Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-11
BY NJ. y. PORTER

The choice OF a mythical or all star
eleven from any league furnishes one
of the most popular after season past
times. to a close student of the game
IT becomes second habit and the out
come of a serious analysis from The
close observation of the teams, their
individual stars. and the process of
elimination with situations replctc
with keen competition.
Therefore tho choice in the Arkan-
sas Valley league after much deli
conscious thought that efforts in the
decision stand. and are the results
OF an infallablc personal opinion.
Lamar, Las rAnimas. La Junta and
Rocky Ford are the ."old faithfuls" in
the valley league. ordway Joined this
group last year. and Fowler entered
tho ranks this year bringing the total
10 six team. in the Arkansas Valley
league.
n was my pleasure to sce all or
these teams in action during the sea-
son. some of them several times. ana
my choice is not mere shot in the
dark. or n Judgment simply based on
"hearsay'. ! have realized that no
one knows the merits of the individual
PLAYERS better than the different
coaches; for that reason, / have
sounded the opinion OF the Valley
coaches to the end that the best pos
sihlr choice should be made,
The games played between these
teams during the season Just passed.
offer much food for fircsidc discus
sion. Ordway played a far better
game than In 1920. There were no
stars bn this team. neither was there
any unusual teamwork bat all oppos-
ing eievens fourd thfs school tartar
hecauxe they possessed the fighting
sntrtf x.sti iSfi 10 n whistle
Fowler did wonderfully well for n
green team. Considering that these
boys at the beginning OF the season
I'D not know touchdown from
Kickoff, hut a world Of credit must
be given to Mccauicy and his en-
'erEetic yearlings.
Rocky Ford: at times. showed
wonderful ability In handling forward
paAes. especially was this a promin-
en-, feature in their games with Lamar
and Central eievens- but unfortunate
ly-rhey failed when the scoring punch
was most needed. They lacked team,
work at tho critical moments. Ter
sonaiIy have felt that too much
dependence was placed upon Hardy.
There is always tendency to let
the star of any tcam carry too much
of the load. pick Hardy as tho
Captain of the selection OF an all star
valley team. feeling that he deserves
~
dangerous man with the drop-kick.
south OF Colorado Springs. He can
punt. hit the line. is an adept player
In forward passes and in circling the
ends. would tighten his burdens BY
selecting Pierson to give the signals.
II appeared that all OF the teams
were weak IN tackiing. this complaint
seems to he general and has been
noticeable trait in the big college
gnmes Tho present open game u
presenting SO many problems for the
defense to solve that the tackling
dummy is getting dusty. Tackiing
around the neck Is no, necessarily
dirty" football. but 1t is indeed.
mighty poor football,
Lamar scored rhe larger number OF
games. hut outside OF the Rocky Ford
tiit. did not show any marked super
iorify In ,hc league. 1t is true that
Eoonsnan's team did play great
effective game. Granted that Lamar
had IN. strongest team I'm the league.
(; does no. necessarily follow that she
would have the larger number OF
PLAYERS on the star tenn. The second
choic. team would catch n larger per-
centagc from this school. Individual
lv. I feel that Rocky Ford had some
OF the very best timber of tho entire
league.
La .Iunta was tho most consistent
team of tho valley. it displayed a gem
eral punch that average well thru
the season. Lamar, Rocky Ford ana
Fowler had their off days. but La