The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27
IN A CLASS ALONE
Chicago Tribune Says Michigan and
Minnesota Are Above ALI
Western Teams.
Thinks Michigan Has Slightly the
Better Record for the
Seasons Play.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Nov. 27.-The Tribune
this morning says: z q
The football season of 1903, which came
to an end at shutdown last evening, was,a
remarkable one in many ways and prob
ably will remain notable in the memories
OF the devotees of the, sport 1t was re-
n1arkable for the radical changes made by
the rule makers at the start and the
growth of interest in the college gane.
particularly in the west, for the poor
showing made by the Harvard team in the
east and by Chicago in the west, and for
the good results obtained by Coaches Yost
and Mccormack of Michigan and North
western respectively, from teams of which
much less than they accomplished was ex-
pected by all except those who knew the
lndomitable spirit of the men themselves.
In general, there is only one matter Of
regret and that is the failure to pro-
vide an actual champion in the west
a matter which Is wholly subordinate to
the real benefits the sport has received
from the seasons play In particular
meaning to Chicagoans-there is greater
source of regret in the failure of Stages
| maroons to come anywhere near the ex-
pectations aroused by their material and
| expected strength. This is Offset in some
degree by the showing made by North
western, which is regarded as a local in-
st1tut1on, when it is prominent on the
| gridiron.
Many Tie Games.
| The number of tie games which the west
! has produced is unusual, and has conlpli-
Gated the situation until no two opinions
probably will agree on, a final ranking of
| the teams. Partizans can figure out by
comparative scores a fairly. creetable po-
l.sition for nearly every team i'll the west
| including Illinois, one of the most beaten
l:aggregations of the big nine.
I
| be inclined to award the honors for the
season to; Michigan. in spite of its tie
with Minnesota.
| The point is that the Michigan team
| improved far more between the game with
Minnesota and the end of the season than
I the Nfinnesota eleven did in the same in
| terval. In other words. it seems fair to
say Yosts team would be the logical VIC
| tor. if they had met again this year on
| Thanksgiving Day as.they did last, instead
l. Of. early. in, the formative period. Mime
sofa had the advantage in this early date
| OF having the larger number of expert
| enced men to rely upon.
[ There is the other argument that
| tie or draw in any other. sport between
a champion and challenger usually is
considered as. giving the existing cham
| pion the right to retain the title, and
| Michigan was the 1indoubteda leaderatof
4 the west last year. $50 ,+cT
~ In Glass by Themselves.
! 1t is certain, however, that Michigan
! and Minnesota are in a class by them
I selves in this section, just; as was pre-
dicted by critics in general at the be-
ginning of the season.
| In the east Princeton wears all the
laurels without voice being raised in
dissent. And Dewitt can appropriate the
greater part of them If he chooses, with
! cut injustice to any. He stands alone as
t the greatest figure the gridiron: season of
/ 1903 has produced, and his work was al
most entirely responsible for the defeat
| Of Yale.
| The off year with which Harvard en-
| thusiasts We're afflicted was one of the
/ features of the, season.. PENNSYLVANIA
/ Shared this eclipse with the crimson, but
in measure atoned for it yesterday by
wiping up Franklin field with the men
|froIn Cornell . a,xzr -, -