Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1925, Page 26

SPORTS. Many Big Grid Games Next Saturday : Central Se YALE-PRINCETON BATTLE WILL FURNISH TOPLINER There Are Plenty of Other Contests, Though, That Hold Attention—Tigers will find Elis Much Differens Fr: om Harvard. BY H. C. BYRD. HIT week. some of the greates W will be fought out, without which would lose many. possibly most, of played on the next two Saturdays. 2 the peak of the foot ball scason probably was reached last t games of the year yet remain to be In fact, many old rivalries for the contending teams the sport its thrills. What would foot ba!l be for Yale without its games with Princeton and Harvard. Yale’s game with Princeton headlines this week’s activities. After Princeton's overwhelming defeat of Harvard the game takes on even added importance, especially from th However, Princeton has an ent going against Yalc, entirely different son. Yale has power, way of backfield material cannot be ake Slagle, star Princeton bac get hit harder on next Saturds afternoon than he has in all his pre vious games together. To be tackled by Yale ends or by Allen, defensive fullback of the Dark Blue, is to be tackled. Pennsylvania and Pitt hook up In a game which of late years has come to Te of great impor to Pennsyl- vania, bringing together as it does representative teams from each end of one of the greatest Commonwealths of the Union Syracuse and Colgate meet at Sy cuse In their annual battle, which to each is more important than all the other part of the foot ball season. e nd Atlanta Georgla d are to meet for the first time in years. Up in New and an other real foot 1 el takes place in the meeting of Andover and xeter. Dartmouth goes out to Chi- £0 to meet Stagg's eleven, and the Green, which stands pretty well at the top of the heap in the Bast. is a good enough opponent for anybody. While Saturday, November 21, usu- ally is an off day, more big games be- tween great rivals are listed. Again Yale figures most prominently because of its game with Harvard, although unless there is some kind of a com- plete reversal on the part of each eleven, there will not he much to the game a game. Michigan meets Minnesota in a contest which is time. honored: Illinofs plays Ohio State in what should bs of the i alifornia te university of that State faces Leland Stanford In what is the Yale-H rd affair of the West. fayette and Lehigh have their annual set-to and so do Fordham and George- town. And these games do not take into consideration the games scheduled on Thangsgiving d And it is on Thanksgiving that some of the bizgest games of the year are played in the South down Georgt t Princeton’s _decisive victory over Harvard and Dartmouth’s lambasting | of Cornell were outstanding achieve- ments of last week’s foot ball. Tt was generally thought that Princeton would win from Harvard, but that there would be such great disparity hetween it and the Crimson was never dreamed. Just what is wrong with the Harvard eleven is not known. but certainly something must be radically out of tune, Harvard is said to pos- an eleven that phy Ny is enough and ickfield of great potential power, but so far it has not been able to translate these advantages into touchdowns. Whether or not it is the coaching kystem, or rather the lack of a coach fng system, is a question, but what ever may be the reason, in all likeli- hood the Crimson will make desper- ate efforts to find it hefore another grid season arrives. While the w ness of the Harvard team Princeton i« dwelt on here, it s not be lost sight of that Princeton probab ger than it has been given « being. Certainly it must have shown a'most everything « foot ball team could show to run up | 3% points against the Crimson, even if Harvard is but a shell of what it wa rder Haughto No other Dobie: suffered a beatir ve Cornell last be remembered tl viously defeated ched eleven has such as Dartmouth eek. And it mus Cornell had pre- supposed- Jlumbia \d then more power. one of the finest con- | La- | e Yale and Princeton viewpoint. ircly different proposition to face in from anything it has faced this sea- and what it lacks in the found with a microscope. |blg a score as they did. but it was felt that about the best Lehigh could | hope for was to hold the game to two |or three touchdowns. Lehigh was | not as strong this vear as last, uny- | way, belug below its usual capabili- | ties "in_almost every respect, |added to that, the South Betnlehem aggregation had its morale shattered by the fatal accident to one of its | star players. | Maryland at Yale played on a dry | field for the first time in a month |and for the first time in that period | had every appearance of a good of- | tensive ‘eleven. The Old Liners | fought through their contest without consideration for anything except to show at their best against what they recognized as one of the strongest and, "THE EVENING THE LEFTIES. STAR OF Twt GREAT “PENN TEAM — KICKS WITH HiS LEFT Foor | teams In the country, and they did | |a creditable job of ft. | Fumbles cost George Washington | its game with Temple University, the | Hatchetites dropping the ball nine | times when they seemed disposed to | make good advances. | opportunities to score. How the mighty have fallen might vell apply to Michigan. Standing out |as one of the great elevens of the vear, it_topples from its high estate before Northwestern, usually among | lowly of Western Conference Conditions under which the | game was played were about as had |as could be, and under such circum | stances anything may happen. How- | ever, no team ought ever to offer bad | playing conditions as any excuse, be | cause they are no better for the | players of one team than for the | players of the other. Ispecially is this true when both teams are big and strong. However, 1t is true that | the elevens, | ure on a forward pass attack, was | that much of a disadvantage. It also |is true, though, that Northwestern | could not throw passes either. Washington and Lee is the first team to take the measure of Virginia this season, and that it did in no un- certain way, the score being 12 to 0. | Mike Palmer, | runner, did most of the damage to the | Charloftesville eleven, as it semed in | possible to stop him at any time. | With the possible exception of North | Carolina, Washington and Lee appears to be the strongest eleven In the southern section of the Southern Con- ference North Carolina continued its win ning way by giving Virginia Military Institute a beating. The Carolinians have a great line, a line that is fast, strong physically, and of the rangy | type that make the best forwards. 1 Unless Virginia plays better foot ball | than it has shown so far, the Tarheels | on Thanksgiving day will stand an | excellent chance to avenge thelr de- | feat of a year ago. |LANE, DARTMOUTH STAR, | TOPS SCORERS IN EAST | NEW YORK. November 9 (#).—By scoring three touchdowns against Cor- | nelt on urday, Lane of Dartmouth | went into the lead In individual scor- ing on the Eastern intercollegiate | gridirons. |~ Tryon, | held "the lead since t Colgate captain, who had he opening game Iv one of the strongest teams in the | of the season, did not play. Jast. Nothing need be Dartmouth, except that it is a com-| Tination of foot ball strength, vers tility and intelligzence that seems likely to stand out at the end of the vear. If Dartmouth whips Chicago his week by any such decisive score s 1t has beaten Harvard and Cornell, probably will stand out as the atest team of the year. eorgetown’s victory over Lehigh as expected. It was not thought that the Hilltoppers would run up as aid abouty The leaders: Player—Collegn. | Lane.” Dartmouth. ... | Tryon. Colgate . wrlinder. Dartmout Carr. Syracuse . Woerner, Fordham. | Borell. Muhlenberg Tulley, Dartmout! | Graham. Fordham Plansky, Georgetons itteridge. Holy Cross Wallis, y Gasener. ohar | Aden. Yale .. | Shangler, Geityaburs | Makotski. Tnion g ol [T PRS- oss002como00m2208 RED GRANGE—HIS STORY BY JAMES BRADEN Former Yale and All-America Fullback. R phy siological condition was produced by tecam who chased him with a su He had entered the university m with background, ED GRANGE was almost as breathless by the end of the freshman .o foot ball scason at lllinois as were some members of the varsity!set. vigor during the Fall weeks. His I, not by running with a foot ball, but cession of cmotional reactions. horc or less unknown when compared 1 many other athletic stars, had come from a small. town with little was financially poor, had underestimated his chance of even making the freshman team, and knew his shortcomings as only a sensitive boy can know them. In a few short months he had be come king of the class. Fate had seemingly deigned to give him a brief ride after several former hard knoc Red was elected captain of the freshman eleven. He was pledged 10 a good fraterni By his efforts on the field of play he was placed in that altogether entrancing position of Leing referred to as a player with a Trilllant future. Zuppke let him know, in that unspoken way coaches have communicating with their charges, that he liked him. Flunks in Rhetoric. His freshman year, folloving the | foot ball season, was rather bleak. A certain ogre of freshmen at Ililnofs, rhetoric. flopped him for a flunk. Then those duties that fraternity pledgees undergo, whether the young men are inclpient all-American haltbacks or sons of bank presidents, came flood- ing in upon him after the usual lapse given the boy who is out for foot ball. Window washing and sweeping and a few other- things of that order are| given out at frat houses to pledgees by wiser upper classmen to make sure that all swelled heads are properly re- duced. Most people read only about the jolly life of the supposedly lucky bo; o Grange was a willing worker, but his awe of upper classmen was almost pa- thetic. Instead of merely giving a senfor a good part of the walk, he vacated it entirely when one of these ground-shaking young gods was met. 1“1 had a time of it freshman year. | sald Red. That doesn’t begin to ex- | press it. | "1t irked his soul to be ineligible for athletics on account of studies. That | bespoke dumbness, and Red feit he was a fairly good student. Ineligibility meant that he could not play on the regutar freshman basket ball teams lor track teams. He was homesick. | There was no Mrs. Dollinger to Keep. | him in good spirits and his dad was | sadly missing. University life is like |a raging, remorseless torrent when | compared with the placidity of small- town high school life. The competi- tion is stern and there seems to be a selfish drive for honors almost like that in post-college life. Came Near Quitting. Several times that freshman year Grange was upon the point of quitting it all and returning. to_the peace and qulet of Wheaton, where he had been happy. However, as.is the case with most_boys who_ have played the grid- iron game, he was so used to stand- ing punishment and not giving it up that he stuck it out. His athletic en- deavors were confined to the intra: mural department and he won -the track meet with three firsts and a second place, During the Summer he made up his flunked = course.. and serenaded the nelghbors with melodious calls ~of “Ice!” Tomorrow—*"His First Blg Game.” (Copyright. 1825.). | Michigan, relying in no small meas- | a great broken field | Twice in the | |last period such fumbles cost them KILLS “EM WiTH HIS LEFT HAND Al Kruez, the star of the great Penn foot ball team, won fame for himself and college by defeating Yale with his | educated left t minds us that “southpaws" are gen- | eraily pretty good at everything. Left-handedness Is a mystery. “Left. a. L of or pertaining to { that side of the body which is toward the north when the face is toward | the sunrise.” So the Standard Dictionary Obvious then, a left-handed person should be called a “northpaw.” not a | “southpaw,” as he s commonly termed | today in sporting life. Somebody's wrong. | xplanations Advanced. Many theories have been advanced | in explanation of why a person should | Dbe either right or left handed. The | WORLD'S HAKDBALL CHAMPION TOR I3 YEARS STAR, WASHINGTO JoHNNY. WILSON — {ormer muddiecoeght champion— was A the (amous AuSTRALIAN — WAS A LEFTy most logical probably is that the stom- ach, spleen and heart lie to the left side in any normal persen and the left All of which re | hand has always been used more or | alsc ess in defense of these vital organs while the right hand went into action as an attacking weapon. Tt is on the base ball freld that the wrong-sided lads have shown their worth to the greatest advantage. The percentage of left-handers on the dia mond is far greater than In any other walk of life. Left-Handers on Diamond. It is needless to mention the num- | ber of great ball plavers who were | left-handed. Ruth and Speaker are | “sidewheeler. | the outstanding representatives of the | delphia wrong-siders today. All branches of sport have a few to offer. Norman Brookes, the Aus D. 0., —By RIPLEY | | | remain RKRut — a course ! e o tralian wizard of the s forth on the tennis court. R Lindley Murray, one-time national champion, was left-handed. and o was Ku | ma the Japanese champion. De | Oro. the pocket-billiard i three | cushion champlon for so many years wielded his cue from the left side. Horemans, the Belgian. who is one of the best players of today, is anothe ! Jim Kelly, who held the world’s hand | hall champlonship for 13 years. is a | left-handed player. And they manu | facture left-handed golf clubs, Many “Southpaw” Boxers. Boxing, particularly, has had many | Lew Tendler of Phila. was the best of them, al | though Johnny Wiison won the world | | middleweight title, and so did Al Mec- | ket. shines EW YORK. November 9.—Prini day N preliminary forecast. And even so, the crushing disast were totally unexpected. There is. of course. somcthing | under which it was developed. Princeton, taking every up to the Harvard struggle in the nor- mal stride of development, profiting by mistakes., accepting everything | that had happened as constructive | object lessons, came up to the first | of the big three series in very credit- able shape indeed. Nassau after long | | weeks of mental and physical labor | |on the part of players and coaches | has developed into a combination worthy of Princeton tradition. Crimson Lacks Poise. But even granting that Harvard was opposed. by a good Princeton |eleven.” the Crimson should not. all things belng nermal at Cambridge, have been let in for the debacle that. she experienced.” The men are all big, rugged and spirited.- Their chief lack seemed to be instruction and that poise whigh grows out of les- sons well taught and well learned. Princeton might on Saturday have had the best team in her history— which she has not—and still not have crushed Harvard as she did, had all been going well in the inner circles at Cambridge this season. Michigan's downfall at the hands Northwestern was a stunning up- The exigencies of the malse jand blue schedule called for a vast game | deal of October strength, the outlet | of oceans of team psychology. Old- | timers to the contrary, notwith- | standing, this modern gante is in- finitely ‘more taxing upon players than foot ball prior to 1906, and Michigan has paid the penalty that Pennsylvania—with two of her s incapacitated in preceding games— pald in the Illinois contest. This has to be said on the one hand whilet on the other all credit is bestowed upon the fighting Evanston team and upon the coach, Glenn This- tlethwaite. Towa is another eleven that has been running a hurricane course this season, playing the most gruelling and significant October games. Against Wisconsin she met an eleven slowly developing throughout the Fall, learn- ing a system of foot ball new to Madi- son, which was riper for this test than were the Hawkeyes. Yale Exhausts Rivals. Yalo against Maryland. did. what | she did to the Army; she won in the last quarter when the rival was ex- hausted and unable to match the Eli replacements. Suppose some afternoon a rival does not get exhausted. Grange made 17 yards in 18 rushes against Chicago. = But with Red stopped Zuppke had other aces to play and won a game in which neither eleven ~distinguished itself particu- larly. Dartmouth forward passed her way to victory over Cornell.” Any eleven that will stick to the ground when playing Cornell is likely _to face grievous trouble. - But inasmuch as the Cornellians themselves are inept at the overhead offensive, so just as| radically are they at loss to defend against it. Chick Meehan shares in the credit which his New York University eleven receives for holding Columbia to & €to-€ tle. The former Byracuse coach had. been developing his N.. therc is a foreign obstacle in the mechanis Harvard team was suggestive of internal trouble in the foot ball system 1% BY LAWRENCE PERRY. ceton’s defeat of Harvard on Satur- and the success of Illinois against Chicago and Dartmouth against Cornell, together with Washington's victory over Stan- | ford, were about the only important games that ended in accordance with ers that befell Harvard and Cornell wrong at Cambridge. Somewhere isni. The very demeanor of the struggle and its outcome is a tribute to Meehan's ability. Washington and Lee's victory over Virginia was not unexpected. Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama and Tulane ran true to form. In fact, Georgia in snowing Auburn under, ran ahead of her form so materially that Georgia Tech par- tisans will take notice. Tt is the worst beating Auburn has received this year. . outtit for this locally important | | Coy. | SOMETHING IS RADICALLY | MUD NEARLY MAKES WRONG IN HARVARD TEAM TRATTOR OF GRID HERO | CHICAGO, November 8 (®).—Mud | | nearly made an unwilling traitor of | Tim Lowry, foot ball | captain. hero of the game with Mich igan here Saturday, Lowry, in the first few minutes of play, tackled and downed one of his own team who had grabbed a Michi- gan fumble, and was cing for a| touchdown. h dirt covered the | Northwestern player's jersey that Lowry was unable to see the purple | color. | Later Lowry had a chance to redeem | {himself by the st the safety that probably prevented a | | Michigan victory after Northwestern had drop-kicked a field goal. orthwestern of ordering | LEADS COAST SCORERS. | SAN FRANCISCO, ). —Morley " Southern California, occuples the | | premier position among foot ball scorers of the Pacific Coast. Drury Saturday made 3 touchdowns and 4 points by conversion against Santa. | | Clara, adding 22 to his total, which | stands at $0. November fhack 9| of | MOHAWKS IN SCORELESS TIE WITH BALTIMOREANS Washington's sandlot foot bal Y to be attractive to the most ardent g Union League Park, the Mercury stronghold, was knee deep in mud, making it necessary to call off the scheduled tilt with the Naval Academy Station team, while Fairlawn Field, where the Wintons and Northerns were to settle their dispute, was com- pletely under water. While American League Park also bore a close resemblance to a lake, the Mohawks and Maryland Collegians of Baltimore ran off their game as scheduled, but neither-team was able to cross its opponent’s goal line. The Collegians were conceded a slight edge over the home eleven, their rushing and overhead work pushing the Hawks back against- thelr own goal line on three different occasions. Brookland Athletic Club and St. Stephen’s teams also braved the rigors of the weather to battle through four periods on the Brooklanders' gridiron. St. Stephen’s took- the lead in the opening quarter with a touchdown, but the home team scored in the third and | fourth. periods to get the decision, 12 to 6. Outplaying their opponents in every department, the Virginia Tigers yes- terday ran up a 13-to-0 score on the Temple Athletic Club team at Alex- andria. Palace Club out for practice at Washington Bar- racks every day this week at 5:30. Their next game will be played Sun- day with the Apaches. - Camp Meade Tank School foot ball- ers handed & 16:to-0. setback to the 12th Infantry team Mohawk Midgets and Yankees will play off their postponed game in the near future. The Hawks will practice tonight and Thursday on the Virginia avenue playgrounds at 7 o'cloek. Knickerbocker Frep gridmen, who were listed for a game with the Hess- men yesterday, are on the lookout for opponents for next Sunday and Thanksgiving day. For games call Mapager Ulrich at West 950, ers will be called | ESTERDAY'S downpour put a damper on the activities of most of I clevens. A number of plaving fields were completely flooded and a majority of the rest were too muddy ridmen. | _Charles Dworin, manager of the Celtics, would like to book the West- {ern Lightwelghts. Call Adams 639. | The Celtics have not yet been scored on. KUTSCH STILL IN LEAD IN CONFERENCE SCORING CHICAGO, November 9 (#). -Big Ten touchdown scorers at the fop of the list went scoreless to the rain and mud, and Almquist of Minnesota, in a non-conference game against Butler, passed Grange of Hlinois to tie for second place. Kutsch, the conference leader, did not -play’ in the lowa blizzard Sat- urday. The leaders: Player—Team. Kutsch, Towa. Friedman Almauist, poasaaent Peplaw. Minnesota. Britton. Tili Fry. Iow Molenda, ccoom: SAN FRANCISCO, November 9 (#).—A crucial week end in the Pa- cific Coast foot ball conference left Washington and California. the only undefeated teams, and they clash at Berkeley Saturday. TIRE BATTERIES “Pay as You Ride” PROBEY TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N. W. SN APSENW. 1200 ML NE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, eks Scholastic Title Tomorrow against lon | ship aturday due | 1925. LEXINGTON, Va., November 9.- With three conference battles looming up in the next few weeks the Wash. ington and Lee started their tenth week of foot ball practice this after- noon with a light workout. The coaches had planned to give the Blue and White gridders a day of rest after their hard tussle with Virginia last week end, but want the entire squad to be ready for the Maryland battle this Saturday at Col- lege Park. The Old Liners by their showing against Yale have made the Gene sit_ up and take notice. The Generals will be sent through Stiff_conditioning drills tomorrow and Wednesduy, while Thursday will be devoted to an intensive scrimmage session, leavi Friday for the final orkout prior to thelr departure the Maryland battle. Some of the scrubs have been giv- ing varsity gridders a real run for the positions on the first eleven, and it would not be at all surprising to see a couple of changes for the game the Old Liners. DIXIE LEADERS FACE BIG FOES SATURDAY By the Associated Pre W ORLEANS, 5 November 9.— ]'I:\rne of the four teams undefeated in |dealock with Western, and | the suthern Conference will have op. portunities to have their records mar- red this week. Only North Carolina with a_perfect play Davidson, a non-con- member, Friday, while Ala- bama, Tulane and Washington and Lee meet opponents Saturday who can make or break them. Alabama will | the Alligators «f Florida in Montgomery. The Ga tors have played only two conference games, losing to Georgia Tech and winning from Clemson. Alabama is certain to enter the game the favor- ite with an impressive record of five conference victories already in hand Tulane’s opponent for the day in New Orleans will be Sewanee. The Tigers from the mountains have found the going rough, but can be counted on to give the Greenbacks a battle. Tulane, however, should win the basis of form displayed thus f . as the victor over Northwestern, recefved a boost in prestige when the Purple defeated the powerful Michi team Saturday. Washington and Lee will have its hands full in Maryland at College Park Saturday. Ma: nd’s exhibition against Yale shows that it has power and t the Old Liners are improv- ing rapidly. is certain to record. The Tarhells ferenc L FOUR ARE UNDEFEATED IN DIXIE ORGANIZATION NEW ORLEANS, November 9 (#). iturday’s foot ball games in the Southern ~ Conference reduced the number of teams unbeaten to four through a defeat of Virginia by Washington and Lee. Alabama maintained its defeating Kentucky. North improved its standing by stopping V. M. I. and Tulane, playing out- side the conference, stood still. Team LT PO 5 0 0 o o 11 0 10 0 0 o o o o i 0 33 79 0 0 place by Carolina 0 o 0 5 Tennessee Auburn Mississippi A & M v 2 N 5 r Maryfand N Sate Ole Miss Clemson WESTERN CONFERENCE RACE NOW IN JUMBLE CHICAGO. November ). ture has washed out the champion hopes of three of the teams which heretofore have led the West- ern_Conference race. Michigan, Iowa and Chicago were beaten Saturday under almost unprec- edented weather conditions. Minnesota, the only undefeated team of the conference and with only one tie, is technically the Big Ten leader. It has yet to play lowa and Michigan. The team standing: Team Won. Lost. Tied. Pts. Minnesota 0 1 Michigan i i 1 i 1 0 0 0 0 0 ago Wisconsin Ohio Stats Tilinois Purdue | Indiana - TOKIO, November 9 (P).—Univer- sity of Chicago's base ball team end- ed its tour of the Orlent today with a 10-to-4 defeat at the hands of the Waseda team. - For full SPORTS. BY DEFEATING EASTERN Run Roughshod Over Three Other Opponents in Annual Series—Capitol Hill Team Must Win to Remain in Championship Race. BY JOHN 1. running roughshod over WHITE. three opponent School's crack eleven will complete its schedule in the foot ball series tomorrow in | will be Central's big chance to clinch the title, and zlso | opportunity to get into the championship running by tur ton the Blue and White combination. Neither eleven has been defeated in | the series mes, although | record shows a tie gume pl | Western. The Lincoln Parkers have | vet to meet Tech, and in order to ¢ | the title must trounce the Man Trainers as well as hand a setback to | Central Comparative scores | formances point to a Central victory. The Easterners, however, may not have hit their stride as yet, and may be aided by overconfidence on the part of their adversaries | " Central has been scored on only once | during the entire season, and in the | scholastic league contests has run up a total of 51 points in three games, |while its goal line has not been | crossed. Eastern battled a 6 and past 1 {to eke out a 12-to decision | Business in the season opener. Both teams will present their full strength in the impending tilt. Prac tically all players who were on the injured list are back in the game again. Scholastic difficulties schich struck the Guyon squad last week falled to remove a of the regulars from the team, but played havoc with a number of the best substitut | After tomorrow on tWo games re. main in the 19 Western and Business will battle on Friday in |the final game for each of the teams, |ana Eastern meets Tech on the follow ing Tuesday. Should Central triumph over Eastern, the Tech- e | will te a battle for second place hon |ors. Business has a chance to move | out of the cellar position by defeating Western | | Business and St. John's elevens will furnish the only other school game | prior to Friday. The teams are hook ed to clash tomorrow at the idal | Basin field. Gonzaga was sched | to meet Calvert Hall in timore to- ['morrow, but the game was canceled today by mutual consent of the ath letic’ authorities of the two schools over ved with | per- with Ea ill be Eastern its annual battle ng tl mondinger rted badly in me vesterday Western gan y the next contest for The G Central er ed in a pro Hartf day will be I Streeters. counter wil next week i St. Alban’s and Devitt | nto action on Fi foot ballers n Christopher cridiron clean slate so far, and : end their schedule with a their greatest rivals. Devitt | apolis High Park. ppal High and Ale urday, Epi andoah Milit Alexandria playing High GRID GAME CANCELED BECAUSE A BANK FAILS HURON D.. Nov " P A bank failure ha 11 cancellation of The contest and Interm scheduled for off bhecuus Athletic probak S nber turon Lolies Heler was caile itutior ts finane Mech: e of vember 14 the local n and association decided to adopt conservative pol nd not run the risk of going into debt to brin the Montanans he JOCKEY DUNCAN DIES. COLLINSVILLE. HL. November P Jocke Duncan, 34, of Locust Grov who was injured at Fai Club nea Octobe rday nigh a died POWERFUL GRID TEAMS | BEATEN BY BIG SCORES | BY MAJ. CHARLES D. DALY, Associate Foot Ball Coach at AMBRIDGE, Mass,, proaches its close in the C November 9. Harvard. As the it is takir ferent from that in the Middle Western Coni ference the teams arc battling in cven contests one and then the other. But in the East, cach wee] | before emphasizes the great strength of a fe | The strongest of these elevens are | Yale and Dartmouth with a | great surplus of very powerful mate | rial, week by week |to the mythical championship with |a mighty and most excellently coach | ed line, followed by fast. clever, pow | erful. experienced backs. So far, she {is winning from pra: all op ponents. The succession of winning Yale teams did not spring full armed from the plans_of any one man | Teams such as Yale and Dartmouth | have are the fruit of several vears | of 2 broad, encouraging policy as ap | plied to competitive athletics. | Dartmouth’s great eleven this past | Saturday defeated a powerful Cor. | nell by the overwhelming total of 62 | points. Ordinarily this would mean | that Cornell was weak and defense. | less, but such was far from the case. This year's Cornell team has a good record. It has been strong on the | attack. Tt advanced the hall Satur- | day by continuous rushes | yards ‘through Dartmouth. Its de. fense has been competent. but such the great chance in foot ball that |a team equipped with a zood line, a strong rushing attack and, above all, an excellent passer can, by judicious application of the pass and rush, well nigh demoralize an inferior opponent and can score at least three and four ties as fast as has heen possible previously in the gridiron game. Such was the case in the Dartmouth-Cor- nell game Saturday. Yale, proves her claim was achfeved in_Princeton’s victo over Harvard. Excellence in the run ning attack, combined with a splen- did passing game, put Princeton in the lead early and it was rarely | stopped. Excellent performances such as Princeton, Dartmouth and Yale show | are always backed up by a high-grade | personnel. The Yale and Dartmouth “Imaveteransmoker—Iknow! real honest-to-goodness satisfaction give me a flavored ADMIRATION Cigar. Good to the last puff. 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