The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-01
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| SAIDGREATEST
In GAME TODAY
Fesler, Ohio State End, Said to
Be Greatest in Country by
Critic
HARPSTER is A CINCH
Cadet Chris eagle Thought to
Be Best But Placed Be-
hind Strong
HARPSTER is A CINCH
By HENRY l.. FARRELL

There will be an occasion arriving
short'-- when there can be some SER
ious deploring about the dearth of
the kind Of football players who have
the qualifications to place themselves
automatically upon one Of those ALI
America teams. This applies par
ticularly to those long-suffering
young men who take their beatings
upon what the experts call the for
ward line.
The season has been completed in
the Western Conference and next to
the shouts of Lucky, lucky" d.
rected at Illinois, the champion,
ranks the lamentations about the
crop of players developed during the
year.
"The poorest group of players
that ever worked in the Big Ten,"
wall the experts who have been
brought up on their Eckersalls, Har-
leys, Stinchcombs, Oranges, kipkes,
Friedmans and Oosterbaans.
The far west, from the lack Of
noise, apparently had a poor crop
also compared to the talent that has
been shown in past years. Aubrey
Devine, who trooped all over the east
scouting Notre Dame for Southern
alifornia, was asked what players
in the far west ought to be on the
big team.
The Ones Who Don't
Il don't know what players you
fought to put on" he said. But
rav toll va, Gonna that cnr< s,,l,, ~l~,,st
belong" And he proceeded to men,
ton three Of the most highly touted
players in that section.
There are enough good ball play
ers in the east and south and in the
middle west and far west to equip
three teams with good names but it
must be admitted that there aren't
many players Of whom it can be
said-"You can't leave that fellow
off any team!"
There are four outstanding stars
within that classification, however.
Three Of them have received 50 much
publicity that their names suggest
themselves when = mere mention of
an All-America team is made. The
fourth young man may have to be
introduced to those who don't have
their football served out Of the mid
die west.
Strong, Harpster and Gayle, of
course, are the big three of the year.
They are the three starters for any
expert who starts at the pleasant
task of picking four backfield men
out Of 400. The fourth is Wesley
Fesler, . sophomore end at Ohio
State.
So much has been written of
Strong, Harpster and eagle that a
few words might be devoted to Fes-
Ter.
DR.. Jack -Wilce, retiring as the
head coach at Ohio State, said of
him after the season closed: 'He's
the greatest end I have seen in the
last l5 years. He can do everything
almost perfectly that an ideal end
should do on the offense and de.
fense."
These are real words coming from
q man who never sounded the horn
about any Of his ball players. He
has never boosted one of his own
men and he has had some good ones
Severa! years ego I wired him al
the end of the season asking for hi,
opinion on the best players in the
conference and he wired back thu
names Of three players on Other
teams. He didn't mention his owl
men. and two Of them were on ever,
team in the country.
! saw Fesler in three big game,
against Michigan, Princeton ant
iowa and he was the nearest thinf
to Bob Higgins I have seen since
that great Penn State end finished
his career. He has some rough
spots that q sophomore will have
He misses some tackles when h
charges in but with those mino
faults he is one great end. IF tn,
Ohio State Princeton game had bee,
played in Princeton this year 70,
would have heard plenty about hin,
More Boosts for Strong
We have composed several compli
ments in recent days to Kennel
Strong, the brilliant New York Uni
versity halfback. He is the out
standing halfback Of the year. An,
that goes without forgetting Cade
eagle.
It was our fortune to see Georg
Gipp. in his greatest game at Yves
Point, Grange in his epic at Illinoi
and Strong in his masterpiece q
Pittsburgh, and Of the three we Xix
Strong the best. We never sa,
Thorpe. Mahan and some Of the i'm
mortals Of the other decade and "
? will not discuss them but we wi
say that Strong is the greatest ali
round backfield ball player we eve
saw.
The same nice things apply t
Aowdy Harpster IS . quarterback
He has no faults and the position q
quarterback has plenty Of opening
for faults. Chick Meehan, the Ne,
York U. coach, put it we'll when h
said that the teams playing agains
Harpster's Carnegie Tech team Ia
TO play 10 fine players and . coacl
That e . superb way to describ
] young Harpster.
eagle has had 50 much rrinte
about him that no more words ar
necessary. He was the whole Arm
team and it was I great team thu
went through terrific schedule. 81
has everything that could be 81
pected Of him, but after watchin
Strong and Harpster in action it ma
be that one expects too much q
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