The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-17
500 Coaches
Select Star
EleUen
Mentors Pick John Levi Of
Haskell Indians for
Mythical Fullback Job

an one saturday last November
" 1850 football games were played,
since eacl, Of these oontosting teams
would average about 80 men In its
squad. thas means something moro
than 1000 college, men playing foot.
hall regularly. This furnishes n faint
idea OF the Eruat field or contestants
from which tho Athletic World All.
American team OF ICES has been
taken.
The standard OF football players
this year has hoen unusually high.
So many men OF exceptional value
are available that tho selection OF
tho first toRm iE only slightly SUI.
perior 70 that OF the second and third
eleycns.
The striking feature Of the 1898
season was the dcurth OF good ends.
something very rare for any season.
There was an abundance of material
for the line and tho haciSficld POSI-.
Mons. but there wero no outstanding
ank performers.
- Even the coaches nre nj n loss 10
explain the situation. hut claim Il Ia
simply ono OF those football condi.
tons WHICH arise so frequently.
In the selection OF tho iaeS eleven.
after all the votes were In. II was
found that five men were from the
East and six from tho West. How.
ever. IN some eases the count was
SO close that only n few votes sep.
arRfcd tho successful first tean from
the SECOND.
Mcisae of Syracuse led tho ends In
the vote Of the coaches by n fairly
comfortable margin. while Ekiund OF
Minnesota wns second.
The selection OF Milstead for enc
Of the tackles was almost unanimous
The other tackle position was n toss.
up between Below OF Wisconsin and
Sundstrum OF Cornell until the last
minute. Competition was so keen
thai Below won the decision by one
vote.
The two guards selected. McAfiilen
Of Illinois and Hubbard OF Harvard.
had a substantial lead over their
closest competitors, WEIGH OF Col.
gate and Bedenk OF Penn State.
Blot of Michigan. the best pivot
man developed In the West In tho
last few years Is fir-st choice for cen.
ter. with Garbisch OF the Army a
close second. Both arc rowing cen.
tiers and adept at kicking field goals.
Pfannf or Cornell Is almost the
unanimous choice for tho quarter.
back position. He received morn
votes than any other player elected
this years eleven. not excepting
Instead OF Yale, who was well liked
by the coaches
Pfann Is a four-threat man. He
can run. kick, forward pass and 70
ceiye. He Is probably the greatest
football player OF the season and the
highest scorer In tho entire country.
The haKback positions 70 TO
Grange OF Illinois and Wilson OF
Penn Stafe. two shining lights Of tho
1913 season These two ran a tight
race and had n considerable margin
over tho rest OF the field. Grange
II rated the fastest man on thp grid.
Iron Wilson. who was close behind
Grange. Is a versatile athlete
The rejection OF John Levi OF tho
Haskell Indians may come as sur
prise 10 many football Fans. He gets
n close decision over Mallory OF Yale
and Nevers Of Stanford. Levi II a
second Jim Thorpe. lacking only the
ability OF Thorpe 20 dodge.
These eleven men. representing ex-
celIenec in every department OF the
game and presenting as they do a
weil-baianced unit. constitute a gen
sline compliment To the coaches thru
i the country who are responsible
X their selection.