The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-29
BERWANGER AND CRIMSON 'MAKE' 1895 BACKF|ELD
Geo. MuIligan Given HOn= . OrabIe Mention With
 Shuler of Army
By STUART CAMERON United Press Sports EditOr)

New York; Nov. 29-(UP)-The All-America football team of 1885, selected today by the United Press, gives premier nonors to players of the middlwest but reveals that the aces of tie game are distributed with remarkable equality among conferences and sections from coast to coast. f
 Six members of the All-America hail from the midwest. Two of them Wedseth and Smith, Minnesota $ giant tackles, formed the backbone of one of Americas greatest teams Others from the same sector are Millner, Notre Danes stalwart end; Wagner, inapregnable guard from Michigan State; Jones, Ohio States dynamic center and leader and Berwanger, Chicago's one-man team.
 The only other section of the country to rate more than one place was the southwest, where the foot ball played this year may have sur passed that of any other division of the nation. From this conquering region were selected Baugh, Texas Christians great kicker and passer listed for the quarterback berth and Wilson, Southern Methodist's will o-the-wisp halfback.
 Grayson Holdover
 Bobby Grayson, only holdover from the 1884 Al-America, whose smashing, crashing ball-carrying and defensive play catapulted Stan- ford into the Rose Bowl, represents the far west. The east contributed John Weller, Princetons swath-cut- ting guard. From the south comes Gaynell Tinsley, Louisiana States superlative end.
 Injury, respecter of no football player, automatically removed from consideration for the All-America squad no fewer than seven truly phenomenal backf1eld players. Chief of these was Andy Pilney, Notre Danes gallant little halfback who led the charge that gave Ohio State its only defeat of the season. Car ried off the field in this game, he was lost to Notre Dame against Army and Northwestern and saw only momentary action against Southern California.
 Others in the same classification are Garry Le Van of Princeton, Glenn. Seidel of Minnesota, Dave Smukler of Temple, Bill Wallace and John McCauley of Rice, Harry Shuford of s. M. U., and Bob Ham, ilton of Stanford.
 Berwanger Outstanding
 The outstanding football player of the year is Jay Berwanger, unan- imous choice of all Western confer ence coaches. Here is player who can do everything, and only the fact that he played on relatively weak team keeps him from place among footballs in1mortals of all time.
 Bobby Wilson, the other halfback, is 147 pounds of gridiron lightning. This s. M. U. jackrabbit, feared and respected from the coast over a span of two seasons, is good at everything and almost unsurpassed as a broken-field runner.
 Grayson, the fullback, was one of the players who simply could not be omitted from the All-Amer1ca. Heart and soul of the offense and bulwark of the defense, he even surpassed his 1884 All-America showing.
 In a season of many great quar- terbacks, Sammy Baugh, Texas Christians brilliant field general, with the mightiest passing arm in football, surpassed all others. In 10 contests he completed 70 passes in 155 tries for a total gain of 982 yards. His hair-parting passing and his uncanny generalship have shot T. c. U. into national fame.
 Biff Jones, head coach at Oklaho- ma, terms Tinsley of L. s. U.. "the finest end I have ever seen." No team was able to handle this wing man, wizard at smashing down interference and in all, the varied departments of an ends play. At the other wing we have Millner, who rose to the heights when the going was toughest for Notre Dame. It was Millner who caught the win ming pass in the Ohio State upset, and was a constant menace in every game of the Irish season.
 Minnesota, rated by many as the team of the year, supplied two un- beatable tackles in Ed Widseth and Dick Smith. Here were the boys who hewed the paths for Thomp- son, Uram, Gmitro and other head lin making Gopher backs. Even Coach Bernie Bierman refused to choose between them. "I'd hate to have been without either one," was all he would say.
 Few Guards Listed
 In sharp contrast with 1884, 1885 boasted few truly outstanding guards. There were, however, two who clearly earned places along side Berwanger, Baugh, Tinsley and the rest. John Weller was easily the best man in a great Princeton line. It was he, more than anyone else, who blasted Dartmouth from the ranks of the unbeaten and united, and his play throughout the season was equally notable. Sid Wagner is rated by his own coach, Charlie Bachman, as "the one player with out a weakness I've seen in IS years of teaching this game" Wagner is a ball hawk, a dependable leader o Interference and rated by team mates and rivals as the fastest line- man today. Even in defeat Wagner was great. In Michigan States loss to Boston College he made 8 tackles.
 Jones of Ohio State, short and stocky center, was the star of an all-star team. Dependable passer, he was the best of a fine crop of pivot men. Many of Ohio's crucial gains came squarely through the center of the line.
 The alternate backfield is a heads-against-tails proposition as compared with the varsity. Riley