The Washington herald., 1920-11-27
Ohio State Wins Conference
And California Western
Championships = Notre
Dame and v. M. |. Have
Wonderful Machines.
BIZ JACK NYE.

Football history has been written
for the season Of 1920 and in every
section save the East, some gridiron
monarch is the proud possessor Of a
championship crown. Four teams in
the Eastern field. who have been in
a tangie for several weeks, find
their title claims no better with the
last of the deciding games entered
on the records.
When Pittsburgh and Penn State
came together 1t was expected that
one of the claimants would hit the
soapy chute, but the prevalent habit
OF tying the count which has been
noticeable this season, Spoiled the
outlook The failure of either
team to win a decision leaves
Princeton. Harvard and Penn State
and Pitt just where they have been
for some time None of them has
tasted of defeat and each can sd-
vance forceful arguments why 1t is
as good as the next one.
Prfnceton Looks to be Best
Princeton is generally considered
the strongest team of the four. A
tie with Harvard Is the only thing
that keeps 1t from having an undis-
puted claim. That same tie is the
Z sole mark against the Crimson.
which did not indulge in as hard a
, schedule as the Tigers.
Penn State and Pitt, though un-
beaten, have two ties apiece. Bez-
dek's men could get no better than
draw with Lehigh and the Panthers
were played to a 7-to-7 deadlock by
SNyr - e.
Maryland.
The failure of either Pitt or Penn
State to score Thursday was a jolt
to the dope, as both were supposed
to have wonderful scoring machines.
Charlie Way and his mates ran up
a 2s to score on Pennsylvania
Heisman's team in turn scored three
touchdowns on Pittsburgh. though
beaten 81 to 81. Yet Penn State.
with a much superior attack than
Pennsylvania can show, was unable
to score a single touchdown on the
Panthers. Such is the fickle dope.
Georgia Tech Leader I'm south.
There is no doubt about the cham
pionship in the South as the result
of Georgia Techs "a to victory
over the big Auburn eleven. The
Alabamans, with the heaviest line
eXtant and a wonderful scoring
record. were expected to give the
Golden Tornado a terrible battle.
They won the Thanksgiving Day
battle last year with a less effective
team. But Buck" Flowers, Red
Barron and Judy Harlan, Techs
bsckheld stars. appear to be un-
stoppable this season. Flowers has
Ibeen enjoying his greatest year and
brought his football career to .
close by running wild on Auburn
Georgia is also an unbeaten S. L
A. A eleven. but its strongest sup
porters will not claim that 1t could
do more than make things interest
ing for Tech. But for Techs defeat
at the hands OF Pittsburgh 1t would
be able to make a forceful claim to
the championship of the country.
Ohio state vs. California
In the Western Conference Ohio
State again bears the laurel wreath,
while in the Far West the Univer-
sity of California is without a peer.
These two elevens will meet on
New Years Day in what should be
a great game. California will have
a chance to prove its claim that 1t
Il
other team in the business.
". NJ. rs Flying Cadets" stand
at the top in the South Atlantic
section, though Maryland Univer-
sity remains among the unbeaten
teams. Indications are, however,
that the virginians have the edge.
Their supporters claim that it Is
the greatest machine in the coun-
try and there is some talk of II
meeting Georgia Tech in a post sea-
son battle in Richmond.
TWO elevens which remain un-
beaten but appear to be out OF
the championship fold are Notre
Dame and Boston College. They are
8among the few that have not even
been tied. The Bostonians meet
fGeorgetown today and should win
unless the Hilltoppers undergo a
miraculous change.
Notre Dame One of Greatest.
Notre Danes most brilliant per-
formance was its 27-to-17 victory
over the Army, when il flashed an
attack that has been rated as the
most versatile seen in the East this
year. George Gipp also sprang into
fame on that occasion and looks
like the one best bet for aIl-Amer-
lean honors. Notre Dame continued
its winning way Thursday by romp-
ing on the Michigan Aggies by a
score Of 81 to o.
virginia avenged the defeats OF
the past two years at the hands
of North Carolina by a 14-to-0 win
Thursday. and ". M. 1. played ac-
cording to form by downing ".
p. l.. "a to Z.
Not so much is being written
about Centre College of late, but
n perusal of the results shows that
.Bo" Mcmillan and his team ran
up a healthy score of 103 points
on Georgetown, KY.