The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-17
ONLY FOUR
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Notre Dame, California. Dart
mouth and Stanford Fail
to Upset Dope
By DAVIS ]. WALSH


NEW YORK, Nov. This
being the age Of modern miracles,
where Princeton runs up twenty
two first downs on Harvard, then
turns around and gets but three
against Yale, and Illinois, reputed
to have been the best team in the
big ten, loses to Minnesota, re-
puted to be one Of the weakest,
there is but one logical course to
pursue:
Match up Notre Dame and the
Southwestern teachers and shoot
the roll on the latter. In the
natural course of events, the
Teachers inevitably must win or
forever ruin continuity of up
sets such as no season III gridiron
history has known.
The well-known cap was applied
TO the equally well-known climax
on Saturday when Yale beat Prince
ton. Minnesota stopped Grange and
perf0rce Illinois, Centre College
stepped right over Alabama, Buck
nell took Navy, Penn State tied
pennsylvania, Kansas topped Okla
homa. Columbia got q stand Loft
with the Army and 50 on, ad infini-
tum. M
~ u, The only teams that failed to
embarrass the intelligentsia were
NOtre Dame, California, Dartmouth
and Stanford and the writer sees
NO reason, why they should not. be
rewarded by rating them at the
pinnacle Of national standing.
OF the four named, Notre Dame
would seem to deserve the high
est ranking ON its record alone.
has beaten the Army, Princeton,
Georgia Tech, Wisconsin and Ne
DraslKa in the order named and an
opponent has yet to make it
look close, let alone score q vic
aory or get tie. NOtre Dame
and Stanford are the only big !
lIners with records that defy
As for the others, Yale has
playeu ties with Dartmouth and the
army. Callfornia suffered a tie with
washington, so did PENNSYLVANIA
with Penn State. Rutgers WITH ,ssItI,
Eehigh and Chicago, the new leader
Of the big ten, with Ohio State a,Id
Illinois. 81
The Eastern situation il particu.
yAriy muddled, no outfit having .
clear title to supremacy, Dart
mouth, perhaps, rates the most
earnest consideration, in view of
the fact that it played q harder
schedule than has PENNSYLVANIA.
Rutgers, Yale, or Lehigh, How.
ever, should the Bulldog romp all
over Harvard next Saturday. there
VIII be g plausible tendency to rank
MIN at the top, for Yale also haa
dallied with heavy list Of games
ana played very smart football
against Princeton.
The outcome Of this game SIN
lett the Eastern future of rhe
Huddle" in doubt. The system in
question was a rollicking success
againstra Harvard, which passiyeIv
remained on the line Of scrimmage
while the conferences was beior
held. and consequently was slow II,
diagnosing the play. Yale didn't
imp into position until Princeton
ola and broke up nearly every
Play the Tigers attempted.
NOtre Dame, Of course. ruIea
me Middle West, and only the
ankest kind Of an upset can pre.
vent the Irish from STEPPING
through their season without n
qefeat They must take ON North
western and Carnegie Tech 81
successive Saturdays and, exeent
Tor the handicap Of being fayOred (,
py form, should win on the BIT. 4,
The status Of California and stan.
n9rd will best be determined when
they take on Pennsylvania ana
another sectional rival IN post-ses-
son games on the shutdown sloISe.
They undoubtedly hold the IInner
hand in the Rock Mountain district
with Drage and Missouri leadine
the way in the Missouri valley
conferences.
Nebraska would have been out, ~
front with the rest of them IL the
Corn Huslers hadn't finished Sec
ond to Oklahoma, a team that aid
not make good on its promise Is
that early second game. q
The South now has no nominal
leader with the defeat Of Alabama.
ny Centre, unless 1t is the PRAYING
Colonies themselves. However. the
writer Is. more inclined to fav.Sr
Georgia, which hasn't been scored
Upon since losing pt Yale, q. 70 q
gnd incidentally outplayinE the Ellis
Tor three periods. s-s h
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