New Britain herald., 1922-10-30
RECORD CROWDS AT
 SATURDAY GAMES.
22S,000 Fans Attend Gridiron
 Battles on Five Fields

New York. Oct S0.-When it come to write the history of a2e foothal the chances are that no small chapte Of the hook will have to do with Wha happened on the nations gridirous or the last Saturday in October, Seldom fl ever before has there been any sin gle day in which so many things O historic worth occurred, Starting 1T the east, continuing out through tho middle west and ending up on tht Pacific slope, there was almost { solid procession of wonderful gridiror spectacles
 There is no room for doubt that the day established new attendance rec ords, with 76,ooo at New Haven. 5o,, 900 at Philadelphia. 32,oo0 at chca- go, 50,ooo al Cambridge and 20,00O ai the Polo Grounds, Five games at tracted total Of 22S,000. more than . fifth of million spectators. If 1t were possible to get at the exact at tendance figures at the hundret-s ot other encounters-high school, prer school, colleges and universities - if would doubtless reach a grand total kIldt WOulu DS SlaeBSllHS'
 One Battle Stands Out
 But to return to the football aspects of the day There is no question but that there was one predominatine struggle, the Princeton-C game at Chicago, with a great assortment Of others only slightly overshadowed Penn State vs. Syracuse, Pennsyl- vania vs. Navy Yale vs West Point, Harvard vs. Dartmouth. Georgia Tech vs Notre Dame, Pittsburgh vs. Buck nell, Lafayette Vs Boston College, Minnesota vs. Ohio State, Texas vs. Alabama, California Vs. Southern Cali fornia-each and every one a spec tacle in itself. each one closely con- tested. each one having a bearing on the years standing.
 The three games whose results went contrary to general expectations were the Tigers great last-minute victory over the Maroons, Penn's wonderful and sudden reversal against the Navy and Minnesota's victory over Ohio State The others were remarkable in their closeness, indicating that this year there is a remarkable balance of power. with few if any teams boasting of sufficient superiority at this stage to make the selection of possible win ners much more than a sheer guess.
 Have Clean States
 Out of the galaxy of teams in the east only tive-Harvard, Lafayette, Princeton, Cornell and Penn State have clean states. But on Saturday Harvard had a more or less rough time of it in conauering Dartmouth, defeated the previous week by little Vermont: Penn State was held to scoreless tie by Syracuse which lost to Pitt and was tied by Brown; Cornell, still adhering to rather easy sched- ule, took the day off and Lafayette, which looks like the team Of teams this year, scored its l7th consecutive triumph defeating Boston College 12 to for the second time, holding it's opponents without first down.
 Of the teams in action on Saturday, Princeton and Penn are entitled to the most glory. Neither has thus far re- ceived high rating by critics. In fact, the Tigers were held as having the 
 Penn, with fortitude borne of long years of leanness, started out the sea son again resigned to accept any gratuities fate might fling it's way. Both covered themselves with a sea sons glory in a day.
 Ellis Play Strong Eleven
 According to some, Yale came out of the Army game with little consola ton except that it had not been de- feated As a matter Of hard, cold facts the Ellis were up against a right smart eleven, one equipped with plenty of unit power and individual stars It seems that there now exists somewhat general feeling that Yale should have 8 team whose very pres ence on the field is enough to ensure a victory for the Blue. This feeling Is not quite fair to Yale's opponents nor to Tad Jones.
 Harvard Was Lucky
 Quick thinking, which is part and parcel of Harvard's S system, most eX- emplary one as the records show. en- abled the Crimson to win by mar gin which, while not as large as some expected was sufficient. For three full quarters Dartm outh kept it's rivals from crossing it's goal line and only Jenkins's long run brought the victory home to the Cambridge eleven.
 Grasps Opportunity
 Princeton. in hostile territory, bear ing the burden of championing east ern football with the game almost be- yond redemption, staged one of those never -say-auit reversas for which the men from Nassau are traditionally famed. Late in the closing quarter, with the score IS to ' against them, their line battered to pulp by Sta sg two human cataputs, the Tigers saw . typical Princeton opening present itself fumbled ball Shades of Sammy White A Tiger end, on s sortie for just such things picked up the oval and ran 40 yards for touch down.