Washington & Jefferson at Pittsburgh

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, November 8, 1915, page 1

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  THREE CORNEREO AFFAIR IN EAST Cornell Pitt and Colgate, Three Teams Of Major League Pro- portions That Are TWO ARE ELIMINATED Washington and jefferson, and Prince ton Lose Out on Saturday Big Games Coming. Two ARE ELIMINATED by George r. Holmes, United Press staff Correspondent by George r. Holmes, United Press staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-The football situation in the east has evolved it. self today into three cornered affair with Cornell Pitt and Colgate stand ing out as the only three teams OF major league” proportions that have yet to be considered. Saturday saw elimination of Princeton, Washington and Jefferson from further champions ship consideration. There Is little way of drawing comparisons for Meth er team faced another team, Cornell licked Harvard decislively Pennsylvania, thu Navy and w. and ]. in easy fashion, while Colgate’s chief claim to fame is the fact that she is the only eleven east of the Rockies that has not been scored on thus far. Numbered among Colgate’s victims are the Army and Yale. All three are scheduled to meet strong teams toward the latter part of the season. Colgate must play Georgetown and Syracuse-two of the best second division teams in the east. Cornell has yet to meet Pennsylvania and Pitt must face Pennsylvania State and Carnegie Technical before she can call it a season. The Penn sylvania State struggle probably will make or break the Pittsburghers for they are up against stin propoiston Everything in the east started pointing today towards the Yale Princeton and Yale-Harvard games that are to come on the next two Saturdays Despite the fact all are out Of the championship running, the east from force of habit is looking to | ward them as the big” games Of the year Yale’s showing against Brown Saturday was anything but impress sive. The Blue is not Shevlinized yet | 1t appears. Something must be done ! this week. IL Yale isn’t to be defeated twice In the next two weeks by big ger scores than were ever run up against Blue eleven.

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Pittsburgh leads 18–⁠8–⁠2 in 28 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.