The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-11
~ LUTHER A. HUhrON

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CHICAGO. Dec. Finding stars
/ for an all-star team in the middle
west or tho HlB Ton h. easy. Pick
/ Ing the uut8tunding stars from tho
! galaxy ~ stellar Grlddcra that wore
Tho moleslin ia the INLAND empire
! during the 1921 Hoason is IA tough
aHslgumCnt
( However difficult tho task. rus.
Z tom dccrecs that Il must be done.
70 here goes.
Wen start with the quarterback.
because we intend TO make the
quarterback os our team the cap
tain Of the aggregation and because
the chap we shall name as quarter
IL the outstanding football player
between tho AilcRheulcs aud the
deep blue Pacific. Meet Aubrey De
vine OF Iowa, the hest football man
{ the middle west has known In a
/ decade
Devine can run n team. lie has
brairs--thc kind that are possessed
| by successful football gcnerals. lie
/ can run the cndR. Hc con smash
/ through "A line. lie can twist and
BqUirm aud dodge through field
/ OF desperate tncklers. He can hurl
/ the forward pass or ne can receive
/ II, He can punt, drop Kick or plao"
N
man be asked 20 dor
Halfbucks are tho next on the
| list, and the Job becomes moro
"intrikit." There were half dozen
corking hnlfbacka cnvorting around
In the Big Ten this year. II ia "a
stiff Job and a thnnklcss one 20 pici,
out two OF them without sighting
two others who might hc iunt AH
good. our choice for the job. how
] "a lNIffAff .Y A
Captain Laurie Walquist OF Illinois
Elliott Llnc SuaslIcr
Elliott was tho best snanhinR
halfhack In tho conference, lie can
smash through "a liue like fuil-
bhck and ls q demon at skirting the
ends As II handler of forward
passes he had tow superiors In the
conference, and he ranked nuX: "a
Dovine In the number of polnis
scored during tho Hoaaon. Devinc
leading the conference In this re.
epoct.
Many critics will not agree on tn,
selection Of Walquist. In our opin.
ion, however, Wnlqulst would huv,
been u Etnr on team stronger
than tho Illinois. In tho final game
OF the season against Ohio he wa.
"A tower OF strength ana scored the
touchdown that beat Ohio out Of the
tatA lfll WV w hiNulNt lb fttNuNl
dependable, good llne smnaher
end runner and clever In shooting
or snaring the forward pass.
The fullback berth goos to Cor
| don Locke, the human bH,tering
ram from Iowa. Locke camA tho
nearest to recalling Hugo Hezdck
/ and iIgston Of any of tho line
hmashers that have performed IN
/ tho middle west In recon. yeatH. lie
/ did no. find line throushous the
/ entire season that he could not dent.
and most OF the time II was FIRST
down after Locke nsBnpitod tn
hostile bulwarks.
Many Good Ends.
That cleans up the ha7lflcld aud
brings us to the line. Ends ot high
degree were found ON nearly tvory
team in the Big Ten c!rcla. Tho
outstanding star wna Fritz CrlsOr
the veteran OF Chicago's Maroons
Crlsler ended his college football
career In a burst OF glory. playinl
a marvellous gHmo against Wiscon-
sin. lie is speed merchant at get
ting undor punts and always wal
effective as a crasher OF the hostile
, offensc. His cloverness nt haudllnl
forward passes featured all hi
work.
At the other wing position Is Cap
tain Cyrll Truck" Myers OF Ohio
1 Myers was n bulwark of strength II
q the ohio machine for three years