Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

out as perhaps the most brilliant per
former of the year. But he had A
host of real rivals among the back
| field men of each section. and there
are many right in his own Middle
West who declare Baker of North
| western, had he enjoyed the aid OF
the Illinois team, would have far out
matched Oranges record.
Team honors, however, must be &C
corded to knute Rockne's Notre Dame
eleven. The schedule engaged in by
that team not only brought it against
some of the sturdiest elevens of the
East. South and Middle West, but en-
tailed tremendous amount of tray-
cling and a difficult contest each
week. Yet it never failed to deliver
| victory. Its backfieId of Stuhldre-
her Miller, Crowley -, and Layden
lacked, perhaps, the individual skill
of many of the backs whose names
appear on the all" eleven of the past
year, yet collectively they made q
combination that could not be
matched
Capt. Walsh, at center, was the sin
gle individual in the line whose per
sonal efforts attracted more than
passing attention, yet the more or
less colorless ones who fanked him
made up a. combination that would
give merry time to any all-star
team that might be picked. Notre
Dame was a team in every sense OF
| the word. and won its high place be
cause of that fact
Teams That Ranked High.
Among the Eastern elevens Yaia
Dartmouth, Pennsylvania and West
Point ranked high. Dartmouth boast
/. ed a strong offensfve-a nice mixture
of off-taCkle sweeps and direct
thrusts, with one of the most bril-
liant forward passing games ever de-
Veloped in this section. Pennsylvania
boasted a remarkable defensive rec
ord, and come through a most diff
cult season with only one tie in
terrupting its list of victories. Yale
beat Princeton and Harvard convinc-
ingly. The Army beat the Navy.
The season was noteworthy in that
two elevens which had gone victori-
Gus for three seasons were forced 10
dip their colors. Cornell and Mar
quette were those two teams. The
former, falling before Williams, Rut-
gers, Dartmouth and Pennsylvania
experienced its worst season since
Gilmour Dobie 4 became it's coach
while Marquette lost to Boston Col
lege and two other enemies.
Intersectional clashes-and there
were many in the course of the year
saw the Middle West holding the sd-
vantage. Notre Dame, by whipping
Army, Princeton, Carnegie Tech and
Georgia Tech, contributed four Of the
Middle West victories. Chicago, by
vanquishing Brown; Michigan, by
| whipping Vanderbilt: Nebraska, by
beating Colgate; Western Reserve. by
vanquishing Tufts, all contributed 10
the winning margin of the West.
Smaller Teams Fare Well.
Among the smaller institutions OF
the East to win high rating for their
seasons work were Rutgers, coached
| by Jack Wallace, which numbered
Cornell and Lafayette among its van
quished, and lost only one game: Mid
dleburg. coached by Dave Morey
which was the high-scoring team Of
the East and lost only to Harvard.
New Hampshire State, which main
tained an excellent record until 81
fell before Brown in its final game;
| Williams, which in addition to win
ming tho Little Three" title, defeated
Cornell and Holy Cross. which won
the Catholic college tile and lost
only to Harvard.
The passing OF Percy IIauEhtou.
famed Harvard coach, as he was lead
ing Columbia to the foot ball heights
touched with sadness the gridirou
year and cost the game one of it,
leading opponents. The good work h.
started at Columbia was carried on
by DR. Paul Wilmington, who had
been his assistant, and won for tlc
university a high place in the foo
ball ranking list
Foot balls increasing popularity
was indicated by tho well founded
estimate that upward of 10000, oon
persons witnessed the games in all
sections of the country during the
nine playing days of the seasonal
attendance record which marks foot
ball as the most popular of all col
lego sports.