South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-08
NINE TEAMS FIGHT
TO GAIN GRIDIRON
TITLE IN AMERICA
Notre Dame Among Elevens 10
Strive for Championship
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BY DAVIS J. WALSH
q. y. :. sports EDITOR }

NEW YORK. Nov FIGURED on
comparative scores and racords.
there are nine college football teams
remaining in the running for myth
cal championship. namely Harvard.
Princeton. Cornell. and Washington
and jefferson IN the east. Michigan.
Wisconsin Notre Dame and Iowa l1
the middie-west. and California on
the west coast In addition 20 those
named. the Army and West Virginia
are indicated in the east. Wander
bilt In the south and Washington and
Oregon on the coast. but they are
not believed 10 rate with the first
nine named
The latter are supposed TO com
| pose the first championship flight
vet before the close OF the season.
three weeks hence. 81 IS altogether
possible that some team. already
beaten. mev outrank the lot OF them
Il is an open secret FOR example
that even Harvard men fear the
Crimson is not strong enough 20 heat
4 both Yale and Princeton. Yale
knocked OF by Iowa in the early sea
son, is thought 70 have better than
an even chance Of beating both Of
its big three rivals.
That would leave the eastern field
to Cornell. West Virginia and Wash
ington q jefferson and not n few
forecast the latter 20 go down before
Pittsburg n week from Saturday. The
prevalent opinion Is that lafayette
is a better football team than Wash
| ington q Jefferson in spite Of the
/ latters victory
Cornell a Winner.
/ Cornell, with a hand picked SEIZED e.
ule, is likely to preserve its record
inviolate, although IL still must
! hurdle Pennsylvania and West Viz
ginia should be able TO dispose OF
Indiana, Ohio University and Virgin
/ ia in its remaining games. II this
pair is to represent the eastern sur
yivors. then The mythical award will
go west beyond the AIleghenies.
/ Their records lose caste when com
pared with those OF NOtre Dame.
/ Michigan and other Western outfits
That. of course, is assuming that
Notre Dame VIII outstep the Army
on Saturday The latter has not
been beaten this season. but football
men who have watched both service
teams close assure ms that the Navy.
although beaten by Penn. is a better
team than the Army
Badgers Face Fight.
The Western situation viii iron
! its out to a certain extent when
/ Michigan hooks up with Wisconsin
en- Nov IS The Badgers must also
dispose OF Illinois and Chicago be-
| fore they can call 70 a season. while
| in addition 20 the Wisconsin game.
! Minnesota stil looms ahead on the
/ Michigan schedule.
Iowa. with a team hardly as strong
as the other pair. might very well
/ become the conference champion
1 again since they decide the Big Ten
title by games won and lost, and the
Hawkeyes need only push over
/ Minnesota Ohio state and North
I western TO finish with a clean record.
/ At that. ali three Of the latter pack
/ something Of a punch PARTICULARLY
/ Minnesota and Northwestern.
Vanderbilt must have something
I TO have held Michigan 20 a scoreIes-
tie. and what ever honor goes with
/ a sectional championship probably
viii be accorded the Tennessee entry
From all accounts. &c viii be Cali
/ fornia again on the west coast