San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-19
ARMY AND PENN
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ELEvENS
Field This Early Seems to
Have Narrowed
Down to Two.

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.--R)-
Army and Pennsylvania today stand
out as the strong Eastern candidates
for national collegiate football hon
OTIS after a hectic weekend of thrill:
and spills.
Knute Rockne's Notrc Dame war
rioH, title-hol1ers of 1924 and win
ners OF sixteen straight victories
have been snunted from the ranks oil
the contenders by an overwhelming
defeat at the hands of the Cadet;
here Saturday, go.
Yale, champion team OF the "Bie
Three" and unbeaten since 1922, fell
from immediate consideration under
bruising Pennsylvania blow, 14-13
Harvard, counted in the running
after an impressive scoring exhibition
against Middlebury, and Columbia,
rated as the strongest New York
eleven in years, have been defeated by
Holy Cross and Ohio State, respec-
lively.
BEATEN OR TIED.
Pittsburgh, Brown, Penn State and
West Virginia are likewise among the
teams to show at least one defeat at
inns punt, Whilc ISCOiuS VI iiuNS
ton, Lafayette, Navy. Colgate. Le-
high and Washington and Jefferson
are marred by tic games.
FOUR FOR PENN.
Pennsylvania's surprising victory
against the powerful Yale team, which
had ruled a favorite. gave the Quaker
eleven a string Of four triumpbs,
Brown, Swarthmorc and Ursinus haV-
ing pro, ed Yale as victims. The
Red and Blue cohorts will face an
unbeaten Chicago eleven next Sat
urday at Philadelphia and line up
against Red" Grange and the Him
&C home week later. The husky
Army machine, which may seek con.
sideration as championship aspir.
ant Us much by its broad intersec-
tional schedule as by its impressive
showing scoring this far. has already
disposed Of three western elevens. a
fourth, st. Louis University, will take
up the burden next Saturday at West
Point. and then will come the Cadets
first big test against an Eastern
eleven, their annual struggle with Yale
at New Haven, Conn. on October
81. 4 battle with Columbia at tho
Polo Grounds on November IA, and
the closing event with Navy will
make up the concluding matches Of
importance on the Cadets schedule.
FOUR OTHER RIVALS.
In addition TO Army and Pcnnsyl-
vania, there remain on the list of pos
sible title contenders Dartmouth,
Cornell, Syracuse and Holy Cross.
Cornell and Dartmouth have yet to
be tested by serious opposition, now
ever. The big Green team on Sat
urday will come to grips with a
Harvard eleven boiling over for re-
venge, while the Ithncans will have
their first severe battle with Colum-
bia at the Polo Grounds the follow
ing weekend. The chances of Holy
Cross will be diminished TO n very
appreciable degree by the limits of
the schedule
The big Three Of the East, none
of which could score victory last
Saturday, must rush TO the defense
of traditional gridiron honors next
Saturday. Yale with several regulars
on the side-lines, nursing injuries,
must measure strokes with the sharp
claws of the Brown Bears, while
Princeton, surprised and held by Mid
shipmen to n 1910 tie, stacks up
against Colgate and the brilliant Eddie
Tyron, who leads Eastern players in
scoring with total of 81, or 81 more
than ANYBODY else