Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-13
EAST WILL SEE
HARD STRUGGLES
THIS AFTERNOON

NEW YORK, Nov. IL Pl-The con
IfIict along the eastern football front
reaches its grand climax tomorrow
Nine outstanding games VIII be W.T.
messed by close to 100000 spectators
No group of gridrons in any sector
has held forth prospects of more
stirring or colorful strife than that
which finds Princeton fighting against
Yale for the last championship of tnea
big, Three"
Army's stalwarts, meeting the
flashy Notre Dame eleven in a battle
. Of unbeaten teams involving national
! honors; Navy and Brown rightlnge
to keep undefeated records intact.
i against Georgetown and Harvard, and,
1 such traditional rivals battling as.
/ Cornell and Dartmouth, Colgate anc
/ Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Washingtors
/ and Jefferson, Columbia and Penn,
sylvania, Williams and Amherst.
i More than 10000 are expected to
pack the Yankee stadium for the
! Army Notre Dame battle. intersec :
tional y classic of the year,Ia Whilo.
! lcrowds of from $4,000 to $4,000 each,
Will witness the Harvard Brown
: Princeton Yale RennsylXaannS#a- Column
Ibia and Pitt.-W and j. contests i.
/ widely scattered stadiums.,
These combats hold the majority
u share of interest, but there Will be
fi1o lack Of enthusiasm over hos$
! of other games, five of which viii
, see unbeaten teams in action. Or
+ these, Boston college, facing the IN,
, lvasion of the Haskell Indians, figures
8 to encounter the strongest oppos-
: ton The others find Maine Favored
Ito whip New Hampshire, Lafayette
+, facing secondary opposition in Susque>
g hanna, and Holy Cross rated superior
: to Catholic university. Army has the
q same Veterans who overwhelmed tnt
: Hoosiers last year, 27 to 0, rein.
a forced by two new backfield stars
, eagle and Murrel1, but Rockne ha:
! brought east a much more exDer1
: enced and resourceful outfit than NJ
= directed in 1925. Arlnys seasoned
Drawn we'll handled and versatile, i
=. conceded an edge, but Notre Danes:
;, speed and passing attack may offse
!, the driving power in the cadet ma
'chine.
;. The we'll knit Princeton forwaE
,c wall, supported by the all arount
+ work of Jake Slagle, appears to-
, lstrong a combination for the Ellis
Il twho have been handicapped by in
! juries from the start.of the seasoi
= and lost their last three games with
u out scoring a point;
~ The Navy, like the Army, is anNioll
d to keep it's slate, clean preparator
y Ito the annual service battle at Chi
= Ecago, but it probably will take tn
% full strength of the Midshipmen t
= Eovercome' Georgetown.
m Browns rugged cast, having con
III euered Yale and Dartmouth in
march that has placed the unbeate
Providence team around the top Q
the, eastern heap, expects to TAX
Harvards measure. If the Crimso
employs its full forces with the Yai
game only a week off, it figures I
give the Bruins their stiffest test.
Cowboys have played odd football thi
year. They fumbled themselves ou
of a fine chance to beat the Uta
Aggies and wound up by being he'll
to 6-6 tie. They were held to 1874
tie against Colorado university. Van
denberg's run in the second quarte
at Colorado Springs exploded thel
defense, the Tigers clawing out
26-o victory. Montana State, orte
taking a bad beating from Montan
Z, has made rapid strides. The Bob
cats appear to be coming along .fas
but wyoming may find it's stride to
morrow
Utah university probably will nc
have to show her hand against Brig
ham Young U, although there
much rivalry between these institu
tions that serves to make the game
close. The Utah Aggies will be l
the stands at Salt Lake looking owe
the team they are to pay for It'll
Fair weather was promised a
along the line for tomorrow's cor
tests.