The Washington times., 1922-12-06

old idea that football players are
present day gridiron teachings. A
amount Of determination to succe
work hard can become Q football pl
II the candidates do not improve
in their playing the fault may be
traced to either poor coaching or
lack Of determination on the part Of
the candidate.
That 20 many linemen reached q
high plane Of performance means
that the coaching was Of the best
and that the determination Of the
lads to succeed was Of the right
sort.
Once upon q time Il was neces-
sary for the lineman to weigh 200
weight and be clumsy. Today the
zoo Lad has TO hustle to keep his
place on the gridiron. The light.
fast, aggressive man 10 slowly but
surely pushing the big rival off the
checkered field.
In . few more years Of open
football tho big fellow win find
himself reiegAted to tho sidelines
in favor Of bis lighter ard moro
active rival.
In judging our linemen We have
taken into consideration the speed.
quick thinking ard aggressiveness
OF our candidates. Bill Roper has
the sort of football system ut Tiger
town that was most productive. A
team composed Of players that be-
lieve they cannot lose are hardest to
beat.
The Tigers this past season were
q band OF fighters that refused to
think for the slightest fraction Of a
second that q game was lost.
They did not care whether or not
the other team was leading them by
ten or eleven points. They were
always confident that by the time
the final whistle was to be sounded
they would overcome all opposition.
Thinking this they were undesirable.
It was one OF the greatest exhibi-
tons of fight that the football world
has ever experienced. It places a
new high premium on fighting
spirit.
A lineman must have an abundant
supply Of fighting spirit to rise
above the ranks of the ordinary
players. It takes fight Of the right
grade to stick ones head into the
interference without any hope Of
being acclaimed q hero by the fans
In the stand.
Many times the failure 10 gain
II traceable 70 the fact that an
opposing llneman has broken
through the rushline 70 down .
runner.
Many on the sidelines don't know
who was responsible for the stop
ping Of the play. For this reason
II takes men Of courage to play
the forward positions.
A teams fighting spirit can be
estimated by their forwards. II the
latter have the quits" TO cross the
line of scrimmage Immediately fol.
lowing the putting Of the ball into
play, their opponents may rest as
sured that they have q battle on
their hands.
II the rushiine fails to invade the
opponents territory they may be put
down as q team Of weak hearts.
The men we have selected for
our all-star rushline are players that
have the courage of their convic.
tions. They know what 10 expected
Of them and attempt to carry out
the coaching they have received like
men of courage.
Failure on their part to stop Q
play or to open q hole in the oppos'
ing teams rushhne would come only
a. the result of some injury.
| They vouh fsht untu thcr
strength left them. That ID Whist
makes them first-class football
players; lads that put . second e.
fort into their playing. or the lat
ter class We have far too few. OF
the former the season was produc-
tive Of many. We have listed only
tihe best Of the flrst mentioned
class.
Bowser, Of Pittsburgh: 0arbisch
Of the Army: Bentx, Of Penn State
Culver. of Syracuse; Taylor. OF New
York University, and Afford. Of