East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
M0ORHOUSE PICKS
ALL STAR TEAM
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team with a raw slow system of play
ing. McDill would have been a mucl
faster man had he had faster mates.
Ia Grande Man Center.
The high schools have only had on,
good center this season. that being V
Bean of La Grande. l believe II is the
fault Of the coaches rather than the
fault OF the men. The coaches have
never, I'm eastern oregon, developed
the center as they should II n cen.
ter gets the ball back well and with
the aid Of the guards blocks his OPP
ponent he has done his duty. so fal
as he has been coached. A center
should break through for tackles both
on kicks and runs; he should at all
times be aggressive.
With Bean at center and two good.
strong, steady guards, such as Hall OF
Baker City and Ingle Of La Grande,
would make men that could last the
game out, protecting their center,
breaking through when the center was
unable we would have a stone wall in
the middle of the line that few
teams would try more than twice to
put a play over While both Hall
and lngle played the position OF
tackle they were not quite heavy
enough nor were they well enough
acquainted with the game to play on
this team, older and heavier men have
crowded them to guard positions.
other good guards would be Hind
man OF Baker City, Hinderman of
Pendleton, and Bean Of La Grande.
We have several good men for
tackle position, two to whom we have
given guard. The man who stands
highest for tackle is Devine OF PEN
dleton. He is a man weighing about
$50 pounds built low on the ground,
still a man with considerable speed.
often Devine got down under punts
and tackled the safety before the
ends, besides being tower OF
strength in the line he is dependable
for kicks from placement. While he
failed to make large gains in either
the Baker City or La Grande games.
he did very well in the Weston game
and in others which can not |
be considered in this article. His in
ability for advancing the ball in the
Baker City and La Grande games was
due TO Pendlcton's weakness in the
middle of the line, or more likely to
the strength of the opponents.
To Bean of Pendleton belongs the
other tackle, though he gets 1t by a
very narrow margin. We give this to
Bean on account of his ability to shift
from one position to another and still
play first class game. He is an ex-
ceptionally good man for the second
ary line of defense, which is lndispen-
sible under the modern game Of foot
ball Bean is not so heavy as his
team mate Devine, but carries the ball
better and is capable of taking coach
ing. Bean can probably stand more
abuse than any other player this sea-
son as shown in his two last big
games.
/ do not consider that eastern Ore
gon had a first class end this season.
Niles OF Weston comes the closest to
the standard for high school end.
He was a fairly good tackler COM
paratively sure man on forward
pass and the fastest runner in n brok-
en- field with the ball of the players
of the season He is a second Wyrick. {
He is under weight, and so with My
ers of La Grande. ,
TO Jett OF Baker City must be given
the other end. He Is naturally very
strong, aggressive end, always getting
down under punts well. assisting his
tackle when needed, and he can not ,
be fooled on trick plays; in fact he
knows the game thoroughly. .
However, Jett nearly lost his place !,
on the team on account OF his poor :,
physical condition in the Pendleton- =,
Baker City game, due to not having .
-ullv recovered from a recent Illness;
in this game he lost 10 yards for his :,
cam on account of being forced to .
have time taken out for him alone
iome six or seven times during the ;,
game. d
Other PendletOn Players, II
Shaw of Pendleton was one or the ST
,ery best ends of the season, but ow- {,
ng to his physical condition he is un- 81
Lble to play an entire game. "
Sturgis of Pendleton played an ex- ri
client game for a new player. After II
le learns to avoid the opposing end s,
lnder kicks and how to more quick fl
Y decipher the opponents plays, he 'pt
will be a good man on any high school Il
cam. He is a good tackler. cC
Miles for Captaincy. tc
I believe a field captain should be W
man In the back field, therefore sy
rests between Klmbrell, Baker, &C
Tiles and Finch. Kimbrell might be fo