San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-28
BRICK MULLER,
BEST, Says
RUNYON
Sports Scribe Decides He's
Football Team in
Himself.
By DAMON RUNYON
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
Copyright. 1875, by Universal Service.

Universal Service staff Correspondent.
Copyright. 1925. by Universal Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2S.-I
saw Mr.. Brick" Muller in the lobby
of the st. Francis hotel Saturday
morning before the now historic East
West football game. Mr.. Muller told
me he was somewhat under the
weather.
I'm not feeling well, and that's
fact" confided Mr.. Muller. Seems
like ] always get sick just when
these big games come on. I've got
a bad cold, and am all achy like. No,
sir. I'm not feeling WE'LL"
IL Mr.. Muller was not feeling well
Saturday, i should like TO get look
Mt him sometime when he is feeling
perfectly o. X. He must be a pretty
fair football player when he has all
his health. At least he ought to do
until a pretty fair football player
comes along.
He is very large brickish-colored
individual, this Mr.. Muller, with
turned-up nose. The nose was turned
up by nature, not because Mr.. Muller
feels that way. On the contrary, he
is q different. nose-down sort of
fellow. And how he can play foot
ball! The more l think of Mr.. Muller,
the greater my admiration.
IL had a football team that was
10 be composed of only one man. that
one man would be Mr.. Muller.
MODEL FOR JUNIOR.
You could have your "Rcd" Grange,
and all the rest. Give me Mr. Null
Ter. | shall most certainly have to
tell junior about Mr.. Muller-junior
being my offspring who is TO play a
lot Of end for Princeton some twelve
years hence. ] must abjure junior
10 study the life and technique of Mr..
Muller in the matter of end playing
though j fear Junior will never be
able to play quite as much end for
Princeton as Mr.. Muller played for
/ "Pesky" Sprott's West team Satur-
day. / doubt that / shall live to see
as much end played again by any
\ body.
Between Mr.. Muller, of the West,
Ind Mr.. Tavern Dilweg, of Marquette,
enough end was played in that East
West game TO last this section of the
country until next Christmas. All
the end that Mr.. Muller didn't play
was played By Mr.. Dilweg, Of Mar
1quettc.
After thinking the matter over
have come to the conclusion that Mr..
Dilweg is something Of football
player himself. The entire West team
will subscribe TO this theory. Tbs
Young men of the West were speaking
l well of Mr.. Dilweg after the game,
and also of Mr.. Chase, OF Pitts
burgh.
MR.. NAVY BILL PLAYS.
TO me the most enthralling spec
tacle of the afternoon, next to Mr..
Muller, was the last stand of Mr..
Navy Bill" Ingram, who organized
the East team. Mr.. Navy Bill" did
not get into action until after Mr..
Muller had scored his touchdown. the
only score of the game. Mr.. Navy
Bill was standing on the side lincE
brooding, mayhap, on his days Of
gridiron glory at old Annapolis. But
when Mr.. Muller rampaged over the
East's goal, dragging a couple of East
players at his heels, Mr.. Navy Bill
forgot discretion.
Refusing to don one Of the East's
golden helmets, he plunged. bare.
headed, into the play, laying about
him with hearty good will.
He was a noble scene, was Mr..
Navy Bill, as he deity took the
mighty Mr.. Muller out of one play
and later on removed two West glad.
iators from another play at one fell
swoop.
A GALLANT SOUL.
Mr.. Navy Bill was in struggling.
] saw him after the game at din.
ner dance given by the Mystic Shrin
crs of San Francisco, who promoted
tho game for the benefit of n hos
pital for crippled children. and Mr.
Navy Bill bore no marks of the bat
tic.
He was in evening clothes and was
receiving congratulations or condol-
cnces, Just as his friends felt about
.s6-toO defeat.
Mr.. Navy Bill was quite n bit dis.
appointed. He would have dearly
loved to have won that game. A gal
liant football soul is Mr.. Navy Bill.
Ihey say he may coach Annapolis
next year. / hope so. The memory
81 Mr.. Navy Bills last stand will
linger with Inc long time.
The citizenry of San Francisco talk
of nothing else but the game. and of
its success. not only as a contest.
but financially.
The Shriners spent about S25. 900
putting on the game and will net
about $4,000. None of the PLAYERS
got n dime. They did get the time of
their lives. however, from an enter
tainment standpoint. There is now
talk of making the game a yearly
event and, despite his protests. Mr..
Navy Bill Ingram was informally de
dared organizer and Coach of next
Years East team.
STRONGEST LINE.
L believe the West line was the
strongest / have ever seen. Behind
it. little tut" Inlay. Of the Uni
yersity Of California. worked MS Sc
rnrelv As IL he was at hnme with the