Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-11

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risked serious in
w. EckersaH jury to uphold the
honor and tradition of the colleges and
universities they represented. Unlike
the professional athlete. the college
football player is not ~remunerated in
the monetary sense. At the close of
the season he is given a sweater with
the letter of his institution seWed on
the front. 1t is practically the only
thing which he can carry through life
as a memento of heroic play on the
chalk lined fields.
Highest Grid Honors
To the player who has given every
thing on the gridiron that his alma
mater may still rank with the leaders
Of the section in football, his selection
for a position on any honorary eleven
is cherished. This is more so in his
college days than in after life. The
fact that his general play WAS appre-
ciated by nonpartisan critics is ~
source of great satisfaction and iii Il
large measure is responsible for his
forgetting about injuries received dur
ing the playing season.
In recent years the western con-
ference has developed the majority of
~players who have been chosen for
AIl-Nestern teams. With the excep-
ton of Notre Dame and teams in the
Missouri Valley conference, other in
stitutions seldom develop players who
stand out as prominently as those III
the Big Ten. In a large measure, lack
Of support which good players on
small teams receive is the reason.
During the last season there were Il
number of warriors on smaller col
lege elevens who would have made
names for themselves had they played
Oh largcr college elevens.
Development of high class perform
cps in the conference is due TO the
expert coaching and training of the
men. The smaller institutions cannot
nav the price for expert coaching, and
neither can they afford to engage eX-
per;enced trainers. This is Il great
bandicap. and 81 IL result players IN
iur.d early in the season seldom round
back into form during the remainder
Of the year.
Two Positions Changed
In the selection of an All-Western
team. only two positions have been
changed from the All-Conterencc,
chosen Il week ago. In fact, there
was a scarcity Of players who matched
up with the sterling performers oil me
Rie Ten. which enjoyed a most sue
cessful season from me
of attendance and equality of combat
ing eleyens.
Weller of Nebraska. one OF the best
tackles developed at the tornhusker
institution since the days OF Halllgan,
is chosen for left tackle. This player
has been one of the malnstnys OF the
valley eleven for the last three years
and there is little about the position
which he cannot do just a ltltte olt
better than other tackles in the middle
west. Weller is Il giant IN stature n
fast and active for a player or his
size When Nebraska was beaten by
Syracuse. Weller was the only player
who performed consistently through
out the struggle,
Few gains were made through MN
during the entire season, while MS
work on offense hardly could have
been improved upon. In the Notre
Dame game. he was everywhere. Not
oply did he smash the Hoosiers' plays
b,lr he was down under punts and
made some of the tackles. lie vas
hard to box and varied his charges In
such II manner that he was hard TO
keep out of plays.
Notre Dame Man Chosen
Degree of Notre Dame is placed at
right guard. The Hoosier is q veteran
and knows the general play OF the pos
ition thoroughly. Following he INJURY
TO Paul Cashier, which took place Il
the Butler game. Degree was called
upon to do the punting and DID It In
n most creditable manner In the
Nebraska game it was his superb boot
ing which prevented Notre Dame from
being beaten more decisively. In this
struggle. Nebraska made but few gains
over him, although the Cornhuskers
employed a bruising, line battering
attack.
Two sterling players have been Civ
en- places on the second team. Capt.
Hahn of Kansas Aggies was Il of
the outstanding guards in the Mis-
souri, Galley conference. He had the
respect of every team which the Ag-
gies faced and. was n tower of
strength extensively and defensivcly.
Coaches of other teams in the valley.
including Fred Dawson of Nebraska,
asserted he was. unquestionably the
hest guard in the section. lie
weighed over 100 pounds and played
aggressiyely throughout the season.
Boelter of Drake On Second
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