Show THE HE I Copyright 1927 New York Tribune Inc Trademark Registered U. U 8 B. Patent Office By Grantland Rica Rico Till TIlE CLOSING CURTAIN With the exception of two or three games next Saturday in the south and California the curtain comes fluttering down on one of the most vivid football seasons since the game same began to bound along back In the early New York and Chicago put on two of the main attractions with two of the autumns autumn's most spectacular fea fea- features fea- fea tures Army tures-Army Army and Navy Notre Dame and Southern California The 21 Navy Army game In Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago cago a o last fall was one of the two up- up at and contests of the season Michigan and Ohio State providing the other In their 17 16 duel The Navy Y had a slight shade In around all-around team strength last fall and the Army Arm has more of a R shade today todar but not enough to make the result anything like a sure Up tip The Navy has lost Eddy Edd Hamilton Shapley Born Bom Caldwell Hardwick and other stars from that 1926 lineup while whilo the Army still re retains re- re resins sins Cagle Wilson Murrell Born Harbold Brentnall Sprague and one or two others The Army has baa the stronger ends and the stronger line The Army has fine backfield strength but the Navy Nary has Its share in this respect with Lloyd Llod Ransford Clifton Hannegan etc If I the footing fooling Is any ony good there the should be a neat and tidy backfield duel between bet e n gle C and Lloyd Llod for they both step TilE THE CHICAGO PARTY r. Notre Dame and Southern Cali Call California California fornia have all tin tha tI elements clements that make snake an attractive game to 00 look at Southern California will have Drury to send against the Flanagan combination for ground gaining re results re- re stilts cults and In Smith and Hibbs at guard and tackle the two tl teams will offer a pair of line stars as good as 3 asa asa a a. coach wants wants and and that has to be pretty prelly good Notre Dame is a stronger team than thon It happened to 00 be against the Army Last Fall FaU Notre Noire Dame won by a point The margin isn Isn't t much different now VILSON'S LAST G IE GAIE UIE Harry Wilson was a substitute back at Penn State when hen Bezdek's team in invaded In- In invaded Cambridge in 1921 Two Perm Penn State stale backs were Injured and Wilson went into action He ne was the star of the game The Army captain has been a star ever since Yet he gained more ground at Penn State In his first three years of foot foot- football football football ball than he gained with roth the Army where physical ailments aliments here and there frequently cut in on his Ith tI eness Wilson has never been one of the fast flashy backs of the game but usually a strong to hard down dO runner especially Is they can shake him hint loose beyond the line of scrimmage Once under headway In Inthe Inthe inthe the open lie Ito Is hard to 00 tackle and aud hard to stop slop He lie winds up a career of something like 60 college games this afternoon TilE THE PEST n. What team has the best backfield In football The Army can offer Nave Cagle Wilson and Murrell Penn had Shober Scull Drill Brill and Pittsburg Nebraska and Ohio State had strong combinations The same Mme goes for N N. Y U U. But where wh-re wh re is there a better big four than McPhail Marsters Marst rs Lane LaM LaMand and Black of Dartmouth This backfield had speed weight power passing ability kicking strength and good field direction It had bad a n astar star quarter quartu in McPhail two of the best halfbacks in Marsters and Lane and a fine fullback In Black The Theline Theline Theline line strength wasn't there to 00 show Its full worth but only the Yale line kept It back A YEAR OF ENDS It has been a long time Ume since foot fool football football ball sent nt more end strength Into play Georgia has 3 one of the great wing combinations In Nash and Shiver two big fast veterans far above the average Princeton had a great pair In Irs Moe- Moe l ser see and Lawler Yale was 1 along the Ihei i top row with Scott and Fishwick |