South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-25
by O. II. GURNEE


Sports Writer, Anderson Herald.
Selection Of an All-State football
team for the season just closed pre-
SCENTS a problem worthy Of the at
tendon Of tho games keenest stu
dents, not only because Of the wealth
OF able men at many positions who
battled through the season at a pace
that JUSTICES mention Of their work,
but also because Of the great inter
est thai the great gridiron game has
awakened throughout Indiana this
year.
A peak Of public support prob
ably never before reached in the
history OF Indiana intercollegiate
athletics has been accorded those
state institutions who go in for the
sport.
IL is only reasonable then to sup
pose that in every section there will
be obtained a feeling of interest in
some particular player, perhaps a
home boy or one who has shone
on the chalk marked filed Of the
university 10 which that particular
section holds allegiance.
Four Conditions.
In choosing the eleven men for
this years aIl-state team. il has been
the aim Of the writer to scour the
schedules Of every team in the state
and deal in an unbiased way with
the relative merits Of each possible
candidate for the mythical but well
deserved honOrs.
II is no easy task. In making the
final selection the following general
considerations were brought into
play:
The mans aIl-around value to
his team.
His intrinsic worth as foot
ball player.
3-His gameness and ability TO use
football instinct in a crisis.
4-His ability TO coordinate with
the other ten men chosen.
Taking these four essentials and
combing the list of players In each
position the final choice was made
by elimination But not until every
team I'm the state. either had been
seen personally in action or had been
secuted by men who know the game
and reported faithfully.
back positions in particular was the
final draft a hard one and as there
were four men at the tackle Joo
whose ability entitled them 20 places
on the team, and as but two Of
them could be given the places, shifts
were made in the lineup when X
was found that the leftover tackles
were better men relatively than any
other guards in the state. Likewise
a shift was made in the second team
backheld.
FIanls Cinched.
As for the lineup of the team it,
self the easiest picking came at the
tanks. Both Anderson and Kiley'
the Notre Dame wingmen are i'm a
class by themselves I'm the state.
Hard and fast under punts, heady,
almost impossible 20 box and re-
cetvers supreme Of the best forward
mass attack i'm the west and possibly
the country. they are unanimous Sc
Iections.
Iralizing the shift. the tackle
choice was simplihed Shaw. of
Notre Dame gets one hole for his
everlasting feht. swift charging and
splendid work in opening holes. a
slower linemau would have stacked
the speedy Irish backfeld on line
plavs zine and time again. At the
other tackle the perennial star,
Colonel" Birk of Purdue, the great
rowing forward. gets the call Birk
was yauked from his regular berth
and showed fin 20 fll gap at center
where he did exceptionally wen. but
the tackle job is his old stamping
ground and there he goes.
Moving a fast. 200 pound man
from tackle To guard. particularly
when that man has been a star IN
his position an season. IS uckilsh
work but nevertheless we believe
NIilstead should so In az guard. Not
SO carly a charger as the other two
nor so polished n uneman, the big
wabash cave-man IS a good forward
and would make am ldeal guard.
Hunk Anderson. the ablest man at
blocking kicks I'm the state and a
keen strategist gets the hole on the
other side. These TWO would aHord
-, almost perfect mid-Ene combina-
ton and SIN my opinion, excel any
other two guards in the state.
DePauvy star on list
There remains only one real row.
irr center OF the new type on an
v,aiana gridiron and 70 Ted ogden
OF DePauw must again go the pivot
palrn. Handicapped through a policy
~ "of-aeln' on agin,' shifting that
found him alternately IN the Line
and then the backheld. his game did
sr4er somewhat toward the close OF
the season. but he nevertheless out
classed all other centers in the state
with Birk considered as a tackle
AS usual. the backAeld situation
Is the more complex. Here the in
dividual has an opportunity 20 shine
20 degree seldom Vouchsated a
forward and i'm consequence there
are many appIcats for the Han OF
Fame constituted by the first eleven
MONIES on the roll.
Going back 90 the four principles
OF selection however the palm for
the auarterback work goes 90 Colds
berry OF Wabash. True he IS pressed
hard q all points by Grant OF the
Irish. bat on sections one, two and
four OF the table he holds a slight
edge