The Washington times., 1923-12-06


school of learning the crown of
It was ever thus and so far as
for many years to come.
Sentiment IN the grIdiron frate
divided between Yale and Cornell
Tad Jones developed up at New
of many, sufficient to make the
From the very first day Jones
Ellis looked to be a real star agg
son they rolled up the large score
Of s. to Q against a supposedly good
North Carolina outfit. The Tai
Heels played hard. rugged football
Few teams have been able to run
rough shod over a Chapel Hill ag-
Eregation as did Tad Jones' pupils
this fall. On the strength of that
showing Yale was conceded to be a
FIRST class outfit in every detail.
The following Saturday they rolled
back Georgia to the tune of 40 to 0.
When it IS remembered that. the
Crackers held Harvard to a single
touchdown q couple OF seasons back,
the significance of this large score
may be had. Later Bucknell, Brown
and West Point followed in the order
named.
In the Army struggle the Ellis
showed their real strength for the
first time. They simply ran with
out regard for the feelings of the
West Pointers In the second half
Of that contest. 1t is seldom that
any team is able to tally thirty.
ono points against an Army outfit.
However, when such q score as 81
to 0 r. made against a fighting
Princeton eleven and Is to o is add
cd - q final score in a Harvard
classic, some idea Of the strength of
the attack Yale was able to cut loose
with can be had.
The 16-to-14 victory over Mary.
land was nothing more than a dem.
oIlstratlon Of the comeback powers
OF Jones' lads. They were truly a
great outfit. Some rate them on
q par with the best Blue teams of
al times. No doubt had the field
been dry up at Cambridge on No.
vember % some additional words of
praise could be said about the team
Tad Jones gave the game.
Cornell won all Of its games.
True 1t Is that Pennsylvania of.
fered great opposition on Thanks
giving Day down at Franklin Field.
However, Maryland threw a great
scare into the Ellis up in the New
Haven bowl. The fact that both
OF these teams kept their states
clean OF defeat is evidence they are
the leaders Of the field.
Much has been said about the so.
called easy schedule Of the Ithaca
eleven. Before the 34-to-7 defeat
that Gilmour Dobie's pupils admin.
tstered to Colgate. few rivals would
have cared to tackle Dick Harlow's
eleven. AS II was, Colgate came
right back and defeated Syracuse
16 to z, in one of the biggest sur.
prtses Of the season.
Dartmouth had a I6-to-O victory
70 It's credit over Harvard the day
Cornell smOthered the Green team
under a I0psided score Of 80 to Z.
Before that game few coaches
would have picked out Dartmouth
as a soft spot. In other words,
Dobie tackled strong enough OBJ
position to allow the critics to get
q fine line on his team.
Surely Cornell did everything
that we asked OF 1t. No team car
Be expected to accomplish more
than the task that IL set before it
II II problem as to which Of these
teams would win If started against
one another. We do not care t.
make any prediction on this score
Both went through a hard schedule
without a defeat. They share the
honors together.
Chick Meehan developed a first
class team up at Syracuse. The
one slip-up against Colgate cost the
Salt City lads much in the line Of
prestige. However, on their con
sistent showing we are going t.
rate Syracuse next position. The
way they defeated Nebraska, team
that has victory to It's credit oveI
Notre Dame, was enough to con
vince us that the Colgate game wa.
not a true test of their caIiber.
West Virginia lost to Washing
ton and Jefferson, an eleven tina
has suffered a defeat at the hands
Of Pittsburgh. That defeat pushes
Coach DIR. G. W. Spears lads dowr
the football ladder to fourth posi-
ton. Also, the tie game that Yves
Virginia played Penn State is an
MOrgantown outfit of a rating a
the top of the heap.
Dartmouth must be rated high
Jess Hawley made quite a name 70
himself up at Hanover. The defea
ne sustained at the hands Of Cornell
was the only game lost during tn
season. A victory of 16 to owe
a Harvard team is enough to plac
the stamp Of class on the Gree
outfit.
The remainder Of the first-clas
h c4n
the East during the past season W
Annl nIno,,Id Iao rated In the fnllnu