New Britain herald., 1922-11-13
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Victory Over Yale Next Saturday k Will Strengthen Claim

New York, Nov 13.--Triumphine
 over Harvard, 10 to B, in the first ol
 the annual Big Three" gridiror
 classics after gruelling struggle
 Princcton's alert, fighting eleven has strengthened its claims to the mythi-
 cal championship in Eastern ranks The Tiger must face the Bulldog of
 Yale next Saturday In a final test but followers Of the team that dashed spectacuarly from behind to crush such elevens as Chicago and Harvard were confident of a crowning victory.
 Corncll's Victory Looms Ip
 While the Harvard Princeton bat tie held the center of the Easts foot ball stage, keen interest was mani tested in several other major games. Chief among these was Cornel's yic- tory over Dartmouth 23 to 0, tt the Polo Grounds; Lafayette's decisive defeat of Rutgers, 33 to 6, at New Brunswick, N. J., and Pittsburgh's sensational 7-6 decision over Penn sylvania, at Philadelphia-th second straight setback sustained by the Quakers in their checlered 1922 career and the seventh victory for the Partners in their last eight en- agreements with the Red and Blue.
 Cornell's hard driving, powerful eleven established itself firmly by outpaying, although not outgaining the Green team that held Harvard. to a 12-3 score two weeks ago. In Cap, tain Eddie Kaw, All-American halt- back, whose brilliant defensive ana offensive play featured the game. the lthacans possess one of the outstand- ing stars of the season.
 Another Fine Game
 Army and Notre Dame fought furiously to q scoreless tie at West Point in the principal intersectional slash Saturday. a tumble on West Points four-yard line in the las. quarter costing the Westerners their pest chanceeto score. But the Eas, came off victorious in most of the nter-sectional tussles- es-Boston Col ege trouncing Baylor, a Southern in 'tltution, SS to 0; Navy overwhelming ot. Xavier of Cincinnati 52 to O: and Jefferson repellinr ne invasion of Wabash, 32 to 6: while West Virginia was yictorions | yer Indiana, 33 to 0; on the latter's Georgia Tech, at Atlanta. owever, handed setback to George own, 19 to '. Syracuse added touch n international triumphy by trim 1ing McGill university, of Canada. ? to O.
 Yale Rornps to Victory.
 Yale, employing it's second and third leyens against Maryland while the egulars witnessed the Harvard Princeton game, romped to a 45 to 2 ictory, Penn State displayed re- urn to form by downing Carnegie 'ech, 10 to O.; Brown outfought Bates. 7 to 12, while five field goals helped Williams defeat Wesleyan, 22 to ', in ther important contests on the east m schedule.
 Princeton's triumph, coming on top talk from Harvard sources that the vo teams might not meet next year ecause of schedule limitations, shat l; cred two Crimson traditions. It was, le first defeat administered by the igers on Harvard's own field since S98 and the first time since the ad- ent of the Haughton system in 1908 lat the same team has beaten the eleven twice in success on.
 Harvard fumbles paved the way for eth Princeton scores and "Pinkey" a1er, right tackle, who recovered ne that led to the onlW touchdown of le game. ranks today with such nroes as Sam White and Ralph Gill y in the Tiger hall of fame. The same Baker booted Princeton's il her three points from the field, c hile George Owens toe accounted for t awards only scoring, three points, o
 the first quarter. Loose play and ( euucnt penalties figured prominent V
 in the contest. which was largely s ,void of the spectacular because of a e stonewall character of defensive z ork by both elevens. q