Philadelphia Game Should Indicate Indians' Strength

Today's Games

IVY LEAGUE

Rutgers at HARVARD

Brown at Yale

Princeton at Columbia

Lehigh at Cornell

Dartmouth at Penn

BOSTON AREA

Holy Cross at Syracuse

Bates at Northeastern

Colgate at Boston University

Colby at Tufts

The only time anything is surprising in the Ivy League is when a team plays according to form. Last Saturday, in their first day of combat, the Ivy teams produced few surprises.

Because of the questions raised last week, therefore, today's contests are particularly interesting. They may, in fact, give the first real indications of who, is who and who will end up where in this year's trophy hunt.

Penn Bloodbath?

Of paramount concern is Dartmouth's match with Pennsylvania. Normally this would be a blood bath, with the Indian fourth string wiping up the unpleasant remains of the Penn team in the fourth quarter.

This time the battle may take a different course. John Stiegman's men took out years of frustration on poor Lafayette last week; the final count was an inhuman 47-0. Lafayette is not Oklahoma, of course, but it takes something to get that many touchdowns scored. The current theory is that Stiegman may have a football team able to play respectable ball.

While Penn was polishing up its single wing offense, Dartmouth spent most of last Saturday trying to repair its supposedly splendid defense. Bucknell, a team of only limited abilities, managed to score 18 points against the startled Indians, almost enough to achieve a major upset. Dartmouth's offense showed the effects of no King, earning but 20 points against the Buff line. Today's game in Philadelphia should give some more information on the true state of football in Hanover. It is probably good enough to capture a one or two touchdown victory.

Columbia had no difficulty with Brown last week, but should find more competition from Princeton. The Tigers easily rejected Rutgers' annual appeal for an opening game win, shutting out the Knights 24-0.

Princeton Punch

Princeton demonstrated much more offensive punch than had been predicted by pre-season observers, but its defense system was not seriously tested. That test comes today, and the results should not bring smiles to Tigertown. Columbia in this one, by a Lion's tail.

Cornell has developed a case of chronic inconsistency, a disturbing disease which struck last Saturday in the presence of the Colgate Red Raiders. During the week several injuries have also developed at Ithaca. These might normally be fatal, but this week's opponent is a rather weak Lehigh. Look for Gary Wood to salvage enough of a team to carry the Big Red through, but do not expect much of a runaway.

Yale had a rather shaky start under new coach John Pont last week, edging a decidedly untalented Connecticut 3-0. One suspects that the victory was achieved through no fault of the current Yale team, but rather through the almost ingrained habit Connecticut has of losing on opening day.

Bruins May Punt Pont

Today Pont meets his first Ivy foe, and while Brown will probably not be terrifying, the Bruins should keep him busy. Brown could not defend itself against the air attack of Archie Roberts and the Columbia Lions, but Brian Rapp should be easier to fend off. If Jim Dunda is ready to play most of the time Brown could pull off an upset and win an Ivy game. Otherwise, Yale has enough depth and team strength to win by a few points.

Harvard played a remarkably good game against Massachusetts last week, failing to do just one thing--score. Fans should leave the Stadium a good deal happier this afternoon, however Rutgers was not impressive against Princeton and probably will not have enough to hold the Crimson line. If Mike Bassett's receivers can hold onto the ball more often than not, the score could be delightfully gross.