Evening star., 1925-12-03

gets for A hroadside OF questions.
Among tho hundreds of questions
asked of these authorities on foot bal
was the following:
W nat back in your opinion was
the greatest Of All time in foot ball?''
Here Is the way the -Four Coach
men" replied:
Tad Jones. head coach of the Yale
eleven Jim Thorpe Of the Carlisle
indians has long held a place with
me as the outstanding back in foot
ball. lie did everything we'll"
Fielding II. NHurry Tpl Yost. direc-
TOR ~ athletics at Michigan Willie
Resfon Is the greatest of all better
th3n Grange. better than Mahan bot
ter oven than Friedman. and he's q
real star. He was tho fastest man off
the marks T've over seen and would
score 50 fast under tho modern game
that one couldn't keep tract NJ the
t"uchdowns. Remember that in three
wears " foot hall at Michigan he
scored 500 points under the old close
formation plays"
knute Rockne. head coach. Notre
Dame Willie Iieston gets my vote
as the greatest back Of all time Per
haps he stands out with me because |
saw him play when | was young and
impressionabe. But since those davs
many wonderful backs have fla shed on
the gridiron. including Red" Grange
and my own four hOrsemen' Of 1924
and my choice is still IeStOn. "
Glen Warner. coach Of Stanford
niVerSitN eleven and formerly coach
"f Pittsburgh and the Carlisle Indian
School-'ln my long years as coach
! h1N
Ernie Nevers Of the Stanford eleven
Who will he graduated next June He
did not have 2 single weakness He
was as good defenSiVelV as he WAS Of
fensiVelN. and made his 200 pounds
and his great speed count in every
play"
Compares Nevers and Thorpe.
1t is pity that followers nt foot
ball in tho Fast and Middle West do
not know moro Of Ernie Nevers
Glenn Warmers opinion must he re.
speCted. more particularly as he him
self developed Jim Thorpe. and nat
urally has a direct line nf Compa rison
between him and Nevers
Moreover. Glenn Warner is frank 10
2 degree and showed no hesitanCr in
makinC the comparison. He enlarged
on his fat statement in answering
9norher question nf newspaper man
who wanted To know il Nevers was as
good - PLAYER as Jim Thorpe. by
saying:
Lei mo repeat that Nevers did not
have wea kness. hut Jim Thorpe had
ono fault. T doubt if a better PLAYER
ever lived. a the Indian could do
everything. hut Thorpe was careless
He had tho Indian Characteristic Of
taking things for granted He played
tho game heCause he thought il wa :
FUN. and senuentlN would not do
mis- hest at times. Nevars on he other
hand never failed to give of his hest
and as both PLAYER were practically
even in what may he called the me-
r'7anjCS of the game my feeling is that
NeVerS deserves a higher rating
Red" Grange tho wonder runner
nf Illinois. wa not considered serious
ly by any one of the four. although
each freely admitted his greatness as
an open-feIh runner. In this connec-
tlon Y0st said:
Yost Tells Of Grange.
II have seen Grange play five times
and saw him stopped in four games
Once he "a wild and ga inst my own
team in 1924. He was unhe alta BILE that
day. as no must have been against
PennSylvani this season. He was a
wrath. A Veritahle ghost. and so
elusive that his fame rang from coast
70 coast. In tho open. too. he did
everything silly and gracefully. but
| can hardly remember seeing him
make 2 tackle and only twice did
see him block an opponent. One gar
out or -four does not make him stand
ont with mo as really great Eddie
Mahan Of Harvard was a better all
around player. and, of course. Heston
was better than Mahan"
Hurry Up" Yost was called upon
to answer this question: How does
Benny Friedman stand among the
. best Guarterback cks of all time?'
He answered: II have never seen
any quarterback who followed so
closely his coaching. Most Of vou
know that 'pla wing for position is a
hobby Of mine. In the Navy game
Friedman made y plays not to gain
ground hut tn get position for some
particular play 10 follow. and five
times that play Went for a touchdown.
He has The holiness 10 play a punt
anywhere on the field. He is Cifte
with rare physical courage. He blocks
and tackles we'll and moreover is a
great open field runner. Listen to
this. too" He scored more points than
Red Grange this wear and led the
Western Conference in this respect
hut here's the point: he never called
2h-yard line. He imposed the heavier
burdens on himself. One more thing
he scored le goals from touchdown
without miss. In my opinion, he
takes rank with the hest
incidentally. Tad Jones was asked
what PLAYER stood out among the
backs Of Yale. Harvard and Prince
ton during the season just closed, and
without hesitation he answered:
lake Slagla of Princetp
This view was q popular elle judg.
ing from the applause.
Jones RoCkne and Warner. the lat
ter ira yelling across the continent, are
gathered n gether in this city To act
as an intersectinnal board in selecting
an All-AmeriCan foot hall team for
the season ~ 1928.
HORNSBY LONG LEADER.
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