The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-22
Without Peer as Scorer But
Willing to Submerge Own
Ambition for Others,
~ FRANK c mENKE.


NEW york N,N "' T'w. cannot
dim the glory that ls N.Ni, ''cs,on's
the unrushlug years cannot c'otr the
memories Of thu greatest hl,'mrk ihI
America over hus produced
A decade aud more hps passed since
the great Wolverine hrlinlrl hung mp
h, uniform for u. hast 'im" Vet his
deeds are fresh I'm the minds of foot.
ball lovers AZ they were In tho era WHOM
he was tearing lines TO ribbons with his
powerful hull-nkc rushos Auh me o'rs
Of Ilcstou.s triumIhs Will thunder dove
through the Wales ut history tU echo and
rc-eChO for the nest gcncrnNo"- ana the
neXt-Uud the next
ueston was thc Irresistible force-thc
human iurrcruout lie hurled llH cow
pact. marvellous hoCy into the wusi pow.
crful human walls that oyer we're pro.
duced and split th'w nsuudrr Every
team that played Michigan during 'h"
regime NJ Ii,stuu hud orders lu get TIES.
ton" And none succeeded -Four me-"
ak men, eight men. Ui'cutr.' throw
thcmselvcs into the pathway oi iIc chang
Ing Wolverine And he crashed into
and through those drfynscs uv 4 huwllrE
ball zps through the ten gus
Hox Eckersall Stopped heston.
Only one man Walter EcForsnll oi
Chicago ever was able tC step iics''u
Temporarily He accomplished Il with a
trick, but lleston quickly thwUed it
"Ecky." like the other MicE.Nln foes.
first tried to halt the Hrston rushcs hy
tnckling him as he came at riu Ard,
OF course he failed,
'pont try that any more" wue Co'ch
Aouzo Stages orders 10 Eckersall
thereafter tackle Icston from behind.
Let him net past YOU II necessary. Then,
because YOU are faster YOU cnn rntch NJ
to him And throw yourself at he hack
Of his legs
Ilcston was dumped" by Eckcrsnll
several times hv that method. Fielding
Itgattn pnigllN rot tnIpt N Z
and mapped out n Plan whereby 'hr
ncetcst uf the Michigan PLAYERS was to
do nothing else hut box" Fckersnll cvc"N
time Il Michigan play wus made Arl
from then ON, when E"'rrgpl tried 20
tackle llcston from bchud ho found
himself blocked
Heston. during his four ycqrs us a
Michlgnndcr, scored e3 touchduvns for ,
Total Of i6h points. II is a record Tint
fhas withstood the onslaught Of Hll grid
= Iron stars since H-nn achievement that
may rank foremost for an time
Neston's "Rush" Pcoord
II all OF lleston's gains were "ddcd 10.
rethcr aud divided by no yards the
b. would show that iIeston gained enough
ground alone to score 100 touchdowns
and more. An instance Of his gtauu Z .
gaining power IN shown In the recital NJ
his work against Chicago In 1908 The
entire Wolverine squad gained 'GO Yards
hy rushing and Of this pcs,ou alone
galped 23i Yards
The Wolverine star never placed tls
own interests above those OF his team.
lie ever was willing TO sacrifice ndlvid-
ual glory for that Of his mater 10
his team often during his amazing ca
reer. when ho hat earned the right "a
carry over the hall for u touchdown, he
surrendered II TO one of hs mates
The best illustration Of this came n
the famous 90 game that Minnesota an,
Michigan plRyed II was tho only gam,
Michigan failed to win durlnr the toul
years that Heston bnttlcf under M,
Wolverine standard Michigan got ~,
hall on lts own i6-ynrd line I'm twelv,
crashes into the tremendous Minnes0tg
line the ball was carried over for touch.