Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
By~FERD S. HUNTER.

lying " oCISlt Oh Hii-MloslOul
Valley foot ball eleven this year il
something of a task.
In years past person choosing al
all--valley team Nc"uld always un
hesitatingly name bali dozen stars
ard then point out the remaining
half dozen deserving Of positions OF
such a mythical eleven without rack
ing his brain more than a few mo
ments. There was Chamberlain anc
Rutherford and Halligan and Potter
and Abbott and Moss and Uhl anc
Reber,' men over who mon didn't ever
have to think twive before placing
their names on the roll OF honor .,
But this year its, something else
again. After looking over the l0(
or so athletes who toiled in the Mis-,
souri, valley this year one comes tc
the conclusion that few of them could
earn job on real Missouri valley
team. In years past we have held
that. the all-valley teams could wal,
lop the daylights out of the estimable
W., Camps All-Amcrican selections
BUT far be it from us to make any
similar cracks this year. We con-
tend nothing.
Shaw Comes First.
In juggling the records of~the Mis-
souri, valley talent this fall the first
name that comes to mind is that tof
Ed Shaw. Shaw is the one man in
the valley who hasn't any competi-
ton for his position on tire mythical
eleven
Ed stands head and shoulders
above any other tackle, in the valley,
almost as much so as did the great
Vic Halligan two years ago and you
will remember that there were many
foot ball students who asserted~that
wear that Vic was as great tackle
as ever played any plac. Shaw isn't
heavy mn, but he's fighting de-
mon, He charges like lightning and
never fails to get the Jump on his
opponent. He rips wide holes in the
line on offense and he blocks up his
side Of the line like a gate on the de-
Tense. And he never quite. Shaw is
fighting from whistle tb whistle no
matter who the score and apparent
out come may be. Shaw is unques-
tionably all-valley timber and to our
view is the one/man in the valley who
is all-western material.
At the OF her tackle the Cornhusker
captain, Tim Corey, has the call
Corey, it must be admitted, didn't
play the game this year he did last
year and the year before. But Corey
is a good tackle. He's big man.
weighing over 200 pounds, is fairly
fast, charges quickly and follows the
play closely. And, excepting only
his teammate Shaw, Tim leads all
the tackles of the valley
Riddell Best End.
The valley had a number of fair
ends this year. but no bright stars.
Ted Riddell Of the Cornhuskers
comes the closest to being a star
Ted would be classed as a real star
except for some rather desultory
work in the Nebraska Kansas game.
In the other games he played great
loot ball, especially on the defensivet
Randells of the Kansas Aggies has
the call on the other end position.
Randells is a feet-footed, wiry chap,
good on tie defense and successful at
carrying the ball. The Cornhusker
interference when Nebraska played
the Aggies, never had a chance to box
Randells out and he checked charges
time and again. He didn't show much
on the offensive against Nebraska, but
he did against other teams, including
Missouri who was good enough to
down Kansas.
To Missouri goes both guard posi-
tons. Preston and Graves are the
men. Graves played at tackle this
year, but as the tackle positions must
be awarded to Shaw and Corey, it is
necessary to pull Groves in to guard.
Missouri had fast charging line this
year, line that Coach Olcott ad-
mitted out-charged the Kansas line
100 per cent, and Preston and Groves
were the two leaders
Cameron at Center.
Roy Cameron, the Cornhusker
center is easily the best center in the
valley. DuringNthe first of the season
Cameron found it hard to get in con-
dition after months. of absence from
the game and Moser worked as the
regular, but when Roy got in shape
he~nailed the job down. No better
game at center has been seen in a
long time than Cameron put UP
against Iowa and Notre Dame. Stan
I've Cofall, the Notre Dame captain
after the turkey day contest, asserted
Notre Dame would have made four
teen more points if Cameron had BEEN
out Of the game. And Cameron,
weighing 1863 pounds, was playing
against Rydsewsky, 2l5 or 220 pounds,
and declared to be one of the best
centers in the country. Cameron is
not the best center in the world at
passing the ball, but on the defensive
one would have to travel long way
to find his superior. D.
Selecting the line is tough enough
job, but trying to pick an all star back
field is the real task. There isn't
real star backheld man in the entire
Missouri Valley.
Captain Adrian Lindsey, OF Kansas,
comes closest to filling the bill. Lint
sey cinches his job by his putting abil-
ity. Lindsey is the best punter in the
valley. He boots the oval at a sixty