Evening star., 1935-12-07
CRIDIRON TREND SHIFTS
FROM MIDWEST SECTOR
Southern Territory Has Dozen of 33 Men Placed
on Three Elevens-Weller of Princeton,
Shuler of Army Represent East
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

4 ' flected today in the eleventh
annual Associated Press all-American
selections as well as by the evidence
otherwise at the end of sensational
season. has swung slightly but never
theleSS distinctly in south-by-soutn-
westerly direction.
For the past few years it has been
tipped toward the Middle West by the
general all-around strength OF Big
Ten teams, led by Minnesota, but
there has been no mistaking the trend
in Dixie meanwhile. Up to now Ala
bama has been the No. standard
bearer for the old South's pigskin pa
rade. known far and wide for its ex-
ploitS in the Rose Bowl.
Has Many Major Teams.
MOVING deeper into Dixie this
AVA year, we find Louisiana State
combining with neighboring Texas
teams to contribute some of the out
standing accomplishments and players
of 1885. Man to man, the aggregations
of talent on the Southwest gridirons
this year probably are tougher -f1bered
than the collegiate product In any
other major section.
To get down to cases, the South
and Southwest fill four of the coveted
first team positions and IL OF the SO
places on the complete all-America
SQUAD. This compares with total OF
seven all-star performers in 1884 from
the region stretching from the Caro-
linas through Texas
1t tops the Middle West with three
PLAYERS on the first team and 10 on
the SQUAD. The East and Far West
place two each on the first team, seven
and four. respectively, on the COM
bined all-star array.
Passes and Power in South.
DEVELOPING the use of the for
ward pass to high state OF efrl-
cheney. besides employing laterals with
considerable dexterity, Southern and
Southwestern teams have now gone In
for powerhouse tactics.
The running attacks of such top
ranking aggregations as Texas Chris
ton and Louisiana State compare
favorably with those at Princeton and
Minnesota, where the exigencies Of
climate and the condition of playing
surfaces make a sound ground attack
essential. The combination of mate
rial, good weather and better coach
ing obviously has borne fruit on the
Southern gridiron route and there is
no telling now where it's going to stop.
The all-America argument, how
ever. is still on a countrywide basis.
On this years first team no institu-
ton has more than one representative.
There are players from "a colleges on
the all-star squad. Princeton and
Minnesota, the class of the East and
Middle West, each place three men
Southern Methodist, Texas Christian,
Rice, Stanford and Iowa gain two
positions each
Great Individual FeatS.
INDIVIDUAL heroics have loomed
large in the headlines during a
season filled with many extraordinary
episodes. stunning upsets and spec
tacular finishes. Notre Danes come
backs to beat Ohio State, with Andy
Pilney in the stellar role, and later to
tie Army thrilled the entire country.
Michigan States downfall at the
hands of a hghtly-rated foe, Boston
College, shocked the form players.
So did Alabama's defeat by Wander
bilt on Thanksgiving day after it
seemed the Crimson Tide had shaken
off early-season sluggishness to gain
high ranking again. California's Rose
. TOD cfr Nf inc
consecutive victories, were crushed by
Stanford; North Carolina's Tar Heels
were rudely awakened from post
season dreams by Duke, and New York
University's Violets we're plucked from
the unbeaten trail by Fordham in
rough-houSe affair in the Bronx.
From an unusually fine collection
of backf1eld stars roaming the 1885
gridirons the Associated Press selected
Riley Smith of Alabama, Bobby Will
son of Southern Methodist, Jay Ber-
wanger of Chicago and Bobby Grayson
of Stanford to do the ball Juggling,
blocking, passing, kicking and-if
necesSary-the tackling behind an all
America line weighing close to 200
pounds per man, averaging an inch
over 6 feet in height and capable of
handling all the complicated assign
ments of modern foot ball.
Runs Wild on Buckeyes.
r ATED the country's outstanding
all-around back, Berwanger closed
a brilliant career by personally beat
ing Illinois in a dramatic finish. The
Diffn
Ohio State and had the powerful
Buckeyes licked until the balance of
man power turned the tide This has
been the greatest of three great sea-
sons for BerWanger. During his var
Sity career on team limited in man
power and seldom a match for the
power house squads of the Big Ten,
Berwanger has gained more than a
mile Of ground from scrimmage. He
has not only done the kicking and
passing for Chicago but much of the
tackling.
But for the misfortune to be badly
hurt and put out of the game for the
last three weeks of the season, Notre
Danes Andy Pilney would have made
a handy running mate for Berwanger
in the all-star backf1eld. Pilney was a
ball of fire" while he lasted. but abil-
ity to go the full route is one of the
main requirements, and it was Andy's
tough luck to be on the sidelines while
others galloped down the stretch to
take all-America honors.
Wilson SIS Another Booth"
I EADING the galloping was Bobby
Wilson, jackrabbit Of the South
west Conference and one of the slip
periest little fellows since Albie Booth
was starring for Yale. Scaling barely
lat pounds, wringing wet, Wilson
scooted through broken fields from Los
Angeles to Fayetteville, Ark. Coast
critics labeled him better than the
celebrated Cotton Warburton of South
- ~alife-~'a Tie took the NAV frnm
Rice's Eoucnoown twins, John Nc
Cauley and Bill Wallace, on the day