The Washington times., 1922-12-01

hurdled Penn. four teams stand un-
defeated. and stand. too. to lay claim
to the Eastern championship. They
are Cornell, Princeton. West Vir-
glnia, and Army.
OF the quartet. Army and West
Virginia are the only ones which
have been involved in the case. Army
deadlocked in combat with Yale and
Notre Dame. West Virginia tied
with Washington and Lee. Prince
ton and West Virginia had a harder
schedule than Cornell.
Cornell's leading engagements were
against Penn. Dartmouth, and Col
gate, Oil Of whom suffered two or
more defeats. Princeton beat Chi.
cago. Harvard. Yale, all powerful
teams. among others.
West Virginia's main accomplish
ments are victories over Pittsburgh
and Washington and jefferson. the
latter going down yesterday.
Army's schedule Of Navy, Notro
Dame. Yale and Alabama Poly
as outstanding teams rates as .
hard one. The tie with Yale,
later. beaten by Princeton may be
argued as detracting from sccOm.
plishmeIts, compared with Prince
ton. Then again. NOtre Dame
has . great team and the fact
that II was held to . scoreless tie
off-setting the Yale affair, which
came carly In the season.
Army's schedule was harder than
Cornell's. The Cornell accomplish
ments. therefore. despite II being
far and away the highest scorer in
the East, suffered in the final
analysis Of ranking.
We would rank Princeton first,
Cornell second. and West Virginia
and Army as q tie for third. It
is to be regretted Cornell and
Princeton were not scheduled
against each other. They may be
next season.
In the midwest. Iowa., Michigan
ern Conference championship. Iowa
and Michigan won all conference
games, as also all scheduled games.
and beaten by Michigan and, the
weak Illinois team. in conference
game. Also It lost to Princeton.
The argument there, however. con-
Germs the conference title.
Chicago's followers claim that as
Il did not lose II Is entitled to
share with Iowa in Michigan the
championship with Iowa and Michi-
gan. Others claim that by being
held scoreless by Wisconsin Il
failed to show the strength Of Mich
igan, which won ID to 8, and should
be counted out. The conference
authorities will be asked to crack
this one,
Vanderbilt University, which
completed . season undefeated by
winning over University Of South.
established ono Of the Greatest
records ever for . Southern team.
Il played powerful Michigan 70 =
tie among other feafs.
Georgia Tech. which beat An.
burn yesterday, lost to the NAVY
and Notre Dame. but was undefeat.
ed by Southern opponents. Au.
burn. until yesterdays game was
also undefeated by down in Dixie
elevens and boasted S-to-0 verdict
over Centre.
Vanderbilt, on its record. IA
southern champion. It's record
against Southern teams has not
been beaten by Georgia Tech.
The Nebraska cornhuskers are
Missouri valley champions. Their
defeat Of Notre Dame yesterday WA
consolation for the loss to syracuse
. month or Do ago N the Ne.
6raskan's only setback. Notre
Dame lost her first game Of the
season. and but the second in four
Out on the Tar coast a situation
similar to the Chicago Western
conference muddle exists. 1t came
played q 3-to-s tie with Washinr'
ton. The Washington -huskies werc
q walkovcr fcr California, hlrhest
scoring team p The and,