EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. MXWDAT. OCTOBER 80. 116 w-mmmumM :OWN NOW LOOMS UP AS' PITT'S MOST DANGEROUS RIVAL FOR 1916 FOOTBALL CROW s .A s 1 V tl BEFORE AWARDING FOOTBALL , CHAMPIONSHIP TO PITT TElAM, DO NOT OVERLOOK BROWN jWonderful New England Aggregation, Still Un defeated, Has Beaten Rutgers and Meets Yale, Harvard and Syracuse . a A LARGE number ot football critics, particularly those of Philadelphia, aro about ready to concede the football championship to tho University of Pitts' burgh, because of the clean-cut and convincing victories over Syracuse and l'cnn. It is argued that there is llttlo chance of any other team on rut's schedule beating Warner's well-balanced and powerful eleven, and that aa a clean slato this sea son will mean that the western Pennsylvania have comploted two seasons with out defeat, they are entitled to tho honor, but it Is best to wait a few weeks before conceding the championship to any team. Judging by the work accomplished by every Eastern eleven to date, Pitt Is not entitled to first claim as tho teams start on the November schedulo; neither Is Princeton, pile nor any one of tho other unbeaten teams, becauso there Is a llttlo college up in New England that may upset the dope In such an Impressive manner that there will be nothing left to do but awort It the cham plonshlp of the entire country. When Foster Banford's Rutgers team succeeded In working the multiple kick fast enough to allow Hazel t& shoot a field goal over the crossbar from mid field, 'Brown University's clean slate had been spoiled, but tho Drunonlons still appear to bo a trifle ahead of tho field to date. Drown was one of tho last East ern teams with a clean slate, has won all of Its games In Impressive stylo, Its goal line not even has been threatened, so far as touchdowns aro concerned, and tho rrovldenco collegians have proved beyond doubt that they are past tho acci dent stage. Allowing that Pitt finishes the season unbeaten, would Warner's team bo moro entitled to tho crown than Drown, providing tho Provldcnco eleven completes Its schedule without meeting defeat? Brown has a much harder schedulo than Pitt, and if tho Brunonlans should succeed In winning from Yalo and Harvard and then crush Syracuse, there will bo nothing left for tho critics to do but award tho championship to Brown. Brown Likely to Prove Unpleasant Surprise BEATING Tale and Harvard Is by no moans an easy task, as tho Ells and Crim son soldom loso to a small college eleven, bflt wo have a hunch that Brown Is golntr to prove a most unpleasant surprlso to both. Even boforo tho sea son oponod New England football sharps tipped Brown as the most powerful team In the East on paper, desptto the veteran material at Princeton, State, Dartmouth, Syracuse and Pitt, to say nothing of the leftovers and frdshmen material at Yale and Harvard; but until Ilutgors was outclassed by noblnson's eleven Saturday, llt tlo attention was paid to the Brunonlans. Brown has won all.of Its games with ease and Is In wonderful shape for Its games with Yale and Harvard. The latter teams are placed In a ticklish position. They realize fully that Brown Is too strong to .bo beaten unless tho offenso Is opened up, but neither the Ells nor Crimson doslres to show the best they have In stock and yet hey reallzo that Brown's claim to tho title will be strong If they win both games. It Is possible that the old hoodoo which seems to follow Brown Into the stadium at Harvard again will bring about tho downfall of the Brunonlans. Brown never has been able to win from the Crimson In the stadium although tho Provl donco team often has entered games against tho Crimson a heavy favorite, nnd severaltimes has outplayed the Cambrldgo team, but could get nothing better than a tie. ' Any way ono looks at tho matter, It Is a trlflo early to award the champion ship to Pitt for beating Syracuse and Penn, two teams that havo shown nothing out of the ordinary to date. Michigan's victory ovor Syracuso yesterday indicates that Hollenback's team has been overrated becauso of tho larjre scores mado against opponents lacking class, while It also Is posslblo that State was boosted too strongly beforo It met Penn. Tho fact that Pitt has a veteran team has a lot to do with the enthusiasm of those who already aro awarding Warner's team the title, but It Is best to wait a few weeks. v Cornell Different Team Without Barrett PRINCETON still has a clean slate, and so has Yale, while Harvard, apparently, Is coming back with a rush if Cornell was as strong as tho critics havo been led to believe. Harvard's easy victory was a great surprise, as was the miserable work of Sharpe's team In njl departments. Cornell has a veteran team, but Charley Barrett Is no longer with tho Ithacans and thoy look like a different team with no star around whom tho offense can be built. Harvard Is Improving rapidly and may come through wlth"a rush, but the Crimson team has not been tested thoroughly yet. So far Yalo has shown greater power than Harvard and Princeton, while I the El defense also was powerful until Saturday, when Washington and Jefferson succeeded in scoring two touchdowns and tearing tho Yale line to pieces. On the other hand, Princeton has shown but little offensively, this being due to the fact that Coach Rush Is trying to perfect the defense before uncovering any thing out of the ordinary on attack, , Tho Tigers were rather lucky to win from Dartmouth, a break of luck defeat ing tho Hanover collegians Just, when It seemed certain that Princeton was about to lose Its first game; but it Is believed that Rush's team merely had an off-day. Princeton tried nothing in tho way of tricks, depending upon Driggs's kicking to set both as an offense and a defense, and the Tigers succeeded In getting away, With It Several teams were eliminated from the championship class jua a result of Saturday's battles, among them being Cornell and Penn. If either of these teams should win all remaining games they would not be considered In the running because of tho defeats at tho hands of Harvard and Pittsburgh. Penn's work was more lrnpresslve than that of Cornell, and there at least appears to be some hope for Folwell's team. On the other hand, the defeat, which followed a long string of victories, Is likely to have a disastrous effect on Sharpe's men. Cannell, Dartmouth's latest find, who played such brilliant football against Princeton, weighs only 133 pounds, but that does not prevent him from smash ing tho line and cutting outside tackle. He also Is a wonderful handler of punts. In the Princeton game this youngster handled twenty punts, many of them difficult spirals which he was forced to take on tho, run, without the semblance of a mlscue. So.cpnfident was Coach Cavanaugh that-Cannoll would not make s. muffjthat he did not send another back down the field when It was evident that Drlggs would kick. Cannell was afforded no protection or Interference, but was sot handicapped. Two new individual scoring records were made on Saturday. GUroy, George town's brilliant halfback, who was picked by many critics for an Ail-American position last fall, made six touchdowns arid eleven goals from touchdowns, a total of forty-seven points, against Albright, while Ollphant, of the Army, scored six touchdowns and kicked nine goals from touchdowns, a total of forty-five points. Syracuse blew up again. After leading Michigan by thirteen points until , enly ten minutes were left to play, Hollenback's team went to pieces and tho Wolverines registered a sensational -ylctory. Poor Judgment by Quarterback Meehan, who persisted In using forward passes In his own territory, mainly was responsible f6r the defeat. It looks very much as If "Big Bill" had made a serious BileUke In boosting his team too strongly on the strength of Its work against weak teams earlier In the season. Ogden, Central High School quarterback and only a 130-pounder, shapes up as v promising signal ahouter for the future. Despite his handicap In weight, the miniature Crimson and Gold lad has been running his team, weakened greatly by the Ineligibility of several stars, In good style. EASTERN LEAGUE OPENS TONIGHT AT TRENTON ARMORY Potters Clash With De Neri in First Basketball Tilt of 1916-17 Season BIG CROWD EXPECTED Eastern League Games for Week TonltM Do Nerl lit thr Trenton Armorr. . AWdnf.dnr nfaht llradlns at the Camden Armorr. . . Thursday nliht flrrmtork t. Jasprr M NonnarfJl Hull, , t'rlilur nltht Trrnlon T. (Jrrtotk at Cooprr Itntlnllon 1111. , . Katiirtlnr nlsM C'amon ti. D Tirrl, at Mnslral Kund lull. .. ., Mniunlar nltht Jasptr at the lUadlns Armory By SPICK HALL TnnN'TON, N J.. Oct. 30. The Eastern nasketball League will Inaugurate the sen son hero tonight nt the armory, when tho Trenton quintet meets the Do Neri, of Phila delphia, In a forty-minute struggle In the cane. Preparations have been made by William B. Kuser, owner of tho Trenton team, to havo a band at tho game do ery thing possible to make the 1916-17 opening the biggest athletic event of tho current year. In lew of the fact that this city has the best bnskctbatl floor nnd largest seating capacity on tho EaBtcrn league circuit, it Is expected that a record crowd will be out to witness the contest. It Is the firm be lief of the hundreds of basketball fans hee that Trenton this season will make a great race for the pennant, although they realize that Greystock, last season's winners ; Cam den and Heading and Jasper all have teams which appear to be fundamentally capable of putting up contests that will Insure their being In tho running. The only team that tho Trenton bugs believe Is Inherently weak Is De Nerl, their opponents for tonight. Finished Last Although Trenton finished a bad last In 1916-16, winning only a dozen frays out of forty played, there Is no doubt that the team has been greatly strengthened. In their recent preliminary work the Potters have shown a lot of speed, and lrtually every member of tho squad has shown up well at goal-shooting. "'" "" -. President Kuser Is a firm believer In the two-season year. He, like all the other moguls In the Eastern League, Is of tho opinion that the interest this season, by vir tue of this double-pennant system, will con tinue until March 17, 1917. the day sched uled for the final game of tho year. In spite of the poor showing made by the local team last year, the management dO much better than, was expected finan cially. This year If It Is in the run ning In either ono of the seasons It Is a certainty that the club will make money. This In turn meanR that the league will havemoro to spend on officials and will be In a better position to cope with Its outside rivals In caso any other organiza tion attempts to make a raid on the play ers of Scheffer's, circuit. De Neri Ready Manager Dudley, of the De Neri team, who will arrive here late today with his team; President Scheffer and other Phlia delphlans stated yesterday in the Quaker City that his men were In good condition and thar they would be In the race, re gardless of the fact they are generally con sidered the weakest club on paper in the league. Rube Cashman will Jump center tonight for the Musical Fund Hall boys. Cashman Is a "versatile player. He has played on most of tho teams of the Eastern League, yet he has never been retained very .long by any one of them. The De Nerl manage ment thinks that Rubo will bo better this season than he has ever been before He has been playing baseball all summer, and should be In fine physical condition Uo begin this year's campaign. Dudley will have Bill Dark and Doc New man at the forward positions In this eve ning's game. The guard stations will be taken care of by Cavanaugh and Thomp son. Gels to Play The Trenton management announced this morning that Franckle and Curlette would play the forward positions tonight. Cur lette was with Jasper a part of last season. Tome will ump, while Getzslnger and Fred Qelg will play at guard. The Potters ore depending on Gelg as much as any one else to strengthen the Trenton team this season. Last year the ex-Swarthmoro football and basketball star only played one game with Trenton. The oinclatlng tonight will be done by Herman Baetzel and Jimmy Rumsey, The former will act as referee and the latter as umpire. This wilt be the first game during the six years' existence of the Eastern League that the doublo-oITiclal system has been used. Line-up for tonight: Trenton. Tie Nefl. Franckle rot-warn ,., wman Curlette forward Dark Tama ....... ... center, .. ,,, ('ashman lriinscr .....suard Thompson Otis suard........ Cavanautb Time of period 20 mlnutea. Referee Uaet xel. Umpire Kamaer. MADONNA HAS TWO FIVES WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND Italian-American Catholic Club Pre pares for Basketball Season Tho Madonna Cathollo Club will b repra aentsd thla year In basketball by two teams. Joseph A. Ixmuardl. the club's secretary, acaln waa elected manaaer. Tho Madonna boya are noted for their clean and aportamanllke meth od, and have never allowed any ona but mem bers to represent the rlub. James da Marco la coachins the playera The men who compose the frit team are J. Plsrltelll, B. Itlclardl, V, Mas. aay. F, Calabreae, J I). IMano, V. Lanclano. V, Italanrto and J, da Marco. The aeeond team la compoeed of the following-! IS placltelll. A, d'Andrea. A, Plorlo, 11. Uuonslorno, y, Krmlllo, it. Maiia, A. Vlsnola, A. Cardentl and A. Iruno. Tho Madonna teama play at home and away. On November 25 they play Ht. iUta'a at the Utter'a hall yS&& TJVC&C,,, -- -AMD AS MR. JOMeS LOhMEO "Th? HAt-uoojoterJ nicht he wa5 caught vmith Jones' gate. . JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS TO HAVE INTERCITY MATCH Alexander and Tilden Com plete Arrangements for Meet Next Year SINGLES AND DOUBLES OVER FOUR-YEAR SPAN STRONG NEBRASKA ELEVEN, WITH HARD SCHEDULES, HAS CLEAN RECORD By GRANTLAND RICE Blip me the rag and pack, The world-wide, open track, The trail that leads from dawn to dutk across the heart of life; Only a song to sing In light heart wandering By vale and hill and mountainside beyond the endless strife. Where Is the heart to stau When the west wind calls "Away" When the east wind and the north wind and the south wind in refrain Plead in the early light Call through the gloom of flight Of byways and of highways through the sunshine and the raint Wo one to wonder when I come this way again, to one to watch and wait for me when I have passed beyond No weary tears to shed Because some dream Is dead Where every dawn shall send Us dream to every vagabond. Where dull care leaves the mind Free from the sodden grind. Free as the drifting winds that romp by heather and by foam, f While no set lamp shall burn To wait for my return, Yet each far strand I touch upon shall be the Port of Home. MOLE fur Is said to be the vogue thla season. But If they are all as hard to catch as Maulbetsch. of Michigan, no won der the prices are upl The Case for Nebraska Dear Sir Will you let me call your at tention to the University of Nebraska foot ball team? The Cornhuskers haven't lost a game In four years, and they already have cleaned up this season the strong Oregon Aggies. They have whipped Notre Dame twice and have toppled over such husky op ponents as Minnesota and the Michigan Aggies. The Cornhuskers last fall, I am confident, were fully as strong as Harvard or Princeton. Chamberlain, last year's fea ture with Nebraska, takes rank with the gtcat players of the game. In my opinion, he was fully the equal of Mahan, and I saw both play. These things are mentioned to give credit to a university that hasn't lost a game In four years a record that deserves to be widely known. C. E. B. (Minneapolis). . m What would you say, after the above, the difference being between Nebraska Univer sity and one of Nebraska's leading sons? Simple enough. One hasn't lost a start In four years and the other never has started anything but losses In twenty years. All-Americans and Such Mention of Chamberlain recalls again the futility of the All-American In football. Few In the East ever had heard of Cham berlain.' Yet good football Judges who saw him play tell us that on an eastern eleven. ne would have drawn fully ns much notice as Mahan, Barrett or Lo Gore that he would have been crowned as one of the greatest of the truly great McGraw, the Giants and Brooklyn Any number of fans have upheld Ban Johnson's contention that John McQraw should bo harshly treated for that Brook lyn episode, where he left the field. Many of these fans, especially from Brooklyn, have tossed the keen harpoon our way for suggesting that McGraw also had a side to his case. Suppose McOraw had Btuck It out. making no comment? Who would have been the official goat? Who would have been panned and llouted for "throwing games to. his old pal, Hobby"? And with McGraw the goat after he had begged his team to light Us hardest In this series how quickly would Ban John son and tho fans at large have come to John J.'s help? The odds are that Ban would have called on the Leaguo to punish McGraw for not trying to win from a friend. McGraw, knowing In advance that he was going to be "goated" if the Giants fell down, made a special plea to his men to do their best. They did their worst and all In less than a half-hearted war. Where upon McOraw merely let the blame fall where it belonged as be ducked from under. Hal Chase, after ten years In the Ameri can League, led the National League In batting his first year with that circuit Glory, In a good many cases, depends largely where you happen to light ney Beck. Otrmantown Acidemrt Thorpe, Oak Lane; Carl Flsch.;' Howard Rhlel Pni" .c.n'r Pennock. Jr., nnd Wchard MyerTi? WlenVrT'of 'SS&L "SSI t Thomas Fischer snd David Beard J mantown Academy, a!o must bi ered. Nelson mil not.. .... , r alio are playing in the riillii2t? trlct and nra etllrihi. ""il , By WILLIAM T. TILDEN, 2D That junior development In tennis has .outgrown tho mere local Interest and de velopment Into a thing of Inter-urban ap peal Is shown by the plan already formu lated for a boya match between New York nnd Philadelphia. Frederick IS. Alexander, the famous In ternatlonatsatar and many times holder of the national doubles title, with Harold H. Hacket, during the past year. Has spent a great part of his time assisting the young Players of New York city. At the Sea onght Invitation Tournament last year Al- """" " myaeir arew up a plan for an '""""pity boys meeting between New York C?ub t0 be heId "' tht Cynwyd n.Th.JreLWere to have bMn ten singles and El-.iV . " mat:nes played. George Adee, r .1 r the United States National JTiI. Ttnnl -Association i Julian S. Myrlck, president of West Side Club, and Alexander T,.r '? "ccompany the New York boys. Z? ler vr.a" to hve """lo an address on junior tennis to tho Philadelphia young match l have p,iyed an exhibition Unfortunately thei Infantile paralysis quarantine shut off New York and made It Impossible to think of holding the match. Sl n.xt.J?r or June should see the full niment of the whole plan. There Is, however, an even greater plan on foot, drawn up by these two men at Beabrlght. Alexander Is planning to put up a 'challenge cup for Intercity boys competi tion, provided the match held next spring proves a success. This cup will be played for by Boston. 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