Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11


American quarterback. but Drury
cannot be left out. He is the greatest
back the Pacific Coast ever developed
and if there is a quadruple threat man
he is it. He can smash the line he
is a great open field runner. he either
can pass we'll or receive passes ac-
ceptably, he is a respectable punter
and drop-kiCker and on defense he is
a genius Besides he is one of the
most durable backs that ever played
foot ball.
Greater Than Grange.
Presnell of Nebra ska is perhaps the
greatest running back the writer ever
saw and Grange is not excluded from
this statement Some teams stopped
the famous Red fiat; no team ever
stopped Presnell. Elusive in the open
field, superb off tackle and line
smasher as well. he stands among the
fine backs of all time. PresnelIs rec
ord this season was ISL yards a game;
Oranges best season saw him gain
1912 yards per game. And as Grange
had his Britton, so Presnell had his
Blue Howell, one of the finest inter-
ferers the game ever has seen and
a superb ball carrier as well.
WEIGH of Pittsburgh was one of
those dangerous backs whom oppo-
nents dread to see with the ball in his
hand A hard and elusive runner,
master of most of the arts of back
field play. he is cl1TIy entitled to the
highest honors.
Joesting of Minnesota was thu
Joesting of old throughout the season
and this in spite of illness and injury
which would have laid less brilliant
and rugged back low. Possibly he was
not quite so effective as he was last
year, but still he was sufficiently good
to earn his All-America berth without
serious question.
Good Season for Backs.
The 1927 season curiously showed a
wealth of backs. so numerous and so
gifted that there never was greater
embarrassment in selecting even 13
of their number for highest honors.
On the other hand, the dearth of high
ly qualified linemep, running from end
to end. was marked Just why this
should have been the case may not be
explained. The fact none the less re-
mains.
OF backfeld men, Carroll of Wash.
ingtOn deserves special mention for
his runs from the favorite Huskie
punt formations and his forward pass
ing and interference. His terminate,
Tesreau, was another man entitled 20
highest praise.
And so with Lane of Dartmouth,
| Roepke of Penn State, Shober. Penn;
! Hannegan, Navy; Briante and Common,
New York University; Clifton, Navy;
Hansen, Temple; Rich, Michigan;
Diehl, Bucknell; Miles, Princeton;
Amos, Washington and Jefferson;
Scull, Pennsylvania; Hoffman, STAN
ford; Middlekauf Florida: Flenniken,
Geneva; Clark of Colorado College,
Smith of Colorado University. Witt
mer, Princeton; Baysinger, Syracuse;
Hammersly, Yale; Bennett, Indiana;
eagle and Wilson, Army; Gilbert,
Michigan; Thomson, Georgia Tech;
Flanagan and Niemiec, Notre Dame:
Goldman, Syracuse; Keefer, West Vir-
ginia; Wilcox, Purdue; Lewis, North
western; Naples, Oregon Aggies;
Simoni, Santa Clara; Booth of Pitts
burgh; Nydahl and Almquist, Mime
sofa; Eby. Ohio State; Kershisnik,
Idaho, Nork. Georgetown; Lloyd,
Navy; Haskins, Oklahoma: Holsinger,
Kansas Aggies; Weiss. Iowa State;
Mehrle, Missouri; Hyland, Stanford;
Crofoot, Wisconsin; McPhail, Dart
mouth WEIGH, Purdue; Murrell. Army;
Meeker. Washington State; Barnes,
Virginia Military Institute; Peake,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Hol-
mer, Northwestern; LON, California:
Miller Iowa State; Caldwell, Colorado
AgEies; Hoben, Yale; Vandenberg,
Colorado College; Somers and Scott,
Creighton; McCrary of Georgia, a
luminous back1eld star; Gerald Mann,
Southern Methodist; Ems, Kansas
State; Thornton, Washington: Wilton,
Stanford; LindbloOm, Iowa State.
Some Star Ends.
OF the ends there were quite few.
The best were Lawler of Princeton;
Scott and Fishwick of Yale; Mathews
of Texas Christian: Phillips, Califor-
MIA; Jennings, Centenary; LeCrone,
Oklahoma; Born and Harbold. Army:
Franklin, st. Mary's; McCracken, In
diana; Burgher. Idaho; Lesko, Penn
State; Towle, Brown; Rankin. Colo
RADIO Aggies; Walsh, Notre Dame; Tau
fer, Utah; Brown, Missouri; Schulz,
Washington; Crowley. Georgia Tech;
Creson. Vanderbilt; DOnchess, Pitts
burgh; Martindale. Utah Aggies.
Tackles Honor Roll.
The honor roll of tackles contains
some very fine players. Brix of Wash
nton; Randels, Nebraska; Norris. Ok
ahoma; Coltrin. California; Linford.
Utah Aggies; Dykeman, Utah Univer-
sity; Whyte, Princeton; Quarter. Yale;
Douds, Washington and Jefferson;
Lautzenheiser, Georgia; Miller. Notre
Dame; Tinsley, Louisiana State; No
wack. Illinois, Macarthur, Tennessee;
Hake, Pennsylvania; Barfield, Prince.
ton; Gary, Minnesota; Cole, Dart
mouth; NaGurski, Minnesota; Everson,
Iowa; Sprague Army: Roach. South
ern Methodist; Higgins. Texas; Pick
hard. Alabama; Nelson, Iowa; Vein
stock, Western Maryland; Sellman,
Stanford: Lucas, Missouri; Smith, Mis-
souri,; Eastman, New Iofi> University.
A Few Great Guards.
The names of some great guards
follow: Cerviri, Holy Cross; Smith,
Notre Dame; Dumont. Colgate; Baer,
Michigan; Bunyan. New York Univer-
sity; McMullen. Nebraska; Canaglia,
Creighton; Miller. Missouri; Post,
Stanford; Saunders. Denver Univer-
sity; Pitcher, Colorado Aggies; Fischer,
Iowa State; Holm. Nebraska; Barnhil,
Tennessee; Smith, Georgia; Bowdoin.
Alabama; Smith, Mississippi; Blake,
Princeton; Walterskirchen, Gonzaga.
Leaders Among Centers.
OF centers the leaders were Charles.
worth of Yale, fine pivot man; Rouse
of Chicago; Howe. Princeton; Stadel-
man, Oregon; Grigsby. Georgetown:
Dunn, New York University; Mac
Kinnon, Minnesota; Sharp, Wander
bilt; Mahoney, Penn State; Coleman,
Arkansas; Riegels. California; Ash
man, Washington and Jefferson;
Butcher, Tennessee; Mitchell, Buck
nell; Vickers, Colorado Aggies.
1t should be specially mentioned
that while Caldwell of Yale was I'M
questionably a great back, his failure
to play against Princeton and Har-
ward and thus complete his season
would have made 1t unfair to place
him ahead of backs who shone from