The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-06
Sport ,S1a11tS ALAN J.0oulD

feW 1OCCDa1l players nave ever ended gridiron careers with great CT variety of tribute paid them thar has been the care with Earl Harry Dutch) Clark, All-America quar- terback at Colorado College in 1928 and an outstanding star in this season past, his last one
 When the All-Rocky Mountain Conference selections were com piled by The Associated Press, the experts named three of Utah'S championship quartet and Clark
 After scoring all the points in his teams 130 victory over Colo rado Mines in the concluding game of the season, Clark was thus eulo- gized in one enthusiastic account
 Clark has made the football ex- perts of the country take notice of this (the Rocky Mountain) confer ence. He has made football popu- lar to persons who never before fol- lowed the game. He is the hero of small children, fair coeds, fighting collegians, elderly matrons. He is the idol of Young America in this section of the country and he is the friend of everyone"
 If this isn't a paean of praise, it will do, as they say, until bet ter paeans are found.
 Those who had any cause for complaint about the "toughness" of Pittsburgh's football schedule last year will hardly find any fault with the big program mapped for the Partners next fall. Pitt, in addition to taking on it's traditional foes around Pennsylvania and West Virginia, has booked Syracuse and Notre Dame for additional enter tainment. The new contract Pitt has with the Army does not take effect until 1931
 Apparently so m h ing will be 0OilC dDOuU bllC OllIlCiolll from feeding number of the smaller New England colleges and universities to the lions, especially in the early part of the season. Such schools as Vermont, Middle bury, New Hampshire, Norwich, Springfield, Tufts and others do not relish tle idea of being man. handled by the big fellows for workout purposes, even though the licking may be all for the best so far as the athletic treasury is con- cerned In other words, it is sometimes a matter of financial necessity for the smaller colleges
 Vermont, which was fed on it's first two Saturdays last season to New York and Yale, has frightened it's schedule for 1880 to stay more within it's own class of competition. A movement is on foot, sponsored at Boston University, for organi- zation of football conference with the smaller institutions playing a less high powered brand of football.
 The Middle West has largely de- parted from the idea that it is necessary for a big college to be built up like a heavyweight boxer, and take on a few setups early in the season. This is especially true of the Big Ten, Big Six and Notre Dame. Most of these outfits play major opponents from the outset.
 There seems no reason why the bigger colleges elsewhere, especial ly in the Beast, should not stay within their own class of competi- tion despite the old argument about the difficulty of ''peaking' for one rugged foe after another Notre Dame furnished classic proof this past year that it can be done.
 Once their season is under way, big league baseball teams do not seek minor league opposition to make the April path any easier, nor is it the custom in other college sports such as rowing. hockey, bas- ketball, to look for soft spots.