The Washington times., 1921-11-28


and Drawn. This leveling of geogra
the East with rude force this fall WI
defeated Princeton and Harvard Of
from the farthest reaches of the C
Pittsburgh veterans, coached by the
We come to the.end of a most In,
teresting season with no less than
-FOUR teams undefeated in the East;
a band Of Iowa farmer boys, coached
by Howard Jones. Yale man, cham
pions Of the Western Conference
colleges; the rowing Notre Dame
eleven undefeated in the East or
Middle West, except in an early
game with Iowa, and last. but by
no means least, the University Of
California, tutored by a Pennsylvania
coach, emphatically claiming the
championship Of all sections and Of
fering to prove It at the expense Of
the best combination the East or
Middle West can send to the Pacific
coast.
No section Of the country. unless
1t is the great Southwest, has failed
to produce teams this year to rank
with the best Who would have
predicted a few years ago that Cali
fornia, with a climate i'll suited to
football, would be hurting challenges
at Yale, Princeton and Harvard?
Educating Football Masses.
The amazing growth of the gridiron
sport in popularity is largely due
the national scope of football educa-
ton of the masses. The once de-
spised outlanders have learned that
smart coaches can be brought to
their doors, that good football mate
rial abounds everywhere, and that
the open game is a great leveler. IT
y was not that way in the brave old
days of push and pull"
Under expert direction green, corn
fed youths from the Middle West can
be quickly moulded into football ma
chimes that compare favorably with
those in the East. where the coaches
get the pick of preparatory school
material from all over the country.
Colleges that never attained more
than local regulations find great
publicity agent in football and with
teams springing up everywhere now
centers of public interest in the game
are uncovered.
Can Never Be Settled.
Sectional rivalries, however. can
never be settled with any marked
degree Of general satisfaction because
too many first-class coaches are now
operating throughout the land.
dozen years ago the leading coaches
could be counted on the fingers of
EUgencies of a short season. the
impracticability Of scheduling more
than one game a week, faculty re-
straints against too much time being
taken from studies for travel and the
custom of practically exhausting
, limited schedule with traditional
rivals are some Of the reasons why
the East will remain in the East and
the West the West in football.
A fitting climax for a great foot
ball year would be an encounter be-
tween the University of CALIFORNIA;
crack eleven and one of the East's
undefeated teams. At this writing
It appears that Gil Dobbie's Cornell
boys may journey to Los Angeles to
oppose the Californians in the big
Tournament of Roses game to be
played on New Years Day.
A majority of Eastern football
men who have seen all the undefeat-
ed teams in action agree that Notre
Danes big, fast eleven-a team well
echooled and experienced in the art
Of forward passing-would make a
better showing against California
than CARMEL, Lafayette or Penn
State. Few OF these experts have
seen Iowa in action, but from all
accounts the Hawkeyes lack Notre
Danes variety of scoring plays.
In general way Penn State. Cor
nell. Lafayette and Iowa may be de-
scribed as heavy" teams, depending
more on weight than speed and
equipped with sound defense~.
} WatchwOrd on Coast.
Speed and proficiency in the for
ward pass are CALIFORNIA; chief Of
fensive assets. Notre Dame is the
one team east of the Rockies with a
similar attack highly developed. And
Notre Dame has experienced sterner
opposition than California. which has
romped through most of her games
There Is a saving grace in knowing
the value of defense and how to en-
plov 1t to meet different forms of at
tack.
The prowess of the Californians-
unbushingly admitted by them-is
moi rated highly here. There is p
feeling that California has been car.
ried away by the size of her scores
against teams that did not class with
her and that she has not looked to
her defense as well as she might.
Georgia Tech suffered this delusion,
and had rude awakening when
thrown on the defensive by Penn
State,
Still, after all, Andy Smith is
known to be a smart and resource
full coach. He knows Eastern foot
ball, and he is not-likely to overlook
his defense.