South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-22
Statistics
IRISH AND OHIO
TWO UNDEFEATED
TEAMS OF WEST
Comparative Scores Against
Purdue Give \. ID. Big
Margin.

With the football season OF 1920
practically az au end NOtre Dame
and Chic State still stand out as the
two leading teams of the west. both
Boosting Of indicated seasons and
both plainly superior 10 all other
teams Of the middle west Ohio
cOmuleted her schedule Saturday by
winning a last minute victory over
Illinois By a z 20 0 score. while No
ire Dame played her semi-fnal
game turning In one Of the r1ost
lcD-sided scores OF the season at
Evanston. where the Irish swamped
Northwestern by n score Of 2 3 20 q.
One Comparison.
Since = post season game between
the two teams ls put out OF the
re1ln1 OF possibilities by a confer
ence ruling which would forbid Ohio
carrying its season further. only one
means Of comparison of the strength
OF the two teams Is left 20 football
fandom. the comparative scores OF
the two elevens against their only
mutual opponent. Purdue
Ohio State met Purdue early in
the season and gained n decision of
II 10 over the Boilermakers at
Columbus The Buckeyes scored
two touchdowns and field goal
against Coach Scanlon's charges
Notre Dame played Purdue NJ
Cartier Field two weeks past and
ran up a % TO score with four
touchdowns The Irish started q
second string team against the
Boilermak ers. and. after scoring q
touchdown with the reserves. ran
in the first team. which scored 81
additional points and retired at the
end OF the third quarter. Coach
ROckne's best played less than noe
half Of the game against the Boil
ermakers From this comparison II
would seem that Notre Dame has
the edge on fits conference for the
western title.
SCanlOn for Y. -.
The Irish also get the decision Of
the only man I'm the west competent
20 fudge the relative strength OF the
two teams. Coach Scanlon of Pur-
due The BoilerTnaker mentor de-
clared after the game here that
Rockne's team was superior TO Ohio
state and TO every other team Pur-
due had met during the season.
Another fact 10 be considered is
the comparative scores Of Notre
Notre Dame and "Big Ten" teams
against Northwestern. conference
member The Irish Saturday gave
Northwestern the most severe drub-
bling they have received this season
when they piled up the 80 90 Z score.
Iowa. the most powerful scoring
team in tho conference. rated as a
better offensive organization than
the Ohio champions. managed TO a.C-
cumlate n % to o score against the
Purple.
Nggics Last Opponcat.
Thanksgiving day will see the
final game OF the season for Notre
Dame when the irish meet the Mich
igan Aggies at East Lansing Tho
Aggies this year have the weakest
team developed a the Michigan col
lCge IN many seasons and are eX-
pccted to offer little opposition 20
Notre Dame
In the east five teams still claim
championship honors but four have
their records married by tie games.
Pittsburg. Penn State. Harvard.
Princeton and Boston College have
not vet met defeat The first four
have been tied. however. and ono
will be eliminated THANKSGIVING dav
when Penn state meets PittsburE.
Boston College. the only undefeatel
and united team in the east. has vet
TO meet GEORGETOWN and Holy
cross. two formidable contcnders.
either Of which may wreck the Bos-
tonians' hopes