San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06
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St. Anthony's College Star
Recognized-Coaches
Differ.

Coaches called in to assist in the
selection Of The Lights annual all
city football elevens. differed greatly
in their opinions OF some player
values. The high schools, Bracken-
ridge and Main, had almost a monop-
oily on the senior talent, however, and
won most of the places on the first
and second teams. Differences among
the coaches on the ratings of even. the
high school stars is doubtless due, at
least in part. to the fact that, while
there were many able performers this
year, there were no outstanding stars.
No Jack Ferguson, no Cap Hagewood,
no Bill or John Philips, no Charlie
Swartz, no Rod or Pinkey Whitney,
no Dale Mccoy, no Shorty McCarty,
no Frnka or Her of Tom Griffin.
There was q shortage, especially. Of
sensational qudrterbacks of the Whit
ney and McCarty type.
This situation brought TO. the fore
a youhgster with q team in the junior
division of the Academic League
Jerry Seidel. brains of the brilliant
ST. Anthony's College Yellowjackets.
And Seidel. gaining the recognition Of
such observant coaches as Coach Al
fred Kilgore of West Texas Military
Academy and p. S. (Spitz) Clarke,
president of the local Officials Asso-
citation and former Main High coach,
earned first choice at his position on
the all-city team.
PLANNED SENIOR ENTRY.
Wayne Cozard. the Yellowjacket
L,1 .,,Na LII l.
in the Senior Academic League this
year, but loss of some experienced
players during the off season, convinc-
ed him he had better build for an
other year. Seidel was the main
spring this fall in q remarkable of
fensive combination. And he not only
directed the difficult and complicated
scheme of st. Anthony trick plays but
he threw the passes, did some running
and was a defensive sensation in back
ing up a light and rather green nne.
Painful injuries handicapped his play
in his last two games but he made thu
sidelines chatter in the Jackets drive
for the Junior Academic title.
The unanimous choices on the first
team included Captain Mona Rees Of
breckenridge at end; the giant Main
High tackles. George Herring and
Brown White; Booth Hopkins of
Main at end. Smith of Breckenridge
and Gull of Main at guards, Friery OF
Breckenridge at halfback and Big Bob
Fenner of Breckenridge at fullback.
DEFENSIVE DEMON.
Center was a disputed position.
Coach Cannon of breckenridge can't
see anybody bnt his tall defensive
demon, Frank Cheatham, at the po-
sition. Cheatham, undoubtedly, was
the best defensive center in town. His
work and Fenner's in backing up the
breckenridge line saved many a score
and kept the Purple goal uncrOssed un-
til the final Waco game.
However, Tim GrieSenbeck of Main
put Chatham grade behind his own
husky pivot man. Tom Holleran, who,
in addition to being strong in the line.
was a place-kicking threat, although
he never made good in that role in a
game.
Coach Kilgore of West Texas rated
J. III. Levingston, his captain, as sec
Ond to Holleran at center. Levingston,
kilgore claims, never made a pass
back that was bad all season.
There were a number of good halves
between whom it was extremely diff
cult to choose. Friery, triple-threat
man of the Breckenridge team, and
scoring ace in the early games, got
one place unanimously, but some crit
les gave the other position TO speedy
little Posey Elkins, the Eagles quar-
terback, while others put Captain Cal
Surtees of Main at this point. Sur
tees played a whale of a game against
Breckenridge in the annual high game,
whereas Elkins had little opportunity,
and this won Surtees the edge, al
though Elkins ranks right along with
the rest of the first-string squad.
DAVIS RANKS HIGH.
The same applies to Jack Davis,
midget Main High quarter. Davis is
a clever broken-f.eld runner, one of
the best in school football here, al
though he made no great splufge as a
quarterback. His generalship was
sound as a whole but he did not stand
out like Seidel.
Elkins served only part duty at the
Breckenridge quarter position, Cap