Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-02

! He has nose for the play you are 60
| ing to use and he never guesses wrong.
He charges mighty well on defense.
About the only defect he has is that he
| occasionally makes a bad pass. He is
an unusually fine man."
Bill Roper was more than enthusiast
| tic over Howe and said that Princeton's
victories this year were due more to
him than to any other player. On
offense he was mighty, and his record
of three years shows scarcely bad
pass. On defense he was at the bot
tom of 70 per cent of the charges
against the team. And he was at all
times great leader. Every man pit
ted against him this season was COM
pletely outplayed and no center could
have been more valuable, said Mr..
Roper.
Westgate, Penn, is another great CEN
ter who has done wonderful job this
season. Moynihan, Notre Dame; Ran
dolph, Indiana; Presley, Clemson;
Hall, Army, and Finney, Tennessee,
are other outstanding centers who
caught our eyes. But Howe was our
choice for the first eleven.
Good Guards Numerous.
Good guards were numerous, but the
two best men in the country were
WietZ, Illinois, and Robesky, Stanford.
WietZ is 5 feet IL and weighs 221. He
is a ball hawk of the rarest type, and
| the outstanding guard in the history
| of Illinois. He prevented touchdown
against Illinois in the Michigan game
| by a remarkable play, and was Won
der at intercepting passes and breaking
up plays at critical points in other i'm
| portant games. Mr.. Zuppke says he
is one of those players you find in the
odd corners of gridiron, who always
can be depended upon in a crisis.
Illinois won the Big Ten champion
ship again chiefly because Of the
strength of four men," Mr.. Zuppe said,
II refer to my tackles and guards, and
in the country. WietZ, especially, was
a great guard"
Robesky was a vital factor in the
play of the Stanford eleven from the
start of the season. Post is another
good guard on the same team, but Mr..
Jones and Mr.. Zuppe both were con-
yinced Robesky was one of the out
standing guards of the country. So he
won a place, with Wietz, on our flrst
eleven.
Burke, Navy, and Green, Yale, played
excellent games all year, and would
be worthy substitutes for Robesky and
|
wisconsin, Is another high-class guard.
Brown. Vanderbilt, is the best guard
in the South, and that is saying much
this season.
| Among the other great guards who
attracted our notice are brennan, Geor-
pia Tech; Humber, Army; Gibson, MIN
| nesota. THOMPSON, Lafayette; Dumont,
Colgate. Nesor1. Louisiana State; Magai,
penn: Deshar, Carnegie Tech, and
Westra, Iowa.
Regarding the Tackles.
For tackles we selected Nowack, 1lli-
nois. whom Mr. Zuppke considers the
best in the Western Conference, and
one of the truly magnificent players OF
America. and Getto, Pittsburgh, be-
cause he did so much to stop Nebraska
and other opponents. LaSsman, N. Y.
u is another great tackle, as is Smith,
Penn, while Hibbs, Southern California,
and Gordon, Illinois, are fine players.
Other notable tackles this season IN
cluded Grant N. Y. u; Mooney
Georgetown; Barf1eld, Princeton; An
derson. Cornell; Pommerening, Michi-
gan; Miller, Notre Dame, and Schleus-
ner, Iowa.
None of the ends stood out as some
of the bows have In the past. We are
firm in the belief that the best of the
flock are Haycraft, Minnesota. and
Phillips, University of California. Both
are strong, rugged, and of the type who
can do the hard work required of the
modern end.
Fesler, Ohio State, performed re-
markably well in the majority of his
games. LAWYER, Princeton, is an ex-
ceptional end on defense, but hardly
as good on offense, though big strong
fast and great hearted. Trll11-owski
Michigan, was considered by many the
outstanding player on that team
Rosenzweig, Carnegie Tech, played with
great credit.
Among the other fine ends are
Donchess, Pittsburgh; Nemecek, N. Y
u; Carlmark, Army; Sullivan, Colgate
Provincial, Georgetown, and Stinson
Princeton.
Signed:
w. w. ROPER,
Princeton University.
ROBERT c. ZUPPKE,
University of Illinois.
HOWARD JONES,
University of Southern California.
DAN E. McGUGIN,
) Vanderbilt University.