South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-15
SITUATION MORE
COMPLICATED IN
EASTERN CHASE
Five Teams indicated, But
Four Have Been Tied
Penn State Shocked.
BY NJ T. sCUILY

Saturdays games clipped another
contender from the list IN the wes-
tern title race and the coming weeh
ghich brings the teams into the
home stretch ENDS only Notre Dame
and Ohio state standing erect amid
tho wreCkagc Of championship
hopes with their records unscathea
by defeat Illinois. western confer
Cnce champion in 1919, took q u %
q count az the hands Of Wisconsin,
battling Badgers and now has but
one slim. chance Of again taking the
'Biz Ten" title By defeating Ohio
next saturday the IlIini VIII finish
the season with the best percent
age Of any conference team. But q
defeat for Ohio would leave the con
ference corteuderi entirely out 81
the indicated class while only the
greatest upset Of the season can mar
Eorre Danes record in her coming
games with Northwestern and tie
Michigan Argic-. Wisconsin. a team
that demonstrated tine fact that 10 IS
ass strong as any in the conference.
S. put entirely ont Of the champion
ship race by an early season loss
and the fact that lbs schedule had
fewer games than that of Illinois.
Indiana a Surprise.
Notre Danes ambitions missed
q setback bv the uarrowest Of mar
gins a Indianapolis where indiana.
pointed at. and trained for. the No
ire Dame game AN season saw vic
tory snatchcd firm IT'S grasp 10y
typical Irish comeback i'm tho fourth
quarter after leading by a 10 point
margin.
There is no denying that indiana
showed strength totally unlocked
for By Rockne's team but the man
ner in ~ hich the Blue and Gold tore
down the Indiana defense In the final
period and showed across two touch
downs dem onstratcs better than
words the reason some scribe 81 long
ago hung the monIc1er Fighting
Irish" on the blue jerseycd team.
The Indiana defense GAS directed
against one man-Csorce Gipp. the
Irish backfeld star. and be u said
10 Coach Stiehm's credit ne made a
good Job OF covering Gipu. Every
crimson player was after him on
every play and il was only IN the
fnal quarter that he was able TO
work his passes effectively.
Barry Starts Drive.
But Stiehm overlooked the fact
that Rockne had two other aces in
the hole. That is what beat Indi-
ana. After Gipp had been forced 20
quit the game IN the third quarter
with "a badly wrenched shoulder the
Indiana defense relaxed. Norm
Barry. who succeeded Gipp. and
Johnny Mohardt deserve the credit
for starting the drive that broke tr.
Indiana blockade. The advanced the
ball twO-thiros Of the distance down
the field and the passes bv Brandy
and Cashier which followed COM
pletely upset the Crimson seven
which had looked for no aerial Of
fensive with Gipp OUT When Grip
returned ar the opening OF the
fourth period the Crimson were
completely bewfldered by passes
which found Gipp on the receiving
end and a dozen other bits OF
strategy prepared by Rockue for
such an emergency and ingenuOus.y
executed by Brandy.
in the east the coming games viii
hud FIVE teams uudefeated Penn
state, Pittsburg Harvard Boston
Collegc and Princeton have NOT yet
dipped their CoIors but the records
OF all except Boston College have
been marred by tie games and the
Boston eleven has met but one team
of bis CALDER. Yale.
Penn state JoItCd
the eastern leader and a powerful
team both Extensively and defeu-
sively. received q HUSKY jolt when
Lehlgh held her 20 a "a tic Satur-
day
Princeton and Harvard have no
formidable opponents remaining on
their schedules and should complete
Jhe season without defeat but the
cOminE game between Pitt.burg and
Penn state viii eliminate one of
these two contender. Boston Col
lege has yet 90 meet Holy Cross and
Georgetown. two powerful teams one
OF which may upset the Bo-tuniIu~.
Talk OF a Penn State Nofre Dame
game for the national champiorSh n
il rife in south Bend foIoviay
the visit here Friday Of Fred Weuct.
% New York. Who wants to match
the two teams for clash ar the
polo grounds. New York Dec.
Nothing has been done i'm re-ard to
the matter. however. and uo definite
decision viii be made until later fin
the season.