New Britain herald., 1924-10-28
TIMES CHANGING
 NFOOTBALL FIELD
Caste System Being Forced Out
 --RsNisSol Leading Teams
By Tn. A,.ocistsp Press.

By The Associstse Press.
 New York, oct. cS,-The caste system is gradually being forced from football by a democracy marching behind the banner of the forward pass and ledNby speed and brains.
 The social strata of the gridiron was built with layers oibe ef. Ira dltion cheated Harvard. Yale and Princeton as the old families of football and posterity accepted them through years when these monarchs of the sod fought 1t out among themselves for the cham- pionship after triumphant marched over the bodies of lighter squads.
 A rule was introduced barring the use of the hands on oftense; the dis tance to be gained was increased permission to thrown the ball was granted. The bourgeoise saw the wisdom of out-running the behre7 moth and passing over his head rather than a futile crashing into the mountains of flesh and bone. They gradually became proficient and footbal! was set free.'
 Yale Best of Them.
 Today, with the season only half over, neither Yale, Harvard nor Princeton is among the important elevens of the East, neither tied nor defeated, Yale is the only member of the big three among the teams tied but not defeated.
 Lafayette, Pennsylvania, and Syrachse form the triumvirate still beyond reproach of even a tie. Dart mouth, Yale, Lehigh and Rutgers have suffered tie but staved of de- feat. There is no guarantee that any of the seven will remain unbeaten at the seasons end.
 Penn vs. Lafayette.
 Unless a tie game results, either ISiiioy INdHih Ol lIdldyetLS VIII ulUp from the clouds to the bay as these two clash at Philadelphia Saturday in a game which will attract the at- tention which battle between two undefeated strong men always in- vites.
 Lafayette, with victories already scored over Pittsburgh and Wash ington and Jefferson, will have a paper edge over Pennsylvania which has not yet received a real test. Both elevens are well balanced, powerful and confident.
 At New Haven, Yale, tied by Dartmouth and winner over Georgia and Brown by narrow squeaks, will be opposed by Army, already beaten by Notre Dame; but Yale, of the gridiron arist tocracy and Army,a serv- ice eleven, will draw especial inter- est from these sources and color full crowd is assured. The result of the game cannot be forecast. Army has undoubted power, but Yale's ability to come from behind may keep it in the undefeated class.
 Dartmouth Fayorite.
 Dartmouth will be a favorite over Brown because of the strong games played by the Green against Yale and Harvard but the effort of the Providence team against Yale, will send it into the battle a doubt ful quantity fully capable of catch ing Dartmouth on the rebound from it's tension of the last two weeks.
 Syracuse was not impressive, act ually outplayed, in its game with Penn State and might be victimized by Pitt, if the latter repeats its stunt of 1923 by developing into a strong team after a poor start. Rutgers should retain it's undefeated stand ing in it's game with Franklin and Marshall and Lehigh is a strong iavorite over Muhlenberg.
 But Lafayette stands in the path of Rutgers and Lehigh. Syracuse must face Columbia and Colgate Pennsylvania must defeat Penn State and Cornell, and the big red also plays Dartmouth, Yale, if it passe, the Army test, will still have liar yard and Princeton to beat.