Show MOST MO ST OUTSTANDING NG COMBINATION OF YEAR f. f Experts Choose I Cardinals Next iTo To 10 Men of Troy Troyt t Over Irish Clinches j iii Southern California's Claim to Fame S. S ou oe tie This Is another of a series featuring the flue of the thc rles and anti writers sports editors am Un athletic of 1931 TheS The U the S story tory story is in response to tc toA A p l d Press query queTy Whal the outstanding team achieve achieve- I In InI 31 By Alan lan Gould Associated T i ted Press Correspondent NEW KNEW YORK Dec Dee 22 By 22 By a margin ully U as convincing as a that gained in th the individual T Mart Martin southern California's sensa sensa- nd football team is credited bye by bye on nations nation's sports experts with the he e individual team achieve achieve- nt for 1931 in many any branch of sport nt rS how bow highly they the Jan victory that ended the three three- ginning winning streak of Notre Dame There i-There has been nothing in years compare with that that quarter fourth fourth qu eback and nd triumph of Southern against the Irish wrote editor who voiced wide- wide e C s sports cad ad feeling It n was a magnificent achievement in e every er respect wm southern California in the national I of sports editors and writers con con- meted by the Associated Press re- re 72 votes out of oC a possible di 5 was exactly UY double the total for fortt St. St Louis Louis' Cardinals whose feat tt overthrowing the world champion was war voted the outstanding by 36 experts Jhc he Gl clamor mor of college football still the mind perhaps swayed tab h hin in pinions i ions of some observers On the ther r ha hand d many pointed out that thatchie he chief chie factors in the Cardinal base base- I 31 victory were three exceptional performers performers Martin Martin Halan Hal Hal- whereas Southern han an and Grimes whereas Grimes came through on the of its superb teamwork in ini i crisis against Notre Dame Morer More- More for the Trojans r while the vote gely was based on what they did didat st at the Irish tho fact also was out that U U. S. S C. C routed almost football foe after dropping the fat game of the season to St. St Marys tit U If a clincher is needed to the nt t I the majority of St SL Louis cx- cx i ts disclosed they had no prejudice r doubt in their minds by voting for bern thern California in preference to tos toa a s hometown Cardinals i or of the Associated d Press poll POn 1 C California football team 72 Cardinala world baseball champions 35 t. t Athletics American league Ie ioni 6 15 I U tram S J crew v pout champions mp n g 3 Uris football team victor over ocr i PJ S. S C. C 3 liar Southern m. m conference i football tb I 2 iSom C City tT football team unde- unde I In n twelve e games rames 1 ai Ui flails Davis cup team victor over vcr tiled Led 4 States 1 blaa football i team m a for r. r j mU eat ians ian's 1 i tana ans aD I football O r. r a team team- for Tor l I |