Evening star., 1925-12-27


championship fell before Lafayette.
2 to defeat or to tie scores Of every
Dartmouth.
pment. on Dartmouth's part at least
need ofense. Past wears have shown
ttacks; past years have shown teams
!, attacks. But no wear has shown 4
Sc that it could produce a touchdown
nst physically equal foes by either
Jesse HaUley. the Dartmouth coach.
in developing his remarkable offensive
system =et a new standard which
every school will strive to follow next
year. and which every school which
hopes for marked suc"ese must have
10 realize on ifs aspirations
The season of 1925 was noteworthy.
too, for the growth of professional foot
ball. II took a frmer hold than here
tofore, largely because Of the way in
which RED" Grange captured the i'm
aEination of thousands and proved
such an attraction after joining the
Chicago Bears whon he had PLAYED
his last game for Illinois
Dartmouth Eleven Supreme.
mouth held undisputed claim to the
so-called Eastern title and was the
generally recognized claimant Of ma
ti"nal honors. Michigan. although
once defeated. was tho Western Con-
ference leader and generally regarded
as champion Of the Mid West Ala
hama. undefeated. and Tulane unde-
feated but once tied. shared top honors
in the South. and Washington. al
though tied by ? tv-ice beaten Nebras
ka eleven. was undisruted ruler Of the
Pacific Coast
The success Of the Dartmouth and
Michigan seasons and. TO lesser
measure, the success Of Alabama
Tulane and Washington. has been
attributed To expert employment of
the forward pass But certainly in
Dartmouth's case. and presumably in
the cases of the other sectional leaders.
the forward pass alone would not have
gained them their high places.
Jesse Hawley in developing Dart
mouths unstopped offense spent the
early portion Of the season concen-
trating on defense and on running
offense
Hawley later began introducing the
spectacular aerial play. which subse-
quently caused many to regard his
team AS solely a forward passing com
bination.
Rushing Matches Passing.
1t is true the majority Of Dart
mouths touchdowns came directly
from forward passes tossed by the
accurate throwing 'Swede" Oherlander
into the encompassing arms Of Myles
Lane George Tulley and Heinie Sage
hut III almost every instance a sue
Of nj
ceded each pass. and it was fear of
these rushing plays that caused Dart
mouths opponents 70 weaken aerial
defenses SO that successful forward
passing was possible In the Harvard
Dartmouth game nnd in the Cornell
Dartmouth game the Green's yardage
showed much moro ground gained ny
rushing than passing. while in the
Chicago game the gains or rushes just
about matched tho gains on passes.
Michigan's history was somewhat
similar. with Benny Friedman and
Benny Oosterbaan figuring most often
in the aerial attack. but with lesser
known figures contributing the rush
ing strength which made possible the
success of the Benny-tO- Benny play.
Princeton in winning the so-Called
big three" title followed a procedure
only slightly different. In the case Of
the Tigers their chief strength was in
the rush game. but they did have suffi-
cient skill in forward passing TO force
their opponents TO open up and thus
make possible the brilliant sweeps Of
Slagle and the slices and cut-ins and
line charges of Dignan. Prendergast
and other Princeton backs
Notable Records Made.
\o,oblo rooorSs ,.-ora ,,,eSe ~ col
gate. Princeton. Pittsburgh. Lafayette
West Virginia Syracuse. Amherst and
other Eastern eleVens in the course Cf
The year but in each case ties or de
feats or 2 combination of both marred
their claims TO sectional glory. The
two teams which challenged the
foot hail sylvania (Which
scheduled games with Yale. Brown
Chicago. Illinois. Pittsburgh and
CornelD and Brown (Which arranged
meetings with PENNSYLVANIA. Yale.
Harvard. Dartmouth and Colgate
Jared none too well. for Penn. after
y brilliant start. lost successively 10 a
four-times beaten Illinois team and a
onCe-heaten Pittsburgh eleven. while
Brown failed to win a single one Of its
I've hiC games
Outstanding PLAYERS We're numerous.
with the smhidextrous "Swede" Ober-
lander leading the list of Eastern
backs, Nevers OF Stanford topping the
Pacific Coast group. F'lornoy of Tulane
heading the Southern ensemble and
Friedman of Michigan and Red"
Grange of Illinois gaining the most
fame in Middle West play
High Rating for Friedman.
Incidentally. tho Middle West had
proportionately fewer outstanding
in several years. As q quarterback;
and forward paSser Friedman won
high place. and Grange. who was
stopped dead O" thrown for losses In
four Middle West games showed
ability above the average against
Pennsylvania. hut none of the re
naming men who were so liberallv
hailed as seasons eensatione-Marek
Of Ohio State. Kutsch OF Iowa snd
others-showed seasons records which
were to he compared with such East
ern hackfeld men as Oberlander and
Lane Of Dartmouth. Tyron of Colgate.
Slaele Of Princeton. Borelli of Mullen
berg. - keefer of Brown. Plansky of
Georgetown and q score of others
In addition to standing first in the
matter Of individual stars. the East
stood first in intersectional ranking
for representatives of this section cap
tured % OF the intersectioral clashes
and tied two. whereas the Middle
West second in the ranking. could
show only 10 intersectional triumphs.