The Detroit times., 1914-11-23
unents When Crimson Captain
Played win be Remembered
For Many ye-rs
DARTMOUTH RANKS
NEXT TO HARVARD
Illinois Easily Wins Conference
Title-M. /. A. A. Race Is
Now Triple Tie
ny HAROLD Y. WILCOX.

The football season Of 1914 will be
long remembered because OF It's me-
morable upsets of dope, the uneapect-
"a coming to the front OF smaller col
leees. and the remarkable develop
>ment Of the open game which has long
been promised. but never before real
5 1ned. But long after these things are
forrotton by the gridiron world, the
I'll OF 1914 will still be memorable,
@ond that because OF sentiment.
The return OF Charles Brickley TO
.fhe game In the presence OF 7l,oO0
\ fFantic fans, the unexpected hold up
eame that the crimson took advantage
1of the crippled captains presence TO
work. for the final touchdown, and
4 that last goal. with which Bricley
ooded his remarkable career while
Dad Brickley and the rest OF the
mighty throng danced and reared with
excltement. all formed q dramatic
sfago setting which will endure In
memory as long as football rs an
american sport.
Just why nobody expected q bit OF
deep dyed strategy when Brickley
mnAo his appearance In the game at
New Haven Saturday Is mystery. II
seems now that everybody should
have known that the Introduction OF
X the great kicker into the final mo-
monte OF play would lead the enemy to
oxpect another Of those wonderful
drop kicks. and Thus leave the way
clear for any sort of fake play. But
Hanghton and his lieutenants alone
saw the possibilities OF the occasion,
md Harvart's fifth touchdown result
~ on o forward pass, while Charles,
lnr back OF the line OF scrimmage.
went through the motions OF dropkick.
lng for the edification OF the admiring
|'UGarers OF the Blue. Then Brickley
k1cked the goal and his wonderful
Gnreer was satisfactorily completed.
ALTHOUGH his operation robbed him OF
The glory Of leading his team through
he greater rart OF the year he was
captain.
Harvard Is the indisputable cham
lion Of the country. The team that
cxushed Yale II one OF the finest grid
1rcy. machines ever developed in
america. Few suspected that fact be
1ore the game at New Haven. Nobody
doubts II now. HaughtonS eleven was
the master OF every sort Of play, new
ne old. and both its execution and de-
11nse were all that could be asked OF
my eleven. IL was q master team.
1rpIeandidly coached and In the finest
|of form. Yale was strong, and gave
1ome evidence of the open play which
HE Ellis expected to win for them, but
[Lhe Crimson was irresistible and the
Bulldog cracked much as Michigan
:cracked before Cornell.
BY overwhelming Syracuse, 40 to O.,
dartmouth demonstrated that II has
- team second only to Harvard. Until
the Yale-Harvard game Saturday. II
<Xns even asserted that Dartmouth had
The best team in the country. SYRIA
cuoe ID by no means a weakling this
year, and while the Green was favor
or1te, the rout In the last three quar-
ters was another of the seasons big
Durprises. In the east al OF the other
GAmes ran true to form. both In results
s and scores.
In the west, Illinois won undisputed
/. right to the conference title by defeat
1ng Wisconsin, "a to o. The I1lini this
mn have the strongest team that the
western conference has seen I'm many
years. It n packed with individual
stars Of the Macomber, Pogue. Clark
type. but Zuppke. nevertheless. has
I, 6ovsloped a splendidly balanced ma
shine. Minnesota won second honors
A the Stage circuit by defeating Chi
cago, Is to z. but the victory was the
result OF Captain Des Jardien's In
Jury. The Maroons are just about as
strong as the Gophers. Injuries have
played havoc with Stages eleven all
year. and made the one season when
he had the finest OF material one Of his
4 least successful ones.
Probably the best game In the west
Saturday was the Iowa-Nebraska
melee. which the Cornhuskers won, 16
Ito z. after a splendid uphill fight.
Michigan football had fairly inter.
esting day, despite the fact that most
Of the headliners were through. Olivet
won from Albion, as expected. "a to o.
and now the M. I. A. A. title muddle
, 10 more involved than ever. Hillsdale.
Kaxoo and Olivet are all tied. and each
has suffered defeat at the hands OF
one Of the others. The only solution
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