Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-27
FOOTBALL NUT
 GOOD IN WEST
Critic Terms Article Fur niShed to Gridiron Fans of Poor
 Quality
FACULTIES ARE BLAMED

m Rademacher, Chicago D.. .... Tackle ! Smith, Minnesota Guard ] Morrell Minnesota Center i Scruby, Chicago . Guarl ] Buser, Wisconsin %. . Tackle Capron. Minnesota ~ End ] Gillette, Wisconsin Q. Quarterback | ROsenwald, Minnesota Half Bacl; | Sauer. Chicago ... .. . Half Back ! Thomas, Michigan Fun RaeK | Football in the west was not a ! success during the last season. ac. ! cording 10 E. C. Patterson. who in the ! coming number or Golfers Weekly | picks an all-western football team | Outside of the Chicago Minnesota aud l the Wisconsin-Ch Chicago games there was little which showed the advanced ! game, in the opinion of the writer Neither is Mir. Patterson enthusiastic over the material, although in Rosen Mald of Minnesota and Wells of Mich. lgan he considers the West shows a l,aIr Of stars on par with the best in the country
 Mfr Patterson points out that fac. uity opinion had much to do with the mediocre success Of the game. but he ! inos the most fault with the rules and their interpretation. principally the latter. He considers that football In the West is still under probation. and in this connection says: With practically every college fac Gity looking for flaws in the rules and methods football in the west ia the past season was put to a test which it may or may not survive. AS consequence, it cannot be said that the game in this great central terri tory had a successful season. judged either from its friends or it's enemies. It was moi advanced football' in any sense or the word; it did not bring ont anything startlingly new nor did any individual star set the grand stand afire
 As 3. matter of fact. football in the western colleges is still under proba- tion. There is 10 guarantee but tha7 the faculties, in their just or unjust wrath are not likely to rise up any moment and wipe out the game. as now played, off the map. This. un doubtediy, had a deterrent effect or the players, as not alone faculty oppo- sition, or rather toleration, but also family objections put brakes on the full development of the game.
 Where the Rules Fail. In regard 70 the rules the writer points out a fragrant case of d too lit eral Interpretation in the Michigan. Pennsylvania game. where the Quah- CTS were practically robbed Of touch. down becase one player inadvertently touched the man with the ball, while tho latter was in the act of making a touchdown.
 He dwells at length upon the Pick eriBg case and considers it one of the most fragrant violations of anna teur ethics brought to light in tho west for long time. At the same time he considers Pickering as, perhaps. the best full back in the country, and with his elimination passed out of view the best in the west
 Mr. Patterson notes the general scarcity of good football material for certain positions. and for this reason perhaps, Ralph Capron, the sensa- tional Minnesota quarterback. gets a position at end. Otherwise he sticks pretty closely to the position where the player was placed by the coaches themselves. By tbe same token Welis of Michigan gets the other end 1O- sition, as he is considered a natural end rusher. In this connection he says:
 Tn Wells of Michigan the wester' territory had 8 great player, and the great player. and the fact that he had played haIf back the greater part Of the year should not detracI from the selection, as Wells is a natural end rusher. He has everything a good football player should have-speed, size. strength, and above all, good head.
 Tt has been explained that the sea son produced little that was startling. An exception was supplied by Ralph Capron of Minnesota. This player. received his training at Mercerburs Academy, really furnished the fire works. In the lineup he figured IS a quarter back, but he had the faculty of being able to play any position. As an openfield runner he was without a peer in the west"
 Surprise at Quarter Back.
 The western expert hands out an- other surprise in the quarter back po- sition, where he assigns Gillette of Wisconsin instead of Moil Of the same team. Apparently he has inside infor- nation in regard 10 Gillette, as he predicts that Richards will make him the successor to Noll next season Of Gillette he says:
 Gillette was "a great half back. He was just as much at home in the position of quarter back, and he IS considered a better field general than Mon. This was clearly demonstrated in the Chicago game when he re- placed Moll. He will. without doubt. be the regular quarter back on the : Wisconsin eleven next year and 1t is known that Coach Richards considers him one Of the most valuable men OF the team
 None Of the smaller colleges gets a man on the first eleven. Chicago is given three. Rademacher, Scruby and Sauer; Michigan two, Wells and Thomson; Minnesota four. Smith. Nor ] rell, Capron and Rosenwald, and Wis. consin the other two. BuseT and Gil lette.