The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-28
PANTHTERS AND
BULLDOGS ARE
MAJOR RIVALS
Title Atmosphere Will BE
Cleared by Games in
South and West
SMALL ELEVENS BOAST
No Other Sports Can Match
Football Figures Made
This Year
SMALL ELEVENS BOAST
BY ALAN J. GOULD
(AssOciated Press Sports Writcr)

New York, Nov. 2S.--( AFo--Ihc
climax Of college footballs spec
tacuar season, now awaiting the
final returns from Il few sectors Of
the south and far west. leaves the
national Oh mpionship situation still
undecided but with the race mar
rowcd down. in the opinion Of most
unbiased observers, to contest
between the Bulldogs Of Georgia and
the Panther. Of Pittsburgh.
These two have their rivals and
challcngers for sectional a. we'll as
national honors but few critics qucs-
ton that, for the present at least,
they have as substantial "A claim as
any outfit. to the main laurel
wreath.
The title hopes Of each now arc
conferred about forthcoming engage
ments that will determine their
final rating. Geo. gia, with nine
successive victories to its credit and
Yale among its victims, plays Geor-
gia Tech in the classic of the south
at Atlanta this Saturday. Pitts
burgh, triumphed in eight games
and tied only by Washington and
jefferson. journeys to the far west
for the tournament Of Roses game
on January 2 with Leland Stanford,
one of the contenders for the Pacific
coast conference crown.
Will Clear Atmosphere
The outcome Of these battles may
not end the dispute but they at least
will help to clear the title atmos-
pherc.
There are at least half dozen
other teams whose records cannot
be overlooked, when the final rating
is posted, even though their achieve
ments may not quite match those Of
Georgia and Pittsburgh.
Yale men dispute Pittsburgh's
claim to the eastern peak but Yalc's
defeat by Georgia eliminates it from
the national picture. Washington
and jefferson would have remained
at Pitts side but for another tie,
with West Virginia, on the same day
that the Panthers were crushing
Penn State.
Illinois, champions Of the Western
G inference, experienced only tie
with Iowa State. Likewise, the
powerful Texas Aggies, title holders
in tie Southwestern Conference,
came through the season with a
slate marred only by a scoreless
deadlock with Texas Christian uni
vcrsity. Tennessee was tied once
by Vanderbilt, after keeping pace
most of the sea~on with Georgia.
Minncsotas jusgernaut also was UNI
beaten but twice tied, by Indiana
and Notrc Dame.
Small Eleyens Scintillate
Smaller elevens, such as Cente-
nary in the south and Tufts in New
England, boast records clean of de-
feat or tie but they do not figure
i'll the major fold, however note
worthy their claims to distinction
may be. Centenary's 10 victims
however, included such str ng teams
as Southern Methodist and Texas
Christian
Notre Danes warriors set out
along the national championship
highway in sprightly fashion but
after humping into Minnesota
Rockne's ramblers were blown out
of the picture by Army's big guns
Not even such notable triumphs as
those over Nay, Georgia Tech and
Southern California could .,ut Notre
Dame back in position to dispute the
national title.
All Records Broken
Besides its rivalry for title hon
ors, the 1927 season left a trail of
upsets, marked by the overthrow of
champions il nearly every confer
ence and section, as we'll as new high
marks in attendance and receipts.
Figures gathered from all parts
of the country indicat, the aggrc.
gate attendance was between 25,-
100000 and 3O,0OO,O00, with the
gate receipts somewhere in the
neighborhood of $5O,0O),C00. On.
sidering the comparative shortness
of the gridiron season, this is 8
mark that no other sport, amateur
or professional, can match.
The high single game mark was
reached at Chicago, where approx
mately $4,000 paid to see Notre
Dame nose out Southern California
on the same field that housed the
previous record breaking crowd
10000 at the Army Navy game OF
last year. The Stanford California
classic on the Pacif' coast drew
10000 spectators while Michigan:
new stadium at Ann Arbor twice
housed jams of around $4,000 for the
Navy and Ohio State games. In the
east approximately 10000 fans were
at five Of the outstanding conflicts
Army-Yale and Princetol-Yale in
the Bowl at New Haven, the Army
Notre Dame battle at the Yankee
stadium, Penn Cornell contest at
Franklin field and Army Navy
tussle at the Polo Grounds.