El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-13
FOOTBALL IS on
CREST Of BIC
WAVE
Game is Enjoying More
Popularity Than ANY Pre-
vioUs Year IN History.
OF BIG
TEAMS IS PLAN

Anew. YORK Nov. 1a--ln line with
IN every other FORM OF Sport college
football promises TO reach heighrs
This year never bsfore attained. Ale
ways the +most popular form Of OUT
door sport In the faI. gripping be-
cause the Erldiron battles have back
Of them more than simply Interest in
I the outcome. as measured from pub
lie standpoint. there IS every inaiea-
tfon that the game thls season. both
as regards amateur alQfl --1 .-
rats. s-iI far exceed any other slml-
lar season
Has Come Back strong
Tie war PUG a quia-us on lQo-lA-l
% an extent bur this year -l -
shown g reaction that ls rll-ecle- p.
the crowds that attend me z--lea -
In better contests mere . a-A-@
something that thrills about the riF-
airy between Institutions o. learning
and there is no better method or ser
ding their differences llau THESE
grfdfron battles IutercoLeel De-
but ft takes athletic contests, Iool-
h-1r a-u-ciallr. 10 really help rank rle
colleges with the public az large
The enIy resrettahIe feature OF
the football season T. r-1r % p
not longer. A lenEtheued seas1n
many disputed Questions as 90
which inztitufion had rnc better
8 TEAM which system Of conchlnE
yielded the best results As it rs
now. the only way Of deteruiinlnE
nuvdhlrE uuurn1chia= q football
championship. particularly OF the
east f. By way Of rlfnllrc
scores. and everyone knows Euu
unreliable these often are. because
all the biE colleges DO not play
one smother
The west has fts corfere1ce games
and the winner Of the -1lg reu' can
With some show Of 1us-lricatlou b
hailed az the champion or the Middle
west But no such method obtains
On the east and the consequence is
that the titular college hcucrs ruruizl
TO end OF argument. and wiz continue
90 as Ions IS some OF the larger AZ
srltutl0ls do nct meet
Needs Biz Came.
What college football needs IS
llull same. something on the order OF
the worlds series In BASEBALL mis-
way OF having clau1l lr's % the coast
c1lle-es, Of the middle west and the
eastern end in doubt is all wronE.
and only can be rightel iz an eL-e--
sion OF the season. which 20 -1a cl.-
rlara obtains al-l15 E.a5s -lnle
hardly possible But ir would be IDEAL
and serve Co settle many arguments
were it possible for the sectional
winners 20 meet and definitely De-
termine the disposition OF the gria
iron crown
me American sporting public
dearly loves a champion. Mheth-
er % "a iu professional Or ANA
teur sports an effort a. always
being made 10 derermiue and
honor the ultimate tifie holder
IL WIS rhis Spirit rThlch vas re-
EnonEihle for the HForid's series iu
professional baseball New there
81 scheme on foot 70 work out
some sort Of an American cham
rinushiu IN COLLEGE football. IhlE
year there are no lutcrsectlcu1l
games Of importance BY which the
relative sfrenetk OF the east and
west can be determined.
The proposal IS therefore hellE
made that az the end Of the season
81 committee OF fon-1all experts pick
an en- eastern football team made 40
from the strongest elerels In tbs
section and match Il against an ll-
western eleven This is 1roFcsel r7
q substitute for The flura logical but
impossible arrangement o. having all
the eastern teams play round robin
schedule, with the winner meeting
the winner q the conference associc-
ION % The middle west
Many Would Accept.
The difficulty OF lrran sll1 @ series
Of either sort is that the eastern COLI
leees. az least Harvard Yale and
Princeton VII never consent 20 enter
such an agreement or league Efforts
have been made for many years 90
get these three principals 20 come out
Of their little t-l1neul laa9ue and
meet the other big uuiVers ties Of the
be sufficient for -hem they cannot De-
nurgel. and the other colleges are
about ready 90 let them &c their own
Way- Therefore the suggestion ot
another plan 20 bring about some
kind az pest season football