The New York herald., 1922-12-25
ACONZACA MAY give
EASTERNERS FIGHT
Air Game Developed by Dorais
w Problem for West Vir-
ginia Team.
PITTSBURGH Is FAVORED
Should Defeat Stanford Satur-
day-Penn State May
Land Beating.
PITTSBURGH Is FAVORED
POST SEASON FOOTBALL.
To-day-West Virginia vs. Gonzaga. at
(. San Diego
aturday-Pittsburgh VS.. Stanford, at
Palo Alto.
New Years Day-Penn state vs.. South
Z ern California. at Pasadena.
BY DANIEL.

The time was when big intersec-
tional post season football game was
quite an event When the Carlisle
Indians went to San Francisco back in
1899 and gave the coast its first view
of an Eastern eleven in action the con-
test was regarded as an/epoch making
meeting. The Indians. by the way, de-
: feated California, to 0. When Michi-
gan's famous point minute combination
made the long journey to Pasadena in
J 1902 and trounced Stanford by 49 to
there was another big stir.
Twenty. years after that triumph of
the Wolverines over the Cardinals we
find no fewer than three post season
contests scheduled in California for the
n Christmas holidays. The cycle will be
y started to-day at san Diego. where West
Virginia. undefeated this year. will
tackle Gonzaga from up in Washington.
On Saturday Pittsburgh will invade the
big stadium at Palo Alto for an en-
x counter with Stanford and on New
, Years Day Penn State will meet South
ern California in the feature of the
Tournament OF the Roses at Pasadena.
Thus far the Coast has been the scene
of seven intersectional football battles
and the honors rest with that section
OF our country which lies east of the
Rockies. What Californans call the
East has won five games The Coast
has won three and one contest resulted
!. in tie. The Indians. Michigan. Dart
mouth, Harvard and Penn State have
made the journey Eastward victorious.
Brown, Pennsylvania and Ohio State
have been beaten out there and last
New Years Day Washington and
Jefferson came away with that sensa-
fi0n4l aCnrRlesS fie uffh California
No Champions Involved.
e This year California again won the
. championship of the Pacific Coast.
Oregon was the leader in the North
west. But neither the Bears nor the
Pioneers will be seen in these post sea-
son clashes. Nor will the East be rep
resented by a true standard bearer.
West Virginia was not beaten and pre-
scented some small claim to sectional
honors. but it's accomplishments did not
rank with those OF Princeton and Cor
nell.
Penn State. which was the best in
the East in 1921. fell quite few pegs
this year. Pittsburgh was beaten by
both West Virginia and Lafayette. SO.
in so far as championships and their
second cousins are concerned, the three
contests in California this holiday
week will decide nothing.
West Virginia ranks as the strongest
OF the invaders and Southern California
must be recognized as the best OF the
defenders. Gonzagas eleven. represen-
tative OF little Jesuit college up in
Washington. has a fair record, but can
not be regarded as one of the elite out
that way. Gonzaga met only two of the
Pacific Coast Conference elevens and
these were not topnotchers. The Cath
III lnfa rA1 k,r at,tt, t,erff~
State, 10 to Z. and scored over Idaho.
"a to Z. Southern California won over
Idaho by IL TO 0. Washington State
was swamped by both California and
Southern California.
While West Virginia ought to win
handily to-day, II is not likely to have
an altogether easy task. Gonzaga is
well coached. Its mentor Is Gus Do
rias. who shared stellar honors with
Knute Rockne at Notre Dame in 1913.
Dorais and Rockne made that great for
ward pass combination which woke the
Fast to the tremendous possibilities Of
the air game when the Hoosiers wal
loped the Army nine years ago. Con-
zaEa has built up a good forward pass
ling attack and may show something
new in that specially.
The Gonzoga line IL sturdy but West
virginia's forwards are no slouches.
They outplayed Pitts line and from
tackle TO tackle conceded nothing to any
other outfit in the East. Meredith of
The Morntaineers Is one of the best
tackles in the country and Simon and
Nsrdacci rank with the topnotch backs.
Pittsburgh should defeat stanford by
fair margin. The Cardinals are
coached by Andy Kerr. who was star
under Glenn Warner at Pittsburgh and
then became one of the coach's assist
ants Warner sent Kerr out to the
Coast last season to organize the War
ner system there. Warner himself will
take charge at Stanford next year. So
the game on Saturday will be the War
ner system against the Warner system.
Stanford has not been successful In
football in recent years. The time was
when IL led the procession on the Coast.
1t was a pioneer in football on the Coast
and had the benefit OF the coaching OF
Walter Camp and other Yale stars. But
Stanford has not been able 10 come back
since Il threw over Rugby for a return
10 the American game. The 1922 record
Of the Cardinals follows
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