New Britain herald., 1921-11-28
GRID SEASON
 COMES TO CLOSE
Many Questions Undetermined at
 Finish Of Successful Year

New York, Nov 9S.--The greatest football season of all, in point of i'm portant games played throughout tho country. and the least decisive of all, in point of outstanding teams and players, closed on saturday with the rain drcnched classic between the
 Army and Navy. Only a few threads remain to be gathered-the various ranking of the "5ovcnS, selections o!
 ,ection an All-AmeriCan teams, seV- aral late interscCtiOna contests and, on New Years Day, the Tournament )f Roses battle between the Cni"er- sity of California and some eastern, middle western or southern aggrc- Eation yet to be selected.
 To all intents and purposes the final games played last week - on Thanksgiving Day and on Saturday were in the nature of an anti-climaX to the football drama, The Yale Harvard annual had provided a fit ting climax the week before, and there was little left for last weeks tussels to decide. The Navy beat the Army and Cornell crushed Pennsyl- vania, two results that had long been forseen, Only the Pitt-Penn State game escaped the forecasts of the ''dopesters" and even this contest was not as decisive or insignificant as il would have been on a dry field.
 Cornell, however, made the most of it's opportunities during the final week and boosted itself considerably ct, tor, Iit,tp l,1-r n nc of the 41-O victory over Penn. The Quakers, of course, were not opposi tion of the first calibre, but allied with the mud of Franklin field they offered fairly difficult test for any eleven, and the fact that the IthaCans kept their feet, ran well with the ball fumbled almost not at all and tackled with precision and tierccness is suf fcient tribute to their native talent.
 Washington and Jefferson, too, ce mented it's unbroken record by SCOT ing a substantial triumph over West Virginia. But Pittsburgh lashed into a froth of fury by the last-minute drive of Coach Glenn Warner, was the greatest gainer of all. In one stroke the Partners helped to atone for three previous defeats. holding | Penn State to a scorless tie. As the | game was played last Thursday, on a field ankle deep with mud, the two teams were evenly matched, neither | possessing the advantage in attack or defense. What the result would have | been on a dry field is another matter, | but one would have to go very far behind the records to deprive Pitt of it's share of credit for the tie game 1 with Bczdeks highly efficient eleven.
 Army Shows Improvement
 The Army Navy game, although | the football seasons greatest specta- ce in pomp, dignity and the extent 1f the general pubiic's interest, was curious game as game. No foot oall tussle played on field of mud | and in a downpour of rain is ever and much must be eX- cused on this score. But, neverthe ess, it was a tedious, long drawn out affair, with too many delays holding ID the action and too much stand still playing without decisive results
 Entitled to Title
 The question as to how much Penn
  were endangered by the tie | with Pitts is one that will not keep | many observers awake at night. It would have been a better ending, of if the Nittany Lions had | out their season with a vic | .ory over the Warner machine, but he fact that no one of a big number of powerful opponents could beat his team of Bezdek is tribute enough. Harvard and Pitt emerged | with ties, but Lehigh Carnegie Tech, | Georgia Tech and the Navy were beaten. No other team in the east gan lay claim to such a record | against such opposition, and such q | thing as a tie game can not offset this one fact.
 West Virginia Disapnoints
 West Virginia aso closed g diSap | pointing year under it's new coach, c. w, Spears, who left Dartmouth to go to Morgantown. The Green. likewise had a thorny path this year, but Spears did not improve his lot when he went to West Virginia, The NOUntaineprS won five games lost