Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-28
AN ALL-STAR TEAM
Argus Dope Artist Picks Foot
ball Eleven from Among
Amateurs of Tri- Cities.
FOUR SCHOOLS INCLUDED
According to Division Davenport
Contributes Four and Rock Is
land and Moline Three Each.

are compelled to co1ine themselves
to fireside controversies as to the
relative merits of teams in general
and those of the tri-cities in par
| ticular. The relative ability of the
men who made up the different
teams comes in for a large share of
the discussion, and as it has always
| been a custom in the past to name
an all-star team of tri-city players
the discussion of the merits of the
/ players is all the more intensified.
/ From the players on the four tri-
/ city teams the three high schools
and st. Ambrose college, all of which
are in the same class in athletics,
there are two players who stand
head and shoulders above the others
in ability and naturally they are the
/ first selections for the all-star team.
These two are Shuler of Davenport
high and Hughes of Rock Island.
Shuler is an athlete among athletes
and in addition he has what is com
monty called football brains" No
matter what position he plays he
is the brains of his team. and is a
powerful man both at carrying the
ball and on the defensive. He punts
well. too, and is reliable place
kicker and altogether one of the
best high school football players
that the tri-city high schools have
had in many years. His proper place
on the all-star team is at quarter
back, from which position he could
best makes use of his brains.
Hughes "a Wonder.
Hughes of Rock Island is the sec
ond choice for the all-star aggrega-
ton because of his wonderful defen-
sive ability. He plays center and
from that position he has broken up
more plays than any other man in
the three cities. He is big and pow
erful and loves the work In addi-
ton to this he is able to place kick
equally as we'll as Shuler, his toe
having been the means of handing
the only defeat of the year to the
Clinton team. which is claiming the
Iowa state title, although this is
generally accorded to Davenport
After Shuler and Hughes are
chosen the matter of the nine other
players on the team gets harder.
Captain Parkhurst of Moline is I'M
halfback. as he played a remarkably
good game this year despite the dis
advantage he suffers in being light.
For the other half back position
Seis of Davenport high would prob
ably be the best man. He played at
fullback throughout the greater
part of the season. but the all-star
team would be strengthened by
playing him at half and putting
HALEY of St. Ambrose at full. The
although weighing but
$50 pounds. was undoubtedly the
best line bucker on any of the four
teams. With a weak inexperienced
line in front of him, he nevertheless /
tore huge holes in the lines of OPP
posing teams all year and proved
the most reliable ground gamer in
the squad.
Two I%icI<ers at End.
For the end positions on the all
star team it would seem that f.
MacManus of Rock Island and Me-
lin of Moline are the best selections. /
Both men in addition to being strong
on defense and at receiving forward /
passes. are good drop kickers who /
are dangerous to opponents when F.
within 3 yards of goal. Captain f.
NTitten of Davenport and CLAIR of T.
Moline are easily the choice for the
tackle positions. Both are powerful .
defensive men and can be relied /
upon to carry the ball when needed. .
Captain Mcintyre of Rock Island, /
while not as good a tackle in some
ways as either of the two named for .
hose positions, is nevertheless en-
tiled to place on the all-star team
because of his defensive ability. and
he logical place to put him is at
guard. OF the regular guards who
played this season it is difficult to
pick the best man. Norrissey of St.
Ambrose, a big 190-pOund fellow
who is as active as cat. would be
entitled to the position if he knew
little more about the game and
vas more aggressive. but because he
lacks these requirements it seems
hat Brownie of Davenport is the
Jest choice.
Is Strong Aggregation.
The alI-star aggregation as select
ID is a powerful one. The complete
lineup is as follows: Hughes, cen
er; Mcintyre and Brownie. guards;
,Titten and CLAIR. tackles: Melin
md MacManus, ends; Shuler, quar-
erback: Parkhurst and Seis, half
Jacks; and HALEY. fullback. Shuler
md Parkhurst could take care of
he end runs. HALEY and Seis could
,uck the line. Melin and MacManus
ould receive the forward passes and
he entire team could put up a great
defensive game. The above selection
ives Davenport four players. Rock
sIand and Moline three each and
It. Ambrose one, which is appar-
ntly a very fair division in view of
he results of the games which they