Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-06
Cornell, Princeton and Har.
card Only Teams With
Records Clear Of Reverses
and Ties
FOUR BIG UPSETS
b. EDWIN J. POLLOCK

Il INE " Oihc Luey uEc Wecueu Vut ''V"
~ the field Of football champions.
There were six undefeated teams
plucked on Saturday and only al even
titular tussle. And three of these have
been tied
Any ambitious critic, who this year
attempts to pick champion IN this
sector will discover himself the target
for nrgumentative broadsides. Neither
d tie nor a defeat mars the splendid
records Of Harvard. Princeton and Cor.
nell, but comparative score and
''casy schedule" exponents can give you
an argument against the selection OF
any one Of the three.
washington and Jefferson, the Army
and West Virginia also are undefeated.
but the Presidents have been tied by
Carnegie, West Point was deadlocked
BY Yale, and Washington and Lee
fought TubSy Spears eleven to a l2.l?
Lafayette. Pennsylvania. Dickinson.
Brown, Rensselaer, and Massachusetts
Aggics all dropped out Of the undefeated
class on Saturday and on Friday Penn
State took its first laring Of the season
in fact, It's first In three seasons.
Two Western teams also had their
dreams Of titles and crowns ruined:
Nebraska fell before Syracuse. 0.0. and
WISCONSIN dropped Minnesota, 14.O.
| Michigan. wisconsin. Notrc Dame,
| Iowa. Drake and the Kansas Aggies
are. the undefeated elevens OF the
Middle West. 50
MICHIGAN is the only team OF
| IU i'm portuncc in tic county that
mas not been scored on this year.
Yosfs Wolverines smcnred an old
time foe on Saturday uhen the Mich
igon Aggies uerc squelched 6S-o.
-Four Big Upsets =
| A LABAMA. Washington and Jeffer.
| "A son. Gettysburg and Syracuse fur
nished the thrills of the day. These
teams supplied the unexpected coloring
to the week END gridiron picture.
The Crimson. Tide. by its O.1 VIC
Penn, the Presidents 14-13 win ended
Lafayette's string of seventeen sue
cesses. Gettysburg took the swelling
from Dickinson's dome. 23 e. and Syra
cuse smeared Ncbraske's clean slate
O.8.
ond half, and three of the four VIC
tories were scored In the last period.
This proves again that no game Is set
tied until the final whistle.
Penn enjoyed q % lead until late ..e
in the third period. when AiaPama m, ,I,s put y.
adherents thought the Presidents
trimmed during the intermission. when
the Maroon held a 1910 advantage. and
Nebraska went into the fourth quarter
confident that the lead Of 6.3 would
be suficient to win. But none OF the
comebacks hy the victorious teams COM
pares with the great rally put on e1'
hibition at Harrisburg BY Gettysburg:
The battlefield coliegians we're beaten
SO when the final period began, and
Tom Woods athletes arose in their
might and wallopcd Killinger's boys al
over the field. Gettysburg scored -
points BY n series OF trick plays and
forward pusses in the last session.
IN THE one period the Woods mo-
i chine nut orer three touchdowns.
LicLrd t,ro of the three subse4uenf
0oais and added three more points on
field goal. Quite successtlt
0vartcr in aame that previously
had been nip and 'uck.
The Daring, Of w. and j.
NOR one half. Washington and Jeher-
i son played the part Of a doormat Tor
LAFAYETTE and trailed, 1870, Mt the
erd Of the first two periods. During
tho intermission. Greasy Neale must
HI We made an earnest, sincere ana ~.
spring speech to his pupils for in the
second half. the Eastonians found them
selves bucking n different sort OF op,,
position from what they experienced
at the start. .es
from weak, inefficient comoinatloh
into a group Of eleven wildcats. Inc
defense 80 easy for the Maroon TO pierce
in the first half was as easy 10 crasn
az Tho offense, the Presidents were, as
onsv IN aton ms n runaway locomotive.
The two touchdown lead which Brun'