Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-30
POST NOR TENS
ON GRID SEASON
ARE IN ORDER
Why's and WherefOres are
Being Thrashed Out by
Experts
Ey HENRY L. FAR RELL
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK. Nov. 30.-Football
with the exception of Il few scatter
cred post season games. has closed
for another year and baseball, fore
ed out of place since the world s
series, is bobbing up again for at
tcntion.
10 And in the discussion of football
which has gone to the cedar chest
and baseball, which comes out of
the moth balls, for winter meetings,
there are many more why's and hows
being asked.
In Chicago after the ArmyNavy
tie game there were many more
questions asked as to why Notre
Dame lest to Carnegie Tech than as
to the reasons why the navy didn't
beat the army.
Those Of the 10000 who saw the
Army Navy game know that the
navy lost pr ncipally because Rams
ford q substitute fullbach, lost a
punt in the sum-, just as two St.
Louis outficlders ran together in the
sun during the world IS series
Tie error Of Young Ransford, as
it would have been charged in base
ball, demoraIizcd the whole navy
team ana if took the players about
- minutes to get together.
The army WAS lucky to tie as the
navy WAS two touchdoWns better and
on top Of Ransford s error there was
a quarterback ia the navy backficld
who had broken shoulder and
wouldn t let the doctors know about
BIT.
Why did the great Notrc Dame
team lose to Carnegie Tech?
Chicago-and they hadn t seen the
answered: Because Rockne
WASH t there.
Some smart football coaches
pointed out that Notrc Dame had
two captains-and according to re
ports they didn't work as team cap,
tains-and flock of back stars
They went into the game without
a boss and they all wanted to run
The game and a bunch without Il
leader docsn t go far.
Rockne was criticized in the west
because ho didn't go with the team
but he had to stay in Chicago be
cause the western conference was
making is schedule and nearly ev-
cry team in the conference wanted.
a date with Notre Dame.
There was another theory ad-
yanced about Notrc Dame. Carnegie
Tech pointed for that gamc-and
men who have played football know
what. pointing means. Notrc Dame
NAV have been Il little stale and
SHOULD have been. The boys thought
HAT the season was over and they
played that wa.
Now for baseball.
Tfi> Speaker has resigned IS
manager Of the Cleveland Indians
with the announcement that he is
through with baseball and is going
into private business.
" Cobb said the same thing when
he passed over the management OF
the Detroit Tigers.
But the baseball public here and
in the west doesn t believe il, and
ask. "Why3"
According to rumors, Speaker S
resignation at Cleveland, cobb 5 at
Detroit, and Eddie Collins retire
mcnt IN Chicago, We're the results
o. salary.
SpraAcr, Cobb and Collins were
PLAYING managers at big salaries
and they were getting too old to be
star bah players in the field
The business officers of the club
thought they ought to take cut to
bc bench managers and let less ex-
prnSivc ball players do the playing
in their place and the three of them
had enough money to turn ii down.
Cobb, Collins and Speaker are not
ont of baseball. Cobb probably viii
lay into National League club
and Speaker probably viii be back
N Boston next year.
After one Of the biggest off-scas-
on shifts in baseball, the White
SoX, the Tigers, thc PhillicS, the
Browns aud Pirates have new man
a%ers; the Indians and the Red SoX
are without managers and the
brooklyn Robins may have II court
fight to sustain the rcappoiutmcnt
81 good uld Uncle Wiibcrt Robin
son.