Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19


good foot ball players as the
i one that closed short time
back, and this is true in this
section as in practically every other
With one exception, every school In
the South had one or two or three
men who stood out prominently
throughout the entire season. Some
PLAYERS were among the most capable
ever produced in their positions in
the South Atlantic section.
An all-South Atlantic team would
he difficult to pick, perhaps more diff
fcult than for any other previous sea-
son in South Atlantic foot ball. So
| MANY good men are available for each
ptsition that 1t would be utterly i'm
possible 70 name with any degree of
| substa IMITATION an all-star team. Ger
,ainlv no eleven could he picked that
would not meet with considerable ad-
verse criticism.
Tackle Positions Cited.
| For instance. take the tackle posi-
| tons. No other eleven had a pair of
| tackles as good as the two holding
down those positions at Virginia, yet
at Washington and Lee there was
one exceptionally good man, at Vir-
cinia Polytechnic Institute another.
| 1T North Carolina another and at
| Georgetown another.
II two of these men were selected
| from other schools. despite the fact
| there was no other pair as good as
| the Virginia pair. it would be next to
| innossible to convince anybody at
| Virginia or whoever was connected
| with Virginia that the judgment was
| sound.
Conditions almost as difficult in
volve selections for other positions.
| For one halfback position. for in
| stance. were an all-star team select
| ed. Ii might be necessary to make
| choice between Palmer OF Washing
| ton and Lee and Stevens of Maryland,
! and they both are great little players.
| So. all things considered, II is bes'
| that this be just a brief resume OF the
men who did the best work for their
| teams. who stood out in some way as
extraordinary players. More men
will thus get credit for good work they
did and, something else, there will be
| no man who need feel that he ha:
been sighted by having some one else
| picked as better for a given sposition
when the person picked might be bet
1 ter or.lv in the mind of the man do
ing the picking.
"All" Teams Mostly Bunk.
In other and less carefully selected
words, with the exception of provld
ing something for reading and conjec
ture, the picking of albany kind-of
team is, as DR.. w. 5. Small, dean o
| the College of Education OF the Uni
versity of Maryland recently put IL
almost entirely bunk"
Some good foot ball was played by
teams around Washington, and
naturally some good players were de
veloped.
| GEORGETOWN beat Syracuse and
played fine games against Navy, Pitt
and West Virginia. and Maryland won
/ from Yale, and two elevens that car
do that naturally would have in their
| line.ups a few capable performers.
Yet. possibly, the outstanding play
| err in this immediate section was not
on either of these elevens, as in all
probability Foley. Catholic University
| quarterback, was not surpassed by
any other man in any position in the
quality of his play nor in value to his
team. Gormley of Georgetown
Hushion of Virginia, Barnes of V. M
/. and kessler of Maryland al
PLAYED fine foot ball at times, but it is
doubtful If any of them was as good
as Foley. That is one position In
which it would not be especially diff
flcult to pick the man who would gel
an all-star position.
Many Good Halfbacks.
Many good halfbacks were seen ir
many games. Stevens of Maryland
would be picked by the writer on any
all-star team because the writer Is
familiar with certain qualifications
that he possesses that would make
him invaluable to any team. Yet only
few might concur in that judgment
Palmer of Washington and Lee was 9
more brilliant running back thar
Stevens, but was not as good in other
ways. especially on defense and II
drop.kicking Nork of Georgetown
was mighty good back. Peake OF
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. and
Cuddy and Hutter of Virginia stood
out in all their games.
Rauber of Washington and Lee was
picked as fullback on practically
picked as third for that position or
one all-American selection. Thomas
of Maryland was a good allarounC
back. so was Whitlock of Washington
and Lee. Dyer of Gallaudet played
some fine foot ball, and so did Steh
man and Sapp of George Washington
Not II good many ends were above
the average. but two teams each had
pair who were brilliant. At George
town Waite and McGrath. both big
heavy. strong and experienced die
consistently fine work and so did
Ahner and F'riedburg of Virginia
outside of these four, ends were far
from plentiful. although SPOTS OF
Washington and Lee probably would
be next.
Sauer of Georgetown was bril-
liant tackle, possibly the most
capable man in the position in the
section. Luke and Cardwell of Vir.
ginia were the bulwark of their team
in all games. Holt of Washington and
Lee. Miles of V. p. l., and Whisnant
of North Carolina stood out in every