Evening star., 1922-01-23

While Centres downfall at the
hands of the Aggies. who are located
at College Station, Tex, was pretty
much of a shock throughout the
country, Texans were not a bit sur
prised. for those Aggies have the
Winning habit Usually they have
been the outstanding team in the
southwest conference which includes
such institutions as the University of
Arizona. Oklahoma A. & NJ. University
of Texas. Baylor and others.
In 1917 the Aggies went through the
season without being scored upon,
themselves scoring 30 points. A
team that has no black mark, not SO
much as d safety blight upon Its es-
cutcheon in these days of the modern
game is playing simon-pure-foot pail.
in 1919 the Texans repeated this
achievement. scoring 215 points. d.
X. Bible, who. We believe. is not a
college product. is the head coacn-
Is there any golf club in the country
which can produce driver qualified TO
beat Charley Hall, the Birmingham.
Ala. Country Club professional? Ii
so they are waiting for him in Birm-
ingham. George Jacobus. the Jersey
professional, who is credited around
here with topping the list of lengthy
drivers and was recently defeated by
Hall in driving contest, believes that
the man does not swing driver VINO
can turn in higher yardage on drives
than Uncle Charley. He adds he is
willing to back this opinion with real
money. Before any one takes him up;
however. let it be recorded that Han
outdrove Abe Mitchell, the big Bertha.
champion of England, last summer ana
that Harry Eardon and Ted Kay, Wneh
they were making their tour of the
country a few years ago. said that
Hall was by all odds the longest
driver in America.
In resretting inability to make
place for Lafayette on her 1922 loot
ball schedule. the University of Penn
sylvania authorities remark that the
state of Pennsylvania seems to have
a monopoly in the matter of strong
teams, thereby making manifold the
problems of a team of the keystone
commonwealth which would like to
meet every important eleven therein
All of which is true enough. What
state, for example, can boast of
elevens of the strength and pro-
ficiency of Pittsburgh, Penn State.
Lafayette. Washington and Jefferson
and the University of Pennsylvania?
The Empi e state may present Cornell
and Syracuse and West Point as an
nual topliners- Ohio, which probably
leads the country in the number of
educational institutions it possesses.
has a major foot ball institution in
Ohio State. but other Buckeye col
leges fall far below State in gridiron
merit. Harvard dominates Massa-
chusetts utterly, just as Yale dom
mates Connecticut and Princeton
New Jersey.
Harvard is taking advantage of the
recent ruling of the I. c. A. A. A. A.
to admit the javelin throw as fea-
ture. She has engaged Jakko Mix
ko1a, former coach of the Finnish
Olympic team. to teach Crimson ath-
1etes to hurl the spear and their prog
ress thus far suggest that they Will
garner more than their share of
points next May. 1t is a beautiful
sport to watch. javelin throwing. But
wanderers on Soldiers Field are ad-
vised to keep watching. A year or
two Ago one of these jave1inS-it was
in Brooklyn-Struck an absent-mind-
ed observer in the neck and went
clean through. luckily missing ar
From California comes word that
the Gold DiggerS have gained a lot
of new Impressions of the value of
line play since w. and J. played them
ut Pasadena. They admit now that
forward passing against. a strong,
spirited, knifng line defense, is by no
means sure fire. Next year, in all
probability, California will supplement
her passing game with something
better than a fair running attack.