The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
COACH SCOTT PICKS
SOUTHERN TEAM
Flowers, Stevenson, Lenoir
and Harlan an Ideal Back
field Quartet

! University. November @.-tSpecial)-
Ken c. Scott, coach of the University o.
Alabama, and in normal times sporting
editor OF the Cleveland Plain Dealer. an
! rouuced Saturday his selection for the
mythical all-southern football team.
| Coach Scott's full article and selection
| is as follows:
| With the annual pastime of picking
| mythical sectional elevens, many critic:
are trying their hand at selecting an all.
! southern eleven. That task is hard
one, as while the collective plaT o.
southern teams was not exceptional
many individuals performed in a man
ner that placed them in the ranks of the
! best players of all time. regardless OF
territory.
| The backfield proposition. pertaining to
an all-southern selection, is an easy one
, -Four men stand out head and shoulder
above all other backfield men. They arr
Flowers of Georgia Tech, Lenoir of Ala
hama. Stevenson of Alabama and Har-
Ian of Georgia Tech, No others ever
approached their class, and as with
present day football there is materially
little difference in the play of the diff
\ ferent backfeld position and it is fol-
| this reason that | place Flowers at quar-
| ter Lenoir and Stevenson at the halves
and Harlan at full
| Lenoir and Flowers are speed wonders
| Harlan and Stevenson are players of the
bruising bulldog type. AS a quartet they
| would be almost unstoppable and would
make one of the greatest backficlds ever
| gathered together.
| The other good backs that ! have seen
are Berryhill of Vanderbilt, Fields of Tu-
! lane, O'Conner of Alabama, Russell OF
Mississippi A. G. NJ, Cheeves of Georgia
| Benoit of Louisiana, Coughlin of Sc
vance and Mcfarland of Louisiana The
| The first four are the ones given the
preference for places on the second team
! Incidentally it might be mentioned thai
! O'Conner's wonderful drop kicking wa:
| instrumental in earning him his place.
| Jack Hovater of Alabama and Boone
i of Alabama are the choice for the ends
with Reynolds Of Georgia and Wight Of
! Tulane running them a close race and
landing on the second team. Hovatel
/ and Boona are chosen due to their su-
perior offensive ability. Station oil
| Georgia and Edmohds oil Louisiana also
| played excellent ball
| Pew of Georgia is unuuestionably the
| best tackle in the south His all-around
work stamps him as a player of excep-
tional merit The man selected for his
| teammate on the first team is Carpenter
Of Mississippi A. & M. a very powerful
touted Vanderbilt tackle, is relegated tc
the second team. as. despite his brilliant
work in other games. he was the weak
spot in the Vanderbilt line against Ala
hama. and Lenoir and Stevenson each
had no trouble in going through Cod
for touchdowns. Brown of Alabama i
also placed on Inc second team. Sim
mons of Tennessee was also tackle o.
merit. as is Bonner of Auburn.
Phillips OF Georgia Tech was the star Of
the guards. He is given a place on the
first team along, with Henley of Mis-
fsissippi A. & NJ. Johnston of Alabama
and Rogers OF Ala bama get the second
team positions.
To my mind Dutton. the giant Louisi.
ana center was the star lineman OF the
south. and is easily entitled to the all
southern selection. The other good cen
ters were Day of Georgia and Sessions
of Alabama. They were about equal, as
was proven ir the Alabama Georgia
game, but Days superior passing gives
him trifie Of an edge for the entire
season
While there is no question that many
will differ with the above selections. !
am positive that the first team selected
possesses the best all-around football ma
terial in the south. men who starred not
only on the offensive but defensive as
well. In fact, the selection has been
made on their all-around ability, not
Tor any particular trait and is based on
the players work for the entire season
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