The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-14

In awarding the Walter Camp gold footballs to these players, the judges declare that "a leading fea- ture of this years campaign was the wide spread of football talent through every section of the coun- try, although there was a slight de- cline among the headliners in line play, five of the eight sections re- porting no tackle quite up to All America consideration"
 Glory for Seven Schools
 The completed team has players from seven colleges. Minnesota s fast, crunching team gets three places, Alabama lands two lines men, and Stanford has a tackle and the quarterback. Sectionally, the eastern colleges are represent ed by only two places, occupied by representatives of Pittsburgh and Navy; the South has four play CTS! the midwest, three Minnesota men; the Pacific Coast, two players from Stanford.
 Southern football comes to the forefront more prominently than ever before in the history of the Walter Camp awards.
 Larson of Minnesota is the only man on this years team whose name appeared on last years list.
 The closest battle was in the ,backfield, where twelve candidates ran neck and neck for only four places. Berwanger of Chicago is adjudged to have been "the star all-around halfback of the year and the most brilliant of all the lot. until injured before the Ohio State game.' Purvis of Purdue is another star who suffered the same hard luck.
 Walter Camp, who died about ten years ago, would hardly recog- nize this years selections as be- lievable All-America team, for practically none of the colleges which were football leaders in his day are any longer represented. Out of the 34 players who consti- tuted the All-America squad from which the final selections were made by the judges, the old Yale Harvard Princeton combination is represented by only one player Kelley of Yale, and in the final se- lection he was nOsed out by Hut son of Alabama.
 Plenty of Talent
 The squad of 34 players, selected from more than 500 men whose records were kept week by week throughout the season, is as fol- lows:
 CENTERs: shotwell, Pitts burgh; H. Robinson, Tulane; Rob- inson, Notre Dame; Lester, Texas Christian University.
 GUARDS: Bevan, Minnesota; Barclay, North Carolina; Hartwig, Pittsburgh; Ormiston, Pittsburgh; Wetse1. Southe,r Methodist; Mucha, Washington.
 TACKLES: Carter, Southern Methodist; Reynolds, Stanford; Lee, Albama; Barber, San Francis co U.: Galloway, Stanford; Fer gara, Columbia.
 ENDS: Hutson, Albama; Mos crip, Stanford; Larson, Minnesota; Kelley. Yale; Bogdanski, Colgate; Hrdelatz. St Mary's.
 BACKS: Grayson, Stanford; Wallace, Rice Institute; Lund, Min. nesota; Williams. California; How ell. Albama; Mickal, Louisiana State; Berwanger, Chicago; Bor- ries, Navy; Smukler, Temple; Shep- herd, Western Maryland; Hamil- ton, Stanford; Weinstock. Pitts burgh.
 Tn this list. the only colleges
  than a single player are: Stanford. s; Minnesota, 8; Pittsburgh, 3; Alabama, 3; Southern Methodist, 2.
 In the general appraisal of the years results, the judges say:
 ''The season opened with the noise of falling kingdoms and shat tered scepters.
 Early Casualties
 The casualty lists in high ranks lost no time getting under way. By the sixth of October Michigan, Southern California, Notre Dame, Purdue, Yale, Pennsylvania and others had been led to the chop ping block, while Rice, Southern Methodist and Louisiana State, all strong teams. had been tied.
 ''Mid-West: Through this up heaval, which continued most of the season. a fast, powerful Mime sota team dominated the midwest. stopped Pittsburgh's challenge in the East and at the same time made its bid for national leader ship with a continued and amaz- ing display of scoring strength. Minnesota's offense rolled up 270