Show SEASON FEATURED Y BY OF CALDWELL 55 j S MANY ELEVENS L LAY Y CLAIM r TO MYTHICAL NATIONAL S 1 GRIDIRON CHAMPIONSHIP Pittsburg Only Major T Team earn Undefeated ted Year Most Successful in Every Way Disqualification of Bruce Caldwell Caldwell Caldwell Cald- Cald well sensational Yale halb halfback ck on on the eve of the Yale-Princeton Yale game was the the outstanding feature of ot the tIre past football season Verily It was the most discussed Incident of the season No m major jor team breezed through its regular schedule undefeated ted and untied Only Pittsburg managed to remain undefeated but Its record was marred by a scoreless eless s tie with l Washington and Jefferson The season marked the collapse of oi the three great teams of the 1926 Stanford season season Stanford Brown and Ala Ala- bama Stanford did not fail fall as dismally dismally dis dis- dis mally as the theother other two did Sh She won four games and tied one in her hel own conference e but lost twice to minor elevens S Caldwell Caidwell recognized to be bo the greatest back of the tho year was the victim of 9 strict interpretation o oan of an agreement existing between Yale wit with Princeton and Harvard PLAYED AS S FRESHMAN As s a a. freshman he had played with the tho Brown football foot team and had I later transferred tO tb Yale Yak merely be because because because be- be cause of inability to see any gre great t football pr prospects ahead of him at at Brown It was no attempt to bettel bet better ter tel himself nor to get with a stronger team it was merely mel a a transfer of ot his own volition But the rule says one who plays plays' football at one school is not eligible ibl to play at another school school and and Caldwell Caldwell CaldSwell Cald Cald- S well was barred from play pay f Yale ale Army and Pittsburg had tho outstanding teams In the East Only an early season defeat by Georgia marred the Yale record while Yale was the only winner from the Arm Army Army gave Knute Rockne's Notre Dame eleven its only defeat I Pittsburg because of ot its brilliant play was given the invitation t to play In the theT annual Tournament of Roses game at Pasa Pasadena ena on January January January Janu Janu- ary 2 5 Illinois with four conference v victories vic 5 c tories and one tie was awarded tho the Big Ten championship Minnesota Minnesota- and Michigan also had powerful teams S Georgia Tech by defeating Georgia in the final game of of the season was generally acc accepted as as Southern champion although Vanderbilt Van Van- had Tad tied lied Georgia Tech and both North Carolina CaroNna State and Tennessee Ten Ten- were undefeated 1 Texas A. A and M. M Jolted both Texas Texas and Southern Methodist university to win the Southwestern conference championship 2 Championship of the Missouri 1 valley alley this year went to Missouri y The Colorado Aggles breezed through its sch schedule dule against Rocky mountain opponents to win out in n that section i 4 STANFORD is BEATEN TWICE S f. f l S V y Stanford beaten twice by smaller l college teams and Southern u Califor nia that tied Stanford were given given- givena a tJ tie ti with Idaho for tor or Pacific coast v honors Th The first two teams however HOW HOW- J ever won lyon four games and tied one one onet t while Idaho won two and lost two When the tho experts began picking their American all selections only three players were practically unanimous unanimous unan unan- choices Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- hIgan hI- hI gan end was honored for the tho third successive time Drury Southern California quarterback and Joesting Joesting Joest- Joest ing Minnesota 1 fullback were the only ones who graced practically every team S In the Intersectional games Purdue's Purdue's Purdue's Pur Pur- dues due's victory over aver Harvard Chicago's Chica- Chica gos go's victory over Penn Georgias Georgia's v victory over Yale S. S M. M Us U.'s victory over Missouri l Missouri's Missouria victory over Northwestern and amI Notre Dames Dame's victory over Georgia Tedi f were most prominent S All AU records for attendance were broken by the crowd of fans fans' who witnessed the Notre DameS Dame Dame- S Southern California game at t Chica Chica- go Although no figures were available it is generally believed d. d that more than one million fans c watched watch d football games throughout the country every Saturday It was a most successful year In every way |