The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09
Composite Team .Of AU-Southern
 Stars Selected

l ATLANTA, Ga, Dec S.-The At lanta Journal will publish tomorrow morning the following composite all- southern conference football team as selected by the votes of thirty-two sporting writers of the south:
 Wakefield. Vanderbilt, and | Bomar, Vanderbilt. Tackles-Bennett, Georgia, and Robinson, Florida.
 Guards-Goldstein Florida, and Kelly, Vanderbilt.
 Center-Propst, Alabama.
 Halfbacks-Reese, Vanderbilt, and Newton, Florida.
 Quarter-Gills, Alabama.
 Fullback-Wycoff, Georgia 1Nch The eleven men will be awarded gold medals by the Journal, accord ing to the annual custom.
 The Journal in commenting on the selection will state 1t ''confesses per sonal disappointment over the com posite selection which leaves such playe as Wyndam. White and Bar bour of V. M I. off the team. We made every effort to get selections from North and South Carolina and Virginia, but according to informa- tion received one writer, Tommy Haines of Norfolk picked an all- southern or an all-conference.
 "The other scribes of that section either picked all state teams or didn't pick any at all If these scribes had selected teams, White and Barbour would probably have | been on the team. As it was Bar bour made a great battle. It was ex- ceedingly close between Robinson, Rives and Barbour, after Joe Ben nett had sailed in easily for the first tackle, Robinson got ten votes, Rives nine and Barbour eight.
 Many scribes picked all-southern | rather than all-conference teams l Whenever this occurred we counted votes for those conference men placed
 on their teams. Had there been an all-southern selection Herbert Cov- | ington would have been at quarter
 back, but this would have been the only change from the conference | team.
 Wycoff Gets Many Votes.
 "Of the trirty-two selections con-
 sidered Douglas Wycoff. Tech full
 back, got, more votes than any other
 players ands hence, he wins the cap
 tainship of the all-conference team Douglas got thirty votes in all, twen-
 tyfiVe for fu1lback and five for half
 back. The next man to him was Gil
 Reese of Vanderbilt, who got twenty
 five votes for half and one for full
 back.
 For ends, Wakefield of vandy se-
 cured eighteen votes. and offe more : for tackle. Linn Bomar got twelve votes for end. two for tackle and one for guard. making fifteen votes in all. Clemens got ten votes for
 end and John Staton received nine
 For tackle. Joe Bennett got six teen votes and one for guard. Rob- } inson got ten votes, Rives of vandy, l enc. and Barbour eight.
 For guards, Goldstein of Florida : got fourteen, and Kelly of vandy, got thirteen for guard and one for tackle. Reagan of Auburn, got eleven for guard.
 : For center Shorty Propst of Ala bama has an easy victory, getting ten votes for center, three at guard and two at tackle. Clair Frye of
 Tech. all-southern center of last year, got seven votes for center and one : for guard. Lawrence of Auburn, se- cured six votes for center, guard and
 tackle.
 l, "Gillis of Auburn won the quar- i terback berth, getting eight votes,
 four for quarter and four for half.
 Reese led in the race for halfback |, with twenty five votes and one more
 for fullback. Newton of Florida, won ; the other halfback position with l thirteen votes.
 l Douglas Wycoff had no competi- , tion at fullbacil and romped away l with this position"