The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
ALL-AMERICAN NOT ALL FROM
 BIG COLLEGES
BaIIyhOO Causes Many Small School Stars to
 Shine Unseen
BY JIMMY DONAHUE NEA Service Sports Writer

Elegy, "1S born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air."
 The desert, in this case the small CT conferences, produces gridiron greats on a par with those of such major loops as the Big Ten, Big Six, Southern, Southwest, Pacific Coast, and the other recognized big wheels. But due to lack of high-powered press agents, feats of these young sterS seldom hit the sports pages unless their teams happen to score upsets over larger institutions. With those upsetS occurring every week this season, All-America selec- tors are finding the task of pick ing their annual teams more diff1- cult than ever.
 Baldwin -Wallace's 19-7 victory over Syracuse University's vaunted Orange brought to light 8 running, passing phenom in Norman Schoen, a brilliant Berea, O., back, who put that school of only 600 students on the map by passing Coach Vic Han- sons team dizzy in the first five minutes of the game. Schoen, a bespectacled individual of the gridiron, is an amateur baseball star of major league prom ise, and his pitching of the pigskin is no less accurate than his fast one over the heart of the plate. Ever Hear of
 Henry Hammond?
 Gordon Williams, sports editor of the Reading, Pa, Times, tells us that Coach Clarence Mum of Al- bright, former Minnesota star, has, in Dick Rifle, the best football player of the small schools in the east. Dick received honorable All- American mention last year as a sophomore.
 "Truthfully," says Williams, ''he is @ great ball carrier, and one of the outstanding backs in the coun- try. He also kicks and passes, and Coach Mum says he is fine de- fensive player"
 Southwestern University, 12: Van- derbilt, 0l A great grid surprise for everybody but Ray Morrison, Vandy 1 coach.
 The night before his Commodores were scheduled to meet the Mem- phis school, Morrison received 8 phone call from an unknown South. western supporter.
 "An All-America end will be play- ing for Southwestern here tomor- row." the voice said. You'll never s.e a better wingman. His name is Henry Hammond" And after the upset Morrison call- ed Hammond, who parked signals and played bangup game for Coach Shorty Propst's team, the best end he ever saw step on field.
 Although Washington University of St. Louis didn't beat Notre Dame, the Bears threw quite scare into the Irish, and showed Elmer Lay den a fullback in "Buckin' Joe" Bukant who reminded him of Joe Savoldi.
 Joe, called by Jimmy Councilman the hardest line plunger in the country, kicks and passes, too. He not only scored the Bears touch- down against the Irish, but also reg. istered a counter against Illinois.
 Unless you live in the Rocky Mountain district, you probably never have heard of Alex Drobnitch. Yet coaches rate that University of Denver lad as one of the best guards of the country, and worthy of All- America consideration. Texas Tech, of Lubbock, has in Jim Neill, sparkling back, a ball player who is deserving of national honors, according to his coach, Pete Cawthon. Neill, his mentor states, showed up Sammy Baugh, Texas Christians great passer, badly in the upset the Matadors scored over the Horned Frogs early in the season.
 
 Spears Has Squad of
 23-and a Star!
 Ray Zeh, nations leading scorer from Western Reserve, Cleveland, last year, is back again, going bet ter than ever. A youngster who can pack and pass pigskin as he can deserves a great deal of considera- tion.
 Jack Foley, one of Tom Lieb's two returning veterans to this seasons Loyola of Los Angeles team, is a great ball player, and one wonders what he could do behind 8 line of Pitts caliber, and a few backfield mates with more experience. The veteran Dr. Clarence (Fat) Spears, with g men on his small c-uad at the University of Toledo, showed the effete east major back in Carl T.. Jn, a 150-pound young ster, who ran splendidly against Boston University.
 These few fellows simply are singled out of a group of sterling performers who are giving their all for their al. matters with little chance for grabbing the headlines. As far as most of us know, they are a bunch of guys named Joe. But it's those same fellows, who are practically nonentities as far as the national football public goes, who help make football the game that 1t Is.
 If it weren't for their stellar deeds on the gridiron in springing an occasional upset, the sport would r ave no reason to exist among the smaller colleges, for 1t couldn't serve its major purpose provide an edu- cational progl am to attract students whom larger colleges have lured heretofore with their splendid ath- letic plants.