The Detroit times., 1914-11-23
nents When Crimson Captain
Played VIII be Remembered
For Many Years
YARMOUTH RANKS
* NEXT TO HARVARD
1Inois Easily Wins Conference
z Title-M. i. A. A. Race Is
Now Triple Tie
.BY HAR0LD '. wILCOx.

<51'he football season Of 1914 will be
~ remembered because OF its me.
trial lpsets OF dope, the unexpected
ming TO the front OF smaller col
les. and the remarkable develop
- OF the open game which has long
&.>n promised. but never before real
I'd But long after these things are
kEotton by the gridiron world, the
III OF 1914 will still be memorable
Nd that because OF sentiment.
The return OF Charles Brickley TO
10 game Ia the presence of Tl,OOO
antic fans, the unexpected hold up
nme that the Crimson took advantage
the crippled captains presence TO
1ork, for the final touchdown, and
MT last goal. with which Brickley
ded HIS remarkable career while
la Brickley and the rest of the
lghty throng danced and roared with
<citement. all formed dramatic
<kago setting which viii endure In
amory as long as football rs an
nerican sport.
q lust Why nobody expected a Bit Of
oep dyed strategy when Brickley
nde his appearance in the game at
low Haven Saturday is mystery. IL
oeuas row that everybody should
I've known that the Introduction OF
great kicker into the final mo-
nts Cf play would lead the enemy 10
|Dect another OF those wonderful
|op kicks. and thus leave the way
1T for any sort of fake play. But
oMRhtOn and his lieutenants alone
~ The possibilities Of the occasion,
"a Harvard's fifth touchdown result
on forward pass. while Charles,
- back Of the line OF scrimmage.
INT through the motions OF dropkick-
- for the edjficatiou Of the admiring
4arers Of the Blue Then Brickley
eked the goal and his wonderful
|feer was satisfactorily completed.
Ihough his cpS ration robbed him Of
elory OF leading his team through
greater rart OF the year he was
Harvard Is the indisputable cham
cn Of the country. The team that
I1anhed Yale is one OF the finest grid
I'd machines ever developed in
Xmerica. Few suspected that fact be-
~ the game at New Haven. Nobody
l1bts Ii now. Haughtons eleven was
- master OF every sort Of play, new
Old. and both its execution and de-
soe were NIL that could be asked Of
II eleven. Ii was a master team,
teandidlyI coached and In the finest
FORM Yale was strong, and gave
me- evidence OF the open play which
~ Els expected to win for them, but
~ Crimson was irresistible and the
11ld0g cracked much as Michigan
ocked before Cornell.
\ By overwhelming Syracuse. 40 to 0,
dartmouth demonstrated that IL has
Is team second only to Harvard. Until
be Ya1e-Haryard game Saturday, IL
~ even asserted that Dartmouth has
No best team In the country. SYRIA
&&oe ID by no means weakling this
ear and while the Green was favor
rite. the rout In the last three quar-
)erB Was another of the seasons big
@11rprises. In the east all OF the other
nmes ran true to form, both In results
md scores.
IN the west, Illinois won undisputed
IlGht 20 the conference title by defeat
/1G Wisconsin, "a to 8. The Illini this
III have the strongest team that the
Western conference has seen in many
<>Ars. II is packed with individual
1tnrs Of the Macomber. Pogue. Clark
<1pe. but Zrppke, nevertheless. han
0pyeloped splendidly balanced ma
chine. Minnesota won second honors
a the Stage circuit by defeating Chi
cax0 IL 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
least successful ones. 4..-.-.
Probably the best game in the west
Saturday was the Iowa.Nebraska
melee. which the Cornhusknrs won, IS
~ z. after splendid uphill fight.
Michiean football had a fairly inter.
citing day. despite the fact that most
'of the headliners were through. Olivet
Won from Albion. as expected. "a to o..
and now the NJ. l. A. A. title muddle
Is more involved than ever. HiIIsdale.
Kazoo and Olivet are all tied. and each
has suffered p defeat AT the hands OF
one OF the others. The only solution
South American To