The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-30


WHAT I'm trying to say, l be-
w lieve, is that it is absurd TO
place too must stress on the I'M
beaten. united statistics. A top
lining team might drop one or even
two games and still be the best in
its community. Personally. thought
Pittsburgh was the strongest team
in the east last year, despite its de-
feat by Minnesota.
On the basis Of scores, Prince
ton stood out more cOnspicuously;
the Tigers didn't lost a game. But
when you compared the Princeton
schedule and the Pittsburgh sched-
ule. it became plain that the latter
team was called on to carry much
heavier burden. There were no
Notre Danes. MinneSOtas or Nebras-
kas on the Princeton schedule. This
can and often does make a differ
ence.
And yet to show you that even
this sort of reasoning can lead to
confusion and is not necessarily
fool-proof. the Columbus. decisively
beaten by this same Princeton team,
went to the Rose Bowl and knocked
off a powerful Stanford team. If
Columbia could do that to STAN
ford. what about Princeton, 20 to 0
winners over Lou Titles 5aIants?
II
TT is all as clear as black bean
l. soup. Right now there are a
number of eastern teams with per-
feet scoreS-Army, Navy, Princeton,
Dartmouth and Syracuse. Would
YOU pick any of these as the best in
the east? over Pittsburgh, for in
stance? Only one of these teams
is scheduled to meet Pittsburgh
and that's Navy.
There's a good chance, too, that
Navy will have been shocked before
the Pittsburgh date, because the
MidShipmen come to grips with
Notre Dame the week before. Un-
fortunately. Princeton mas an
other nonrepresentative schedule
and this will have to be taken into
consideration when a final estimate
of values is made.
But even if the eastern situation
remains somewhat hazy and blurred
there seems to be growing agree
ment among football men that the
three best teams in the country are
Alabama, Minnesota and Stanford.
You can get an argument on STAN
ford Some of the boys like Wash
ington betterD
Unless an upset of titanic pro-
portions develops, Alabama will go
through the season with a flawleSS
record. Kentucky. Clemson, Geor-
gia Tech and Vanderbilt figure to be
taken in stride.
MINNESOTA faces more formid-
1VA able opposition. and yet if it
is the team it appears to be the
Gophers ought to go through the
season without a setback too. Michi-
gan is not only always tough for
the Gophers, but the Kipke team
showed by its stubborn stand against
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the way back Chicago football is
enjoying a renaissance, the signifi-
canoe of which will be more clearly
defined following this weeks test
with Purdue.
Stanford. held to TT tie by
Santa Clara in its second game of
the season, has shown steady i'm
provement. It's biggest test threat
ems to be against Washington next
week. If the Rose Bowlers can come
up to that game and pass it with a
clean slate, it should go through the
rest of the season without serious
trouble.
That would mean, then, that
I Stanford would again be the host
team on New Years day on the
coast. 1t probably would mean, too
thas Alabama would be in the other
! corner. The Big Ten forbidS post
/ season games. so unless the regula-
tons are changed. Minnesota would
not be available, regardless Of the
future results.