Ivy Games Lopsided Today

Either go to the Harvard-Cornell game, or else forget Ivy League football and watch the Texas-Arkansas collision on television.

Today is a day of mismatches, and even J. Bennington Peers III would be bored with the Ivy contests. Only the Princeton-Colgate game might rouse some interest, and that one for the sole reason that people can get sadistic pleasure from seeing Princeton outclassed for two weeks in a row.

While Harvard duels Cornell for the right to become pretender to Dartmouth's throne, the Indians and Elis will be padding their statistics against lesser competition. Dartmouth plays Brown, Yale plays Columbia. It's like Georgia Tech against Cumberland, all over again.

In an outside game, Penn will have a chance today to unleash the full fury of its offense against Bucknell. Bucknell may be the big stuff over in the Middle Atlantic Conference, but when it yields 82 points to the likes of Temple, then it is vulnerable where Penn can exploit most. The final score, however, should remain in double figures.

In a 45-28 loss to Cornell last Saturday, Quaker quarterback Bill Creeden had 14 completions for 263 yards and rushed for another 98--a new Penn single-game record for total offense, 361 yards.

If Creeden decides to unwind his arm again today, then more old records and Bucknell should bow, by about 40-14.

In the other game against an outsider, Princeton faces Colgate. The bookies rate Colgate as slim two-point favorites, but they must not have been watching Princeton last week, when Dartmouth gained over 500 yards against it, or the week before, when Columbia picked up over 400 yards. It's all very simple: Princeton does not have a good team this year.

Ron Burton, Colgate's 160-pound quarterback sensation, and teammate Mary Hubbard, a 220-pound halfback, give the Red Raiders sufficient outside and inside running to drive the Tigers into frustration. In the past three years, Princeton has defeated Colgate by 40-0, 9-0, and 27-0, but today is the Tigers' day to be losers. Colgate should win, 24-7.

The Ivy games today are painful even to mention. If Brown could only net four yards without a first down in the first half against Yale last week, then prospects don't look too good for the Bruins in Hanover today. The best thing going for Brown is its punter, Joe Randall, who averaged 42 yards on 11 punts against Yale.

Dartmouth coach Bob Blackman usually does not mind running up scores, but today he will limit it to about 45-0.

Columbia must face Bob Greenlee, Rod Watson, and a vicious Yale line. The Dowling-less Elis still can count on fullback Calvin Hill and should coast, say 28-7.

And just for laughs--no bets, you understand--let's say Harvard 21, Cornell 17.