Evening star., 1929-12-20
tide Tournament Pronounced Ideal for All Glasses Of Bo1Oes
DOWN THE LINE
WITH W. o. McGEEHAN

tire college career of a foot ball play
er was blighted because he fumbled
ball at a crucial point and the fum-
BILE cost the loss OF game to MS
team.
all that sort of thing. But the facC re-
mains that in any game there are
chances of the contest being lost
through the error Of one man. II all
the men on both teams played perfect,
there would be no scoring. The men
must be trained not to make errors Or
if they must-and some OF them prop
ably will-they mutt be trained to real
ize that anybody might make an error:
Also the noncombaten0 - 1oot oall
games should be taught nos 70 De SO put
out about it that they will force player
making a tumble to feel that he should
slink back to the fraternity house and
commit harikari.
The passage of this rule is a tacit ad-
mission that intercollegiate foot ball has
been over-emphaSized to the breaking
point.
That Championship.
IN the matter of the mythical foot ball
championship the debating will be-
come acrimonious while it lasts. AS
chairman of the committee to guess at
this for the Erskine award, should
say Notre Dame and then duck. But
there are other undefeated teams and
naturally a team or fighter feels that
it should or he should not be counted
out until it or he is beaten, which
sounds logical enough.
The business is too much like the set
problems that are put before anybody
who preSumeS to express an opinion on
sporting matters such as do you think
that Jack Dempsey at his best could
have beaten John L. Sullivan at his
best?" or do you think that the Yam
KEGS of 1928 could have beaten the old
Orioles?" How do know? How does
anybody know?
The performance of the comparative
ly obscure team of st. Mary's on the
Pacific Coast ought to win at least an
honorable mention in connection with
the ErSkine award. Pittsburgh Purdue,
Tulane, Tennessee and a few others
ought to be in there when the boys
start mentioning honorably.
But, since it has to be done, Notre
Dame is my selection. That's my story
and I stick to it.
Some All-AmericanS.
4 ND now in regard to the matter OF
"A the all-American team, which also
is a mythical aggregation, I note that
as there are more all-American teams
than there are colleges there seems to
be considerable difference Of opinion.
Usually I am interested in no all
American team, excepting the one
picked by Mr.. Grantland Rice, which, /
feel, is the only official all-American
team. But this year I gave at least
some transient thought to another,
which has been selected by the foot
ball expert of the New York Athletic
Club, Mr.. Barney Reilly. The selections
of Mr.. Reilly follow:
Ends-Gantenbeing. Wisconsin; Trus-
kowski, Michigan; Alzerini, Holy Gross;
ElcenicZ, Fordham.
Tackles-Reimsnydm, West Virginis
Wesleyan; Tubrchovitch, Wisconsin
Brotzmann, Denver; Nagurski, Mime
sofa.
Guards-Weitz, Illinois; Pulkrabik
Minnesota: Robinski, Lafayette; Wis
niewski, Fordham.
Centers-Candeanf, Baylor: Tassi
Santa Clara; Heimcki, Stanford; Car
rico, West Virginia.
Quarterbacks - Kitzmiller, Oregon;
Pappenheimer, Mississippi A. and M. /;
Salzi, Georgetown; Carideo, Notre
Dame.
Misunderstanding, West Virginia; :;
Cavasitz, Butler; Davidowitz, Lehigh
Kershismith, Idaho.
FullbackS-Fleishacke Stanford; Ma
gurski, Minnesota; Petrilonis, Albright;
Picculewicz, Fordham.
I am sure that Mr.. Reilly has made
his selections impartially. You will
note that there are no Hibernian names
IN the lineup and I know that If Mr..
Reilly were picking favorites there
would be at least one Gallagher or
Sheehan.
(Copyright, 1929