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Show " p " Western Football Suffers Nothing in Comparison With East ; " Bj BILLY EVANS CAMBRIDGE, Maas. Nov. IS Western football suffers nothing In ,,,,, with the ast. The much-touted much-touted Harvard eleven was a distinct dis-tinct disappointment In Its game with Princeton y.m 1 ftm basing my comparison between be-tween the ea t and west on some of Kagame- S I the leading Lams of tho two sec UOWhen Princeton played Chicago. I urr. r frank to admit that my scntl-ni scntl-ni leaned toward Princeton. I ' , ... . be n a great admirer of 'rtg rs because Of their fighting L!i n Princeton teams never quit- BEST TEAM I) 1 1 'N'T WIN Chicago had beaten Princeton the JSSSrS d t was Pulling for the Tigers to even up the acoio ln'on won the Chicago game bS no "ne could ever convince m thai "he Tigers were stronger than ptagg's eleven. Despite my leaning toward Princeton, Prince-ton, despite tho Tigers' victory. 1 ani of tho firm opinion that the best team did not win the game For three periods the Chicago forwards tore the Princeton line to shreds and the Maroon backs galloped through huge holes as they pleased. ' In the first fsw minutes of the 'game Princeton realized lt could not gain through the Chicago line. ,Cnder such conditions there was only one thing to do. open up. and that is Just what Princeton did The Tigers played risky, yet game football. and took advantage of i every break offered. At the close of jtho first half I felt that Chicago I would roll up about 30 points. Yet I the game ended 21 to 1 1 In favor 'of Princeton Harvard alwavs boasts a strong line. Acainst Chicago the Princeton line looked very weak. It seemed .that if Harvard's Hue was up to Ixnuff the T'rlneeton game would be 'easy for the crimson. Yet If any- thing the Harvard line was oat-i oat-i played by tho Tlgera. In this connection one of two things Is possible, either the llar-ivard llar-ivard line was greatly overrated, or else the foxy Bill Roper has worked Wonders With the Tiger line In a few phort weeks. Unquestionably the I substitution of Howard for Snlvcly j.l ',. , -i ,i Me hob In the I Tincoton defenso Chicago gained at will through Snlvoly. On the form that Harvard showed against ITInceton It in not up to the standard of Harvard teams. Perhaps the loss of Captain Bueli snapped the I co-ordination that must exist between be-tween the line and the backs. When he dropped out of the lineup, Har-' Har-' vard seemed to flounder about, not getting anywhere tn particular. 1 would say there Is but little difference dif-ference between tho east and west I in football and certainly the west Miiffers nothing by comparison. ', Michigan and Chicago strike me a having more power and possibilities I than either Princeton or Harvard. |