The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-11-24
Yale And Harvard steHMix
in Annual. Classic; Army
49, Plays Navy Eleven
WESTERN CONFERENCE
WILL HAVE BUSY DAY
Minnesota Meets Michigan;
Chicago and Wisconsin;
Iowa-Northwestern ;.
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(By Henry-L. Farrell },

.,.. Omitted Press Sports Editor :4t,ss4 IA
New, York. Nov 21-Two, Of fs,ttty the
greatest football events Of the season
come as rival attractions, on tonor-
rows, schedule. : 2.,sa::., :, Il. ,%,.s,t X
Yale and Harvard engage in their
annuel classic in the New Haven
bowl, and the, championship Of the
United States service will be decided
in the new Pennsylvania; stadium be-
tween the Army and the Navy = =. ! ~. 7
Competition between the I two
win be negligible from a.. business
T standpoint. as they each have enough
Of a personal following to twice fill
any stadium il the country: =. ~,
Yale and Harvard have had a long
time claim on the last Saturday of
November while the service, acade-
mics usually batt1ed a, week later.
The terrible weather that the Cadets
and the Midshipmen drew in the past
three years. however, caused the ath-
letic officers Of West Point and An
napolis to; decide on an earlier. date.
From a general standpoint, the
.Army-Navy conflict will be the game
of the day. and it should be a wha}e
of a game, ~ - @:-sg:,' ~ = :
F.: The Cadets arS represented. by the
best team of thz last four years and
the Midshipmep have come into the
j, habit Of developing great :elevens
since Bob Folwen took charge
!, Both have, wonderful playing lines
and both have, fine ; runring< and
overheard attacks! In, Sn1yth, ,,,,. the
Army has found long needed field
general and in, Shaggy Cullen, the
Navy has developed a great kicker,
something that the midshipmen have
lacked for three years. 49,. s; 7t;~=7g: ~:
The two elevens look to be evenly
matched and many of the. critics are
picking the Army to win: The Cadets
however, to beat the Navy will have
to show smarter football than they
have displayed in several Of the earl
ier games.
II it comes down to a case of brain
work, the Navy ought to win:
4 Harvard booted all chances for the
.tBig Three" title and exploded! lot
Of the hopes when the Crimson was
beaten and made to look very bad by
Princeton. Up to that game, Har-
ward was greatly considered by the
critics as the most powerful team IN
the east. The defeat Of the Crimson
was. not as much as a surprise, as the
manner in which it was brought
about. Harvard made errors of fun
damental football and mistakes in
Judgment that have never occurred
since the Haughton system was in
stalled.
f.; Yale was slow in developing. this
year and was following obsolete foot
ball tactics until The. Army held the
Ellis to a tie. Since then, Yale has
sprung up wonderfully and as re-
suit. the New. Haven eleven will be
the favorite tomorrow. '#,-.r 49, 80 :
'; 1t must be remembered. however;
that Yale was a big favoriteas;last
year and yet lost the game because,
they. played much like Harvard die
against Princeton. 1t must be re-
membered also that Harvard will not
maize the mistakes that caused the
downfaHs in the SPrinceton game i ,:s s s i :
l. Hegardless of all that has happen
ed, il is saur opinion that Harvard
shsonld ;win. ,s;r E,. is4sjsr;sr-ss. - rsfG3..A
;, Gornail, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg,
Penn State, Center and Georgia Tech;
lave} Thanksgiving games and being
iile tomorrow, che schedule is rather:
light, .. ssitt!.s. ,tysk., =. .a.sr. s>
Lafayette and Le,high will have
their annual battle. at Easton, Dart Il
mouth and Brown meet at Providence.
and the Washington and jefferson
eleven; goes west for a game. !. with
the University ofjDetroit: ::ff.a5<s'
J. TherMesterns Conference. will have
a busy day with games, between Illi
noise aid -Ohfo'' State, Iowa and
Chicago and NV iscon-.,
sin and Michigan and, Minnesota,
: Out on the Pacific Coast tie an
isual tussle betwgsuA California and
Stanford will be the big game Of the
day.