The Washington herald., 1919-11-22

SIX CENTRAL. MEN NAMED ON
HERALD'S MYTHICAL. ELEVEN
Western Only Other School
To Gain Honor Position
On Al-Hgh Team.
By GEORGE BROCK.

II IS always the ambition OF
every boy who plays in one OF
the high school series, whether
IL be baseball, football or basket
ball. to exhibit a game and dis
play his good qualities to such an
extent that he will gain a place
on the An-High team which is
always selected at the close OF
each season This is one distinc-
tion that is cherished most in the
hearts Of every player because it
is indeed the greatest honor that
can be given to these lads who
work so hard from beginning to
end
The boys Who make The HeraId's
mythical football team this year have
. GREATER honor than ever before be-
cause thero was 50 many to pick
from and each one bad nearly the
same qualities But no matter how
much care L. taken In watching the
men In an effort to make the best
possible selection there Is always a
slip and always much criticism that
follovA Everybody has their own
opinion and every one has a 'favurite.
but this selection Is not made on
eVeryoody's opinion or because a Ger
tain man Is a favorite, but because
Il - my opinion after carefully
watching each man that the selection
Is the best possible one.
B.ckneId Men Good.
This year the number Of men
competing for each place Is COM
paratiyely greater than before be-
cause as there was no series last
year there are more In the game
this season In making the selec-
tion of the backfield men the great
est difficulty was encountered. as
for each position there were from
three to four for each OF these and
as there can be only one man in
each position. great care had to be
taken in the elimination OF the
others
The position of quarter back was
not disputed so much as the halfs
and full back. There were ten men
TO pick from for the halls and only
two positions to be filled.
In the place of the full back three
men. the finest that have ever
played. were all making a bid for
this position. After the backfield
has been selected attention must be
given to the line and II is here that
the difficulty is found.
LInemen Above Order.
There are ten men all struggling
to get on the All-High team for the
various positions and five always
make bids for the center position.
In the selection of the linesmen
the quality of their play must be
watched carefully from the defense
and offense and whether they are
capable of offering the best inter-
ference to their players at just the
right time. Their play must be
also watched because a foul player
would have absolutely no chance on
the All-High team.
Up to last night several positions
had not been definitely picked, but
after the Tech-Central contest there
was little doubt as to who should
be in these positions. Some of the
men were so good that it was nee =
essary to pick a second team so as
to give everyone who deserved it
the honors. f. Pugh. by his fine
IlayinG in the Central contest.
nosed out his strong opponent.
Dawson. of Western. by a narrow
margin. WardwelI. of Tech. and
Peterson, of Business, were tied for
place on a third team should one
have been selected. PROXY. of Tech:
f. Jones. of Central: PareIla, of
Tech. and O'Conner. of Eastern. are
all close contenders for places on
the second squad.