The New York herald., 1921-12-04
Individual Achievements of Great Football Season
Country Remarkable Followers of the Sport
Most Brilliant Case of Scoring After Catching Punt
Was Seen at South Field When Webster Of
Colgate Dashed Fifty Yards and Sent
Columbia Down to Defeat.

fall was that in almost every instance
the alumni came home and attended
a beating.
Thus on Home Coming Day we find
Illinois celebrating the occasion at Ur-
bana with a game against Chicago in the
presence of 10000 home coming Illini.
The joyous throng saw their eleven COM
pietely outplay Chicago during the first
half. and they also saw the great back
Sternaman score six points against
Chicago by two goals from the field.
At fullback, however, on the Chio0o
team was young man by the name
of John Thomas. and it was John
Thomas who in the second half killed
the 10y Of the Illinois home coming day
spectators. This crashing fullback
gained over 100 yards in the second half,
scoring two touchdowns. The latter
score he accomplished unaided advanc-
ing the ball from Illinoiss A yard line
to the goal line.
Destiny laid in wait for Chicago. the
conquerers of Princeton in ths East and
Colorado in the Far West. Fates in
strument was TRUCK" Myers, captain
OF Ohio state. The game was played on
Stagg Field in Chicago.
In the beginning Chicago literally
blazed with strength. but Ohio State
fought stubbornly, pnsventing their OPP
pontIllS lIOin SCORING, anu SIdUldtly
wore them out In the fourth period, in
a game still scoreless. the Buckeyes de-
veloped a dashing attack which swept
down the field 70 Chicagos Y yard line.
At this point Myers dashed through
tackle for twelve yards and made the
only touchdown of the game.
That touchdown knocked Chicago's
championship ambitions into Lake
Michigan and left only Wisconsin and
Iowa as contende,'s for the Western
Conference championship
Tha name of Aubrey Devine sounds
more like that Of a poet thap of a
rugged. sturdy football playG.. and
championship maker at that. for il was
a drop kick by this great play~T sent
from the 25 yard line over Notre Dlo.e'5
crossbar that gave TO Iowa a vic ts--3'
and another completed link in the chan
OF victories which gave to Iowa ,ae
proud position of champions Of .ae
Western Intercollegiate Conference
The football champion Of Maips is
Bowdoin. with Colby second, Bates t-lird
and Maine fourth Bowdoin foug.A its
way to the front by beating Maine ic
swirling sea OF mud and snow at Oroso.
Bowdoin scored through a tumble ~
Maine in the first period. Small of
Maine however. soon after evened tina
score by beautiful 65 yard run through
the centre Of Bowdoin's line. thus bring
ing the score TO Z. Bowdoin's second
touchdown and the championship came
as a prize for brilliant running attack
which shattered Maine's line from end
10 end.
In conclusion let us glance at another
record, the record of a football public
No other football following i'm the
United States has lived through seven
Saturdays Of such excitement as befell
Harvards public this fall.
on the second Saturday Of the season
Harvard defeated Holy Cross by a single
goal from the field. TWO weeks later the
Harvard eleven barely defeated Georgia,
similarly by a goal from the field. on
the fifth Saturday in the Crimsons cam
paign Penn State tied Harvard, q 10 81,
and only a supreme stoncwan defence
prevented the Pennsylvanians from add
ing another touchdown and winning the
game. The next week McAIllin OF
Centre defeated the Crimson by a single
touchdown The next week Harvards
great following faced the final minutes
OF the Princeton game comfortably
ensconced in a score of Harvard 3.
Princeton 0. only TO be smitten by a trv
by Ralph Gilroy for y touchdown and
victory. Settling back for two weeks.
free from sensations, thrills and excite
ment, the Harvard rooters on the very
next Saturday We're aroused by Brown.
who threatened 10 administer a third
defeat 10 Harvard By a thrilling seven
~ yard run, but a team OF substitutes in
the final moments overhauled and passed
In the score. Tho climax OF this eX-
traordlnary football campaign was
reached the next week when Yale. reach
ing the fourth period apparently q vic
tor by points. was brilliantly over
taken. tied and then beaten.