The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-03
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UNUSUAL SEASON
The Big Teams Got Bad Start
This Year.
FOst Says Harvard Was as
Strong as Cornell.
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{ The 1915 football season developed
some great stars and several brilliant
teams, but at the same time II got 1ff
with a bad start, and early results DIS
appointed many lovers of the game
= No doubt the general pubic con-
cluded, after some of the most con-
spicuous university teams had been
beaten by small colleges early in the
fall that the season would turn out
more or less of a fizzle. schedules
were so arranged that there was no
definite elimination of contenders-
Therefore, the results from week to
week seemed more or less 1nconclu-
sive.
: 1t takes stirring championship
race to arouse general ana spontane.
Gus enthusiasm. Thus, Whlle several
1eams of remarkable brillianca were
Fighting their way through to "A vic
torious conclusion, there was u de-
gree of apathy on the part of the
public, which continued until the stir
ring games at the seasons close
The 3-Year Teams
: in reviewing the work of the sea-
son, it should be made clear at ne
outset that in comparing the VIC
torfous teams I am considering only
those that observe the three-year
playing rule.
It is not fair to consider in the
same class the teams that play men
fhree years and those that work their
hnen of four seasons. The former
would be unOeT Il nantitdp III SnCil
comparison, of course This IS not
taken into account by the general
public, which pays heed only 20 the
scores, and which knows or cares he-
tie about the handicap referred TO-
In the east three teams were very
strong: Cornell, Harvard and SYRIA
cuse The latter had fewer points
scored against it than had any other
team. These points included three by
Princeton and seven by Michigan.
Syracuse defeated Colgate SO to 0, and
Colgate beat Yale 16 to 0. Cornell
won all the games on its schedule and
was the only team to beat Harvard in
the last three years.
Although Cornell defeated Harvard,
It IS my opinion that the teams were
about evenly matched. Harvard
might turn the tables if another game
were PLAYED. Harvard had her usual
high class, finished team, winning her
two big games from Princeton and
Yale.
In the middle west three teams
were undefeated: Illinois, Minnesota
and Nebraska. Illinois had two tie
games. playing Minnesota 6 to . and
o. s. u. 3 to 3. Nebraska won the
championship of the Missouri valley
and did not lose a game.
. MinneSotas showing entities her to
tire. leadership of the Western Con-
ference. Chicago lost to Minnesota
and Illinois. Wisconsin's luck was
I0ooE-sfs Because of the loss of Full
account of professionalism, and of
'ITaIfback Smith on account of injuries.
1he team was so weakened that it
lost its three principal games.
Games in South.
TX In the south. all of the colleges
play under the four-year system.
Vanderbilt carried away the laurels
in the Southern Intercollegiate As
ISOLATION, scoring 461 points to none |
for it's opponents, up to the Sewanee !
game on Thanksgiving day. Wander
hiit, however, lost by a 80 to 10 score |
to Nirginia,-which is not a member of |
the association.
In the southwest. Oklahoma |
reigns supreme, having defeated the |
State university teams of Arkansas, |
Kansas, Missouri ard Texas, as well |
rs all other teams played.
Among the teams in the east and |
middle west playing under the four |
year rule, fine records were made by /
Pitt, w. and J., Colgate, and the |
Michigan Aggies.
In my opinion, teams using men |
four years should play only with |
teams following the same rule. The /
additional year makes a great deal /
-bf difference in the possibilities for
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