Evening star., 1927-11-28
GEORGIA AND PITT
LEAD CLAIMANTS
Forthcoming IntersectionaI
Tits Will Determine
Their Final Rating.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, November 2S.--The
N climax of college foot ball s
VI spectacular season, now await
ing only the final returns from
a few sectors of the South and
Far West, leaves the national cham
pionship situation still undecided, but
with the race narrowed down. in the
opinion of NEST unbiased observers, to
contest between the Bullrogs OF
Georgia and the Panthers of Pitts.
burgh
These two have their rivals and
challengers for sectional as well as
nationai honors. but few critics Ques.
tion that. for the present at least.
they have as substantial claim as
any outfit to the main laurel wreaths.
Both Facing Hurdles.
The title hopes of each now are
centered about forthcoming engage
ments that will determine their final
rating Georgia. with nine successive
victories to its credit and Yale among
its victims. pays Georgia Tech in the
classic OF the South at Atlanta this
Saturday. Pittsburgh. triumphant in
eight games and tied only by Wash
ington and jefferson, journeys to the
Roses game on January with Leland
Stanford. one of the contenders for
the Pacific Coast Conference crown.
The outcome of these battles may
not end the dispute. hut they at least
will help to clear the title atmosphere.
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's Record Marred.
Yale men dispute Pittsburgh'i claim
to the Eastern peak, but Yale'S defeat
by Georgia eliminates it from the ma
tIonal picture. Washington and JEFF
side but for another tie, with West
Virginia. On the same day that the
Panthers were crushing Penn State.
Illinois, champions of the Western
Conference, experienced only q tie
with Iowa State. Likewise the pow
erful Texas Aggies, title holders in
the Southwestern Conference. came
through the season with a slate
marred only by scoreless deadlock
with Texas Christian University.
Tennessee was tied once, by Wander
bilt, after keeping pace most of the
season with Georgia. Minnesota's
twica tied. by Indiana, and Notre
Dame.
Smaller elevens, such as Centenary
iE the South and Tufts in New Eng
land, boast records clean of defeat or
tie, but they do not figure in the major
college fold, however noteworthy their
claims TO distinction may be. Gen.
tenary's 10 victims, however, included
such strong teams as Southern Meth.
odist and Texas Christian.
Notre Danes warriors set out along
the national championship highway
I'm sprightly fashion, but after bump
Ing into Rockne's Ramblers were
blown out of the picture by the Army's
big guns. Not even such notable tri-
umphs as those over Navy, Georgia
Tech and Southern California could
put Notre Dame back in position to
dispute the national title
Besides it's rivalry for title honors.
the 1927 season left trail of upsets,
marked by the overthrow of cham.
pions in nearly every conference and
section. as well as new high marks in
attendance and receipts.
Figures gathered from all parts of
the country indicate that the aggre-
gate attendance was between 5000.
900 and 30.000,000. with the gate some.
where in the neighborhood of $780,
100000. Considering the comparative
shortness of the gridiron season, this
Is a mark that no other sport anna
teur or professional, can match.
Chicago Holds Record.
The high single game mark was
reached at Chicago. where apprOXi.
mately 10000 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 Pacific Coast drew 10000 specta-
tors. while Michigan's 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, ArmyYale. and Princeton
Yale in the bowl at New Haven, the
Army-Notre Dame battle at the Yam.
kee Stadium. Penn-Cornell contest at