Evening star., 1940-12-05
S Star
Piles Up Record
In Eight Ti|ts
KnoIIo Of Creighton
Has High Total With
1,420 in 10 Tussles
By the Associs ted Press.

DS lJS ESSOSlStcu 1850
SEATTLE, Dec. working
Johnny Knolla of Creighton is the
1910 national ground-gaining cham
pion, but he. still shares honors
with Mlchigan's Tom Harmon, who
finished second for the second year
in a row.
Knolla collected 127 passing and
rushing yards against Wichita last
week to take first place in American
Football Statistical Bureau tabu-
lations with 1920 yards for his
10 games.
His 298 plays made him the years
work horse. He rushed the ball 813
yards and passed it GOT. And he
wound up so yards ahead of the
1899 leader, Kenny Washington of
U. c. L. A,who had 1870. Knolla
was seventh last year.
Harmon's Total Shrunk.
Harmon, in 8 games and 279
plays, made 844 yards rushing and
502 through the air for 1,346 yards.
This figure is below that given for
him last week, and the bureau
explains that later, official figures
from Ohio State, scene of Harmon's
last contest, shrunk % yards from
his total.
Nobody, however, has approached
Harmon for average yards gained
per game, either this year or last.
His 1899 average was 1895; his
1910 average 1888. He was credited
with 1856 yards last year.
Billy Sewell of Washington State
College, who won 1910 forward pass
ing honors with 86 competitions,
totaled 1888 yards for the season
to finish third in total offense Paul
Christman of Missouri, eighth last
year, finished fourth.
Al Ghesquiere of Detroit kept his
lead for 1910 with 957 yards
gained in las attempts.
Price Heads Punters.
Where through 1899 only two
players-Harmon and Whizzer White
of Colorado in 1937-had turned in
an average of better than 100 yards
per game rushing in the bureaus
record, this year there are three
among the first five rushers who
bettered that mark and two of them
are from Michigan.
Ghesquiere averaged 1868; Har-
mon, 1865, and Harmon's teammate,
Bob Westfall, 1909.
Owen Price of Texas Mines, lead.
er for six weeks among the punters,
wound up on top with the high 49,
yard average for 80 punts in nine
games.
Eddie Bryant of Virginia tied last
years high pass-receiving figure by
catching 80 passes for 222 yards.
Ken Cavanaugh of L. S. U. caught
the same number to lead in 1899.
The figures:
Total offense (gains rushing and passing)
Creiehton,. l.420: harmon
Michigan, 1,346; Sewell, Washington State,
Marquette. 1858; Jimmy Rey-
nolds. Oklahoma A and M, 1253: Ghes-
aHifre' Detroit - lag; BIZ Dudley, viE-
dice Princeton. .O25
Rushing ofense-GheSquiere Detroit.
957 yards; Harmon, Michigan. S44: Knolla,
Creighton. S13; Westfall. Michigan. SO7;
Tony Gallovich, Wake Forest, 700. Last
years leader, John Polanski of Wake
-. Passing offense-Seweu. Washington
State. SO completions. II interceptions in
174 attempts for 1,023 yards in 10 games;
Allerdice, Princeton. rs competitions in
LA attempts; Christman. Missouri SO Of
154,- his 1.131 yards making him the
chief gamer; Dudley. Virginia, 81 of 14O:
Supulski. Manhattan, "a of 1877.
Punting-Price, Texas Mines, 80 punts
for a 4S-yard average; Jack Jacobs. Okla
homa. 80 for 44.94; Dick McGovern. Au-
burn. fifth last year, 46 for 1850: Don
Scott. Ohio State, 18th last year. "A for
A, "a; Mcclune: Colorado, Al for AZ. %
caught for 222 yards; Steve Lach Duke,
20 for 333; Krouse. Penn State, 25 for
42O: Humbert Richmond 25 for 800; Bill
for 600: Don Vosberg Marquette. "a for
526-the yardage being the highest since
Boyd Of Baylor caught 32 for $50 yards
in 1898.