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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (Rl.-The fleet.
ing star of all-American football fame
after following "a westward course fol
the last few years, shifts toward The
south this season to brighten up {
new gridiron constellation.
East and west, where the pace usually
is sWifter, share the major all-Ameri-
can honors for 1927, from a numerical
standpoint, but the contributions ol
the south to the all-Star array, greater
than ever before, form the most strik-
ing feature of the third annual CON
sensus, compiled by the Associated
Press from the opinions of more than
200 qualified observers coaches, Off
cials, sports editors and staff experts
who covered every sector of the battle
front
On the first team, an eleven so all
American in character that no college
has more than one representative, the
east captures four places, the middle
west three, the south and far west
each two.
The all-American squad, 33 players
altogether, including the shock troops
of gths second and third teams, reveal
the cast and middle-west tied, with
10 places each, while the south, in
cluding the southwestern area, grabs
eight and the far west five. Twenty
three universities and colleges are rep
resented in this galaxy
To get an idea of how the south has
progressed it is only necessary to note
that it contributed only three to the
all American squad last year, including
one first team nomination, and four
in 1925. Thus this season the south
inserts more stars into the picture
than it has in two previous years com
bined
Georgia Bulldogs Place Four Men
on Three Teams
The University of Georgia is the
chief contributor; in fact the Bull
dogs lead all other colleges by gain
ing four places on the mythical line
ups. Minnesota has three while NIichi-
gan, Army, Pennsylvania, South ern
California and Dartmouth have two
each.
The Georgia phalanx is led by Cap
ain "Chick" Shiver, a first team
choice at end, along with the souths
)ther representative, Ca tain Bill
Spears of Vanderbilt at quarterback.
Ierdis McCrary, crack Georgia full
Jack, gains post on the second eleven,
while Tom Nash, Shiver's running
nate on the Georgia flanks, and Gene
smith, guard, are on the third team
Not since little Centre college 1eaped
o national fame some years ago, p1ac-
ng two of it's stars, Weaver and Nc
1illin, on Walter Camps 1919 all
team and another, Red Rob
rts, on the 1921 mythical list has the
Outh had as much to cheer about as
has had this year with Georgia,
centenary and other teams leading a {
ouchdown parade. Such teams as
Ieorgia Tech, Al b m a. Vanderbilt
nd Tulane have ''done their bit" for {
ne south, but this year marks new !
Ugh water mark for the brand of I
,otball played below the Mason and S
iXon line. IL
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

conspicuously among the guards and
was general choice but John Smith,
Notre Dame, the other selection, had
strong rivals in Hanson of Minnesota,
Baer Of Michigan Barnhill of Tonnes
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

vania, rated close to a par with his
team-mate, Raskowski of Ohio State,
Ncwack of Illinois, and Perry Of the
Army
Bill Webster, Yale leader, stood out
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

1AAFBAChS-CaldweH Yale Ceoeia
lorna; Snyder Maryland; Ellis Poly cee MARQUETTE cibt
Nhgan; Mehrle Missouri Stamford.
University OF Colorado; scul
le vuga Ny 1nsutute Hume, Southern
gna rOy; Imn Illinois Smith Mercer Dartmouth Howe Utah
flanagan NoIe Dame Wimer Prnon state
Georgetown Anday Centenary Tulane Arkansas
Biane, university; Booth PITTSBURGH Miles
Anlstead Vanderbilt;
ea Honan Stanford Clark
e 0uneu; FennKen Geneva; Clifton Missouri
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

1927
Oosterbaan, Michigan
Hake, Pennsylvania
Webster, Yale
Bettencourt, st. Mary's
Smith, Notre Dame
Sprague, Army
Shiver, Georgia
Spears, Vanderbilt
Welch, Pittsburgh
Drury, So. California
JoeSting, Minnesota
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11

see and Gene Smith of Georgia. The
Smith family was unusually conspicu-
GUS in the list of candidates.
1t was a merry battle, too, for the
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
1925

End OoSterbaan, Michigan
Tackle Weir, Nebraska
Guard Diehl, Dartmouth
Center Mcmillan, Princeton
Guard Sturhahn, Yale
Tackle Chase, Pittsburgh
End Tully, Dartmouth
Quarterb'k- Grange, Illinois
Halfback- Wilson, Wash'ton
Halfb' Oberlander, Dart'h
Fullback-Nevers, Stanford
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS SINCE, 1925

1926
Hanson, Syracuse
Wickhorst, Navy
Connaughton, Geo't'n
Boeringer, Notre Dame
Shively, IllineiS
Sprague, Army
Winslett, Alabama
Friedman, Michigan
Baker, Northwestern
Kaer, So. California
Joesting, Minnesota
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
HONORABLE MENTION

ENDS Crowley, Georgia Tech; Born Army; Sloane
Navy; Haycraft Minnesota; Grange, Illinois; schuh
washington; Rankin, Colorado Aggies Lecrone, Okla
hoa; Doncess Pittsburgh Scott Yale Burgher Idaho;
Moeser Princeton; Frankian, st. Marys; Lesko Penn
State.
TACKLES-Randels, Nebraska; Cotrn, California; Mel
son, Iowa. Kern Pittsburgh; Perry Army; Sprott Texas
Agges; Freeman, Stanford; Gary Minnesota Fitzgerald
Tufts; CardweJ Virginia. Douds Washington jefferson
Quarter Yale; Pickhard, Alabama Hood Georgia Tech
TinSely Louisiana State.
GUARDS Matthews, Indiana; Bowdon, Alabama;
Wright Washington; Post, Stanford cNTulen Nebraska
c. Diehl, Idaho Hodgen, Oregon; Miller, Missouri
Cervini Holy Cross; Van Miller, Amherst: Tips Washing
ton Lee; Davis, Centenary; Blake, Princeton Pauy
Washington & Jefferson; Woerner, Navy; Smith, "Ole
Miss; Cecil Colorado; Dumont, Colgate
CENTERs- -Charlesworth Yale; Butcher, Tennessee;
Sharp, Vanderbilt Schwartz North Carolina Ayres,
State; Reitsch, illinois, Stadelman Oregon; McCreery,
Stanford; Mahcney Penn State Howe Princeton; vckers
Colorado AggieS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Southern Methodist; Davis
Colorado Agges; Baruch, Princeton; MacPhaiI Dart
mouth; Connor, New York university; Hoban Yale:
McDowall, North Carolina State: Williams Southern
California; Maple Oregon Agges; Crofoot Wisconsin:
Meeker Washington State; Weiss Iowa State Eby Ohio
State Shober Pennsylvania Hoekeman CORNELL Vanden-
berg Colorado college; Schachern Geneva Ellis Tufts;
Baysinger Syracuse.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-11
ALL-AMERICANS FOR 1927

SECOND TEAM
Geo. Cole, Dartmouth
Jesse Hibbs. SO. Calf
Ray Baer, Michigan.
G. Grigsby, G'g'town.
John Barnhill, Tenn.
John Smith, Penn.
r. Mathews, Tex. Oh.
Joel Hunt, Tex. Aggiei
A. Marsters, D'ttl1outl
G. PresneH, Nebraska
McC Crary, Georgia
Evening star., 1927-10-30

n VOW that the 1927 flying season
is over, old Boreas having at
VI tended to that. Il summation
4 Y OF the air achievements Of the
will mot no rraiSG Scan.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

The detectives lips parted in dis
Hrminc smile. Il quite understand
madame. l am all discretion.
But | interrupt You"
II am busy" she confessed. There
is a special dinner for the count and
countess this evening. lie made out
the menu himself"
MAY | sce?" Without waiting for
her consent he reached out and took
the card from her hand. One glance
cleared his mind Of all perpleXity. He
remembered now how he had come to
hear of those restless dark eyes. The
handwriting was the same as that of
the letter which had been sent dis
missing the forger's clerk. With a
smile and a bow he returned the
menu.
"Admirable, Perfect" he cried. at
iS a dinner such as one dreams Of.
Would YOU put yourself to the infinite
trouble of making a copy for me? I
should like to bring a party of friends
down to repeat it,"
Madame was delighted. It was only
when the affabe stranger had gone
that she realized he had inadvertently
taken the menu in the counts writing
and left her the copy. Well, it was Of
small moment.
EROEST considered his course as he
l. made his way back to Paris. He
was reasonably sure that he had
located the forger, but any haSty
Evening star., 1927-10-30

will always rank, as the most notable
achievement.
4
r INING quietly at Norfolk, Va, at
h the naval operating base there at
tending to routine duties. is the first
Of those who. aptly. may be called
"America's great peace e-time aces =
Comdr Albert G. Read. Read crossed
the Atlantic in heaVier-than air ma
chine in 1919. the first man TO span
the angry waters of that porilous
ocean. soaring above its hungry. lap
ping waves. He left Trepa SseE. New
foundiand. May l6. 1919, completed his
flight May -. having flown via the
Azores to Portugal and thence TO Eng
land He gave tn tranSOCeaniC Flying
lis first concrete form At tn" time of
his fight accomplishment the act was
hailed throughout the world Hs an
epoch making event which indeed il
Was-and he Wa9 accorded high hon
nrS at hon" and abroad for his feat.
Four machines set out on this trans
oceanic hon: his was th" only one to
arrive at the destination determined
upon The ship used by Read was a
seapIane the NC-4.
Americas second great world
achievement was the flight of Lieut..
Lowell IL. Smith (and comradcs) OF the
Army around the world. This was the
first enforcement of the globe in
heaVier-than. air machines. The Off.
cial starting point for the world
flight was Seattle, Wash. The
year was 1924, the flyers leaving
Santa Monica Field. in California, in
March Of that year. arriving ut Seattle
: on their return September 2S. The
| total fli2ht distance was 2G103 miles
! The ro' hn.World flight was watch
| ed vi { interest by the nations
! Of III" |. and ii established the
! service. + of the airplane for com
| mercial un'l long distance tranSporta.
/ ton. O. til" four ships that started,
one--lhat of the commanding officer.
! Mai. f.. l.. Martin-Was down shortly
! in Alaska. where it crashed into a
i mountain in "a fog. Another was lost
| off the coast of Ireland while being
| towed by vessel. The ships of
| Lieuts. Smith and Erik Nelson COM
pleted the world circuit
The third great fight lifting the
Stars and Stripes higher in the field
Of world aviation was that Of Lieut..
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had been made first by one of those
other valiant flyers who are planning
to take off on the same hop. The
Army flight had been under considera-
ton for long time. Exhaustive tests
and preparations We're made over a
period of many months. 1t was not
undertaken to compete with civilia n
flyers and neither Maitland nor Hegen,
berger will be eligible to receive any
prize moneys or other awards.
1.-The thought behind the Army's
project was not to have an Army
plane he the first to cross the Pacific,
hut to gather data which would he of
value in promoting air traffic between
California and Hawaii. The flight was
contemplated in the interest of avia-
ton and not as a quest for unique
record.
THE Atlantic has been crossed by
LindberGh and Chamberlain. The Pa
Cific has been crossed by Maitland and
Hegenberger. These are great days for
American aviation. and the Army Air
Corps is supremely proud of Lieuts.
Maitland and Hegenberger and what
they have done.
EROM the standpoint of backward
ness on the part of America in
aviation. as compared with the rest
of the world. the seven accomplish
ments mentioned refute it. Too long
has aviation backwardnesS applied to
America been in the public mind. For
some years past one has been COM
PEELED 10 listen as to "how far Amer
ica is behind other nations of the
world in this national activity"
Fra nee" it is said. has the largest
aerial war fleet in the world, the most
daring and skillful pilots. Aviation in
England is further advanced than It
is in America. and Germany leads the
world in commercial aviation"
These assertions are. no doubt, true,
but it seldom occurs to the critics of
America aviation to recall that Amer
lea is America. France France and
Germany Germany. BY this 1t il
meant that England would, by virtue
of being first sea-power. develop
nationally an aviation program in con-
formity with the needs and support of
her basic line of defense. So might
France also be expected to do--except
that France is military pewer rather
Evening star., 1927-10-30

Comdr. Richard T.. Byrd, jr., over the
North Pole and return, May ., 1926.
This flight demonstrated the feasibil'
tV Of the use of the airplane in any
quarter Of the globe. For within the
Arctic Circle. If anywhere, might
there be expected to he found adverse
fiying conditions. Great difficulty was
to be encountered in landing an air
ship on Kings Bay and in flying over
the icecap. A forced landing would
have been rlinous to the plane and
certain death to the aviators from
isolation in the frozen wastes. The
total distance of the flight was 1915
statute miles. n tremendous flight for
a plane in that quarter OF the globe.
TIE solo fight Of Iindbergh Is
known The world Of aviation has
nothing to record like it. History has
few passage or few heroes more ro-
mantle. or aureated with more mag
nificcnt glory He dared the great
Atlantic wastes alone. met dawn, noon
and evening on his way. raced with
The moon alone over the deep, and
laughed with the stars as he peered
through the courts OF Heaven. lie
dropped down on lie Bourget like
spirit from another world. He chart
ed the great unknown from the New
World TO the Old, and set the stand
ards Of glory there He carved for
himself a niche in the hall of fame
and csCOnsced himself there az
"America's ace of peace-time aces"
BY his action and the acclaim of the
world, supported by an impeccahle
character and sublime modesty, he
did in 33i hours more to awaken the
world to aviation and it's potentia!i
Ties than has been done by all men
since OrVille and Wilbur Wright set
out to conquer the air.
The fifth great peace-time flight Is
that of Clarence Chamberlin. BY car
ryinG a passenger from New York to
kottbus. Germany, within 40 miles Of
Berlin. his destination, Chambcrln
established the first passenger-carry
ing service to Europe In a heavier
than-air machine. His flight was
natural follow-up Of Lindbergh's hop.
He demonstrated that n heavier than.
air service line across the Atlantic
ocean-at least one way-can be made
reality.
The fight OF Comdr. Byrd and
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than sea power and. in addition, a
continental power. In the case OF Gel.
many things are not different from
those in France except that she is for
hidden by the Versailles treaty to
have war planes Hence the develop
ment in Germany of great commercial
aviation lines. Berlin is the foremost
commercial airport of the world.
But America? Americas aloofness
from Europe and the racial problems
that have lodGment there. makes con-
sideration Of aviation from a national
standpoint in this country something
more than defense proposition.
Americas : geoCra phiCal position. terri
torial area and racial background
force consideration of American avi-
alton development, in comparison with
European. over to the angle Of II
tiOnal natural pcacc.time develop
ment." Taken from this angle. what
America has done in aviation com
pares favorahly with and perhaps sur
passes anything done by the nations
of Europe. individually or collectively.
NearneSS to events and scenes of ac
ton Is prone to corrupt the vision and
leave the impression that what we Sc"
is, after all. not great action nor great
events. and the victor, if victor there
be. victor by chance more than victor
by skill. daring or equipment.
In view of these achievements. II
cannot be said that America is behind
the nations OF the world in aviation.
For. making comparison from the
standpoint of national development
America. it seems. stands well for,
ward. Her peace time aces" vouch
for this. Each has done something
distinctive. Each has set the name If
America notch higher on the scroll
of national achievement. Each has
added a tremendous sum. to the avis-
ton record of the United States.
Turning to the mechanical side Of
the picture--to the building genius Of
American airplane motor engineers
there is nothing to be vouchsafed
there save praise: for it is not by
chance that single motors are built
which can hop from New York to
Europe without single cylinder
missing" Flying mail. night and
day, across continent is not without
its compensat;uns. with all due respccr
to the military genius of foreign IA.
tons,
Evening star., 1927-10-30
CDH
Olyk

nss Theresa Lewis The count. it
appeared. was of Russian extraction,
widely travelled, Of immense wealth
and with great estates in the United
States. They were a delightful couple.
so pleasant, SO charming, of such q
discernment.
THE wine finished, Froest fingered
to exchange a few words with
Madame, the hotel keepers plump
little gossip of a wife. She was no
more aVerse to conversation than her
husband. She sang the praises OF her
titled guests in Voluble superlativca.
They. she said, had gone for d days
shooting in the forest. They We're a
handsome. an interesting couple And,
oh, m seur, what romance. There
would be a gap when they went away.
so they intend to leave shortly?"
inquired FroeSt. idly.
Indeed, no, IN si"tlr. But the count
is n man of great affairs. He is
negotiating tho sale of a tract of land
II n railway company in the United
States and he may have to leave
suddenly"
"They have only lately married?"
"Just Il month or so. Quite a
romance, that. They first met while
she was visiting the Salon in Paris.
She tripped on staircase and might
have injured herself but that the
count caught her in his arms
Strangely enough. they We're brought
together again in somewhat similar
circumstances at Monte Carlo. A
careless smoker dropped match
which set alight the tiimsy dress she
was wearing. The count, who hap
pencd to be passing. flung his coat
around her and so saved her from
being burned alive. Can YOU be sur
priscd that they fell in love? 1t is
ineNplicabie, m sieur, but her parents
diSapproved of the match. Neverthe-
less they married. There never was
a more perfect love match. He is
devoted husband" She halted sud
denly. There. l have let my tongue
run away with me. The COUNT is
little foible of his-desires to be
thought Frenchman. You Will not
betraV nv cOnfidenCe?"
Evening star., 1927-10-30

riders till they dismounted at a small
hotel ON the Verge of the forest. lie
saw enough of their reception to
satisfy him that they were habitues
of the place and thoughtfully re-
sllmed his journey back To Paris.
Night brought no resolve to his
cogitationS. He was sure that he
ought to know the stranger, but he
could put no finger on him. SO rest
less was he on the point that after
he had concluded the formalities of
the eXtradition case on the following
day. he decided to go back to Fon-
tainablcau to try to settle the matter.
Just for once a Scotland Yard man
behaved like a detective of fiction.
1t was lunch time when he arrived
at the little hotel. The detective did
not sCruple to order an excellent meal
and to pass not unmerted enCom!umS
on the excellence of the cuisine. lie
solicited the opinion of Monsieur, his
host, on the important question OF
wine after the repast and naturally
could do no less than invite Monsieur
to aid in its disposal
Talk drifted, as might nave been
expected, on to the affairs Of the hotel.
Monsieur was eloquent in praise of
two of his present suests-a Count
Lewis and his young bride, the Count
Evening star., 1927-10-30
BY JOHN FRAZIER.

n VOW that the 1921 flying season
N is over, old Boreas having at
VI tended to that, summation
4 Y OF the air achievements Of the
wear will not he amiss. Sean
ming the horizon OF the year, one dis
covers four ma ior world achievements
in aviation accomplished br American
airmen These. added to three preVi-
GUS ones. give To the United States
flyers seven immortal pioneer records
in world aviation. The seven. taken
chronologically. constitute without
question the greatest volume Of avia-
ton progress yet contributed tp that
science.
It is further significant that all If
these records have been established in
a time of peace. About none is the
narce glare ~ war, about none -
there Il background of hatred. oi pur-
pose of destruction of peoples and their
cities. their civilization ana their
homes. On The contrary. about each
is TIE glamour Of happy international
relationships Of tightened bonds Of
friendship and cordial intercourse.
Again, about these flights there is
an air Of security with reference t.
aviation as Il science in America.
They offer incomtrovertihle evidence
tfon as lis progress is understood in
o,her countries. For the whole of
Europe cannot boast Of seven pioneer
records IN world aviation of the out
standing greatnass Of the seven that
today balong to American alrmen-
me first transatlantic Night by "A
heavier-than-ai mac1line. the first
round-the world fight, the first North
Pole flight the first New Nork-to'
Paris nonstop flight. the first New
york o.Gernlanv nonstop flight with
a pa ssenger, the first New York-to-
France flight with more than one pas
saneer and the first nonstop tight
from the American mainland to
Hawaii.
These are imper;shable records-pio
.neering records~-that cannot lac dim
roed hy any subsequent achievement
IN the field Of aviation. There may
he in time. and there will be, long dis
lance and nonstop flights, endurance
flights that will surpass these, bu'
fhAy will not he pioneer flights. Anf
It is the pioneer fight that ranks. ant
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World Pioneer Records by American Airnen Surpass O

dence that man is truly monarch of
all that he surveys"
But of all the flights. the most sig
nitcant. perhaps, is that of lieuts.
Maitland and Hegenberger from San
Francisco to Hawaii. The six other
| fights show, more or less. the com
mercial po:entialities of the airplane
in the field of world communication.
The flight of Iieuts. Maitland and
HeGenherGer has strong element of
| military defense in it for America S
overseas possessions and the defense
of the mainland. II brings the Ila-
waiian naval base under the protect
ing wing of the Pacific Coast defenses.
II Is bound in time TO exert a pro
found influence on the science of war
or the will to peace among nations.
Rv il distance has been eliminated MS
factor in national defense or attack,
* X * X
CErRFTARY DAWSON. in com.
~ mcnting on the flight. stated:
"'rhc successful flight from Califor-
nia to Hawaii by Lieut.. Lester j.
Maitland and Lieut.. Albert +. HeGen-
berger opens mp a new vista of com
munlcation between America and its
oversee possessions.
1t demonstrates perlectlOn or mo-
tors and planes. and underscores the
progress made in the development of
the earth inductor compass. the radio
beacon and other instruments for
aerial navigation.
The flight is unquestionably one of
the very greatest of aerial accomplish
mcnts ever made. More than 2,400
miles of water separates this conti-
nent from Hawaii. TO cover that dis
tance, and at the same time keep a
true course which enables the pilot
to head directly toward a group Of
islands covering little more than 300
miles from tip to tip. is a major prob
lem in aerial navigation Had the
plane been even four degrees off its
course, disaster instead of success
might have been the consequence.
Il am naturally pleased that two
Army Air Corps officers, operating an
Army plane. built for no other pur-
pose than Regular Army use, were
the first to negotiate the flight to
Hawaii. At the same time, want to
point out that 1t would have made no
difference to our plans Ii the fight