The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-09
BY CARLOS z. HOBBS,
Sports Editor, The State Journal.

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Third Team. Position.
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Mcdonald. st. ary's................R. II.
I Replogle. College Of Emporia a--..----.F-
Honorable Mention.
Backs: Alyea; PittsJb,urgi MaeLemSre. more
Washburn; Cannon Kansas Wesleyan /;
I shilling. Bethany; shirk, Baker: Beck and
sas Wesleyan; smith. Baker; Olds, Ottawa /;
/ Reed, Hays; Kimmel, Fairmount; Wall,
Iinemen: Greenlee. Sterling: Bond, C
i of T.; Taylor, Baker: Thies, FairmOunt; !;
/ Austin, Fairmount; shugrue. X S; N;
BastiOn. st. Mary's; Cornwall, Southwest
ern; smith, Ottawa Hewitt, Ottawa
Studebaker. c. Of E. SmSmith, Southwestern
Selections of aIl-Kansas conference
elevens has been a custom in the Kan
I sas conference for many years, and
while the teams selected never have
played there always is considerable
talk of what sort of brand of football
would be shown by the eleven men
chosen to represent the first team
It is impossible to pick all the good
men on an all-mythical eleven. since
there are but eleven places to fill, so
the ones who make, the best showings.
and who are the most valuable to their
teams are selected
In the Kansas conference this year.
three teams finished near the top of
} Ia rnnFarRnRA and nlrlIr1l1U
titled to consideration in the all-Kan-
sas selections Teams which are able
to place at the head or near the head
of the conference have men who stand
out an-kansaS material
Three Teams at Top.
The three teams which are at the
top, none of them with perfect stand
ings, are: Kansas State Normal. and
College of Emporia, of Emporia, and
Baker university, of Baldwin. The
College of Emporia~ in the season
windup Turkey day on the college
field. sent the hopes of the Hargiss
men glimmering as far as a clear title
was concerned.
Prior to that game the YelIowjack-
cts were batting 1000 and were picked
to finish the season the same, way
College of EmpOria lost one game to
Sterling college. and thus marred d
perfect record for the Presbyterians.
Baker also fell in a season opener by
failure to score on try-for-point, wh,ch
cost the MethodIsts one game on the
debit side of the ledger. Thus all of
the three teams remaining at the top
of the list have lost one game. Only
the fact that Baker played more
games was it able to win over Kansas
State normal and lead the conference
in percentage College of Emporia
played two games. which resulted IN
ties. otherwise keeping the Coach
Gwfnn Henry crew from running tho
u IL
place.
Players Stood Out.
Despite the defeats which each of
the three teams experienced, each one
had players who stood out above the
others and enabled these three teams I
on The State Journals all-KansaS
mythical eleven. Three things were
considered in making the selections
for these elevens- First, the standing
second the value of each man to his
team, and third, his ability as an indi-
vidual player.
Surely the showing of the teams in
the conference should have something |
to do with selections for an all-mythi- |
cal eleven. 1t is true that OCCASION
ally losing teams have stars that are |
head and shoulders above men of win |
ming teams, but 1t is more often the /
exception than the rule. Thus the |
season record of team should be .
taken into consideration before pick /
ing players from that team on an all I
conference eleven.
The value of a player to his team /
covers n lot of territory. If he q, is /
good enough player that his presence |
on the team enables that team to win /
where it otherwise might lose, that /
man, of course, is valuable to his /
eleven.
The individual qualifications of q
player should receive more than pass
ton. If he is not only valuable to his
team. but also has individual aualifi-
cations that would make him valuable
to any football team in the country,
can play a good defensive game should |
not wholly decide his place on all
eleYens. for unless he also is
capable on offensive work, he will not
then. be an all round man, and not
pinch hitteri" Pinch hitters" in
football are not as numerous as in
baseball. but the bench sometimes
holds a lot of pinch hitting football
men who never will be memb bers of the
regular lineup.
No Championships Given.
1t makes no difference who is
selected on all-conference elevens,
there are many persons who do not
the majority of opinions of Kansas
conference coaches, for the coaches
were asked to pick their choice for the
elevens.
No championships are made nor all
elevens are named by the
Kansas conference, the matter of
championships being left to public
opinion So while there is no official
an-Kansas mythical elevens selected,
the opinions of coaches give it as
much of an official tone as it is pos
sibel to get.
Baker university. the team standing
1t the head of the conference, has
been given four places on The State
Journals alI-mythical first eleven
second in the percentage column, has
.hree men on the first eleven. Col
ega of Ennnrfa the fhird team. WAS