The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-19
TROJANS AND irish
OUTSTANDING TEAMS
TO RUN into SNAGS
Great Notre Dame Eleven Suf.
tered Most Disastrous
Drive in Years
GATE RECEIPTS INCREASED
Princeton, Under TuteIage Of
Fritz Crisler, Boasts
Great Record
BY JIMMY DONAHUE

BY JIMMY DONAHUE
Notre Dame! Southern California!
How the mighty fell on the gridiron
battlefields Of 1888!
AS the 1888 season marches in re-
view, the utter rout OF the Irish,
which saw them win from only In
diana, Northwestern and Army,
stands out as the feature Of the year.
The 1877 defeat Of the Trojans by
Stanford came after scoreless tie
with Oregon State had interrupted
their string of rs consecutive victories,
end was equally as surprising.
Add to those distinctive features
some of the hottest conference races
in years-With the weak sisters riS-
ing in their might-and you have q
few reasons why the game showed
a pull Is per cent stronger at the
gate than 1882.
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Princeton forged ahead in the east
under Fritz Crisler. The Tiger clawed
two of its ancient rivals, Dartmouth
and Yale, end was the only major
eleven in the country to be indicated
and united. A new threat arose along
the Atlantic when Duquesne, under
the guidance of Elmer Layden, went
through the season with only one de-
feat-at the hands of Pitt.
DuQueSne's showing probably had
a lot to do with the selection of Lay
den as successor to Hunk Anderson
at Notre Dame.
Michigan again finished on top In
the Big Ten-but it had a tough row
to hoe. Ohio State. Minnesota and
Purdue finished right on the Kipke
coached Wolverines heels, while Iowa
surprised the pack by gaining its first
Big Ten victory in years. Illinois
threw scare into Michigan when it
lost by single point after touchdown.
Wisconsin, Indiana and Northwest
ern had disappointing seasons.
The year clearly demonstrated that
Big Ten football Is the class Of the
game. In Is games outside the con-
ference and with intersectional op-
ponents the Western Conference had
q record Of 10 victories, five losses
and one tie.
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In the Southern conference, Duke
was the power. The boys from Dur
ham waltzed through until the final
game Of the season against Georgia
Tech. The Rambling Wreck beat the
Blue Devils. cheating them out Of q
Rose Bowl bid.
Alabama, under Frank Thomas,
won the Southeastern title, having
only q scoreless tie with Mississippi
to sully their record.
The Southwestern loop was in Z
muddle from the start. Baylor and
Arkansas rose up to S1nite the favored
sons, and at the finish Of the season,
Arkansas was leading the loop. It
was discovered, however. that the
Razorbacks had played an ineligible
tackle for 10 minutes, and the title
race was declared off.
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Nebraska again copied Big Six hon
ors, followed by Kansas State, Okla
aoma, Kansas, Iowa State and Mis-
souri,.
The Rocky Mountain race was un-
decided until the last game Of the
year, when it went into q three-way
tie between Utah, Denver and Colo
RADIO Aggies.
Besides the rise Of Stanford In Pa
cific Coast circles and the defeat Of
Southern California. the rejuvenation
of Oregon, under Prink Callison, was
a surprise. Oregon went into tie
with Stanford for the conference lead.
with four victories and one defeat.
The Trojans finished with four wins,
one loss and one tie.
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Only two new rules were made for
| the year. One was the formation of
4 sideline zone whereby ball made
dead any point within 10 yards Of the
sidelines would be brought In 10 yards
before being put in play. This rule
vas made to- do away with the vast
ing Of . down when the offensive
team was cramped on one side Of the
iield.
The other rule was the tightening
Of the restrictions against clipping. II
made 1t illegal for a player to run in
to the back Of player not carrying
the ball. Heretofore the rule had ap-
piled to dropping across the back Of
the legs Of q player below the knee
The penalty for this action was re-
duced from as to Is yards in order tt
bring about stricter enforcement.
Stanford was selected as the west
ern representative in the Rose Bow
game. As the eastern opponent, Of
ficials surprisingly chose Columbia
The Lions, under Lou Little, had on
defeat on TER record, and it wa,
agreed that Army. Pitt, Nebraska
michigan and Arkansas were more
powerful outfits.
The only indicated, united, not.
iscored-on team in the country turnet
out to Be little DePauw, at Green
castle. Ind.
Wilmington Youngste1
Defeats Andrew POM
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