Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-10
Ny Associated Press.

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NEW YORK. Dec. a--llinois an
Wisconsin divide hnnors IN the soloc
tiun II players named Ter thr mythical
AllWest,rn C0nferonc" college fno'.
hall team by =. e. Patterson IN the
current issue of Golfers Weekly. Of
The n players chosen lur places On a.,
cont .iiun Wisconsin gets four; INT
nuiH l'ui. Ohio State two and Iowa
one, Mr. Patterson opens his nrticl'
with q review uf the western season
nnd NJ" various teams In the race fur
IA" chnpiunship wen hy ohio state f..
lowing with u resume II the indiyidunl
ability II the various players consider, I
Ter positions n the All.Wostcrn team
In part his article is,as follows.
Never IN the history 81 Western
football has the enthusiasm been great
81 than In III" season that hls juw
CLOSED. Most Of the games have been
played before capacity crowds. con.
SrTyhtiye estimates show that upward
It 40n.OOu poupl, have paid from $500.
Qua Ia tGOO O0o IN admissions LAYERS
uf football have paid great tribute hy
their ATTENDING" and with their money
aud II ~ certain that they are mos,
important factor IN thu popularity and
success uf the game This being ),
they have one request. with u capital |,
tu make tu the rule makers namely. o.
pass rule Tor the numbering Of a."
players
The conference rae, was fast AMI
furious. as well as hcagthroal.ing in
spots. ana II was not until ohio aud
Illinois played thu last game 81 tn
season, nt Champaign. that dcfn'n
decision WAS reached This game was
ON" # the hardest fought games II tn
season aud II was NOT over until IA.
timrkropcr called time. Both th,s
clvycns. being ,ol,hyd Co perfection
IN the art 81 forward passing. p,lyr
the open style 81 game. which mad, O..
duuhly interesting for IA, spectators
~ II the opinion ~ the writer thu
the conference teams this year are IN
fcriDr To- the Eastern teams IN offensive
and defensive line worE. They nm
pu"s,i,nahly lack the power and polish
that the Eastern teams POSSESS. but
feel perfectly free to state That Wis
'unsin. Illinois and ohio are dcrid ais
siu,rior tu the best Eastern teams IN
forward pafNng
while the forward pass has beet
greatly developed. 1t does not appear
that all coaches are ~ vet using thi.
49, enc ~ the main avenue ~ attack.
"Crauglc Of Illinois. Was decidedly
the star NJ the Conference. The Wet
has never produced O more powerful
fullhark. and Il ~ '1i'htiul u any cu,.
l.gc IN the country has seen nis sup
riur this year. lie was equally 81 go
an Offcnso aud defense. \ certain
coach was asked what b. thought 81
the Illinois line and he rcplicd n
n Lront' Illinois did NOT have a strong
line. hut. with the cvcrprcscnt Crungl"
backing Il up. It showed up strongly
Wisconsin has a splendid fullhack Co..
Slndt What h. may have lacked In
weight h. made up IN intelligence aul
aggrossiyoncss.
Aubrey pcyirc 81 Iowa. as quarter
back clearly leads In this position. u"
uutrnntNd al cuutondcrs N speed.
brains. g"norllship. open field running
and forward passing Workman of
chic and Robert Fletcher IT Illinois
both did well. but the honor must 80
g. Dovino
Elliot II wisconsin, IL really q
great hnlf.hack, one IT the sturdicst ir
tho llig Ten. lie showed this in ever,
game. His work was not flnshy, ~
ocpt In picking out furnwrd passes. hut
hc seldom failed 90 de- what he was
called upon to do Tie II speedy rood
~ line hucking and open field running,
with nice change 81 pnc". ana hc va
deadly In tncklug l1lrh Fletcher. ~
Illinois Is given u position alongside uf
Elliot and Cranglc. although he N no.
star In advancing the hall he -
however. invaluable o. team as %
placement kicker aud has been one n
the maInstnys for his tom In this g..
spcct and We think moro valuable. 81
this account, tu any team than either
walqust IT Illinois or Stinchcomhc. ~
ohio
Even to the uninitilted Carney and
Weston stand head and shoulders. M
orally and figuratiVcly. about all othc,
ends In the Conference. These player,
We think. are above any pair ~ ends
that have played In the Western grii
iron In years Bedding II Iowa. and
Myers. uf ohio. are both splendid ends
and Bedding h chosen fur the second
team ate
"Stinchoomc " too valuable man o.
be- lcft OF any team and notwlthsiand.
INK be- has played IN halfhnck position
all season hc Is moved over to an onl
H.. Ia 49,.
who has seen this boy run aud gather
up forward plsscs will understand
scott of Wisconsin. and Huffman
of ohio ~, the two leaders al tack"
position and they have by consistent
hard work won their laurcls Thcg,
bows have been alert every mumcu
while playing the defensive. while of
fpnsiycly they were aggressive. knew
how IN charge. opening holes that o.
truck could drive through. The hac,,
field mun playing behind them hnva
much 10 be- thankful frr in having mcr
at their calihcr &" pave the WAY
Slater uf ohio. failed Ia live up to ox.
pectatiuas. not playing the puwcrft.i
game that h. bowed list yclr Not
withdrawing this. hc b. still % great
tackle. he and Goriz ul Michigan
played great football al year.
"Flashy outstanding guards. such on
BcnLruuk uf Michigan several years
ago were not to be- found In the Con.
fricnoc this season. However Tru'f
~ Onto. iar nutclasscd the field aH'.
must BE- awarded q position alongside
&C Scott and Huffman.
''HunEc Of Wisconsin, u awarded tho
ether guard position This player II