The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
GRID PUZZLE IS :
 HARD TO SOLVE
Championships In All Sections In Tangled
 Order
ROBERT D. LUSK (By Leased Wire To The Age-Herald.) ]

(By Leased Wire To The Age e-Herald.) )
 NEW YORK, Nov. 1j-Out of the hopeless scramble into which 1924 foot ball dope has been thrown by the re- suits of the last two Saturdays, ex- perts are trying to find a name of from four to eleven letters meaning championship" The crossword pug gle sharks may yet have to decide it. Saturdays results, Yale's victory, Pennsylvania tie, the defeat of Illinois, and score of other upsets, have com plicated the puzzle until solution seems practically impossible. Teams that apparently had a vertical tendency have been knocked horizontal. For most teams there is but one more chance to bring order out of chaos. But few teams have two games left. Some plan to close their season Saturday while others will rest this week in preparation for the contest of turkey day.
 Three Teams Race
 At present in the east there are three teams that have a chance of filling the championship squares. Others that loomed as possibilities few weeks ago have been discarded. Many experts had picked the eleven-letter name Penn Sylvania as the most likely. Its un- beaten, united record, however, was marred Saturday when it fought to q o to o draw with Penn State. Yale, Dartmouth and Rutgers now would all fit practically as we'll as Pennsylvania.
 The rather unexpected, yet earned victory of Eli over Princeton Saturday has greatly increased Yale's chances. nw,Ix TI team, team that lost to Brown z to O, stands in the way of winning the big three championship. But the greater east will not be so easy for the New Haven eleven.
 Dartmouth Strong
 Certainly Dartmouth must be fig ured as very much in the running. In spectacular game at the Polo Grounds the Hanoverians crushed Cornell and in the opinion. of many proved them selves the most logical claimant to eastern honors. 1t seems at least an even break thus far between Yale, Penn sylvania and Dartmouth.
 Rutgers, with a brilliant record, has hardly as good a claim, as the New Jersey team has not been playing in the same competition.
 In the middle west the situation is even more scrambled. The one-man Illinois eleven met its first defeat at the hands of Minnesota and with the defeat went the hopes of Illinois. Whether Chicago can claim the big ten championship now is rather prob lematical, but it's claims are surely as good as any other eleven in the con ference. Indiana may put in bid for the honors, but Stagg's men, in spite of a record that is anything but brill liant, seemingly have the Hoosiers bested.
 Notre Dame Nations Best
 In this section, however, is the one team that stands out as having played unbeatable football consistently. Notre Dame's 34 to victory over her dan. gerous rival, Nebraska, gives them a clean record for the season. The only thing in the way of the South Bend ream's right to claim the highest hon ors for the season is the fact that they have not played enough big ten games. The Irish stand without a peer in the east but their western superiority is yet bit hay.
 In the far west the leadership is still very much at stake. At present Stan ford seems to have a bit the best of