The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-29
One Of Minnesota's Greatest
Stars Is Shifted to Make
Team Better
FESLER AND TANNER ENDS
Glenn Harmeson, Willis Glass.
Cow and Ralph WEIGH Are
Other Backs
By HARLE

BY CHARLES DUNKLEY
Chicago, Nov. 29.-(P-Russel
Bergherm, Northwestern's workhous.
backfield star, is placed at fullbacl
on the 1929 all western c~onferenc,
football team, picked for the Asso.
ciated Press BY nine Big Ten coaches,
and to place him there. the coaclne.
elected to switch Bronko Nasurski
one Of Minnesota's greatest stars
from iullback to tackle.
The first team, as selected. fol.
lows:
Wesley Fesler. Ohio State. left end
Bronko Nagurski. Minnesota, left
tackle.
Fred Roberts. Iowa, left guard.
Milton Erickson, Northwestern, cen.
ter.
Henry Anderson. Northwestern
right guard.
Elmer Sleight. Purdue, right tackle
Robert Tanner. Minnesota, right
end.
Glenn Harmeson, Purdue, quarter.
back.
Willis Glasgow, Iowa, left half
back.
Ralph WEIGH, Purdue. right half.
Jack.
Russell Bergman, Northwestern,
fullback.
Second team-ends: Baker, North.
western. and Wolgast, Illinois.
Iackles: Gordon. Illinois and Wcstra.
Iowa; guards: Poe, Michigan. and
Parks. Wisconsin: quarterback: Hol-
man, Ohio State; halfbacks: phar.
nler, Minnesota, and Hal Rebholz.
wisconsin; fullback: Gembis. Michi.
gan.
Stage Didn't Vote
Amos Alonzo Stage, 67.year.old
coach of the University Chicago elev-
en-, adhered to his policy of not nam.
ing players for ''all.teams." SAVING
that he felt qualified only to select
2 team from the squad with which Ia
"orked each during the season.
Hergherm. q tall. powerful PLAYER,
vas the key man In Northwestern's
offensive scheme. doing the puntinp,
passing and q great share Of the run.
nlng. Glenn Harmeson, one Of the
9 riveters who played a biz part
IN giving Purdue its first Bic Ter
FOOTBALL title. was an almost unanim-
Y cnoice for quarterback. Harme-
son passed and ran. and was ranked
as q superior defensive back.
CAPTAIN Willis Glasgow or Iowa
ana Ralph Pest" WEIGH Of Purdue
were long choices for the halfhact
positions. Glasgow. playing throurh
almost the whole season with an iron
mask to protect a shattered cheek.
bone. probably was UNSURPASSED ne !
pail carrier. and with his abolity also
to pass and kick. was ranked as the
man TO watch when opponents tackled
Iowa.
WEIGH did not carry the ball as
often as last season, but was ALWAYS
2 ground gaining threat. His defen.
sive work and blocking, was inyalu.
ole IN the Purdue drive to the cham.
pionship.
With the exception Of the ends. the
me jobs gave the pickers trouble
wesley Fesler Of Ohio State. and Bnh
Tanner Of Minnesota, were the class
OF the wtngmen, and were paired by
almost every coach.
Tanner dominated the ends in de-
lensive play. and was Q sure pass re-
ceiver.
Many Good Tackles
SHIFTED about to patch I'm holes n
q team that lacked reserve power ID
make It great, NagurSki stood o,,t
with Elmer Red Sleight Of Purdue
as the pick Of . number Of fine
tackles. Possessed Of tremendous
power and deadly tackling ability,
Nagurski played . great came 81
tackle. and found time to drop back
70 fullback to score q pair Of touch-
downs that gave Minnesota victory
over Wisconsin. He was the fastest
man on the Gopher squad, and Coach
spears characterized him as q PLAYER
who rarely made q mistake in iudp-
ment, either rs q back or 4 lineman
Fred Roberts and Captain Henry
anderson Of Northwestern received
the guard assignments over q DOW
erful field. Roberts was not the big
gest liI1enfan in the league, but he
looked It in action. He was the best
balanced guard in the Big Ten &C.
cording to the coaches. Anderson
was a battling type who charged hard
and certainly, and was fast enough to
fit in well In interference.
The place at center was q tight
battle between Mickey Erickson q,
Northwestern. and Ed HAWAI- Of I'LL.
nots. Erickson received the verdic
by n vote, chiefly due. to his great
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