The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-26
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By VEDDER GARD
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EV re wish to nominate a Chi
WI cago University student to
~ take Boob McNutt's place
any time the latter young gentle
man wishes vacation. The
Windy City youth lost six Army
Navy game football tickets at a
busy corner. That was bad enough
but instead of keeping still aboht
it, he told several bystanders of
his misfortune.
They "helped" him hunt. in
fact, a near riot started. 1t lis
needless to say that the ducats
were not recovered. That boy is so
dumb he probably thinks he can
get another half dozen of the paste
boards at any Army and Navy
store. a.
We saw somewhere that
blind football fan was going to
attend the annual Cadet-Middie
grid struggle in Chicago. Some
of those 100000 on the outer
edges might just as well be so
afflicted.
1t seems as though there is some
sort of a football game up in
Chicago, Saturday. Have you
heard anything about it?
1.-THE Big Ten Weekly
magazine \ reminds us of
something spoken of before
in this column-the absurdity,
even in the most outstanding
cases, of calling any college foot
ball team the national cham
pions." There amt no SIGH
animal" in our estimation and we
have never been guilty of trying to
give some eleven an honor that is
impossible to decide.
AS is pointed out in the Big Ten
article it would be necessary for
team to play some twenty games,
at least, in an average season to
really get a true line on national
championship claims,
When it is impossible to de-
eide a title in the Western Con-
ference satisfactorily, and with
the same thing holding true in
all sections, how on earth can
national champion" of the
gridirOn be crowned? Those who
should be crowned are the ones
suggesting such, a thing.
Comparative scores do not mean
a great deal in football. That has
been proved time after time. Any
national champion" is just a
good team and a good guess by
the dopesters.
Dartmouth was hailed as the
best in the land last year by many,
but just what did that. team do?
1t defeated Chicago, Harvard and
Cornell, none of which had an
exceptionally strong club. Ala
bama also was great, but does
that mean. that the southerners
were champions? ~
Even the great -Four Horse
men" team of Notre Dame in
1924; what of that outfit? No
doubt it, was one of the best
clubs ever to step on a field. The
splendid eleven was acclaimed
as the national champion" In
reality it did not play single
team that was champion in its
own section. 1t did not beat
single team that had not been
defeated by some other club.
A national champion" is only
an opinion based on comparative
scores and general showing. 1t
is never an established fact.
TT 0OTBALL fans in this city
r. believe the Army will de-
Gl feat the Navy. This is
largely due to the mighty struggle
put up against Notre Dame. The
Cadets are favorites more be-
cause of the one game they lost,
than because of all the games they
won. Army is favored in the bet
ting at 10 to 8.
The Navy has not been defeated.
The 10 to 0 victory over Michigan
makes the dopesters hesitate be-
fore going too strong on the
-Armys .ehances. ,AH dope points
to a stubborn tussle. We favor
the ARMY.
In case anyone would like to
look at the Navy's season record,
here it is:
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