Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-13
EASY TO SELECT
PROMINENT STARS
VARIOUS SPORTS

New York, Nov. 12-(By the
Associated Press Seldom in the
course OF the hectic campaigns In
modern sports is it as easy to pick
out and label the outstanding heroes
as in 1925. The current season has
Il climax or two left but for the most
part the champions in nearly every
major branch of competition are es-
1ablished firmly on an unchallenged
basis.
The current phenomenon, Red
Grange. for instance, stands alone
on the gridiron pedestal. The East
has it's Eddie Tryon and Al kreuz
and Swede Oberlander; the South It's
Dong Wyckoff; the Far West its En-
ME Neyers. and Tut Inlay and the
Middle West it's COWBOY NicrA
1,utsch and Benny Friedman, among
others but Grange STANDS heau anu
shoulders above them all, acclaimed
Nv the majority of critics az tne
greatest ball carrier of all time.
II is a source of regret tnat tne
death of Walter Camp preven,S
Grange from joining the select circie
of stars who have gained p lacs "a,
the late Yale critics All-AmeriCasn
.act;ons three years in row. Inc
Illinois meteor deserves the dlstlnc-
tion and undoubtedly would nave
ga;ned if had Camp lived 70 per
Set,ate his famous mythical teams s.
r. 10 Grange must be content WIN
nonular verdict in his favor anu
Mace on>any All-American team
selected by critics following camp >
example. x.,diroy
field. Paavo' Nurmi stands out among
track and field athletes, whii9 Dae
len dominate the tennis world ana
Rogers Hornsby looms large In the
major league baseball field. Even
in golf. where there Is usually mucn
disnl,te among the leaders, few VII!
question the top-ranking position OIL
Rohhv Jones who won the American
amateur title for the second sue
cessiye year, besides forcing Wine
MacFarlane to 80 hole play-on be-
fore losing the national open cnam-
pionship quest. Unless II Is waiter
Hagen, the p. G. A. champion, there
is no one to challenge the all-around
consistency of Jones over the last
few years of campaigning on the
links.
Joyce wethered, the British star,
likewise tops the women's golf list,
for she conquered the American
champion, Glenna Collett on the way
to triumph in the British champion
ship.
There may be some difference Of
opinion as to Hornsby's place at the
top in baseball but the Cardinal
manager, leading his league at bat
for the sixth straight year oesloes
pulling his club up in the National
League race, is generally conceded
the palm for all-around day in and
out performance.
The list of backheld aces led by
Red Grange presents an unusually
dificult problem this fall in making
al1-American or even all-sectional
selections. Probably the Middle
West would agree generally upon
Grange, Kutsch and Friedman for
three Of its all-staf backfeld. but
Molenda of Michigan, Marek of Ohio
State, Mccarthy of Chicago and
Baker of Northwestern would de-
mand consideration in picking the
fourth attacking weapon.
Tryon, Oberlander and Kruez also
would be hard to keep off any all
Eastern backfleld array with Phil
Bunnell Of Yale or George Pease of
Columbia among the outstanding
candidates to fill the fourth post at
quarterback.
The East also has an unusually
excellent crop Of ends figuring in
this seasons struggles. At least four
teams have exceptional wing men
with Dartmouth's aerial success de-
pending good deal upon Tully and
Sage, Army Boosting fine pair in
Captain Baxter and Born, Pennsyl-
vania possessing Thayer and Singer,
while Brown is well fortified with
Captain Sitter and Broda. OF this
collection Broda, Tully and Born
have stood outqparticularly in their
major tests so far