Evening star., 1922-12-07

of the EASTERN teams Princeton
clearly lei''s. Cornell undoubtedly
made q st.eng showing. but in order
in get tn. correct relation between
fnr rprurds OF the two elevenS con-
:;itlcr thai cornell in her season de-
f.IJed 81. .;"naventure. Niagara. New
hampshire State. Colgate. Columbia.
Dartmouth. Albright and Pennsyl-
N.tni;i. and that Princeton had defeat
-d Johns Hopkins. Virginia, Colgate.
as! and Yale.
How the Teams Size Up.
There IAN le no dissenting voice
:" th, claim that Princeton by all
odds had taken greater chances of
defeat than Cornell and had pre-
vailed over stronger and more I'M
I',rtant adversarieS Let us. then.
:t'lSn th" eastern teams i'll their order
ri ranking with Il comment or two
concerning each
Princeton. an alright. copper rivet-
ei November defense, with always>an
offensive trump to play after the
ether fellows cards were upon the
table.
cornell. :, piledriving team. which
'"iunphrd through the smashing
process against teams whose defense
MIS- not noteworthy.
NrrHy. Il team which throus hout the
s-'asoi was much stronger i'll defense
khan offenSe.
Navy. despite s<r defeat by Penn
$ Eania-which was 'one of the
'!iiHGS the Navs' was one of the
Strongest offensive elevenS in the
'--'nEtry. Il team which knew how to
-"t off tackle az efficiently as Cor
3.-H and moreover had one Of the
hn'St forward fsssing attacks in the
'-''uniry. The *avy deserved better
tGt" than was Hers.
Pittsburgh. d really fine eleven whose
early S,'aSon lapseS against Lafayette
.'hd West Virginia niarred an other
WIS" splendid season. Pittsburgh of
November. was qualified to stand with
any eleven in the land. Her attack was
Wy versatile and her defense deveI-
oped strength as the season went on.
Yale. oilc of the best eleyenS from
tue neck down in the country Compar-
ZIG her seasons showla: with thai Of
harvard, there is no reason for placing
lie Crimson above her, despite the Cam
bridge victory
Pennsylvania, a fine outfit ruinind by
inconsistency in important tests physi-
soul.
Syracuse Is Like Princeton.
Syracuse. Princeton's prototype. ar
through sheer Will She lost to Pitt nv
:: shoe-strius- and had the grit and de-
"nsive ability to hold Brown and Penn
state to Snor.iesS ties
n,
i't'k ing IN a sustained. effective at
tack. Coming up to the Princeton
game She showed the lack of that
training and conditioning that comes
oil gruci1InS opposition.
NcSt Virginia, mighty strong
team. with Il varied attack and strong
|'fenS'- She caught Pitt when the
.'anth"rs We're weak. and her victory
over W. and j. came after the Presi.
dents had cracked. With a stronger
schedule she might have rated higher.
Lafayette. a team strong in Oc-
fnber. but weakening steadily in No
NrInh.r.
Colgate. an eleven of great poten-
tia1 strength. always better than it
shoWod-a hard luck team.
Penn State, fair in October, poor in
November.
i:rnWn. strong but uninspired.
Dartmouth. she failed to meet Dart
i""ulh standards even though defeat
iiI- Brown.
w and j., Il glorious machine
broken down and a result of psycho-
logical phenomena
And finally, in order of merit, Ros-
ton College, Georgetown, Carnegie
Tech. Holy Cross, Bucknell, Lehigh
and Rutgers.
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