and Wendell came through
nicely against old Lord Godfrey Am
herst. thus avenging last seasons de-