Evening star., 1934-12-25
RATES MINNESOTA
ABOVE ANY ELEVEN
Could Spot All Americas
Pair of TouChdoWns,
Writer Ayers.
BY FRANCIS j POWERS.
OS ANGELES, Calf, December
2A-Now that all of the all.

D4 AsEAANSA0 ~ OVNLAhOs
r Os ANGELES, Calf, December
/ 24.-Now that all of the all
IL America foot ball teams have
been selected hope-you
take your favorite A. A. team and
III take Minnesota and spot you two
touchdowns.
OF course the idea Is silly. but no
more so than the numerous all-Amer-
lea teams which are tossed to the
winds and waste baskets each Autumn.
The futility of all-America teams is
proven when you find coaches and
critics disagreeing as to the best men
in their respective sections.
Take this years all-Americas. for
instance. Bobby Grayson, the STAN
ford fullback, was an almost unan-
imous choice. There is no question
that Grayson is splendid back.
player who can do bit of everything
on the gridiron and do it we'll. Any
coach would be very happy to draw
Grayson as a player on his team.
Coaches Like Hamilton.
WET despite Grayson's admitted
I skill, I have talked to several
coaches here on the Pacific
Coast who rate Robert (Bones) Ham
ilton Of greater value to the Stanford
team than Grayson. These coaches
speak with no bias and their conten-
ton is that Hamilton not only helps
Grayson to be great, but also is swell
ball carrier and the man who furnishes
the spark which makes the Stanford
ofense click. What is true Of Gray
son is true Of players in other sectors
and 1t is impossible to get unanimous
vote on any player.
I think all-America teams are a
lot Of fun, but should not be taken
too seriously, for the game has de-
veloped to the point where it is i'm
possible to name IL players and say
These are the best"
The thing about all-Americas which
annoys those old minders of other peo-
pies business is the way the profess
sionalS work the A A. business. I
saw a game between the Chicago
Cardinals and Los Angeles Maroons
the other afternoon and in the pro-
gram not less than 10 or u of the
Card players were listed as former
all-Americas. Now it happens that
know and you know-if the players
names were mentioned-that only a
few of them ever made any all
America team; in fact. few of them
even rated honorable mention.
Cheap Publicity Method.
IT'S a cheap method of publicity
and one which will do the pro-
fessionals no good if the public
ever takes time out to check over the
roster of players. However, it seems
to be a gag that as soon as a player
wins a job with some of the profess
sional teams he Immediately becomes
an au-America. Maybe the guys are
better than most of the all-America
players, but the fact remains they
never won national honors.
During any foot ball season one
always encounters former college play.
ers who are known as all-Americans,
when as matter of fact they never
made an all-township team. Their
pretentions cause no great harm, but
after the first so the others get to
be a pain in the neck. Still, with
SO many all-America teams floating
around, one never can be sure Some
fellow may have made the Whistling
Post, N. Mex almanac all-America,
and that's just as official as any of
the others; 50 If you belittle him, he
may sue you.
The Chicago Cardinals made
great hit with their play in Southern
California and drew crowds compara-
bic with those in many of the cities
in the National professional league.
The Chicago Bears and New York
Giants are due to show on the Pacific
| Coast in January and they will have
turnoutS which will astonish their
owners. California seems unable to
get enough of foot ball and it's q
happy hunting ground for the bet
ter professional teams when the sea-
son is finished back East. The pro-
fessionals put on a great show, but
wish they would do it without phony-
ing about the number of au-America
DlayerS in their line-lIpS