The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
FOOTBALL HONOR
CLAIMED BY MANY
Several Claimants for Gridiron
Championship
+ and Navy Have Call.
BOARD SHOULD DECIDE
Central Body Should BE Named
With E;p,I N1TorJ Ala
GUILD DECIDE
Central Body Should BE Named
With Final Word, Avoid
ing Disputes.

have not yet died out. Fact is. the
echo Is. even at this late date. as loud,
II not louder, than the original noise.
IT is the reason of squahbles, argu-
rnents and boasts that Is upon us.
Tho championship OF the East is in
dispute; the championship OF the West
is undecided: tho championship Of the
South is being determined by debate:
the championship OF tine country Is
contradicted. And the season OF 1911
SIS over.
Bath tho Navy and Princeton have
sound claims for tina supremacy Of the
country. but since those two teams
fought to a tic in the early reason
neither can claim superiority over the
other.
There should be some way OF deter
mining the champion. 1t could be
oonc-thcrc is no aoubt about that. a
central body could be created. made
up OF representatives OF. say. eleven
of the most prominent universities in
tho country. These experts could
gather together about December / Of
each year. consider the claims of each
of the teams an1 by vote come to a
conclusion and designate tine cham
pion of the year giving to the winner
some cup or banner, for possession
during the year, emblematic of the
championship. The name OF the tri-
umphant institutions could be en-
Eraved upon the cup or embroidered
upon the banner. whichever It might
be. There would be plenty OF football
enthusiasts willing to donate such a
trophy or contribute TO It.
Personnel of Bonrd.
AS to the championship board-it
could be composed in part at least of
the members OF the present rules COM
mittee. The institutions represented
should include Yale. Harvard, Prince
ton. Dartmouth. Cornell. Pennsylvania,
Army, Navy. Chicago Michigan and
three or four others. The membership
should be an odd number. In event
that there were several rlghtful claim
ants TO the title, the question could
Tho three leaders on the first ballot
would be candidates on the second.
Then II would narrow down to two,
and the odd number woulu compel a
majority of at least one. In this way
there would be no danger OF the com
Inittcc not being able TO select a
champion.
The chief objection to such n plan
would be that some college or several
of them would be dissatisfied and
might even rebel and leave the ma
might be called. But there is no rea-
son why this should occur. The col
Iegcs-every one Of them-abide by
the decision OF the rules committee in
regard to changes In the playing code.
why shouldn't they abide by the de-
cision of the national conference in
regard TO the championship
The six leading ,eamr "a the East
Princeton. Navy. Harvard. Army, Yale
and Dartmouth. Each one of these
teams Will lost several star players
by graduation next June, including. OF
course, their captaine. who are always
members OF the senior class.
Captain Dalton. OF tho Navy. Is
probably t.,c greatest captain OF the
year. He was more than half OF the
, Navy team. being it's hest ground gain
or. its only gooo kicker. and won
derful one, too, ana one OF Its defen-
sive bulwarks. Dalton Is the first man
who has been tho deciding factor In
more than one Army Navy battle. He
will go down to history as one of the
greatest drop-kickers of all time
Captain Arthur Howe. OF Yale, is
probably the next greatest of the re-
firing captains. His kicking and gen
eral all-around work were of a high
order throughout the season, and he
would have been ever a greater shin
Ing light If Yale had played on dry
fields moro OF the time. Howe was
strictly an open-field man, and his
light weight made him Infinitely less
valuable In the mud.
Bob Fisher. of Harvard, by virtue
OF his great line play, deserves to
rank alongside OF Glass and HOTEL
finger. the old Yale guards. lie was
Gibraltar on defense and n wonder
on opening holes in the opposing line
for Wendell to plow through. He was
really the only strong point in Har-
wards line this year. and his absence
next year will he a severe blow 10 the
crimson.
Captain Hyatt. of the Army, com
pares with the leading quarterbacks
OF the year. His Judgment was excel
lent at all times. he handled the ball
cleanly, was good on quarterback runs,
could punt in pinch and was one of
the stars of the season as running
back kicks. He used wonderful judg-
inent in deciding whether to make n
fair catch or attempt to carry tho ball
back.
Hart Big Surprise.
Eddie Hart, of Princeton, was one
of the big surprises of the sNason. a
year ago he held down halfback Job
and was. at best only fair sort OF a
player. However. when he essayed to
become lineman, he made the wisest
move of his career. At tackle Hart
was star of the first water. Consid-
erirs that 1t was his first year ms. n
tackle and that The outshone every
body he met, his work was little short
OF wonderful. 1t Will be several years
before Princeton has another, such
bulwark in her line. unless we miss
Z our guess. gss RI SR.Sss
Eddie DAILY was the strength of tho
y s. CONTINUED on Seventeenth, Iso roy :.