Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-02
YEAR REPLETE
With THRILLS
Micks Run Up Great Record
Despite Absence OF
Knute Rockne
BY ALAN GOULD
Associated Press Sports Editor

south and FAR west. but the pic
ture OF a campaign OF sparkling in
dividual achievements is vivid, ard
the argument ove championship
claims is far from settled.
The season that was brought 70
an Arctic climax Saturday by Notre
Danes ninth straight triumph. at
the expense Of the gallant Army
team. was in many respects the
most remarkable in the history Of
the great American college sport,
The tumult from early October
to the last day Of November was
punctuated by the famous Carne-
gle report on commercialism. by
astounding individual performances
and long-run thrills despite the
new tumble rule, by record-smash-
ing crowds. by an unprecedented
epidemic OF so-called breaks" in
the big games and by the develop
ment of an unusual number Of
high class teams.
Yale, Micks Lead
For sheer drama, Yale and Notre
Dame topped the list under cir
cumstances OF the most extraor-
binary variety. Trampled by Geor-
gia and Dartmouth in successive
Saturdays with Able Booth cutting
capers across the historic turf Of
the Yale bowl such as no one at
New Haven had seen in a blue
moon. On successive Saturdays
Booth outplayed two Of the games
greatest stars, eagle Of the Army
and Marsters Of Dartmouth. TO be-
come the most talked about ball
carrier since Red Grange. even
though the Mighty Atom went
into something of an eclipse
against Princeton and Harvard.
Knute Rockne. on a sickbed most
Of the season as the result of an
infected leg furnished the inspira-
ticn for one Of Notre Danes great
est teams. the first u~nceaten Irish
array since the famous Four Horse
men dismounted in 1924.
Rockne. stricken just before the
Navy game. was able to be on the
side-lineS for only two Of the re-
naming six games but his boys
went out and PLAYED with even
greater spirit for the ailing Rock"
than they might have for a per-
fectly healthy coach, directing
them from the bench. In next to
their last game. the star center. Tim
Moynihan, broke his leg. but the
team kept on winning. even though
n fo0lr q ssh~aaks o,L n one 49,,
dred yard dash by the fastest man
on the team. Jack Elder. to beat
the Army. Notre Dame was a.
mong the five major teams that
finished their seasons unbeaten
and united.
Purdue Strong
Purdue's mighty Boilermakers
made 1t two votes for the State Of
Indiana. Pittsburg In the east. Tu-
lane in the south and Utah in the
Rocky Mountain zone completed
the Big Five OF this group. Based
upon the calibre Of opposition and
performance over the whole cam
paign, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and
Purdue established the strongest
claims to national championship
honors. No one Of this trio could
possibly be picked out for the main
award, however. without the loud
est kind Of a roar from the others.
Three others in the major flight
Tennessee, Texas Christian and
ST. Mary'S Of California-Showed
only a single tie to mar otherwise
perfect records. Until their latest
games, Tennessee and Texas Chris
tian were up in the very top flight.
but the volunteers we're tied by
Kentucky on Thanksgiving day and
the Christians held TO a TT dead
lock BY Southern Methodist Satur-
day. st. Mary's was tied early in
the season by California. but came
along afterward to hang up the
most consistent record Of any team
on the Pacific Coast. while the Big
Three Stanford. Southern Califor-
mia and California. cut each other
down.
Here's how the situation may be
summed up In the major areas:
East - Pittsburgh, only major
team unbeaten or tied. but with
Colgate also showing a clean slate
against eastern opposition. Ford
ham. tied twice. and Davis EIkins
OF West Virginia, tied once. ranked
high. along with western MARYLAND
unchecked in 10 games and facing
Maryland this week in the last
test.
Missouri Valley-Nebraska cham
pion Of the Big Six for the second
straight year and Drake repeating
in the Valley conference.
South-Tulane with best record
in Southern conference a shade
better than Tennessee. with Chat
tanooga repeating in the Southern
T. A "A.
Southwest - Texas Christian
champion OF the conference after a
season marked by sensational play
and unusually high-claSs team pro-
duction in this sector.
Rocky Mountain-Utah. champion
OF the conference for the third
time IN four years. acclaimed the
finest team the district has yet
turned out.
Pacific CoaSt-St. Mary's showing
the best record. although outside
the big conference group. tying
California and trouncing Oregon,
two teams which figured with
Southern California and Stanford
In quadruple tic for conference
leadership.