Evening star., 1922-12-10

seems to be no question. unless it be
from those that have watched Nc
Donald OF North Carolina play all
year. is Wallace of Virginia P"iytech-
mic Institute, who should be placed in
the quarterback position. A much
greater part of the credit for the
br Iliant record made by V. p. ]. he
longs to Wallace than anybody except
his own coach knows. Wallace rri-
maril- was 4 field general: he ran his
team to get the most out of it. and
primarily that is the function of a
quarterback. far more than an ability
to run with the ball.
Mcdonald 1. Clever Player.
The next best quarterback was Nc
Donald He was clever in throwing a
forward pass. ran his team 'ntelli-
gently. and did everything So wei
that he Just failed to measure up 70
Wallace. Foster of Virginia was a
splendid pla yer at times and got mHth
out of his team. but was not as con-
sistent as Wallace and Mcdonald. an
ether peculiar thing. Foster seldom
was good when he started a game
but when sent in as substitute al
wavs j ii everything that was eS-
pcc;ed If him
White of Virginia Military lnsll-
tute was head and shoulders above
eyery other fdllhack. Weighing close
to 200 pounds. fast. q fair ruhter;
wonderfully accurate with forN al G
,;ass. and a good man CARRYING the
bail as well as on defense, he pre-
sen,cd physical characteris'rs tia,
we're not even nearly met l'y any
other back White was the one man
in the V. NJ. l. lineup feared sreatE
by North Carolina and Virginia FoiE :
technic Institute The next pes
man was Kenyon of GeoIgetoWn: wA"
probably the best kick-oH man in The
section. Kenyon was bes deS that a
consistently good ali-round per-
former.
/ Flavin Is Great Punter.
lack F.avin of Georgetown is
chosen to round out the all-Star quar-
ret of backs Undoubtedly grea
MANY followers of foot ban wonder
inst why h. is given preference over
:. man so brilliant as was Gett1e of
Virginia Polytechnic. Strictly rate"
as a ground gamer, the part OF a
players ability which usually DEER
mines his value in the ey-s OF the
SPECTATORS. Gettl" was superior To
s'layiu bv a safe margin, but in other
particulars Fiavin "verba balanced the
V. T.. l. man. Flarin is the hest kicker
in the section and that alone would
be wonderful asset to Il team:
In one exchange Of punts IN The
u wards for his team and it was
that exchange which gave George
town the advantage it held until II
scored its three points i'll the second
quarter. Flavin is the type of man
who instills fight in the men around
N
punts and run them back: he is ex-
c4llent on defense, and in short has
played such good all-round game
that it is impossible to keep him out
of the first backfield.
Arnold of Virginia probably was
the next best back. He was Virginia's
ace all season and did well in every
game in which he appeared. He was
not only good, but was good at all
times. Other backs who rendered fine
service to their teams were kandoiph
and jeanette of North Carolina State.
Pugn and McQuade of Maryland. F'rew
and Cameron of Washington and Lee
and Wilson of Virginia.
Linemen Are Brilliant.
Two men of the seven picked for
the line were not only brilliant. but
were just little more than that j!
possible. They should get undisputed
, places. They are Comstock and Wirts
oil II, lelN t6Chie siIu tciitCi
respectively In seventeen years OF
association with foot ball in this sec
ton. it is questionable if a better per
formance has ever been given by a
tackle than that put up by Comstock
against Lafayette. And that was the
nature of his work all year. Even
when the remainder of his team
, slumped. Comstock continued to play
great foot ball.
B'ount of North Carolina was a fine
center. but much lighter and less ca
pable physically. both from a stand
point of strength and speed. than
Wirts. Blount could no more have
| measured up to what Wirts did when
he grabbed that Lafayette forward
, pass and ran 62 yards for a win
ming touchdown against Lafayette
than he could put on wings and fly
And twice before this season Wirts
had by long runs put his team n A
position to score. Wirts weighs more
,, than $50 pounds. yet is one of George
towns best sprinters. That speed en-
ables him to play farther back on de-
fense than the average man could. anG
consequently cover much more terri