Although virtually no upsets occurred on Saturday, the football teams played within Southern territory, a number of these contests gave experts their first start on the strength of several of the leading teams. Yale's defeat of Virginia by the largest team soon after the Blue eleven has rolled up in twenty years indicates that the "Old Dominion team is considerably below last year's standard. According to the best opinion, a duplication of Virginia's superiority over virtually all Southern teams last year appears doubtful. Little can be gleaned from North Carolina's defeat by Prince of Norfolk that is material to the Southern situation. Washington and Lee, hitherto ranked by many as the Youth's best, played the Army a hard game. Harvard created a surprise by defeating North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical, while Newberry College proved somewhat of a surprise by gelling a victory over South Carolina. Tennessee had all cutty time, while many were expected to win. Maryland, and the strong strength of the team, strengthened its position as a possible contender for Southern honors by beating Mercer, to it. Sewanee continued its performance of running up large scores on small Tennessee schools. The winner's victory over Transylvania, and Georgia Tech's outstanding score of to 0 in a forty-round contest.  Five minutes' romp through Cumberland's line, shows the unquestionable speed and offensive developments of these two teams. Neither eleven, however, has exhibited a proven defense for the reason that neither has been pitted against a strong rival. 