El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-04
FOOTBALL HAD 4
GREAT SEASON
IN 1878
Game Enjoyed One Of the
Best Years in Its En-
tire History.
MANY BIG GAMES
WERE DURING YEAR


NEW YORK, Dec with the first
N postbellum football season a
tang Of history. followers Of the
game are agreed that 1918 developed
a successful comeback for the grid
iron sport
The season Just closed saT the re-
turn 70 football Of college and uni
versity teams throughout the countrg
In general and the renewal o. all q
the time honored contests between
eleTenIs- great and small in every ser
zion o. the country
Good Year for Game.
The war LEFT 10 glazing scars On
football careers OF many prom.1ius
players just breaking into the lime
light as members OF the big unlrer-
sity eleVeus were Interrupted OF
course, and football contrl hutsd her
snare q those who fell on the field
OF battle. But the comeback o. the
game has been entirely satisfactory.
10 was as great IS could have been
A majority o. the critics Who
have seen the best eleTenE IN ac-
ton. hof1 IN the east and the west
are unanimous n the opinion that
the one outstanding mark left BY
the lun- llToff during the war
teams and players 60 BE- errurtc
ut the most Unexpected ftmeE- The
Nuie-HurFard Eumes for Instance
developed nearly q dozer furlElel
hy the euutestlng teens. and there
WAS a tendency umo1U football
field generals TO play safe On many
o. the most important games
But all IN al the 1913 season Vas a
bowling success. 10 developed its
brilliant s-ars Just as other seasons
have done It was the outpourinE or
some OF the greatest crowds that have
ever witnessed football quel8 IN this
rountry. and e demonstrated once
again that the open game a. lt is
now played leaves little 20 Be asked
for from the standpoint o. either play
er or spectator.
Teams wen Watched.
The many upsets OF che 1913 season
had an ez1ilarating effect On football
II generaL rather thln spreadinr q
cloud OF depression. The better elev-
ems o. both east and west were moe
evenly matched than ever before. and
o. teams 20 play brilliantly and AZ
gresziVelT az unexpected times helped
rake the season one Of a thousand
thrills
The small college team has come
into It's own This much ha- hen
proven by the EeuEcu rrcenfIv
closed IL was forec1Ef On 1919 by
me showing 81 many Of the small
eE cN-leFe eieFeua 1EulnEl umun-
n-nts Of hieher r-fin~, nHd O. O.
dHe 70 the new style game.
The fact tEat the 1878 season failed
% uevelon the smooth working foot
balm achinery OF 1rs-uar DAYS e no
sam az the comeback Of the zane
Footnall coaches eFervWhera Rad new
material 20 work with Ther were
forced 70 start building for their eler-
ems OF 1920 and 1891. and the process
is necessarily a slow one Yet the
shirt o. the 1878 teams gave promise
OF be thi1Ez for next year. an5 the
coaches VII open the 1890 training
season with more confidence.
1920 Outlook Cod.
AZ a result Of the scheFu1ir- az
many new opponents by teams
throughout the country and = grow
ing tendency On the part o. eastern
nd western football uansEers %
seek lnre-se-tiousI contests. -he com
inE year g hriEht with promise
IT, the south a new star a1nearer
IN ire fnothall horizon III the FORM 81
me Centre college eleven. which roFa
-rn-17n7d over everT opponent ana
laid clsir 20 ire title 81 zoufhsrn
rnamninn, clein that left little or
no room Tor a disnuts.