Evening star., 1930-11-30

MOOD foot ball once was con-
" fined to the East, but that
was long ago. Now the
game stretches from coast
to coast and hundreds OF teams
play every week end.
Strength no longer is confined
to any one section. There are
good teams everywhere. 1t is rea-
Sonable to suppose that on each
of these good teams there is at
least one good man, so when 1t
comes to selecting an all-America
combination the task presents
constantly increasing difficulties.
All schedules are becoming hard. The
result is that few players can hope to
60 through the see son at top speed. A
good player may have one great day.
A great player may have one bad after
noon. In watching players, you must
Judge them on their general averages.
Moreover, foot ball is so fast today
and so specialized that it no longer is
q game of an eleven, but of a squad.
In putting together team you must
have power, brains, speed and heart.
You must have men who will work to-
gether, men who are smart enough to
size up the opposition and to diagnose
plays on the field; men who can stop
any style of attack. and break through
any style of defense.
With all these things in mind we
weighed the merits of many players
and finally decided on those we have
all-America teams.
AH-R0und Experts.
With any eleven picked from this
squad, we feel that few requirements
would be necessary, but that they could
be made without weakening the team.
We have men on this squad that can do
anything that can be done with foot
ball: great runners, blockers, tacklers,
kickers, passerS and receivers. We be-
lieve this team of ours is equal to any
that could be selected and any OF us,
Bob Zuppke, Bill Roper, Howard Jones,
or Dan McGugin would be amply salts
fled to coach such a squad and would
have no fear Of results.
Every man on this squad Is real
foot ball player whose skill and person.
ality both would be an inspiration to
his comrades. Every man is capable
Of playing his individual position SUI
perbly and Of giving that aid to his
mates which makes a great foot ball
machine.
No back, however great, can 60 far
unless he has a stalwart line in front
of him. This team has such line.
For center Of the first team we have
picked Ticknor Of Harvard for the sec
ond year in succession. Let US state
right here that none of these men has
been picked on our own judgment alone.
We have consulted with many other
coaches, with scouts and with old foot
ball players and these selections are
the result Of many consolidated opin-
ions. Ticknor appears to be almost the
universal choice for center by those
who have seen him in action. Few
men at his position ever have been able
to do as many things well. Helm and
Morrison also are great centers.
Star Despite Handicap.
Koch and Beckett are all the more
remarkable as guards In the fact that
their work has stood out so shiningly
on teams which were not otherwise
among the strongest. Adam Walsh,
Yale line coach, says that Linehan is
one of the best guards he ever coached;
a comparatively little fellow with the
speed of deer and the heart of a
lion. Woodwork and Bromberg have
played splendidly all season.
Sington of Alabama weighs 225
pounds, is a wonderful blocker, a fine
offensive lineman and leads most of
the Alabama plays. He has been a
great captain and great tackle. Yet,
powerful and fast as he is, there is
little to choose between Sington and
such tackles as Price, Edwards, Lu-
bratovich, Culver and Van Bibber. Any
Of the sextet is an answer to a coach's
dream.
Fesier and Dalrymple probably are the
two finest ends in the country, but
Maffett. Baker, Wilcox and McKalip
are wing men of tremendous ability.
Carideo certainly would enjoy direct
ing plays from behind this line. This
Notre Dame field general has been
called by many the greatest quarter
back of all time. The assertion has
been made that he is the most valuable
single player on any team in the coun-
try today.
Yet. fine as he is, the South con-
RiderS DOdd of Tennessee his enuaI