The Omaha morning bee., 1922-12-03
Football Expert
Names Honorary
Team for 1922
Locke, Thompson aud Min.
nick of Iowa Among Play
ers Selected for Mythical
All.Slar Grid Team.
by WALTER ECKEBsiLL.
Copy right, 1899.


football eleyens TO be- composed oi
players who have performed consls
tenuy throughout tho season. often
siyely aud defcnslycly, the task oi
choosing the tackles and placing the
wealth ~ hackheii material in posi-
tons whore They viii be the most
valuable are the hardest.
II Is the frFt time IN many years
that the Big Ton has not produced
tackles who stand out above all
others In former seasons there has
generally been at least two whose
right 10 the important positions was
unquestioned because their playing In
every game was far above that Of
other warriors occupying the same
positions
Must Have Driving Tackles.
A driving pair u tackles is an abso.
lnte necessity 10 the success Of any
football team. Their value is being
emphasized more and more as the
teams are leaning TO the open and
running styles of attack They are
Low called upon to hurry the passers,
help smash Interference and at the
same time protect the holes between
guards and tnckles on ofense they
ire at times made eligible TO receive
forward passes while their many
duties on various offensive plays
make them among the important cogs
IN any successful football machine.
As the running attack developed by
Michigan. Iowa and Wisconsin along
VA Minnesota will develop the alb.
sDiute necessity OF having guards
VINO can get out of the lead, the in
reference Is emphasized Fortunate
~, there are two men Of such caliber
IL the conference who have done this
to perfection all fall while others will
be made to do II in the future. The
open or running attack has so many
possibilities that the more men who
can get out to interfere for the run.
ner. chances Of making ground are
improved greatly.
In other words, n player selected
for any honorary eleven should be
analyzed from every angle Of football.
lie should not be chosen because he is
line plunger only. an end runner
Or great Kicker He must combine
rs nearly as possible all the qualiAca-
tons which go to make a real football
player in every sense OF the word
His work In every game should be
considered and he should be SO placed
as to be OF most valuc TO his eleven
Must Fortify Every Angle.
Such an honorary eleven must be
fortified in every angle Of offensive
tactics. Punting, field goal kicking,
throwing and receiying forward
basses, line plunging, slanting off the
tackles or running the ends are only
4 few of the many details which such
team must be able To execute. There
must be unison in attack and
perfect co ordination between line and
backfield Such an eleven should also
be fortified with tricks so that fast
runners could be slipped away at OPP
, perfume times.
II has been many years since the
was blessed with such ex-
cellent backfield material, men who
have performed cons silently and bril-
liantly throughout the season. Their
play in most cases, both extensively
and defensively made them marked
men In all contests, Despite this
handicap they have come through,
and for this reason are deserving of
the honors.
While some may not agree with the
fullbaek selection, because Of the line
smashing of John Thomas of Chicago,
the honor goes to Gordon Locke of
Iowa, whose team successfully de-
Tended the championship Won last
year for the first time since 1900.
Locke is also made captain Of the
team because of the faultless manner
he has piloted his eleven through a
successful season, featured ty the .
to victory over Yale.
Locke Hard line piunger.
Locke is Just MS hard lin. plungcr
~ Thomas lie is a better man In
he interference and has made as
many gains around the ends as the
lIawkeyc bucks. something which the
Maroon has not done ON defense, the
iowan is much more valuable man.
Playing In tile secondary defense, he
generally anticipated opponents at
lacks nnd often met them before they