Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-07
PRINCETON AND
DARTMOUTH ARE
FAVORITES TODAY

Princeton and Dartmouth were gen.
orally conceded favorites in major
football battles on the east front
tomorrow as bivouacked armies OF
the gridiron today awaited the call
to settle anew their ancient rlvalrles.
Although critics dipped their ladies
into the dope bucket deep enough to
make both Princeton and Dartmouth
two to one choices over Harvard and
Cornell, respectively, followers OF
both the Crimson and Ithaca elevens
were not without strong hope. Har-
ward men pointed TO the fact that
early season records seldom had
been an accurate forecast of results,
while Cornell was satisfied to wait
confidently behind an unbroken
string of Big Red victories and the
pessimism of Dobie for. it's answer.
A light drill on the battle-ground
was Harvards program today. The
squads last workout at Cambridge
yesterday found all the players in
good condition with but one position
in the lineup undecided. This post
left guard-may be filled by either
Trip or c. Bradford. Cheek, Miller,
Crosby and Coady were selected to
start in the backfield.
The Princeton line is 20 pounds
heavier as the result of the shoft-
ing of Mcmillan to center and the
placing of the husky Crago at guard.
Slagle and Dignan put in another
long day of passing indicating that
the Tigers are counting heavily on
an aerial game. The former, whose
brilliant play enabled Princeton to
trounce Harvard by $40 year ago,
is in excellent condition.
Gil Dobie was more pessimistic
than usual as he arranged the Big
Red battle lines for tomorrow's bat
tie with undefeated Dartmouth at
Hanover, n. II. Declaring his eleven
just an ordinary team" he limited
changes in the backfield, but drilled
the same ball carriers who did SO
we'll against Columbia week ago
Butterfield, Carpenter, Frat and
Gassner. Although he indicated that
Trefts and Islay might replace the
latter two, observers were OF the
opinion that the threatened shake
up was camouf1age.
Dartmouth also saw the possibility
of backfeld changes, particularly in
the case of Lane, who has shown
signs of staleness this week. Nc
Avoy is slated to start in Lanes po-
sition at left half.
Syracuse, one of the four I'M
defeated elevens, will endeavor to
maintain it's winning streak tomor-
row against Ohio Wesleyan. Charlie
Lee, husky tackle who has been out
of the lineup since the Indian game,
has been declared fit and will start
against the Westerners, thus giving
the Orange her strongest outfit.
Yale against Maryland, Army
against Davis Elkins, Penn against
Haverford, Navy against West Mary
land, Colgate against Providence,
and Lafayette against Rutgers all
expect little trouble.
West Virginia will send two teams
into the east in addition TO Davis
Elkins, the West Virginia Mountain
GERS being pitted against Boston Col
1ege at the Hub and Wesleyan
. against the Quantico Marines 1T
Baltimore.
New York tomorrow becomes the
scene of two struggles between an
cient rivals whose records thus far
indicate bitterly fought engagements.
The games send Columbia against
new 1Ork university anu iIoiy NioS'
against Fordham.
No little interest was focused on
game in which the stop watch will
not figure at Providence, II. l.,
| Brown and Boston University hav-
| ing agreed to contest their game on
basis of 40 plays to a period in an
| effort to eliminate errors and .injus-
tees of the timing system as Well as
| indiscriminate use of the forward
pass near the close of games.
Wesleyan and Williams, Pitts
burgh and Washington-Je Jefferson,
Georgetown and Lehigh c. c. n. Y.
and Manhattan, Gettysburg and
Dickinson, were already to enter the
arena for the struggles of import
ance on their respective schedules.