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Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-29 | Page 6 | Mythical National

Type issue
Date 1926-11-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Mythical National
Type article
Date 1926-11-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 6
OCR Text Mythical N National atio al Continued from page 2 lioma homa Missouri Valley champions champions cham cham- for fOI the first time met sever several l defeats outside the tile conf conference rence fold While the argument of experts over relative merits merit of these title claims assessing of the more stable stahle products product of the tile season re reveals re re- eals these salient features 1 Establishment of new records for attendance and receipts with estimates placing th tho total number of spectators at 15 9 XO O and the nationwide Rate nate at at featured by figures of onlookers onlookers onlookers on on- lookers and in for forthe forthe forthe the Army Army- Navy Army Navy game breaking the previous hi ph mark of spectators spectators tors set at the Ohio State Michigan contest at Columbus earlier in the season 2 The dethronement of nine out of fifteen 1925 champions in various sectional groups and conferences featured by the ti-re fall of Dartmouth in the East a and f Washington Washinton on the Pacific coa coast coart t. t 3 3 Elevation of the field pool goal asa as asa asa a decisive factor in an an unusual r number number number num num- ber of games correspond in with a somewhat sharp decline in the pen Ren era eral effectiveness of forward forward pass attacks except those of Brown and the Navy 4 Emphasis of the development of man 11 attacks as ma opposed to the theone theone theone one or two star offensives a Ie trend which produced fewer individual performers of the conspicuous stamp of jf Nevers George Wilson O erlander or FlournOy 5 5 a the use of the shift play culminating in the decision of coa coaches hes of the West Western rn c conference Ten to enforce a two two-se two second ond halt after all shift form formations formations for for- m a move interpreted as to mean nationwide abolishment abolish- abolish nt me-nt of the shift 6 Rupture of the historic Big Three T bv by Princeton's break in re relations relations reo re- lations with Harvard brought about by apparent bitterness of under- under and resulting in re revival revival reo vival of proposals for an organized Eastern Big Ten
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