The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
SELECTION OF ALL SOUTHERN Individual Playing Less
 Conspicuous. TRULY A SEASON OF MACHINES Auburn and Sewanee Given Ends
 in Reynolds and Eisele. Davis and Evans selected For Tackles whiIe HassIock. and Derrick
 Are Guatds of strength
 Other Choices.
 

Probably less than ever before in the history of the s. I. A. A. did excep- tionable individual playing crop out in the football season just over. IL looks as if team organization and the cultivation of an fnvincib1e ma chine and system Is becoming the aim or latter day coaches. rather than the development of stars.
 Auburn's methody prototype. of Xale's system. of developing q score of men between whom there is no thropgh. Is an example And there is room to prophecy that next season the system will be more extensively fol- lowed Football is becoming more and eliminating by. absolute prohibition exceptionally brilliant one-nlan play
 But on the other hand. even with out the new method. there were few players of the season to claim the lau- rels of Individual achievement. in tho face of the records of stars of old. There was not A man of the. 1908 back fields to cope with the record of Ma nier, or Craig. or Carpenter. The 1908 quarters, without exception, would fail, woefully, to i'll the shoes of Max well, or Kyle. Sewanee's Phillips, Of several years past. Vandy's, Stone and football fame than have any of the 1908 warriors attained.
 But still there are good men and steady for the season to present. The teams have all been of exceptional Iightness, but with a corresponding speed, and the game itself has in no way deterioTated from that of yore- rather, 1t has become more pleasing to the laity, with its enhanced quality of true sportsmanship, and more science
 6If as for the men, there are some better than others, there are some who stand pre-eminent ovef their fel- AaA al a a1aVAn above the seasons's par Is as follows;
 At end. Reynolds of Auburn; Eisele of Sewanee and Blake of Vanderbilt look good for choice. Reyonlas may be regarded as fixture, being fast af- ter punfs. s remarkable punter and having scored many points from the field and after touchdowns, he is also probably the best offensive end of the South. He is an adept at lodging, and at running in a broken field. and is cool, capable and heady.
 Between Eisele and Blake, the ee- lection goes to Etsele, who is shade Blake is the better with the kicking, but as this All-Southern team will have kiclkers galore, 1t is perhaps best to give Eisele the choice.
 At tackle no man showed up excep- tionally. though the most at this pc sltion are steady, and strong on the defensive. There are few good ofhens- i've tackles developed in the South. however. for the seasori There is Faulkinberry of sewanee, Burke of Al absma, pelapierre of Georgia and Da-' wis oe Auburn. Davis and EYane show up probably the best in in the bunch. sa i pierre of Georgia is tower,of strength to his line, but carries the ball but little. famed for his kicking. and for his re. doubtabie defensive work. is one choice Hasslock of Vanderbilt. Pat terson of Tech, Countess, Alabama's centre who might be shifted. and Lu- the four there is little choice. though Hasslock who showed well on a good team. night be picked:
 At centre. McLain of Vanderbilt, and Lucas of Georgia are both good. Da- via, sometimes Auburn centre. and oc- casionally shifted to tackle, Is substi- tuted by Beaver who is admirable on defensive work taclSling men on cross bucks and on occasional end runs tine fastest of the aspirants for the posi- ton, though he is not the man Tor the place as Davis would be. were not that player shifted to- tackle in the selec- tion Hut McLain. with weight, expe- rience and abiIfty.-in both modes or warfare. is probably the centre Tor All-Southern.
 Al the two half-back positions, one
 
 Heady aggressive. a sure kicker. and an admirable defensive player. Leach is probably the choice of every foot baliIst In the South. At the other halt. 1t is a toss-up between Williams or Vanderbilt. Lanier of Sewanee. Pratt of Alabama and Hardage of Auburn: Of the four, Williams. with weighe>and experience, together with speed and q sureness on defense is the choice The others, However, accomplished excel" lent work during the year. Pratt, with his kicking, was one of the Crimson and Whites mainstays. Hardage was unexcelled in the South in his running in broken fields.
 Markley, of Sewanee. last seasons ture at that position. Markley prob ably stands above the other fullbacks of the South without doubt. Best wick of Georgia. and Penton of Au- burn possess good records
 McLure of Auburn is the quarter With a superb knowledge of the game the coolest player of Dixie, and a vet- eran of prep school and college ex- perience, McLure is undoubtedly tho choice He Is a sure and strong tackler, never failing to get the man who man aged to slip the ends. Mcclure played close up, on the defense, instead of he- ing stationed in the far back-held. and saved many a gain by Auburn's oppo- nents He is the man to captain the all-star aggregation.
 Woodruff of Georgia and Lyme oe Se- vance are second choice. Woodruff. while brilliant at times, was cratic. and several boobies of his during the season were fatal. By punt that he misjudged, Alabama was enabled to tie the score in the Georgia game. or the two, Lyme might be picked,