Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
OF THE
MISSOURI VALLEY
Two Best Elevens from Missouri
Valley Conference Teams Are
Chosen.
FOUR NEBRASKA PLAYERS
Harte, shOnka, Ewing and Temple
Are Picked from COrnhuskers.
JOHNSON THE BEST QUARTER
Kansas Star Shines at All Parts Of the
Game and is Easily Placed.
MISSOURI Is GIVEN THREE
SIX OF the M~issOurians Are ChOsene
Three for Each Team, while
Iowa Gets Two Places and
Captain,
All Missouri Valley EIevens.
First Team.

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With the closing Of the Missouri Valley
conference foot ball season on Thanks
giving day came the time for the annual
selection Of the "all-star" elevens in this
section.
In some Of the past falls the task OF
picking a team representative of the best
schools in the valley has been an easy one.
for then there were but few star men upon
whom the experts could draw for their
best teams. This autumn, however, there IA
such a quantity OF excellent material in the
valley that the selection OF a single star
eleven is likely to leave without positions
some players who really seem to be OF
"all-star" callber.
The two elevens named above. though.
are thought to be the best that could be
brought together in the big Seven" There
Is no doubt that the first ''all-star'' team
would be strong enough to defeat any. other
team that could be picked from among the
conference teams. The second eleven il
weaker than the first in the line. but would
prove only slightly weaker In the baokfield
Hyland OF Iowa and DeatheraEe OF. Mis-
souri, are placed at the ends on the first
team. Although playing on a rather. weak
team at Iowa this fall, Hyland proved HIM
self a star. He was a strong defensive
player as well as a star man on the offsnse.
R1AAN3 . eAhA. was al 0ACGAAanh
man to receive a forward pass. He Ia q
good kicker, too, and could be relied upon
to do some OF the %punting. In the Nebraska
game his toe work gave the Hawkeyos two,
goals from field and enabled the Iowa City
eleven to tie the score.
Deatherage is one OF the best players
that Missouri has had in several years.
His defensive work in the Kansas game
won for him a place on the 'all-star' team.
At right end he could be depended upon to.
break up forward passes and to cover
punts In excellent form.
Idler of Missouri and Carlson Of Drake
performed we'll this fall and probably could
hold their own both on the offense and
defense with any pair in the valley, with
the possible exception OF Hyland and
Deatherage.
Nebraska Has Four Places.
Nebraska players are given four places
In the line. for there is no doubt the
Cornhuskers had the best bunch OF for
wards In the valley. Temple and HartO
at tackles did not meet opponents who
played up to their standard. Temple Is
considered one Of the greatest tackles in
the west and was placed on the second
Ail-Western eleven by the sporting editor
Of the Chicago Daily News. He was q
terror on the defense, breaking through
the opposing line and working havoc to
the opposing eleven's defense. In the
Minnesota game he had the mighty Walker
played to a stAndstill.
Harte Is an omaha boy, and his de-
fensive work, while not the equal OF Tenn
pies, was such hat his side OF the line
was invincible to attacks. He was .
in the last game OF the season carried
the oval for many long gsins.
Bluck OF Missouri and Caldwell OF Kan
sas were other good tacklers. Caldwo4
was a better offensive h defensive
player, Bluck distinguished himself By
his defensive work in the Kansas game.
Shonka OF Nebraska stands out as the
superior OF any center In the valley. In
the first big game Of his career he was
a match for Farnum OF Minnesota, the
All-Western center. He played consistent
ball all the time and did a great amount
OF tackling. He was shifty and covered
considerable ground. on several occasions
he saved the Cornhusker goal. Carlson
Of Kansas was outplayed by no other
center IN the valley with the exception
OF shonka. and is played on the second
team.
Gross Of Iowa and Ewing OF Nebraska
are chosen for the guard positions. Gross
is made captain. having been one Of the
best leaders Iowa has possessed In SOW
eral seasons. He encouraged his team
mates to better play by always playing
aggressive ball himself. His position on
the Hawkeye eleven was tackle, but he
is changed to guard in order 70 make
the first eleven a strong one. His ag-
gressive play made him a close second
TO Temple. Ewing was a steady guard
and never faltered. He was a tower OF
strength to the left side OF the Nebraska
line and kept It impregnable.
Ristine, Missour's center. and Alexan-
der. Iowa's tackle. are shifted TO guards
for the second eleven. They both played
excellent defensive ball and no doubt
could put up just as strong a game at
guards as at any other place In the line
johnson the One Choice.
For quarter there is but one choice
Johnson OF Kansas. He ran his team well
as a general. but In addition had the speed
necessary to an alBround quarter. His
kicking was OF q Nigh order. His rion,