Monday, Oct. 25, 1926

Football

Coach Alonzo Stagg of Chicago reproduces in moleskin the tactics of the late Prussian army; when one line falls he sends up another. To people in the stands at Philadelphia it seemed that every substitute linesman was bigger than the last. But where one had fallen the next fell; Penn, with a swift, irreverent back named Paster Fields, smashed through to win, 27 to 0.

It was remarked last year, when William and Mary scored on Harvard's fumbling tyros, that the ball had doubtless been carried by Mary. Remembering the jibe, and stung by two defeats this season, Harvard repelled the charging debutante, 27 to 7.

"Bucky" is the standard sobriquet for a star fullback; other good names for a back are "Red," "Champ," "Charlie." With all four of these gentlemen, listed as Dahlman, Hearndon, Chevigney, and Riley, in the field, Notre Dame's able team pounded past Penn State, 28 to 0. Wilson and Harding made a cabinet of their own in the Army backfield and kept tossing the portfolio back and forth until, with the support of the best line in the East, they beat their heavy Syracuse visitors 27 to 21.

Ohio State had a man named Grim who made fairy tales come true against a Columbia eleven that should have stayed by the fireside. Score: Ohio State, 32; Columbia, 7.

At Ann Arbor, Michigan beat Minnesota 20 to 0 because it had the fastest, the cleverest, and the best drilled team, and because the Gophers kept falling down.

All Illinois' little Granges got together to discourage an Iowa back named Kutsch, and when Kutsch was tired they had an easy time to win, 13 to 6.

If Dartmouth had beaten Yale no one would have said much, either way. Yale teams develop late and Dartmouth has, for nearly three years, been undefeated in the East. But when Yale, with a passing game, scored a touchdown in the third and another in the last period to beat Dartmouth, 14 to 7, people said a lot, both ways.

In a game notable for its lack of scoring opportunities Purdue and Wisconsin swept up and down an Indiana field all afternoon and left two goose-eggs on the scoreboard.

Fumbling at critical moments, and the inability to understand an aerial attack, did not prevent Cornell's team from beating Michigan State, 24 to 14.

On a day of torment to collegiate dudes who, unable to leave their eskimohair coats at home, sweltered in the New Jersey sun, a plunging Navy team came from behind to beat Princeton, 27 to 13.

When Williams scored two touchdowns in the first quarter it became obvious that the Massachusetts Aggies had no chance, nor had they. Score: Williams, 20; Massachusetts Aggies, 0.