The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

Some of the men selected on the
Worlds team seem to the writer at
least TO stand out To begin with
there Is Johnny Williamson OF CEN
trail Normal, Edmond, who Is named
captain and placed at right half-
back. williamson probably is tho
hest halfbaCk in the state CONFER
ence this year. He is fast, aggres-
siye. a great broken field runner and
eauallv strong on the defensive.
Moreover, he Is brainy PLAYER and
has proven "A good leader for the
conference champions. lie cannot
ne given too much credit for his
teams success.
Charles Keck, captain OF the Tulsa
university team, would make good
running mate for Williamson. AS n
broken field man Keck Is almost as
good as the Central star, and he IL
even better as n passer. Keck has
improved in his defensive work ALSO
having overcome to large extent a
tendency to tackle too high. This
was Keck's third year on the Orange
and Black team and by far his hest.
We think Williamson and Keck
are undoubtedly the best halfbacks
In the conference. and that they VIII
make the 'all" teams.
For second team halfbacks Sur
face of Alva and Kendall of South
western are selected. Surface Is
said to he the fastest man on an
Oklahoma conference football team.
Kendall was one OF Southwestern's
stars who came near spilling Cen
trails championship hopes over the
gridiron at Weatherford n week ago
when the Bronze and Blue barely
squeezed out 21-14 victory In the
last period. through the aid of cost
ly Southwestern fumbles. after
Southwestern had led, l4-0, early In
the game. Tom Williams OF Tulsa
comes in for honorable mention as
back His punting was an Inn
portant factor for 7. L. This was
his best year,
Herndon Lands First Year.
At quarterback "Shang" Herndon
Of Central, while playing his first
year on college team, seems TO be
the best He is a good field general
always using good judgment In his
selection Of plays. He's bigger than
the average quarterback. "lnky'
Rentr0 of Tulsa u. Is faster than
Herndon, but Herndon passes bet
ter. Also he can punt we'll, being
IN fact the only punter on the fird
team, and this is n big factor In hls
favor His almost uncanny passing
ability will be well remembered by
Tulsa fans who saw the Central
Tulsa u game. Last year Herndon
led the Lawton high school to a state
conference championship, and just
now much his departure meant can
be seen when Lawton's record for
1921 is looked Ger. Renfro rs
I1Vf l,Il q
Herndon. but "Inky" was handicap
ped by injuries which kept him out
OF many games. There were several
capable quarterbacks this year de-
serving mention, including Earl
Jones OF Tulsa, who showed ability
as field captain but suffered from
injuries; Drake of the Baptists and
shelton OF Phillips
Milan of Phillips at Full.
Ihere may be some question
about fullback. but we are placing
Milan Of Phillips in that position IN
spite Of the fact that he has not
neld II all season on his own team
rrnnililps had an all-state fullback in
Elliott, who had to step out because
of Illness and injuries. and Milan
Stepped into the breach and acquit-
ted himself with honor. Milan IL
az exceptionally good plunger. He
demonstrated this TO the satisfaction
M everybody who saw the Tulsa ~.
fhlllips game Thursday. rig "3s'
was smashing through tite line time
siter ume. and Il was Milan. The
man who probably viii he picked by
somt as tullback is Weaver OF the
HHssieS VINO has played every back
neld position this year for the rar-
MRS even quarterback Occasionally.
+ 'm,t,aNer is valuable man and in ad-
uluoh 10 carrying the ball can
plht' but scouts" who have seen
n.'h IN action say he doesn't meas
TTre up TO Milan. ''Tarzan'' fiite OF
usa showed much promise in this
hhun,on early in the season, bur
,ahf Continue 10 improve as had
o. expected. However, In young
naley Soucek Coach Schmidt has
evmlng fullback who will give any
linen mem race for laurels next year
aass ,aiess injuries keep him out OF the
snl as they did this year. The few
nr nes he was in the lineup Soucek
sOYe powerful man, both on Of
rane re and defense. Courtney OF
shsral Is another man who made
e'0u al this position.
No Outstanding Ends.
with the hackfleid disposed OF we
urn to that part OF the task which
irs'ehted more problems. start
~ az the wing berths, what do we
i"u Not a single outstanding star
ne state az end; many good men.
orr true, but none who eclipse the
fes' OF the lot Ledford OF Cen
lhu probabiy ranks at the top. In
Hrst place. he is a veteran, and