Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-04
FOOTBALL CAPITAL!
Sits DOWN To
PENSY eleven

New York. Nov. 3.-(By A. ~
The football capital of the eastern
states has moved. temporarily at
least, to Philadelphia, where red
and blue pennons proclaim Pennsyl-
vania az the only major eleven
neither beaten nor tied.
Lafayette paid the penalty of au-
dacious notwithstanding when, after
achieving victories over Pitt and w.
& j., the Maroon was unable to bat
ter the active Quakers back across
their own goal. Pennsylvania was
out-rushed In midfield, bnt took ad-
vantage OF a tumble to score a
touchdown, which Lafayette, despite
Its contrived striving, could not
match. The score was q to 8.
Syracuse, Dartmouth and Rutgers
rest In a niche just below the Quak-
eFs, unbeaten but each with one tie
game blotting its shield. Pitt. show
Ing signs OF another late season de-
Felopment after a bad start, reduced
the rank OF Syracuse BY making a
touchdown in the last minutes for
to Z tie. Fumbles led to the
score Of each team
Dartmouth continued its claim to
reign as one OF the first elevens Of
the year. by beating Brown 10 to =.
Rutgers. after "A first half scare, had
an easy time with Franklin d Mar
shall, winning 10 TO t.
Yale and Lehigh. each with two
tie games, complete the list OF SIX
unbeaten teams. The Ellis almost
duplicated the feat of Penns,lv ania
by scoring Il touchdown early on
Ponds JU-yard run. and then de-
LnlnnfnD ola 81 in daTn ;nt I,
grew tight at the goal lire and re-
pulsed continual army charges. Har-
~ Wilson went over In the last pc
'riod for Il cadet marker and =
to tie which ended the colorful
spectacle In the bowl, witnessed by
5000 people.
Lehf8h was kept on its toes by
Muhienberg. one of the better minor
squads. which held the Bethlehem
team to a five 10 nothing score.
In the next division of teams, each
with five games won and one lost.
are W. Il j.. Williams. West Viz
ginia. Carnegie. Holy Cross and La
iayette. The first five retained their
standing in comparatively easy con-
test. W. d J. beat Detroit Is to &.
Williams won from Union T.; to q.
West Virginia smashed Bethany L.
to y. Carnegie scotched Western
Maryland ~ to o. and Holy Cross
beat Vermont by the same score.
Harvard Bucknell. Boston College
and Colgate follow with four games
and one lost. Crimson substitutes
beat Boston University IL to o. Bos-
ton College was 81 to Z winner
over Haskell Indians, Colgate defeat
ed Providence ~ to u. and EucknelI
won from the Third Army Corps 70
to Z.
Princeton and Army come next
with three games won. one lost and
one tied. The Tigers used many sub
stitutes in winning from Swarth-
more. II to Il.
Pennsylvania State drove Navy to
the bottom of the column with a Il
to % victory and tied with Columbia
with four games won and two lost,
as the Haughton-taught team went
against Cornell with a make-ship
rudder and lost ii to q. The Big
Red exhibited reversal in form
similar To that which Columbia had
displayed against Williams.
Gestures OF respect to Percy
TiauShton were made at Cornell,
where his wife witnessed the game,
Mt New Haven. Harvard. PhiIadel-
phia and other places.
The standing of the eastern teams.
with games won. lost and tied, points
scored aud opponents points. In
Guiding games of Saturday. gives the
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