Show Michigan Rates First FirstIn FirstIn FirstIn In Gridiron Titles Yosts Yost's Men Capture Flag Flag Nine Times Fine Record CHICAGO Oct When g-When When Kin King Football was wa officially eh to his hi throne thron Saturday the th Western conference cel celebrated Its lis thirtieth year In the h gridiron sport It was organized In 1896 1 After Arter 23 U years ye ears r the th Bit Dg Ten Is Is beyond any ny doubt d the greatest olle e organization of t It Its kind In the th country The Th stands IL 11 a mon men monument mon to hard wise Tris work by euch uch men tn I g Alonzo Stare of Chicago g Georg H Huff fluff i- i iIi Ii Illinois Fielding Fielding Yost Michigan 2 and nd many others They Introduced the tir highest hl rhe t Ideals of sportsmanship tide tho highest code of o ethiCs ethic and u regu- bled the tho development de under the strictest rule rules From a II geographical the m Big Ten has an n Ideal arrange orrange- arrangement of Wiscon Wiscon- Wisconsin nent ment The universities o sin ln Michigan ln Illinois Iowa Ohio OhI and Indiana lie In ad t lacert states stales and nd outsider Northwestern storn Purdue and ago ago aro 41 heart sit In or next to the wry see The Tho record books reveal that elevens cl vens have dominated the tho conference even though they the withdrew for tor a 1 long Ions stretch of ovean I years an nn has taken or tied for the th title nine Ine times time the thelast thelast last In 1925 It Is the beet t record of any school In JI Michigan tie tl with ith Illi- Illi Illinois Illi Illinois not nois in 11 1922 1 22 with Ith Chicago and Iowa Ioa In 1918 HIS with Illinois In tn 1904 with Minnesota and Northwestern and In 1901 HOI with Wisconsin ln The Tho Th Wolverines took II a a clear deed ded to the tho championship In 1598 1902 1 and 1925 Next to Michigan 2 In victories come como the th Gophers rl Ith eight despite the th fact I I hat ht they have not won undisputed posses posses- possession possession possession sion of ot the tho th title till since 1911 Ull and have hae tied for tor It only once oe one since then In 1918 l lt |