New Britain herald., 1927-10-20
LEADING TEAMS OF EAST IN
 LAST WORKOUTS FOR GAMES
Army-Yale Contest Tops List This Weekend, But Princeton and Cornell, Harvard and Dartmouth and Penn State and Syracuse Also Loom Up as Highly Important

New York. Oct 20 LP-The most
 trying week of practice for eastern
 teams to date sees the end Of scrim-
 mage today, with only dummy prac-
 tlce and signal drill in prospect for
 the eve of several important bat
 ties. Some teams which have
 reached a satisfactory stage of pro-
 gress did not have to battle rain and
 stiff winds during the last three days
 but others were sent wallowing
 through the mud because coaches
 cit that there were many rough
 spots to be smoothed off before Sat
 urday.
 Gloomy Gil' Dobie at Cornell
 has had the Big Red eleven working
 overtime in preparation for the
 Princeton fuss. Cornell was not en- gagged last Saturday, whereas Prince lon had a stiff workout against Washington and Lee. Dobie has eX- hibited no inclination to guard against possible injuries, feeling that his men have much to accomplish if they arc to be fit and ready for the Tiger invasion Of Ithaca. A letdown was promised in the Cornell camp today, however. Bill Roper crossed the second guessers in the Princeton camp by driving his men through a half-hour scrimmage, during which time not a single forward pass was brought into play. As the Tigers have been expected to take to the air to counteract the effect of the Cornell line ashing game, there was some speculation about a pos sible change in tactics.
 Harvard and Dartmouth. with plans for their contest just about complete worked out defensive maneuvers. Don Black, the Dart mouth fullback. probably will not start. Clark, Harvard tackle, is back, is somewhat improved from a leg injury.
 Army has been coming along at a fast pace in practice and will enter tue que Sdlilt III llle btSl Ol CUE diton. The Cadets have been de- yisng a defense for Bruce Caldwell, 1 Yale's hashy halfback. Eff" Jones' future generals put over two touch- downs in quick succession yesterday against the Scrubs. Tad Jones has been holding several executive" sessions at New Haven and the feel ing exists that the Eli team will have : several tricks ready for Saturdays traditional battle.
 Penn State and Syracuse look like one of the best attractions of the week. After their surprise showing against Penn. Hugo Bezdrk's players have assumed a high ranking in the cast Syracuse was not highly re- sarded at the start of the season i for several stars of last year, includ- i ing Vic Hanson. All-American end, ! had been graduated. The team has won four games, however. and last . week the strong Georgetown team, | ranking favorite, was added to the i list
 Navy has added a few plays for i the Duke university game and has brushed up it's defense. Penn start 1 cd away for Chicago with an uncer- | tain lineup. and until the day of the game Coach Lou Young will not de eide on the makeup of his starting team, Colgate will keep two of it's hackticld stars out of the Wabash | game. Pittsburgh has completed it's hard work for the Carnegie Tech game, and has left for retreat in the mountains until Saturday. Speed and more speed has been the key note in the Washington and Jcffer- son camp as the traditional battle with Lafayette looms.
 Three members of GeorgetoWn's squad have been suspended for fail- ure to observe training rules and at least two of them will be out of the West Virginia game, Columbia has been working hard for the Williams engagement while Chick Neehan has been adding plays to the New York attack for the Rutgers battle.