San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13
TIGER GUARD
AMONG bEST
IN II. A. A.
Eleven
Announced by Coaches
and Critics.
ALL-T.I.A.A. TEAMS.


coaches and two sports writers.
FIRST TEAM.
Numbers are votes for each
player.)
Ends, Bounds (Simmons) :, and
Cook Howard Payne) 5; tackles.
Reynolds (Southwestern) II. and
Vaughn (Simmons) 4; guards,
Bogss Trinity . and Burns
Howard Payne) s; center, Man.
ming trinity II; quarter, Lowe
trinity Z; halves, McAllister
Howard Psyne) II. and Estes
(Simm0ns) 8; full, Bissott (How-
ard Payne) S.
SECOND TEAM.
Ends, Perrin (S0othwesten)
and Gone (Austin); tackles, Jobcs
Howard Payne) and Crawford
(Austin); guards, Roland (Trin-
ity), Duncan (Southwestern),
Bathmell (Simmons) and Frnks
(Austin) tied with 2 votes each;
center, Grady Howard Payne);
quarter, Dillingham; (Simmons);
halves, Blackburn (S0uthwestern)
and Sportsman North Texas);
fun. Kimbrough (simm0ns).
Ryan (St. Edwards), tackle;
Dyer (St. Edwards), half and
Hill "A. G. c. center, deserve spe-
cial mention.
Four players from Howard Payne,
three from Trinity and three from
Simmons, and one from Southwestern
compose the composite L. j. A. A:
team compiled from the selections OF
ten coaches and two sports writer's
of daily papers in t. !. A. A. towns
a Howard Payne which finished in
third place had four times as many
players on the first team as the South
western Pirates who won the cham
pionship in their first year under
Coach .Lefty" Edens. This is high
compliment to Edens for any coach
who can develop a championship team
with only one all-association man de-
serves praise.
.e- NONE UNANIMOUS.
No player received the vote OF all
the coaches, although Manning, Trim
ity. center; Reynolds, Southwestern,
tackle, and McAllister. Howard Payne,
half and full, were given eleven votes
each. Manning and Reynolds failed
to place on the team selected by As
sistant Coach Scruggs Of Abilene
Christian College while Coach Jones
of the Sam Houston State Teachers
College did not place McAllister on
his team.
Boggs, Trinity University guard,
received nine votes while the re-
mainder of the votes were scattered
among various players.
Herring Bounds of Simmons, who
was declared ineligible prior to the
game with the Howard Payne Yellow
Jackets Thanksgiving. received seven
votes for end while Cook Of Howard
Payne, a third year veteran, was
named on five selections. Other ends
mentioned were Perrin, Southwest
ern; Cone, Austin; Elms, Trinity ;
West. North Texas, and Durrenberger,
st. Edwards.
Reynolds easily was the outstand-
ing tackle with Vaughn being a poor
second. Jobes. Howard Payne; Ryan,
st. Edwards; Crawford. Austin; Yam
tbs, Trinity, and Thompson, North
Texas. were mentioned for the tackle
position.
BOGGS POPULAR GUARD.
Boggs of Trinity was the most
popular guard with nine votes while
Burns, a fourth yea. veteran OF How
ard Payne, was second. Roland. Trim
ity; Duncan. Southwestern Frank.
Austin. and Rathmell. Simmons, each
received two votes, while Palmer and
g. Brown each resolved one vote.
For the center position there was
no player who approached Captain
Cecil Manning of the Trinity. Tigers,
one of the greatest defensive players
ever to perform in the Southwest.
"Cap" McAllister, flashy player OF
the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets,
apparently was the outstanding back
as he received eleven votes out Of a
possible twelve. Six critics placed
him at full while five named him for
a halfback position.
JACKET STARS HONORED.
McAllister is placed at half as Bill
Bissett. captain of the Yellow Jack
cts. also made tn, composite team
and is placed at fvllback.
Estes. the flashy half of the Sim
mons Cowboys, is placed at the other
half with six votes.
Three men played star games at
Quarterback but Albert Lowe of Trim
lily secured seven votes, while Dilling-
ham was the choice of three and
Blackburn of Southwestern was
named on two teams. As Blackburn
received two votes for a half position
he is placed on the second team with
Dillingham; at quarter on the same
tram. Sportsman of North Texas
and Kimbrough Of Simmons are the
o,her two backfield men on the sec.
ond team.