The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-04

as Killinger and Devine In the back
ticld alongside OF HIM
with n combination like the XII
liuger-A Aldrich- Deylne trio In a back
Held all any football coach could ask
To complete the picture wouid be a
sure-fuOted. go-it-alOnc fullback
such MS George owen OF Harvard,
% make him sleep comfortably a;
night owen, whose work mas slood
out FAR and above that Of most OF
his fellow players at Harvard dur
ing an up-and-down season, is the
sort Ot player who would be OF the
most value In this combination, and
ne IL awarded the job at fullback,
not because his line-smashlng beat
Yale. but bccaase he has the goods.
There are many other great back
field men In the country, such as
Toomey OF California. Lghtner Of
Penn State, Castner, who made the
east marvel at the fact that he was
a Notre Dame substitute; Garrity
the Princeton battering ram; Bar
ron. Of Georgia Tech, and Elliot.
who ranked second in the western
conference to Devine in scoring
points, who might have been chosen
in place of owen, But the writer
believes that owen fits in too well
TO be denied the recognition. The
combination named here has this In
ltA favor: 1t possesses natural
born team leader In Aldrich, two
great quarterbaCks who can run n
team wisely and well and still play
at halfback positions. an all-power-
| full and relentless llne-crasher in
owen, and speed galore from every
quarter. In addition, each OF this
, quartet OF players is a kicker par ex-
| cel!ence.
i.incamcn Stack Up on Par with
thc Backs,
Good ends were plentiful again
this year. Football coaches have re-
sorted to the custom of encouraging
| their wing men to pay basketball
! during the winter months ever
since the forward pass came into
general use. and a majority OF the
crack ends OF the past season are
whi1zes on the basketball court
which makes them peculiarly adept
in handling the pIsskin via the
aerial route.
Such players are Kiley and Ander-
son, Notre Danes ends. McColium,
Of Penn state stephens, OF Cali
/ tornla, and others. out OF the bril-
liant crop stephens of California and
kley NOtre Dame. have been
awarded first eleven end positions.
ki!ey was "A member Of this writers s
first all-American team Of 1920, and
we can say without fear OF contra
diction that ne was better than ever
this year.
stephens was Callfornias besI
wing man. For sheer physical power
speed, ability to run in the open
field and take or receive forward
passes stephens is a bear, indeed
according to the most reliable re-
ports, on oftense he Is a smashing
] Ia.
| OF interference, and player who
inspires those around him by his
brilliance. k!ley, likewise, has these
| attIibutes
Belding OF Iowa. f.. Anderson OF
Notre Damo, and Roberts of Center
were not Tar behind the end men se-
lccted, according to advices. Muller
OF California Is great player, but
was out OF the game much Of the
time this season,
slater and McMinin Narycls.
Duke Slater, iowas shitty tackle
who thought nothing OF opening
gaping holes in the line and block
Ing two or three men while his
backs crashed past, was perhaps the
greatest tackle this side of the
Rocky Mountains during the 1891
season. He was the Gibraltar OF
loWa's line, a power on defense, and
Such players as Into OF Yale; Nc
CURE, Chicago; King, Nays versa
tile star, and KeCk Of Princeton,
We're powers to be reckoned with in
every game they started but the
dope on Slater for all-Rround play
ing gives him the call, and he Is
placed at tackle.
As II running mate for Slater we
have selected Mcmillan, the Cali
turnla marvel on the ar-away pa
cIhc soaboard they have been talk
ing about this chap for several years.
tie has been heard az so oonsis-
tont,y and reports on his playing in
many games. backed up by facts,
have been so consistently brilliant
that he rates a first eleven berth,
To say the least, the backtield man
who might be called upon to crash
n line with these two giants ranging
about on either side of the snapper
back would have the assignment Of
his life mapped out for him.
II, Anderson, Notre Danes husky
left guard, Is not the biggest guard
who ever wore a moleskin uniform.
but he ranks among the best.
Shitty, capable Of assisting his
tackle in opening hole. and equal ~
! agile In plowing through an oppos-
ing line on defense. Anderson does
lanybody playing his position. though
some others may be equally good.
lie n given one OF the guard posi- p
Etions, and the other goes to Trott OF
Ohio state who is, If anything an
even faster man on his feet and Just
as proficient a. linesman. During