Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-20
Committee Selects Three All c. l. A. A. E|GVGnS

men played sturdy games at this
post, there was little brilliance in
evidence. Most of the guards were
strong on the defense, but lacked
that knack of pulling from a line
and showing the aggressiveness that
upsets the opposition on many &C.
casions. While some teams style of
play do not call for this, there were
few players whose work and worth
in this department cannot be denied.
After weighing the work and worth
of men in these capacities, Oliver of
Va. State and Boyle of Smith were
given the nod as first choice.
This position fell far short of
producing formidable centres. The
play in this department was very
poor. Some men looked good at the
beginning, but fell down under hard
knocks and steady blows. The selec-
ton of Lewis of Va. State fills the
pivot position on the first eleven.
Lewis showed the best in this de-
partment. He was off slow, but came
along with rush, a rush that stamp
ed him as coming pivotal man.
THE QUARTERBACKS
This was another position that
furnished few candidates of true
worth. We have DeBerry of A. and
T., Crop of Va. State; Murphy of
st. Paul; Hall of Howard; H. Har-
ris and Bean of Hampton; Bo Will
liams of Morgan and Make Robin
son of Union. Tnhese men showed
the work of most fthem was steady.
the best during the seasons play and
For all-round play in this important
position, Make Robinson of Union
displayed the best and he got the post
as general of the first team.
THE HALFBACKS
There many good halfbacks, but
there were few excellent ones. IL
were Smith and Lamar of Lincoln ::
Conrad and Wilson of Morgan; Dab
ney and Howe of Va. State; Guess
and Weatherford of Hampton; Ais
ton of N. C. College and Armistead
Of Union. For all-round play and
versatility, Conrad of Morgan was
the most impressive, followed close
ly by Marshall of Howard. Both were
wonderful defensive and offensive,
backs with plenty of speed and dash,
good on forward passing and equal
fy good on the receiving end. They
possessed the qualifications to place
them on the first eleven and they
were given their posts on their merits
and worth to their squads.
THE FULLBACKS
There were some good fullbacks
roaming the fields and their work
branded them as capable performers
in this position. The list offered Har-
man Of Lincoln; Bounds of Va. State;
Hicks of Morgan and one or two
others, but the work of Bounds was
of high degree, both extensively
and defensively, and when the smoke
and din of battle died in the distance
hills, this Va. State performer tops
the list as fullback.
While some may contend that it
seems plausible that a championship
team should have a larger repre-
sentation on the first team, one must
not lose sight of the fact that it is
also possible for a championship
team to have only few really out
standing players. Morgan presented
a championship team, but only one
or two men stood heads and Shout
ders above the rest. The play OF
these men, the general high spirits
of the team and the cooperation and
support of the student body account
ed. in large measure for the Bears
success.
The most valuable player to his
team during season of play is one
hard assignment to hand anyone. In
trying to decide the most valuable to
his team one must try to picture
just how that team would get along
without him. There are any number
of men valuable to their team, but
their absence from the lineup sell
dom, if ever, cripples their teams.
When it narrows down to picking
man who was of real value to his
eleven, Marshall stands out as an i'm
portant cog in the Howard machin-
cry. Marshalps versatility and high
brand of play during the season
made him valuable to the Bison
squad and he gets the berth as the
most valuable man to his team.
Since the membership list Of the
C.. I. A. A. has been increased to
twelve schools the All-Star Commit
tee decided to have three teams this
year instead of two. This was decid-
ed upon in order to do justice to the
large number of players whose work
was of value during the season.