The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-01
DONAHUE, AUBURN COACH, SELECTS
 AN ALL SOUTHERN
Tiger Grid Mentor Places Shirling at Half, Harlan
 at Full
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Auburn, November Special. .)- In guessing at an all-Southern there is always the difficulty that no one sees all the teams play, and many teams only once, The trouble in see ing team only once is that some of the prominent players might be off their game on that day, and there by have an injustice done them, as Is very often the case.
 The only way to do is for each to grade the players as they play when seen and then a composite pick will give some general idea of the rela- tive merits of the players.
 The writer has seen the following teams in action: Howard college, Clemson. Auburn, Tech, Georgia, Cen tre and Tulane.
 The choice for the position of cen ter is close, and, as Caton and Day are both powerful players both of fensively and defensively they are both kept in the lineup. There are no two outstanding guards that could beat either one for guard positions. Other good centers were Amis, Wes ley and Kubale.
 At the Other Guard
 The other guard position would go to Davis, of Tech. in spite of the fact that he was out part of the season. Welchel, Shadoan and Wingling were also good guards. The same may be said of Lawrence and Grisham of Au- burn, who played remarkable ball considering the disadvantages under which they labored.
 Al Staton of Tech was the best look ing tackle of those seen. Pew of Georgia must have been very good at times. but seemed to have off days. The other place is closely fought for by Bennett (Georgia), Pearce (Au- burn), and James (Centre). Pearce was handicapped by a bad ankle and did not reach his full strength, so the place is given to Bennett.
 Reynolds (Georgia), and Roberts (Centre), get the end positions be- cause of experience and all around ability. In good health this year, Moulton (Auburn), would have been as good an end as there was in the south and if Ollinger had been kept at the end position, it would have been impossible to have kept him off, both for his end play and his punt ing. John Staton, Page Bennett, Mis- ke Gordy and Clements were also very good ends.
 Good Backs Plentiful
 hci o di Q d greater HuIlDGI llISl class backs this year than ever. A backfield made up of Shirling and Barron at halves, Harlan full and McMillan quarter would have speed, power and generalship. everything but kicking ability, though they would not need it much in the south anyway. Because of the bunting, the team would probably be stronger with Ollinger at left end. even though he played there very little.
 Shirling's natural position is at half, so he fits in there very well. Shirey. of Auburn, showed all-South- ern form in the Georgia game, but in- juries slowed him up and finally kept him out of the Tech game. In top form all the way through it would have been impossible to have kept him off If he plays the two years left he should be a remarkable player.
 Covington was the best open field runner that Centre had and Georgia's best back was Randall. though Hart ley was clever at taking passes.
 The lineup would be about as fol- lows: Center, Caton; guards, Day and Davis; tackles, Bennett and Staton: ends. Reynolds and Roberts; halves. Shirling and Barron; quarter, McMil- Ian; fullback, Harlan.