The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-14
FIVE TEAMS HAVE
CHANCE TO FINISH
SEASON UNBEATEN
Georgia Tech Unable ts
Dispute Centres Claim
In South.
By JACK NYE.

Ine eastern IoOtoau championship
race. but the struggle for the title
remains in a snarl almost beyond
hope Of unraveling this season
Supporters OF Penn State over
that OF the Crimson Hurricane, with
its great line and its wonderful
Killinger. ranks above the field
Perhaps IL does.
But returns from other precincts
also carry a convincing tone.
II Yale beats Harvard next SAT-
nrday. as II has a good chance to.
do. who shall say that Tad Jones
Bulldogs are not to be taken Sc
riously? Judging from the manner
IN which the Ellis upset Princeton,
that is quite a fiashy machine up
at New Haven.
The same applies to Lafayette
which hung up its eighth win OF
the year last Saturday Cornell is
also among the unbeaten teams in
the East and Greasy Meals WASH
ington and Jefferson eleven main
tanned a clean record by handing
its third defeat, of the
season.
All of these teams have an ex-
cellent chance to finish the year
without a setback. and the award
ing Of the title will probably re-
solve into a lengthy and spirited
debate
Penn State and Lafayette will
probably receive a majority Of the
votes cast, but that won't settle
anything.
This has been a wonderful year
for the Nittany Lions, but a bigger
one for Huge Bezdek who disproved
the belief that II is impossible to
win with a green team. WAen Way
and Haines and some half dozen
other Penn State stars were lost by
graduation last year, the opinion
prevailed that the Lions were
doomed for a very hard shedding.
mo team with a bunch OF sophie
mores in the lineup can expect TO
show real finish" said one veteran
football man as the season began.
"I think Penn State Is in for its
share OF drubbings."
But the noodle of Bezdek appears
to have overcome this handicap. He
has developed what Is probably the
greatest backfield in the country
And II the Penn State line outplayed
the Navy forwards as badly as init
mated in the press reports, there is
no apparent weakness in that sec
tion.
Il has been only a few years since
the HAughton system was the won
der OF the gridiron. But the Beg
dek idea is the latest thing in fall
styles on the turf
The fall Of Georgetown before
Georgia Tech was a surprise to the
writer and possibly to a lot of other
folks as well.
~
clally with one Of its star tackles
missing. would be able to outcharge
the heavier Blue and Gray forwards.
was the biggest surprise of the
game. Florence and O'Connen held
their own on the ends. but without
. proper aid from the line. the
Georgetown backs were stopped
cold.
The disappointing showing Of the
HrItoppers can in part We traced TO
their exceptionally weak schedule.
Holy Cross was the only team due
to give them a real test and that
expectation was blasted. Against
such eL1Vens as Lebanon Valley.
Ursinus, Westminster, George Wash
ington and Fordham there was no
q. opposition to speak of. Hence, the
team went to Atlanta unaware of
its weakness. save those that came
out IN the scrimmag ing on the Hill
top
GEORGIA Tech. on the other hand.
evidently prohted much by its de-
feat at the hands of Penn State,
and the improved line play of the
Atlantans can be attributed to that
rebuff.
Having disposed OF Georgetown.
the Georgians are stiIl unbeaten
among Southern teams. but their
claim to the Southern title will bear
little weight. even in their own camp.
Centre College appears to have
>clinched that honor this season.
Strengthening its claim by a 21-to-O
defeat Of Auburn Saturday. Most
Of Centres games have been with
Southern teams, while Tech realizes
too late its mistake Of trying to sub
jugate the East before It had cleaned
up In the South.
Georgia lost its dream Of a finger
in the championship pie by getting
no better than a tie with Wander
bit, and the Commodores are not
an exceptionally strong aggregation |
this year. The best line on the COM
parattve strength Of the Golden Tor
nado and the Praying Colonies will
be drawn when the Atlantans play
AQDarn on THANKSGIVING lay. IneN
hope to better Centres 81 points
against the Plainsmen. and will prob
ably do IT.
Another title tangle Is foreseen
In Big Ten circles with Iowa and
Ohio State practically sure Of re-
naming unbeaten to the end. A
triple tie was Knocked in the head
when Michigan held Wisconsin to
"a tie
Georgetown. IN the South Attain
tic section. nnds itself IN much the
same position as Georgia Tech in
the Middle South.
There Is little doubt that the Hill
toppers have the edge in their own
territory. but how are you going
to prove Il George Washington Is
the only South Atlantic team they
have met. and the Hatchetites rank
Tar behind such elevens as virginia, |
v. p. L. and Maryland. Virginia |
Is stu unbeaten In this section, and
demonstrated unexpected strength
Saturday By holding West Virginia
10 one touchdown n
A Victory over North Carolina on |
Thanksgiving Day, which now seems
highly probable, would place the
Old Dominion team in the fore
front
Curly Byrd, the Maryland coach, |