Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02


of the great American college spol
The tumult and the roar from
early october to the last day OF
November was punctuated by the
famous Carnegie report on COM
mercialiSm, by astounding individ-
ual performances and long-run
thrills despite the new tumble rule,
by record-SmaShing crowds, by an
unprecedented epidemic OF So
called breaks" in the big games
and by the development Of an I'M
usual number of high-clasS teams.
For sheer drama Yale and Notre
Dame topped the list under circum-
stances of the most extraordinary va
riety. Trampled by Georgia early in
October, the Ellis came back to whip
Brown, Army and Dartmouth on sue
cessive Saturdays, with Albie Booth cut
ting capers across the historic turf of
the Yale bowl such as no one at New
Haven has seen in a blue moon. On
successive Saturdays Booth outplayed
two of the games greatest stars, Red
eagle of the Army and Al Marsters of
Dartmouth. to become the most talked
and written about ball carrier since Red
Grange, even though the Mighty
Atom" went into something of an eclipse
against Princeton and Harvard.
N0tre Dame Carries On.
Knute Rockne, on a sick bed most of
the season as the result of an infected
leg, furnished the inspiration for one
of Notre Danes greatest teams. the
first unbeaten Irish array since the ia
nous -Four Horsemen dismounted in
1924.
Rockne, stricken just before the Navy
game, was able to be on the side lines
for only two of the remaining six games,
but his boys went out and played with
even greater spirit for the ailing Rock
than they might have for a perfectly
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 it took a break" and a 100
yard dash by the fastest man on the
team, Jack Elder, to beat the Army.
Notre Dame was among the five major
teams that finished their seasons I'M
beaten and united.
Purdue's mighty Boilermakers made
it votes for the State Of Indiana
Pittsburgh, in the East: Tulane, in the
South, and Utah, in the Rocky Noun
tain zone, completed the big five of
this group. Based upon the caliber of
opposition and performance over the
whole course of the campaign, Notre
Dame, Pittsburgh and Purdue estab-
lished the strongest claims to national
championship honors. No one of this
trio could possibly be picked out for
the main award, however. without the
loudest kind Of a roar from the others.
Three Others Unbeaten.
Three others In the major flight
Tennessee, Texas, Christian and St.
Mary's of California-showed only a
single tie to mar otherwise perfect rec
ords. Until their latest games, Ten
nessee and Texas Christian were I'D in
the very top flight, but the Volunteers
were tied by Kentucky on THANKSGIVING
day and the Christians held to a TT
deadlock by Southern Methodist Sat-
urday. st. Mary's was tied early in the
season by California, but came along
afterward to hang UP the most con-
cific Coast, while the big three" Stan
ford, Southern California and Cali
fornia, cut each other down.
Judged by the strength Of their
finish, Andy Kerr's powerful Colgate
machine ranked with the best in the
country, despite an early october set
back at the hands of Wisconsin. The
Maroon juggernaut smashed Columbia,
Syracuse and Brown, three strong
teams, on successive Saturdays, by the
aggregate margin Of Sc to o, with an
exhibition of power unsurpassed by
Pittsburgh or any other high-scoring
outfit.
Georgia Tech, after two years at the
top in the Southern Conference, tum-
bled with a resounding thud, losing five
games altogether and facing the loss of