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HaIas of Bears Sweet
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By stan Correspondent OF The Star.
n YEW YORK, December s.-The
nj shrewdest of all judges of foot
" ball talent ON the hoof are the
/ coaches and scouts of profess
sional foot ball teams-the men who
study and appraise college stars from q
strictly practical point of view, un-
swayed by headlines or tradition,
weighing the candidates by every pos
sible standard of foot ball measure
ment, paying attention to nothing but
solid worth and ability.
The pro men cannot afford to make
mistakes-not often, anyway. Your
average all-America picker has moth
ing to lose by guessing wrong, but the
pro coach puts his business career at
stake whenever he approves and bids
for q college player. Nobody scans
those cabbages on the grocer's counter
more closely than the guy who is going
to buy one.
Field Closely Scanned.
THIS year, with the cash foot ball
= industry coming along fast and
competition for the college product
growing keener by the minute, the
boys missed very few tricks. Here is
the pro mans idea Of the all-America
college team for 1886, based on poll
Of coaches in the National Professional
League, taken by the North American
Newspaper Alliance:
End Tinsley, Louisiana State
.Widseth, Minnesota
Guard -Starcevich, Washington
Basrak, Duquesne
Bassi, Santa Clara
Tackle Daniel, Pittsburgh
-Wendt, Ohio State
Quarterback Baugh, Texas Christian
Halfback- Buivid, Marquette
Halfback Falaschi, Santa Clara
Fullback- Francis, Nebraska
OF course, the coaches are by no
means unanimous in their selections.
Some Of them have different ideas
of what they want in foot ball player.
Some have secuted one section of the
country more thoroughly than others.
And besides, all-America teams are a
dime q dozen in the pro mans book
He Is looking for actual value, not
newspaper clippings.
Divided as to Kelley.
7 ETS see what the professional fel-
~ lows think of this years crop,
generally and individually.
In their Judgment, Sam Francis,
Nebraska's fast. pile-driving fullback,
Is the outstanding back of the year.
Every coach in the poll would like to
have Francis on his ball club.
The pro men are divided on the
subject Of Larry Kelley, the seasons
most publicized performer. George
Halas Of the Chicago Bears and Joe
Bach of the Pittsburgh Panthers rate
the Yale captain as an all-America
end. Most of the others are noncom-
initial, but Bert Bell Of the Philadel-
phia Eagles says specifically that he
would not be interested in Kelley.
Next to Francis, the most thor
oughly indorsed Of the college players
are Gay Tinsley, Louisian's great end,
and Mike Basrak, the big center from
Duquesne.
The boys are agreed that it was q
bumper year for fullbacks and centers
and an OF year for ends and tackles.
And, naturally, each professional
jurist has his own individual ideas
about certain players, certain lunches
he would be willing to play.
Halas Likes Guckeyson.
CTEvE OWEN. coach of the New
- York Giants, is high on Francis,
Widseth, Tinsley, Starcevich and
Falaschi in the West; Kurlish of Penn
and Duke of Fordham in the East.
Those are the ones I like best,"
says Steve. Francis seems to be q
great back, and, of course, Tinsley and
Widseth are outstanding in their own
spots. There is a lot of argument
about those three good backs on the
Penn team, Kurlish, Murray and
Elverson, but my pick is Kurlish."
George Halas of the Bears likes Kel-
ley and Wendt for ends; Widseth and
Daniel for tackles; Bassi and Lautar
Of Notre Dame for guards, and Basrak
for center. One of the backs on his
preferred list Is the lttle-heralded
Bill Guckeyson Of Maryland. He puts
Baugh, Buivid and Francis at the top
Of the backfield department.
Ray F1aherty. highly successful
coach Of the Boston Redskins, gives
an all-America rating to the lesser
known of the Tinsleys of 1886, Tinsley
Of Georgia, the guard. Wojciechowicz
Of Fordham is his choice for center
and he likes two backs from the
Pacific Coast, Goddard of Washington
State and Cain of Washington.
Fullbacks Plentiful.
"The toughest job is to pick your
= self q fullback," says Ray, split
ting his vote between Buivid and
Francis. There were plenty of good
ones. Not so much in the way Of
ends and tackles"
Joe Bach of Pittsburgh Is strong
for the Notre Dame end, Joe O'Neill
along with Kelley, and for Ed Franco
Fordham's bulldog tackle. Glassfort
Of Pitt and Reid Of Northwestern
are his choices at guard, and h
ranks Vanzo. also of Northwestern, q.
the top quarterback Of the year.
Milan s. Creighton, coach OF tn
Chicago Cadinals, favors three line
men not considered by the others
Bill Daddio Of Pitt at end, Charli
Toll of Princeton at tackle and Tar
san White OF Alabama at guard. H
puts In good words also for Ace Parker
Dukes captain and quarterback. an
Vernon Huffman, star halfback Of B