New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
HICKEY TEAM OPEN ITS SEASON AGAINST
MAJOR EASTERN RIVALS
 TO BATTLE ON SATURDAY
Pennsylvania Colgate and Dartmouth Seem Certain of Repeating Victories of Last Season - Yale and Pittsburgh Have Excellent Opportunities of Aveng Ing Defeats of 192S- Yale Is Big Favorite to Down Princeton Tgers-Other Contests.

NsW orh. Nov. Is LPl-ln three Of the five games involving major eastern football rivalics of long standing next Saturday. victory now seems to be headed toward the standards Of the clcvcns which won last year-Pcnnsylvania, Colgate and Dartmouth-but in the other two, Yale and Pittsburgh apparent ly have fine chance to ayungc 1928 defeats. Yale remains slight favorlte over q Princeton eleven which at last has gained momentum, and the Pittsburgh Panthcrs expects to win from Carnegie Tech outfit which held Notre Dame 10 a touch down.
 Princeton once more depends up- on the magic of Bill Roper's voice to fire the Tigers to d supreme cf- fort, but tho coach's words have some substantial backing in the blocking of Barfield and the run ming of Ed Wittmcr, Roper sent the Bengals through a hard scrim- mage yesterday, but held Wittmer back from any rough work to avoid possible injury Yale also had a scrimmage.
 The Tigers will be fighting 10 maintain one tradition and to break another when they face Yale before 7S,0o0 spectators on Saturday. No orange and black eleven ever lost more than three games in a season. the number now charged against the 1929 team. and also, Princeton. which has won three Of it's last four games with Yale never was able to take four out of five.
 To maintain it's place among the nndefeated and the united. Pitts bnrgh must turn it's strong offen- sive into high gear against Carne- Eie Tech on Saturday. The plaid was barely nosed out by Notre Dame, to c. but also was held to scoreless tie by Washington and Jefferson, which Pittsburgh de- feated by 2l to last week
 Columbia will present battered front 10 Pennsylvania which eX- poets practically to duplicate it's 54-to-7 triumph of last season. Columbia has lost the services of Ealing and Japar from its line due to the battering they took in the Colgate game last week. Without Al Marsters. Dartmouth doubtless will be unable 10 repeat last years cS-to-9 walkawaY against Cornell, but the Green nevertheless is chosen 10 spoil the Red eleven's perfect record of six victories.
 While Yale and Princeton are fighting it out at New Haven, Har- ward will be up against a tough proposition in Holy Cross. The Grim 1 son should break last years score less deadlock. but cannot take the game under wraps.
 Colgate has every reason 10 hope ! for another victory over Syracuse, | which was turned back by 36 to 6 . last season. Williams is favored to . repeat last years success against . Amherst to take the Little Three . title, and Lehigh seems strong . enough 10 trim Rutgers in the mid Gle-three scmi-final.
 Penn State expects 10 pay back . Buckncll for a to c reverse in the 1928 campaign. but GcorgetOwn's . fine defense should enable the Hill toppers to win again from West Virginia. Georgetown took the de cision by , 10 0 last year
 Missouri will be favored over New York university in the renewal of their intcrsectional strife at the Yankee Stadium. and Marquette may have a shade over Boston col lege in another cast-west affair.
 Nillanova will have q difficult time in repeating it's 1928 success over Davis and Elkins. and Temple and Lafayette should play an even game, The Army. 'h" Navy. Brown ". and J. and Fordha1n have "brcathors," but even some Of these games could concoivably develop trouble for the favored ole>cns.