Show GRIDRON ELEVENS PRODUCE DESPITE THE WAR NAR Ohio Again on Top After Season Turns From Uncertainty Uncertainty to Success S. S Despite Despie th the war which calc called so o many ninny star tor athletes to the colors color tho the I football season e on was productive of or Its Is usual hard fought games game and was waR featured tea fea 1 by brilliant open olen play which In Ina ina a ft number of ot cases turned seeming de defeats de- de feats teat into victories Whet When hen war wal was val declared some ome of oC the thc coaches coach IJ came discouraged because their teams were vere bereft of ot their be best besL t m men n The They Thoy plucked up courage however however how how- ever pcr when the they learn learned d other mentors were suffering the same name hardships and made up their minds to make th the most of tho the situation It I wa was this thin spirit which helped to keep the game alive olve and maintain the interest st o of or the foot Coot halt ball hal public With lh the loss Joss of oC the star players opportunities presented them themselves for the lesser lights to shine Rhine anti anil in some somo I cases these thee supposedly SIPPo mediocre player play play- er ers era more than made good The coaches had to tak take tak players who showed nn any signs of or football Intelligence and anti develop develop de de- de- de clop thorn them In all al departments of or the game from the rudiments to the ad ad- ad style stylo Of or course the they had enough nough old men to form a nucleus but tho the gaps had hal to be filled Cled b by men who in itt sonic C cases t S had at nt bost a vague ague idea o of the var varsity game Champions in different sections of or th the tho country could he be determined with tho the exception of ot the east east As Yale Harvard Hal arr an and Princeton usually the tho all uS contenders for honors honor east eat of ot the Al- Al did not play football the smaller cole college e elevens had an opportunIty to strive lor for the coveted cham cham- Such teams as Brown Bron Fordham Ford Ford- ham Tufts anti and Williams played great rat football all al season but the tho the two strong strong- est eat elevens along alon the whole Atlantic section were Wre Pittsburgh and Georgia ant Tech Each was represented b by a strong and powerful team and It I Is to be re re- re that that the they did not settle sette tho the question of or supremacy Cornell and I Pennsylvania the only bl big Cornel teams to pIa play in the tho east met with defeats durInS during dur dur- ing InS the tho year yur In the central west wesl Ohio State won Its Is second successive conference championship cham cham- The Buckeye eleven cleven under under the thc able tutelage of or Coach Jack Wilce went through h the season without Ice a defeat It I won every cry conference game The achievements of ot the tho BUcke Buckeye e eleven on must in a n large lare degree be at attributed at- at to Halfback and Boe- Boe lon Ion len star end B By winning the conference confer confer- ence SOCO title tte Ohio State al also o must be proclaimed pro pro- claimed western champion as there was vas not a eleven with the po possible exception o of Notre Dams Dame Dam wih which could have given the Buckeyes a I struggle Vo West t of or the Mississippi river N Nebraska Ne- Ne bra braska ka rules supreme The era met and defeated every eel team of note in that section and besides being belm the title tte holders holder In that f section clon they also arc are champions champlon of or the Missouri ale Valley confer conference a was rl rep rep- r resented b by a a strong and find powerful eleven leven and the he only blemish on Its r record eCord cord was Its Is defeat at the hands Is of ot Michigan The Tue usual number of oC champions were ero determined In the many man smaller college col col- lege ege conferences In which the tho game h played a was above e the tho ordinary Jame With ill all 31 the colleges and nd universities uni In- In ending to pIa play football next fall fail Cal d de de- de spite pite the war wal and with some of or the C coaches already boasting of bright ht I prospects It is only reasonable to be- be f 10 levi that football next fall fal will 11 be bc Just ns as Interesting and attractive a as 3 in n the tho past past |