Football: Dec. 8, 1924

Old King Football lumbered into the locker room, stowed his gear, had him a rubdown, called it a season. Thanksgiving Day and the subsequent Saturday left nothing ahead but late holiday games in California and the annual bickerfests over "ranking."

This "ranking" stood somewhat as follows:

Roughshod, omnivincible, indisputable national champions—Notre Dame.

Southern Conference champions (Pickens Cup)—Alabama.

Best Eastern teams—Penn, Yale, Army, Dartmouth.

Western Conference champions—Chicago.

Missouri Valley Conference champions—Missouri.

Mid-West Conference — Knox tied with Lombard.

Southwestern Conference champions—Baylor.

Rocky Mountain Conference champions—Colorado.

Northwest Conference —...

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