Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
FOOTBALL 1920 HONOR ROLL
CONTAINS MANY SOU7HERNERS
Authorities Rank Georgia Tech With Princeton, Ohio
Stale and Illinois by Including Six
Jackets Among Select

| RMS has been the kind of a sea-
son to delight, the heart of The foot
pali writer. according to the out
ihS Magazine. II has been Il year
when the dope held true on the aver
age. Furthermore it has been more
of big team" year than has been
the case for a number of reasons. To
he sure Yale lost to Boston college.
pennsylvania was badly upset hy
Virginia Military Institute. Penn
state was tied by Lchigh. and the
Army lost TO Notrc Dame. Blu, on
the average the hcadliners have come
through.
one feature Of the year Is The
number OF field goals. Thi; was
partly due TO special attention u the
..s. nui largely also 10 ',:c tact ,ht.
the teachers OF the game have not
YET found a sure road home from
the twenty-yard line.
lterc is the usual talk of cham
pionships with which this masaaiuc
has little patience. The real uucs-
ton is not whether certain team
WAS the best in its section or in the
was II adequate for its job? ON this
basis ] do not hesitate to award the
palm t" Princeton in the East. To
nc sure the Tigers We're lied by
ton more !mpressively both in score
and in showing on the field
nate the word luck but It must
be said Gat Harvard had a tou.'a OF
Yale Princeton rltyc. as hcuut!iul
ball as have seen in many years.
Young Donald Lourie knew exactly
what he was going to do ana how
on the field. There We're times
when he seemed To he running both
teams, so completely did Princeton
SencraiShip dominate the play.
/; WAS team that came smooth
~ and steadily all through In" sea-
son and was ut the top OF it's stride
when !, struck the Bulldog The
passing al kicking well concealed
and run off in Il way that WAS worth
E"inS many miles To see. The de-
whole team had football sense
When /; comes To Middle West
crn football the poor reviewer inn
mcdia;ely finds himself in dincult-
les lie secs few. II any. cf the con-
ference games and the comparative
scores frequently tell anything hu;
the truth. Fortunately the confer
.ncc arranges things very nicely so
far rs championships are concerned
ana this year automat!ca!ly puts
unhroken string Of victories. how
ever. ~ not quite the whole story.
Illinois played six conference games
against ONO states five. The tale
OF points Scored by each was fOrty-s.X
for Illinois and !ifty-ciSht Tor ohio.
But consider this schedule OF Illinois
" men OF Princeton, Vale and llar-
ward. Chicago. Iowa. Michigan Miunc-
sofa. Wisconsin. ohio. everyone Il
major game.
ohio seems to have taken leaf
GU; OF the Xuppke book this wear in
n" way Of last minute finishes IL
linois ana Michigan were beaten
practically in the last second and
the winning toucrdown against CHI
Gag" vas made wiki only three min
Cirs LETT TO play. Nevertheless Ohio
state has rlayed The daring. winning
was we'll bull; into the scheme and
sk!lfully executed Illinois came 10
the end "f the season with "A good
team playing a sound game hut n
team that had given too much IT.
self In earlier struggles.
The real comebacks in the confer
cnce was neither one %! these but
Wisconsin, Starting with none TOO
hTl.iant prospects, they won four
out Of their five conference games
Bli scored nfty-fOur points 10 twenty
iinc scored against them Michlgan
icd the ancient SrudSc with n d.
served victory over Chicago. but they
did nothing else OF great Importance
during the season. In fact tn. re-
mote observer wonders il Michigan;
j. not suffering from some o: IN.
vale disease OF unwilinrnsss 20 20
BACK aAd learn the alphabet al! over
again. Incidentally four conference