The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-16
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BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-There
IN seers sufficient reason to be-
lieve that when the current season
is ended not very many eastern
teams will be listed among the ma
tional leaders. Which is another
way Of saying that most of the foot
ball class is to be found in the couth
and the west.
OF all the grade eastern teams Har
ward alone stands unbeaten and united TO-
day Whether Harvard is a really great
team or team Of alert opportunists re-
mains to BE- seen. Only the game with
Yale this weekend stands between the
red shirts and a perfect season In the
records.
No mater what happens in the Yale
game this has been fine season for
Captain Barry Woods squad, and a nat
ering success for the coaching formula Of
Eddie Casey. the new head man at Cam
bridge. Some Of the boys are already
linking Casey's name with Haughton.
Builder Of some Of Harvards most sue
ccssful teams
Against Army. Harvard used not more
than half a dozen plays II is Casey's
theory that few plays thoroughly mas
tered are much better than a bag full
half done. The result is that Harvard has
come up to each succeeding Saturday an
improved team. and on this basis the rcd
shirts ought to be at their best against
Yale this week.
New Yorks hope Of placing one Of the
home teams at the head of the eastern
parade was shattered over the weekend
when Fordham and New York university
devoted long. uneventful afternoon to
nothing nothing result. That was a fit
ting result too. because it was nothing to
write home about and nothing much to
watch.
DARTMOUTH might have been
- one of the great teams of the
year but for it's sluggish early sea-
son start. Both Syracuse and Cor
nell appear to have been overrated.
Yale. beaten by Georgia and tied by
Army and Dartmouth, mas been second
rate. anu yet Sucn Is the state OF the
~ nina that victory over Harvard
THIS week would atone Tor everything.
Not9e - tne and NO4tAWt,i,ra appear
10 be the best teams IN the middleWest
without question. Earlier in the year
these two teams met and played one of
those 90 draws. Therefore one must
be about as good as the other
II Pittsburgh is to be taken as a rep
reSentstiye eastern team and ] don't see
why not-then the Panthers and along
with 1t the cast, don't class with the
middle west Notre Dame didn't have
much trouble in polishing of the
Partners 25-l2 four weeks ago.
The south also seems to have a
definite edge over the east this season.
you VIII recall what Georgia did to Yale
and N. Y. u. It took well rounded
team TO turn In those victories These
may not have been the very words the
experts used but in meaning and intent
iheX are close 10 them. And vet in the
south Georgia is just another team
Tulane took the Crackers over SATURDAY.
20 TO T. and did a thorough Job of it,
Tulane. unbeaten and united is
patiently one OF the great teams Of Tho
year. And still it is a question whether
Tulane IS any better than Tennessee. like
wise unbeaten and united.
II the middle west finds itself unable to
choose between Northwestern and Notre
Dame. the southerners are equally in
quandary about Tulane and Tennessee.
Very likely these two interesting
questions of football superiority will have
70 go over to another year for a decision
northwestern and Notre Dame Rave had
thelr hnal fling at each other and Tulane
and Tennessee do not meet
- But what grand games for owen d
Young's unemployment program these
would make