Evening star., 1936-12-04
Greats of Eastern Gridrons Stud A. AUAnerca Combine
-FOUR Of SECTION
ON SELECT TEAM
Two of Yale Chosen First
: "a, "a, Time Since '23-MidWest
Provides Three.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

Dx ALAN 0OOADs
Associated Press Sports Editor.
"HE star Of all-America foot ball
fame beams brightest this year
over the East. in general. and
Il over the uncovered premises
Of Old Eli Yale, in particular, thereby
marking q renaissance that is unques-
tionably well under way in the region
that rocked the original gridiron
cradle.
The all-star galaxy for 1896. as
presented today by the Associated
Press for the twelfth consecutive year,
reveals the East in possession of four
places on the first team, as well as q
total of II positions on the complete
all-America squad of 80 collegiate
performers, picked by careful analysis
from the best in the country.
This not only surpasses the show
ing of any other section in a year
chiefly noteworthy for the zig-zag
course pursued by most of the Ma
tons leading teams, but gives the
East greater all-America recognition
than it has known since the peak Of
the boom times in 1929.
1t compares with three places on
the first team for the Midwest, two
for the South, one each for the Far
West and Southwest. On the squad
as q whole the Midwest obtains nine
places, South seven, Far West four
and Southwest two.
Two Blues ARRIVE"
THUS the East, for the time being,
recaptures prestige that has
swung through the Far West, Midwest
and South, in that order, over the
past decade Of aI-America history.
To Yale, where the all-star idea was
nourished nearly half century ago
and developed to its most glamorous
heights by the oracular Walter Camp,
goes the distinction of placing two
players on the 1896 team. Lawrence
Morgan Kelley, spectacular captain
and end of this years accomplished
Eli array, and Clinton Edward Frank,
the teams backfleld power house, re-
stored the Blue to place in the all
star armament with dazzling perform
ances.
Hitherto the Blue of Yale, as we'll
as the colorS Of most of the so-called
"Ivy" colleges, has been submerged
in the march of such mighty equipages
of the modern game as those produced
by Alabama, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame,
Stanford and Minnesota. It has been
five years since any representative Of
either Harvard or Yale made the first
team. The last to get all-America
recognition was Harvard's Barry
Wood. In the dozen years in which
the Associated Press has made selec-
tions only two Yales previously made
the grade. They were Bill Webster In
1927 and Herb Sturhahn in 1925,
both guards.
Camps 1923 selections, which in
cluded Memphis Bill" Mallory at
fullback and Century Milstead at
tackle, marked the last time that two
sons Of Old Eli were included In the
all-star eleven at once.
Kelley, the Opportunist.
KMLEY may not be the greatest
end IN the United States this
year. In the South. for instance,
none will concede there Is per-
former superior to Louisiana States
Gaynell Tinsley in any department OF
the game. Elsewhere. too. the praises
of North Cardinals Andy Bershak are
sung to the skies. Yet the fact
emerges boldly, after full analysis
that for sheer genius at his position
plus rare qualities of leadership, OF
durability, and of the knack of seal
ing the heights under pressure, Kel-
ley comes close to being in a class
by himself.
It is well to bear in mind that the
YaleS are not given to emotional out.
bursts or hasty comparisons them
selves. They have had at New Haven
the all-time all-America end, Frank
Hinkey, as well as such satellites as
Tom Shevlin and Reed Fitzpatrick
Only last season Kelley was flanked
by one Of the best ends in the coun-
try, Bob Train. Yet this wise-crack-
ing, frequently unorthodox player has
captured imagination and admiration
to an extraordinary degree. BY in
stinct or design, Kelley has always
managed in his big games this yeal
to do the most effective thing at the
critical time.
Kelley's accidental kick of q fum-
bled ball toward the Navy goal line
paved the way for Yale's winning
touchdown in that game. He de-
coyed Pennsylvania's pass defenders