New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-15
EASTERN Football
NOW 1IGH7ENS Up
Next Saturday Should See rs
T lrlnn" Further Eliminated

New York. Oct. is M-Some of
the casts football cream turned a
bit sour over the weekend. At the
rate things are going now it looks
like most Of it will be NO better
than skim milk by the time the sea-
son ends.
But there's one consolation for
Navy. West Virginia. Washington
and Jefferson, Penn State, Fordham
and others who already have laid
aside championship aspirations until
next year--the company of Also
rams will grow ever more numerous
and none there needs lack for cham
pionship.
4 glance at next SATURDAYS sclied-
ule reveals fairly large group Of
battles between undefeated and un-
tied teams so that nightfall Of that
day will see the select group dwindle
to something that can just about be
counted on the fingers of both hands.
Army's clash with Harvard at
Cambridge offers the highlight. The
Cadets, facing as strenuous 4 sched-
ule az any team In the country, has
taken over Boston university, South
ern Methodist and Providence In
succession. Harvard. sterling a week
later. has trounced Springfield and
North Carolina and has hopes. albeit
none too strong, Of adding Army to
Its string.
Yale, which showed surprising
strength In turning back Georgia,
2l-6, last Saturday, meets Brown at
New Haven. fuss McLaugherys
Bears had q stiff tight on their hands
before they could dfop Dayton. l5-7.
ever the weekend
Columbia, successful enough In Its
first three games, will see what 1t
can do toward stopping Al Marsters
and the rest OF the powerful Dart
mouth squad. Columbia took Wes-
leyan much as she pleased and Dart
mouth beat Allegheny OH Saturday.
but not until the Pennsylvanians had
scored two touchdowns.
Buclsnell, which on Saturday de-
feated Penn State. so, for the sec
ond year in succession. meets the
high-scoring Lafayette crew coached
by Herb McCracken.
Having tuned up her offensive at
Johns Hopkins expense, $50. SYRIA
cuse travels to Lincoln, Nebraska,
to tackle the hardy Cornhuskers Of
Nebraska who turned back Montana
state, 2S-6.
Colgate, with her intersectional
slate showing one defeat and one
victory, meets Michigan State at
Lansing. Colgate crushed Virginia
Poly. s5-1l in its last start after
losing to Vanderbilt at Nashville =
week ago. Michigan State revealed
considerable power In rolling up IS
points on Chicago 's" college.
Penn States defeat by Bucknetll
will send the Nittany Lions into the
battle with Pennsylvania the UNDER
dogs, but Princeton should be an
overwhelming favorite to defeat Lee
high despite the Tigers surprising
scoreless tie with Virginia. Lehigh,
trying hard to win her way back to
football glory. was downed by
Gettysbury. 10. J
Having disposed Of Fordham. her
metropolitan rival. 81 to I, Chick
Meehan's New York university
eleven meets Rutgers, buried under
$50 score by Holy Cross. Ford
ham In turn, takes on Holy Cross
and will need to improve to turn
back the Worcester Catholics.
Washington and Jefferson. victim
of one of saturdays outstanding up
sets, seems headed for another de-
feat. this time by Wally Steffen's
Carnegie Tech squad. The Presi-
dents were beaten by Elmer lay
denis Duquesne outfit. 1875 while
Tech was trampling Thiel. 45-13.
West Virginia, which scored an
other form reversal At the expense
OF Pittsburgh, one Of the casts two
leading teams last year, meets Wash
ington and Lee at Charleston. W.
Va. In an international battle.
Washington and Lee was the victim
OF a surprising defeat by Kentucky
on Saturday. &c.
Georgetown. leading the east in
scoring with III points in three
games, should have little trouble
with West Virginia Wesleyan and
Pitt 10 taking the Allegheny game as
little more than breathing spell for
the harder battles to come.
Bill lngram's thrice-beaten Navy
crew will try to get into the win
column at Dukes expense but the
Midshipmen will have to score their
first points Of the season to do Il.