Evening star., 1932-11-18
TEAMS OF VARIED
FORTUNES BATTLE
Lou Little IncIines Toward
Crimson in Big Clash
of East Tomorrow.
BY LOU LITTLE,

"A yEW YORK, November 18.-
M One game, of course, stands
out on the Eastern foot
ball program tomorrow.
The curtain begins to fall on one
of the finest seasons the sport has
ever known along the Eastern sea-
board, both so far as genuine in
terest is concerned and the de-
velopment of worthwhile tech
nique in play.
The outstanding game is the Harvard
Yale classic at New Haven, the game
which always maintains its place at the
top on its day, whether or not the
Crimson and Blue teams have had
good seasons against other rivals. And,
curiously enough, it has usually been
true that the old rivals have been able
to come through with flrst-rate, hard
fought foot ball against each other
even when their past performances
have not been first class.
THIS time, as they meet in the bowl
l. at New Haven, it looms as the
closest kind of battle. Early in
the season, when Harvard was sailing
along and Yale was being tied by sup
posedly inferior opposition, the Grim
son seemed to have a wide edge. Two
or three weeks ago, when Yale suddenly
snapped into form and Harvard had
been beaten decisively by Brown and
Army, the edge seemed to swing almost
as emphatically to Yale.
But Harvard, with its strongest reg
ulars on the bench, came back TO out
score Holy Cross while Yale was tieing
Princeton last Saturday The result
finds smart foot ball men arguing both
sides of the question with great fervor
this week.
Harvard has been dogged persistently
by injuries all year and, lacking the re-
serve strength of Yale, was made to
look worse against Brown and especial
ly agairist Army, than the team really
was. With Hallowen, a fine center,
back in the game; with Crickard, Dean
and Netin again working in the back
field and with Wells, normally ac-
curate forward passer, due for good
day, ahould say Harvard gets a little
the edge.
VALE, which did well last week
i against Princeton, also has had
mi)re than its share of troubles
physically, and without the full services
of regulars like Malin, Crowley, De
Angels and others, the Blue may again
have trouble in making its attack click
for more than few minutes, as was
true against Dartmouth and Princeton.
However, this is one of those games
in whidh the mental key Is so high that
pre-gaiae "experting" means nothing.
Both tt,ams hayc done a manful job Of
coming back after disappointment
Clean-l,ut victory for one or the other
will bd' q real accomplishment.
Fordham plays another Of those
coast-to-coast intersectional games,
meeting Oregon State in New York.
It wasf Oregon State, coached by Paul
Schissler, which, in 1928, dropped a
bombsheu into the camp of confident
N. Y. u team here This eleven may
do the same to Fordharn, although
expect 10 see the Fasteners, keen to re-
tain their edge gained over the Far
West in their ST. Mary's victory, come
through successfully.
IOLUMBIA plays Syracuse in a
~ game that finds the Lion favorite
but facing injuries and quite pos
siblJ a bit Of a mental let-down after
the close defeat by Brown last Satur-
day, which edged the team from the
list Of mbeaten. On form thus far, Co
lunIoia should defeat Syracuse, but the
latter is largely sophomore team that
has been fighting its way up. At Co
lun bia we expect plenty Of trouble.
Pitt and Carnegie Tech may be close,
but I'm looking for Pitt to win. Down
in Philadelphia the Temple-Villanova
battle will be another neighborhood