Evening star., 1930-12-01
Camps AU-America Team of 1919 Had Stars
Who Since Haze added to Fame as Coaches
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.
No. lO.-Camp PrOphesies.


THE return of pre-war foot ball
stars such as Belford West Of
Colgate and Chick Harley Of
Ohio State, In addition to the
sensational rise of a number Of
smaller college teams such as Centres
Praying Colonels," contributed in the
postwar year of 1919 to the selection Of
one of the great All-America elevens Of
all time.
walter Camp, seasoned by 30 years
in knowledge of the games great and
near-great, labeled his choices "the
most powerful aggregation of players
that has been on the gridiron for long
time"
Eleven years have not dimmed the
luster of this collection. West and
Henry, the Washington and Jefferson
giant, rank as all-time All-America
tackles. A backfield with McMillin,
Casey, Harley and Rogers sounds like q
coact'S dream. Most of the men named
on Camps first team since have added
to their fame as coaches.
Centre had yet to crown its fame by
beating Harvard, as it did in 1921, but
the little Kentucky college team coached
by Uncle Charley Moran Sprang to
fame by beating West Virginia, the con-
queror of strong Princeton eleven.
THE shift, then as now, was source
i of considerable debate. The IA
nous Minnesota shift" of pre-
war vintage was revived by the Gophers,
who were first taught this offensive
maneuver by DR.. H. l.. Williams.
Knute Rockne had a great Notre
Dame team, with super-star rising to
fame in George Gipp, an All-America
In 1920, but the Rock" had yet to de-
velop what has become identified as
the Notre Dame system, featured by a
backf1eld shift. Camp wrote:
"The unbalanced line-that Is, more
men on one side of the center than on
the other-was the rule rather than
the exception In 1919. The direct pass
to a backfield man, rather than through
the hands of the quarterback, was
used more and more. Many Of the old
time tricks, revamped somewhat, were
brought out and good gains were at
times made with them. The most
notable of these was the fake forward
pass, in which a back holds the ball as
II to forward pass, when q man coming
behind the passer takes the ball out OF
his hands and runs.
1.-THE forward pass was developed
much more largely than ever before
and continued its progress toward real
incorporation IN the form Of running
attack.
For a time this forward pass was
the resort of a defeated team to recoup
its falling fortunes in the last few
moments of the game by throwing the
ball widely about In the hope that some
pass might come Of. Today 1t Is a
part of the offensive Of every first-class
team"
TAMP'S diagnosis was prophetic Of
~ remarkable developments. Notre
Danes 1919 team was undefeated
and the South Bend school fast headed
for national fame. California's wonder
teams" were dominant on the coast,
producing so great q star as Brick
Muller, All-America end in 1921 and
holder of the record forward pass OF 20
yards, completed against Ohio State
In a post-season game.
Howard Jones, coaching at Iowa.
developed Supsr stars in Devirle, Slater
and Locke. Gil Dobie fashioned Jug
gernauts at Cornell. featuring Kaw and
Pfann. Ohio State and Penn State.
Colgate and Lafayette, Illinois and Chi
cago, all were powers in the postwar
gridiron era that soon reached spec
tacular proportions and produced a
| record-breaking boom
Tomorrow-Camp's Last Team.