New Britain herald., 1928-10-20
OF
 
|ARMY PRESENTING
 TWO GREAT STARS
CBls id Sprl6us M-Amsrica
 Candmatts for Catlin

Two candidates for all-American football honors will be presented by the Army eleven this year in the persons of Red" Cagls, back, and Bud spragus. captain and tackle.
 A representative schedule is fac- ed by the West Pointers. 4 14 to 11 victory over the g. M. U. Mus tanss featured tho first intersection al contest for tho east Tomorrow the Army meets Harvard. and after the Crimson come Yale. Notre Dame Nebraska and Stanford. Should tho Army eleven % through the season undefeated. which is not likely, cagle and sprague would certainly earn all-American ranking.
 Last season Sprague was consid- cred one of the best linesmen in the east receiving several mentions for the All-American team. Cagle. in 1927 was used as the decoy for the great "Lighthorse Harry Wilson. Al is often the case with . player like Wilson. tho spectators tend to forget the teammates who make his brilliance possible. Cagle was al- wayE found clearing the way for Wilson. taking the ball when the latter tired, or using himself up on . fake threat. This year he will not have to bask in the reflected glory of another backfield star.
 At tho beginning of tho season, Cagle was the triple threat star in tho Army backfeld. He can punt and pass we'll and figures to be . consistent ground gainer. He is . hard runner and relies upon shifti- ness more than speed to gst him through . broken field.
 A strong offensive has been built around the dashtng Cagle by Coach Jones. Cagle leads the running at- tack. with Murrell running inter- ference and Nave doing the passing.
 In the opening game of the sea- son between Army and Boston unt- verstty. Cagle got away to . flying start. After the first i've plays. crack Army halfback. moving behind perfect interference, sigxagged his way for more than 60 yards through tho entire Boston university team. The fact that the Army was off-side and the play was called back does not take. away any of the brilliance of Cagle's run.
 Coach Jones had little to worry about regarding the tackle positions at the beginning of the season. Cap tain Sprague, who starred all through the last campaign was at one post, and there was no need to worry abou that section of the line. sprague is rugged and strong with the added benefit of lots of experi- ence. Furthermore he is equally adept at smashing hole in the op- posing line for his own backs or breaking up the enemy offensive. Tho choice for tho other position
 has been among Dibb. Elias and
 Perry.
 Like Harry Wilson, sprague waa
 | star in college before entering the
 Military Academy. He played four
 years of football on the Oak Clin High school team before entering
 the University of Texas in 1921. Ht
 enjoyed . brilliant career in tht
 southwest conference. making tht
 all-conference team twice and wal
 easily recognized as the outstandint
 linesman in the conference.
 In the opening game of the sea son against Boston university. tn Army demonstrated untold individ ! iual and collective power and 1t in dicated . dangerous aerial attack Playing Southern Methodist tn , Army proved weak against tn tricky lateral passes of the mus
 tangs. The Army defense prove powerful. but the defense of tn . Methodists was the actual surpris
 of the game.
 Coach Jones had some interestin , figures on the s. M. U. game com . piled by five men. E. M. U. thre, , an amazing total of 3s passes, com
 pleted 16 for a total gain of 26 . yards. The Army threw IT. com . pleted i've for . gain of 60 yard . The Army made 267 yards rushin il on line drives against 53 for tn if Mustangs.