The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-29

Any selection of an all-state team
for the season which has just closed
must necessarily be one filled with
great uncertainty. There has prob
ably been no season of recent years
when it has been as difficult to get q
complete and correct line upon the
different players as mas been the ease
during the season just passed. In at
tempting to pick the all-state teams
mentioned above. the selection will,
necessarily, depend largely upon the
individual preference Of the one pick
ing the team, but it has been the en-
deavor before the above teams were
picked, to secure from different persons
. having an intelligent knowledge Of
football, and of the competing teams.
in the state, as to the real merit to
which different players were entitled.
The fact that neither the A. G. nor
Fargo college played the university,
still further increases the difficulty Of
doing Justice to any OF the teams in
connection with the picking of an ALL
state team. ve
1t is quite probable that had the
agricultural college and the university
played their scheduled game. that the
comparison which would have result
ed from that game would have quite
materially changed the personnel Of
an all-state team. However, the above
team has been picked after careful
review of the work OF each Of the
three competing teams, and is, very
probably, with the exception OF pos
sibly one or two selections, as strong
an aggregation as could be gotten to-
Rether with the material available
With the exception Of one or two POSI-
tons, there has been great deal of
unanimity of opinion with respect to
abe players entitled to the coveted
positions, and with respect to at least
eight or nine OF the places filled, there
Is practically no dispute.
Fargo college's Loss.
The seasons play, in itself, has been
quite unsatisfactory. The loss OF
Epalding and Bayard to the Fargo coli
Nege team, the champions OF 1910, was
very heavy handicap all during the
season, and made 1t almost impossible
Tor the team to develop the necessary
power in offensive work. In addition
to that fact, Catlin, by reason OF III
ness. never at any time during the
season attained the class that he
showed last year Nevertheless, the
team, on the whole, was = very credit
able one. Its work In the st. Thomas
game was perhaps it's best work dur
ing the season, and IL the impr0ve-
ment which was noted between the
early season form Of the team and that
shown in the st. Thomas game had
continued up to the game with the
Al. c.. 1t is probable that a different
story would have resulted. Owing to
the fact that the backfield lacked the
power necessary to make a dangerous
attack, the successful open work oi
the team was not as good as it was
last year The plays were not exc
cuted with the same snap and speed
and there was an uncertainty In attack
which was particularly evident in the
more involved and open formations
The handling Of punts and kicks was
not at all good. The work OF the line
was good, and with the exception Of
part Of the A. G, game, 1t was diff
cult for opposing teams to gain much
ground through the line.
A. C. Improved.
AIT the agricultural college, distinct
Improvement was noted over last years
team. The offence was much more
uniform, and the attack showed much
additional power From the material
at hand, it was quite evident early II
the season that the A. g. would Be
strong, and the subsequent develop
ment proved the correctness Of the
prophecy. The team lost practically
none OF the strong men on last years
team, with the exception Of Cave, and
In addition, the new material promised
very we'll The addition Of Baisingei
to the backfield gave the offence speed
and power, and made 1t dangerous al
all times. The work OF Parizek and
Breyer at ends was vesy good. and the
line was practically inyulnerable
throughout the season. SO far as the
line was concerned, 1t had no pArtic-
ular advantage over the college line III
the College-A. 9. game although al
times the right side OF the A. G. line
seemed a little too much for the col
lege opponents. The A. G. baciield
was distinctly superior to the Fargo
college backfeld In Its ability to adj
vance the ball BY rushing. Even punt.
ed well, except that his slowness made
his kicking an element Of possible
danger most Of the tiEne. However
he was uniformly successful, and
.howsa good judgment in placing his