Evening journal., 1921-12-22

College football has made rapid
strides in the last FIVE years.
1t is no longer game that ap-
.peals merely to the undergraduates
and alumni Of the colleges involved
The game still retains the old
college flavor and spirit, but it has
become a national institution
nurinr the fan II takes the same
Mace with the sport-loving public
as baseball during the summer
months
Two things have tended to make
football far more interesting 10 the
masses The forward pass opened
nm the game. so that the spectators
now have some idea what the game
is all about.
The other feature that has stimu'
lated interest in the sport is the
faot that three or four big colleges
no longer hog the spotlight.
Once Harvard. Princeton, Yale
and Pennsylvania we're supreme in
football. The class Of the game cen
tered around those institutions In
other sections the football enthus-
lasts we're treated TO bush" league
stuff.
Added TO the fact that in the
modern game some little college Ike
Centre is able to win over HarSard'
is the scheduling OF games between
the best teams in the various sec
tions Of the country.
California. which for years has
been a mystery quantity because It
has been unable to arrange games
with the best teams in the east, Is
TO get its big chance.
II is interesting to note that Cali
fornia is making every effort to get
strong competition from the east
and west. Coach Andy smiths
trip to the east has borne fruit.
Starting in 1928. California Is to
play a home and home series with
University of ILLINOIS
Smith also announced that plan
had been approved at California
and Stanford whereby one OF the
big three teams OF the east, Har-
ward. Yale, Princeton. will come 10
the coast each year for a game on
New Years Day, starting in 1929
The winner Of the annual Califor.
nia-Stanford game will oppose the
easterners.
with Iowa playing Yale. Chicago
Princeton. Notre Dame. the Arm,
and other intersectional games
equally important. the college foot
ball season for 1922 looms up inter
esting.
Judge Lands made a very wise
and popular move when he cast the
deciding vote in favor OF a seven
game world series.
The nine-Eame series was entirely
too long. Mix In a couple OF bad
days on account OF the weather
plus inability to play on successive
days. due to long railroad jump
and 1t would extend the series ovei
practically two weeks.
That is entirely too long. 1nteres
viii have waned long before m
completion Of the event.
However, the real big thing TO b
gained by going back to the seven
game series. is the added conhdenc
that it win create in the game wit
The enthusiasts who support It,
Going back to the seven-gam
series will make a lot OF people be
iieve that baseball is something @
a sport, rather than a purely con
mercialized amusement.
The world series will once agai
take on the aspect OF a sportin
event, rather than an enterprise fC
gain.
The nine-game world series wa
not actuated purely by the desire
give more people a chance to vie
the classic Two games were adde
because It meant just that muc
more revenue.
It was unfortunate the first yea
the scheme was tried out, and Oh
magnates were being panned 10
their greed. that the athletes shoul
slip and bring added censure on tn
game. The nine-game affair wa
Inflated from the start.
FELT BROTHERS Rim