Show I THE Copyright 1927 New Tribune Inc Trademark Registered neutered U U. 8 s. Patent Office By Grantland Rico I LL'S STAR ST. PERFORMANCE There may be no ranking for 1927 that will mean anything in particular ular but the star performance of the ear belongs to Yale in beating bc the Army Arm Dartmouth and Princeton thre of or the strongest teams on any list The Army through a hard sched schedule ule has lost only one came so far Dartmouth lost only one game Prince Prince- Princeton ton on lest only one game All AU three loss to Yale When one team slips the only de- de defeat feat eat of the season s ason to each of or three ranking opponents It Is something to talk blk abut about Football rankings should be meas meas- measured measured largely on the number of strong teams beaten Yale bent beat three of the strongest in and Md one of these the Army Arm comes close cose to being b the strongest of or them iM It must stand as the most striking performance of 1927 No other team whipped three opponents of the same class THE Tm RANGE SG OF CENTERS The somewhat hat grinding Job jb of cen cen- center center ter has lias never ne been filled as ably in inas Inas as many spots spols as this season has known The range ranse from of Yale to of St St. S Marys Mary's has Included a number of brilliant pr pr- formers the largest lar est one can recall In football gossip Charlesworth was a a. great center and so was of St St. Marys In the middle west there were vere of or Illinois Rouse of 01 Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago cago and McKinnon of or Minnesota all aU far tu above the average Georgetown has a shining shin In star In and Penn State can about match makh him In Mahoney Grigsby find Mahoney have been cogs in strong teams as good as ns any coach would vant Tennessee has lias another exceptional contributor to the science of center play in Butcher strong fast aggressive sive e and alert There are many more Including Howe of 01 ton but bu a season a. a that can produce Charles Charles orth orth Rouse McKInnon Mahoney Butcher and Howe Hove leads the thelong thelong long march Roush of Chicago would ha e drawn an even en higher ranking if injuries had not forced fo ced him from the Michigan game and prevented hU meeting Illinois THE RUN nUN OP OF INJURIES The hardest luck battle of 01 th ear car earIn carin in the way vay of Injuries was Penns Penn's stand st against Penn State This game cost the sen ices of or Scull Shober and Brill for the Chicago and Navy N vy contents and cut Penns Penn's strength th I down do by b 50 per cent c nt Penn with these three stars on the Job has been one of the strong stron teams a team blessed with two star tackles ta kles In In Smith and Hake two of the best bestor of or the car The defensive strength of the team stood up well after the collapse against Penn State and after tills this trio return return- returned ed the piny pillY of or the Red and Blue against Harvard Hanard and Columbia was high class Ill NO STARS Some ono referred to Illinois as the star no-star team tean Then some on later re remarked re- re marked that Yuppies Yuppie's no stars were star all all Captain a in has been one of 01 the great grea t centers of the year and who happens to think of a better around all guard than Crane Illinois had a line defense and a aline aline line attack that was as good as any any- anything anything thing in football There were no b stars to I match Presnell Welch Cagle Cagie Marst- Marst Marsters ers etc but the line lIn was lull fall of or stars I as stars happen to go goTHE Till THE Y EIGHT SCRIMMAGE I Tunney hasn't said Id so but he un un- undoubtedly I would like Uke to meet Dempsey first In his Rickard engagement and I then tate take a a. shot at a t some ome one else later ter on I He has been planning to fight for another promoter In his second sec nd test te t if he gets by the first one but who will be left except the survivor of Rickard s eliminations Sharkey Heeney or some one already enrolled under the Rickard banner In addition to signing up the cham chun- pion seems to 10 have roped In Inmost most of the leading lead In challengers and leading challengers In the heavyweight splash are arc never too numerous For all that a heavyweight hea cham cham- champion pion asking for three fights In a a. jear ear earIs is a pleasant novelty no There may be sections section of or the crowd still ready to rde Tunney but they might remember remember ber that a heavyweight champion is around who vho isn Isn't t on the stage In Inthe Inthe the motion pictures or In vaudeville and who in addition is clamoring for action through a busy summer something anyway TODAY'S YS GOLF LESSON What F. F L L. Is the single most important part of the swing for forme forme me or any other duffer to practice this winter indoors Balance through the swing especial especial- especially ly balance at nt the top of the swing which includes an even een e en pace on the back swing and pivoting that leaves cs the weight eight In the right place pl before the down swing starts If It every ery part of this back swing Is correctly made at the right pace the down swing usually will take care of Itself At least a foundation will b blaid laid for easy casy swing down corrections The turn of the body and the feel fecI of or balance at the top of the swing arc about as lIS Important as thing else |