Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-26
By C. E. MCBRIDE.

Missouri Valley, but comparative
merits being fairly equal, men who
have devoted three full years of
worthy competition get the call.
Also greater consideration is given
men who have played consistent
ly throughout the season, with
freedom from injury and scho-
laStic difficulties. Nebraska leads
in places with four.
Cronkite, Kansas State, and Schiele,
Missouri, win the wing places. Each is
a Shooter, Cronkite inches more than
6 feet, with consequent ability to reach
far up and out for forward passes. No
secondary defense man has been able
effectually to cover Cronkite. He takes
passes with ease, right out of the
stretching arms of intercepters. Schiele
also is a great forward pass receiver
displaying amazing ability to catch from
any angle.
nASS receiving, however, is not their
only strong point. Each is a
hard-tackling defensive end, diff
cult to get around and fast down the
field under kicks. Cronkite is an eX-
cellent punter and place-kicker. Twice
against West Virginia, in the rain, he
made placement kicks, one of 40 yards,
one 46, and in the Nebraska game his
place-kick of 80 yards was the only
score his team made.
Cronktte is named captain Of the
mythical eleven. He is an excellent
student, thorough observer of foot pail
rules. a fine leader, a sportsman. In my
estimation Cronkite is the Valleys sec
ond bid for all-American honors. There
is no eleven he couldn't make.
Rhea, Nebraska, and Rost, Kansas,
tackles third-year men, their play show
ing all the wisdom and experience that
come to a good player in his final year.
are 6-fcoters, Rhea weighing 220 pounds,
Rost 205. Each has every qualification
of good tackle. both on charge and
defense. Rhea likes to range the grid
iron and bob up in plays directed toward
bulwarks other than his own. He would
be the third choice of all-Valley mate
rial for all-American.
TOSTER, Nebraska, and Oates, Okla
N homa A. & M, are chosen for
guards. Roster in a 190-pounder,
playing his third year, great man at
open holes, fast swinging into block,
slipping through the opposing line fire.
quently to bring down runner before
he reaches the line of Scrimmage. About
the same goes for the 184-pound Oates,
an alert hacker Of the line Of defense,
quick in interrupting a passing attack.
In the TO victory over Tulsa 1t was the
interception of two forward passes by
Oates that played a material part in the
Oklahoma A. & NJ. victory.
For center is chosen Lawrence Ely,
Nebraska, 185-pounder, a star in his
sophomore year, far greater in this sec
ond season of varsity play. He is a
consistent performer, and for a center
that means good passing and blocking,
hard tackling and ability to diagnose
the opposing offensive.
Roger Bowen. 161-pound junior Of
Iowa State, gets the quarterback posi-
ton. Bowen must be mighty good to
rate ahead of field generals like Ray
McMillin, Kansas State; George Stuber,
Missouri, and Carne Smith, Kansas.
IOWA STATE, in unexpected and bril-
i liant victories over Missouri, Okla
homa and Kansas STATE, had to
have inspirational leadership. Bowen
supplied it, Smarter than the run of
quarterbacks, Bowen was the decoy for
most of the Iowa State trick and fancy
plays, and his excellence in blocking,
rating a place as the best blocker on
his team, stood him in excellent stead in
the decoy game. Bowen played safety
on defense and was the best tackler on
his eleven, good catcher of punts and
a good returner, although not particu-
larry fast. He was acting captain in
most games.
For one halfback is chosen Eden
Auker, Kansas State, finest all-around
player in the Missouri Valley, as this
correspondent saw them. and so the VAL
ley's best bid for all-America. Auker
is 6 feet 2 inches. weighs 190 is 81
years old and senior. Forrest c. Allen,
basket ball coach at Kansas, names
Auker the greatest guard in the Big
Six. He is a base ball pitcher, and in
foot ball combines the wisdom of ex-
perience in all sports.
Auker is triple-threat man, a star
in each threat. Exceedingly fast for a
big man, he runs with a high-knee ac-
ton that doesn't do opposing tacklerS
any good. He can sidestep and use a
stiff arm with skill Auker is an excel
lent student. He is the best-rounded
player have seen in the Valley coun-
try over long span of years.
4O"a oI1JCB lilC OLIlSI Hall, Is
Ma constant threat to the opposing
ends, remarkable returner of
puntS, fast and shifty. The Iowa 81 te
offenSe was constructed around him
and with the idea of shaking him loose.
He is not SO good as Auker on defense.
Kreizinger, Nebraska, IS selected for
fullback. He is a senior who had moth
ing particularly to commend him in his
freshman year, and so is all the more
deserving OF the grfdiron glory that has
been his. His junior year proved his
brains and determination, and in his
final year KreiZinger has been one of
the finest all-around backs ever de-
veloped at Nebraska. He can run the
ends and smash the line and is an alert
athlete in the secondary. It was
Kreizinger who found a hole in the
Missouri line and dashed through for
SIS yards, making possible a touchdown
4 few minutes later.
In these selections it should be I'M
derstood that stars like Graham, Kan
sas State Warren, Oklahoma; Ceilings,
Missouri; Austin. Missouri SchaaKe,
Kansas: Eauer, Nebraska out Of the
lineup in important games, either
through injuries or grades, have been
sidetracked in favor of players perhaps
not so brilliant in some cases, but more
fortunate in being able to give their
services to their teams all the way.
(copyrisht, 1891, b. she North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1nc)