El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-05


NTH the line disposed Of we now
w come TO the backfleld The first
selection IS. as usual. made az quar-
terback. In this position as IN the
case OF the tackles, the choice is so
obvious as 20 almost make itself.
Capt. Bob Neyland stands supreme
over all other contenders, with only
"Dinty" Moore, and he a half back.
worthy Of consideration with Nevland.
It has often been said that genuine
quarterbaeks are born. not made. And
Neyland's work furnishes proof Of
this tatemenL with an his former
play at end. Bob. IN his first appear
ance az quarter showed all that in
strucliEe ABILITY for field Esneralshfp
which is the mark Of your truly great
quarter
Uses His Head in Game.
Prior to Neyland's appearance the
play OF the service quarters was
marked largely By its weakness. IL
was common cccurrance 20 see
quarters attempting forward passes
Hllnln their own 20 yard marx. or
aller carrying the ball straight down
ne s, Le-a o. me plays or end runs.
2 forward pass would be attempted
Witn the bah in the shadow OF the
goal and previous attempts having
proven that q forward pass at that
point was virtual suicide as lar as q
score was concerned.
There were frequent Instances of
attempts 70 run the bah out when
kick was the obvious play. while
there were few occasions when the
play was hurled at the vital weak
nesses Of the enemy defence. few at
tempta 10 even find these weak
points.
With NcyIaud's appearance II
was vastly different. houInr m
une1nn3' ability 70 find the weak
spots In the Miners, be hurled HIS
plays ut that point, vuryfnr IFS
attucE With briliianee. Not once
during the game did NeyInnd fan
10 stage exactly the play which
the occasion called Tor. Ana ~
added 10 his Eeneru1Hhiu and abif-
ity to carry the bail for substantial
gains on each occasion that he
started VITA 81.
Neyland's play at quarter srns
some OF the best OF the year.
standby even with that Of Claude
Manu. and the hest seen In many
year. Only Billy Race and
wayne ChenoWeth have ahorTn
the same eapnbnity at quarter,
which Bod did And Billy does
not figure IN the reckoning this
season, having been unable 10 get
INTO the game for any consider
able time.
Moore a Coed One.
Capt Moore. OF the Seventh cav
airy, gets second call Tor quarter. {
although he played at half Moore
showed that he is a fast, heady
player, with the coolness and ap-
parent judgment required IN a quar-
ter1ack, while his entire play gave
evidence Of his being possessed Of \
lar greater general football knowl- 3
edge than the average PLAYER who
has attempted the quarterback posi-
ton
At the half back positions Duffy.
% the Seventh cavalry. Buff and
Yellow and All stars, and Byrd. OF
me SIND field artillery. have the edge
on an competitors These two COM
bine the requisites OF offensive and
detensive play which go TO make the I
IDEAL backtield men.
Duffy would be entitled to con-
alteration on his 80 yard field
goal nlone- He would be entitled
TO further consideration because
Of the fact he shown other per-
1ormuuces at drop kicking. which
prove that kick was no luke.
And he would be entitled 20 fur
Their consideration for his snIen-
DID puutiuE, which Is second uulv
to that o. Jodle Mccormick and
which, added to hts ability to
boot field goals, causes Duffy TO
stand forth NJ the ablest kicker
OF the year in the southwest.
Byrd, at the other half played I
tackle for the greater part OF the 4
year At that point he played a 8
powerful game, charging through to
stop many plays behind the line. But
.t was when he was moved 20 his ]
proper position, in the backfieid that /
Byrd came into his own.
Byrd Is q Good One
Carrying the ball Byrd has hit the /
line with a fierceness shown bF only I
one other player during the season. !
Il was largely his terrific plunEes i
through the line which accounted /
Tor the recent victory OF the 82nd /
leld artillery over the Quartermas-
Ter corps. a feat which the Artillery
men were unable TO accomplish until ]
Byrd moved back Of the line. In I
-uunlng the ends he has shown un-
usual speed, while his tackline has
been low and sure and he has shown
ne same ability 20 charge through /
rom the secondary defence and
top plays at the line as did Bas-