The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-28
SOUTH REGA|NS
 POWER RATING
 FOR FOOTBALL
Best of l93O Teams From SOuth4-Co Cornell, Michigan
 Made Great Comebacks
Following Is another dispatch In series of year end reviews of sports.
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY

New York, Dec. 2s-(uP)-Anoth- CT spectacular football season. jam med with upsets and thrills, has run Its course, leaving in Its wake only three major teams-Tennessee, Tex as A & M, and Cornell-with un- tarnished records.
 Except for the New Years day bowl games all the returns are in but there still Isn't enough con- elusive evidence to award the na- tional championship to any one team. The five chief contenders are Tennessee, unbeaten, united and un- scored on; Texas A & M, all-victor- ious in 10 games; Cornell, eastern champion, unbeaten and united in eight games; Tulane, unbeaten but tied by North Carolina; and South ern California, undefeated but tied by Oregon in its first game and by U. 0. L. A. in Its windup.
 Chief developments of the topsy- turvey 1889 season were:
 D Shift of the nations power to the southland.
 9 Rapid strides of professional football.
 8 Trend toward non-breather schedules,
 q Success of running attacks.
 The south had tho bulge on the rest of the nation in high-class Nnaa.c Dal,l.d HNaAnNceaa anA FRn lane, two of the countrys top five teams, the south offered Duke, which lost only to Pitt by one point; Clemson, whose only setback was a 7.6 loss to Tulane; Georgia Tech, which lost only to Notre Dame by Q field goal and Duke by the extra point: and North Carolina, which lost only to Duke and tied Tulane.
 Professional football, showing nearly l3 per cent increase in at- tendance over 1888 as against a ono per cent gain for the colleges. enc trenched Itself among the major sports, The play-for-pay boys play cd to l,3l2,6il persons and had the customers acting like sophomores on Sunday afternoons,
 With one glaring exception the major teams played tough games right down the line from the open Ing Saturday until the windup,. The exception was Tennessee, which missed 0 chance to win the national title hands down because of It's hand-picked schedule which inolud- cd such pushovers, as North Caro- Ina State, Sewanee, Chattanooga, Mercer, and the Citadel.
 Whereas 1888 was notable for the outstanding success of teams using the forward pass, the 1889 made a definite swing back to the running game, featuring savage down field blocking. The three teams with per- feet records, Tennessee, Texas A & M and Cornell, did their damage chiefly on the ground. Texas A & M won the southwest conference title with Q hard-running attack defying tradition in the air-minded akali belt. Tulane was solely Q power team and Southern California stressed power and seldom went to the air except as a last resort.
 Notre Dame and Southern Call fornia, each playing to nearly b00,- GOO spectators, were the biggest drawing cards. Biggest single atten- dance was $500 for the Southern California; CHA. game ct Los Angeles, with i02,000 for the Army Navy game ct Philadelphia second highest.
 Outstanding achievements of io30;
 Team of the year-Tenness which rolled up 2i2 points to its op- ponents' 0 in winning 10 games.
 Player of the year-Nile kinnick, Iowa's e0-minute halfback whose kicking, passing and running fea- tured every Hawkeye game.
 Coach of the year-Dr. Eddie An- derson, who in his first year at Iowa converted e l-game winner in 1888 to c one-game loser In l93o.
 Upset of the year-Illinois' i0-7 victory over Michigan.
 Run of the year-Tommy Har- mons 03 yard run against Penn in which he covered more than 100 yards in dodging and darting for Q Michigan touchdown.
 Pass of the year-drenville Lans- dells 10 yard touchdown pass to John Stonemaker which enabled Southern California to beat Wash- Into, 0-7, in the last minute and 4b seconds of play.
 Kick Of the year-Nile KinnickS 8i-yard punt out of bounds on Notre Dame's Award line which clinched Iowa's 7-6 victory over the Irish.
 Offensive battle of the year. rowa's 32-2o triumph over Indiana
 Defensive stand of the year-Van- derbilt holding Tennessee to minus yards on running plays.
 Comebacks of the year-Cornoll and Michigan, who each spotted Ohio State l4 points in the first period and came on to win 23.i4 and 2i-i4, respectively.
 Collapse of the year--Yale's rout by Dartmouth, 33-0.
 Tn the professional ranks the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 1888 champions 27-O, in the East-Wegt playoff at Milwaukee before 32.27O ct Mil- waukee. It was the most crushing defeat any team had ever suffered ts. tl.a sAiauAffa