Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-10

lnyan. Erickson and BOreI or the Mines,
Knight and Cowan of Montana state.
! Spike Sullivan of Mount st. Charles
and Elliott of the University of Mon
tana.
AiIen-Here is the finest tackle in
Montana football circles this season.
lie has everything a tackle should have.
| never saw him boxed" in the two
games in which / watched him work.
He is exceptionally smart in sizing up
plays and extremely fast in meeting the
!, plays. He has the speed of an end in
going down under kicks and oftentimes
beats. the ends to the man with the
ball. He uses his hands splendidly; in
defensive work. time and again he
charges through, smashes the inter
ference and often makes the tackle of
! the man with the ball. He's a great
help to his end as well as to his guard
and with him on one side of the line
of tackle, the line is almost i'm
~pregnable.
baiIor-In BaiIor, the other Wes-
leyan tackle, one finds an ideal mate
for Allen. He lacks Aliens size. but
is equally aggressive and possesses "a
more skilIful pair of hands, If this is
possible. Bailor's' work in the games
with Utah and the School of Mines
deserves special mention. In those
contests, time and again he was
through the opposing line and making
tackles behind the line of scrimmage.
OnEthe offense he tears holes that
should please the most exacting half
back: he puts his man out of the play
Clearly and follows the ball with u
keen sense Of judgment. He gets down
swiftly on the punts, is seldom boxed
and all in all is worthy of n place along
with Allen.
GUARDS
Essentials for a guard include pow
er. ability to withstand terrific batter
ing, stiffness in getting out Of line
into the interference. q strong pair of
hands and the ability 10 use them prop
erly, fast charging and getting through
the line to block kicks and passes and
ability to pass the line of scrimmage
and hurry the punter and passer. Han
non Of Montana State college, Me
Gowan of University of Montana, Oaks
of Wesleyan, Dempsey of Mount st. !
Charles. Streiback of School of Mines.
Bequette of Billings Polytechnic and
Ramsey of University of Montana are
notable guards this season.
Hannon-This player has every
thing that makes for an ideal guard.
Aggressiveness, speed, a good pair of
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and is quick to take advantage of his
speed in charging. He was through
the line hurrying the kicker and pass
er more than any guard in the state
this season. On plays when he comes
out of the line and as an interferer,
Harmon performs splendidly. Time and
again he was able to bowl over two Or
three men attempting to get at the
player with the ball. Of hardy con
stitution. Harmon is just as good at
the end of a game as at the start, and
| just as powerful. He diagoses the
play quickly and gets in and meets it
| low and hard. He's a hard man TO put
out Of play and is almost immovable on
defense.
MeGoWan-This University of Mon
tana star is perhaps the most finished
line player in college circle in the
Treasure state today. Because of his
great versatility he is placed at guard.
Endowed with exceptionally fine foot
ball sense, speed and bulk and pos
sessing a good pair of hands and abil-
ity to use them. MCGOWAN makes a
| good running mate for Harmon. His
knowledge of the game and his cool
| judgment under fire makes him indis-
| pensible as an ail-Montana selection.
He is placed as captain of the myth
cal team because of his powers of
leadership, personality. sportsmanship
| and all-around ability as a player and
a man.
CENTER
Steadiness. keen judgment Of dis
lance, clean handling of the ball, quick
thinking, stiffness IN defense, ability
to size up plays and good use OF the
hands are the essentials of Il center.
| The outstanding centers this season
! are Danaher of Mount st. Charles,
| Murphy, University Of Montana. and
| Quinn of the School of Mines.
Danaher-The St. Charles center,
Danaher, is superior in the state. He
possesses nearly every element Of good
| center playing. He is fast. an ex-
tremely reliable passer, accurate and
without doubt one Of the greatest de-
tana field. He plays the game all the
time and following Of the bali and siz-
ing up the plays is almost uncanny.
QUARTERBACK
In considering the quarterback Sc
lection. one pays attention to general
| ship, ability to ''out-fox" the oppon-
ent, eleverness in pulling the unex-
pacted; keen insight into human ma
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keen. student Of athletic psychology
are essentials for Il quarterback.
There were a few in Montana colleges
this year. McCarren of Montana
State and Russell of Wesleyan are
the quarters worthy Of mention.
Observation-Disclosures possesses bet
ter generalship than any quarter in
the state. He picks his plays well.
He has faults, of course. One of these
is to use the forward pass too fire.
~queptly while in his own territory. Nc
Carren was greatly handicapped this
year in not having a smart backfield
10 work with him. He was forced to
carry the ball much more often than
is desirable and in doing this extra
work suffered injuries frequently. He
is the best forward passer of the year;
deadly and accurate on both long and
short shots. He is a good interferer
and. for a man of his weight, tackles
with a sure and certain effect. Con-
sequently he makes a sure safety a
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