New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
New Marks Set
In Grid Games
Banner Season
Interest in intercollegiate
Sport Never B eff ore
as High as in 1922
By w. ]. SlOeum


iinsr On the collegiate calendar. Inter
sst IN the gridiron game-as renceteo
a. ths season and the less important
eontssts-Wns greater than ever pc
fers- and there is little question that
ths YGls-Harvard game and army
Hsvy would have drawn beyond tne
100. .Oo0-mark IL Il had been possible 70
accommodate crowds Of such proper
tlons
The opening Of new stadis, the an
nouneement Of plans for the DuiIolhg
OF others and the transfer OF seNersi
games 20 cities where greater eroEos
might be handled all testified 20 the
steadily growing popularity OF this'
the greatest Of college sports.
The East was not alone In showing
.kls growth OF interest in the game.
In the Middle West capacity crowds
were the rule AZ the important confer
snce games and at some contests IN
uhieh members OF the Big Ten DID
not participate. In the South and the
Far West the same conditions pre-
vailed. International games we're
more numerous than usual and some
are yet 70 be played. Three OF the
prominent Eastern teams have made
he long trans-oontlnent@l trip 20 Cali
sornls 10 engage In special contests
With college elevons Of that section.
Honors IN intersectional play re-
NAMED with the East. Teams Of this
section engaged in upward OF twenty
contests With members Of the Southern
or mid-Western group and the maj
agures we're strongly in favor Of the
East. Such results prove nothing IN
particular, since no effort was made
70 match the strongest teams OF. one
section against leaders OF another
Rroup. In some eases, such as the haT-
gard.FioYidR game. there was no idea
Of a real test. The Iowa-Yale, Army
Notre Dame, Syracuse Nebraska, Ala
barnas Pennsylvania and Harvard Centre
games were among the more important
of the international clashes played IN
his section. The winner Is named
irst In each pairing, except In the
Army-Notre Dame game. which ended
in q scoreless tie. The Princeton
Chicago game was the most important
played in the mid-Western section,
While the Miehlgan-Vanderbilt and the
Notrs Dame-Georgia Tech contests
we're the big international events on
southern gridirons. Princeton and
Notrc Dame won. while the Michigan
Vanderbilt game was seoreless.
Open Play Popular
Better understanding Of the game
md the further development Of tho
open style Of play were probably the
main answers 70 the increased inter.
sst. Certainly there were no marked
changes in the style Of play which
would be expected 10 add new converts
90
introduce the new rule governing the
scoring Of a point after touchdown
and this Gdded some new interest, but
i; was Of q minor nature. The drop
kick seemed 70 be the fsv0rite method.
and the extra point wae scored almost
a. frequently as under the old rule
shleh provided for q placement kick.
As for a ehAmpionship eleven, II did
not exist. There we're teams which
a times stood out above all others, or
most others, but generally there was
some drawback to the claim OF su-
prsmacy. No team went through the
season with quite the impressive
record for achievement that Penn
State and Lafayette made In the pre-
ceding year.
Princeton, by virtue Of a clean slate
and Victories over Chicago, Colgate,
Harvard and Yale, generally got the
sall when Eastern teams were rated
yet the Tigers did not display the at
tack that was shown by the Army, the
Navy, Yale and Cornell among others.
The Tigers were good defensively and
hey made the most Of their oppor.
tunltiss. The Yale eleven outplsyed
the Tigers At Princeton. but there was
a difference Of three points In Prince
toms favor when the final whistle
sounded, and that more than atonea
Cor much outplaying on the part OF
Yaie Then the Ehs looked Better
han Harvard most OF the time ut New
Haven until one looked al the score
board where a sensational run Dy
owen made all the difference.
Army. With tie games agalst Notre
Oafno and Yale, and a sensational vie
tory ever the Navy OF Franklin Field
vas probably next 20 the Tigers In
achievements. with Cornell and West
Virginia following close behind. Pitts.
burEh, Harvard, Navy, Lafayette, Penn
sylvanlA. Yale, Syracuse and Penn
state may be eiassed as other mem.
bere Of the leading ten. Any arrange
!. ment naturally will produce argu
ment Pittsburgh, on closing form
would not have to bow 20 any rival
y out early season setbaeks by Lafayette
and W 4 j. cannot be tossed out o.
sny rating Syracuse. Lafayette anC
". 4 J. al had spells when they Dor
defed on the unbeatable. Cornell. al
Ways q winner. had too many inferior
teams on the schedule 20 get the con
Eidsrstion accorded teams taking FIRE
quent chances against worthy rivals.
Triple Conference Tie
In the conference group there was I
triple tie among Michigan. Chicago
and Iowa for the championship honors
OF tho trio Michigan was more i'm
preEsiye than Iowa against Illinois anI
ohio State, while doing about as wei
against Minnesota. Iowa IN turn die
better than Chicago IN games agains
Purdue and Northwestern. with Chi
eago doing better than Iowa Agains
illinois and Ohio State Michigan tieC
Vanderbilt, Iowa beat Yale and chieag,
bowed 70 Princeton in internAtiona
Rames. On general form the Wolver
ines seem to have the edge on then
rivals.
In the South top honors belonRes
70 Vanderbilt, which went through tn,
season undsfeated and allowed oppos
lng teams g total Of only i6 points
IN nine games. Alabama was the lead
ing scorer among Southern elevens snt
Georgia Tech again was unbeaten by I
taam Of its own group. though tho
Yeliev Jackets lost TO both the Nsvy
and Notre Dame.
California again carried of the
hOnorB In the Far West and Nebraska
vas the leader In the MISSOURI Waller
Kfoup, q victory over Notre Dame be.
ing tas high light in the record oi
Yrsd Dswson's Cornhuskers.
Six drop kicks for field goals in ons
Enme, ~ Covington Of Centre College
vas the individual feature Of tho year