The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-01
Great Collection
 Of Grid Talent At Polo Grounds
(SpecIal to the DemocrAt)

New York, Sept. -Four 2oo- pound backs each able to run q hundred yards under eleven seconds in full football equipment will com prise the starting backfield of the College All-star team when 1t meets the New York Giants, eastern pro- :.essional champions In the Polo Grounds on the night Of September 8.
 The four starters probably will be: Riley Smith of Alabama, quarter back, 2l0 pounds; Sheldon Beise Of Minnesota, fullback, 203 pounds; Joe Maniaci of Fordhani, right halfback, 2i2 pounds; and Jay Berwanger Of Chicago, left halfback, POI pounds.
 Classy
 Bill Shakespeare of Notse Dame who is scheduled to start at right halfback when the All.Stars meet the Detroit Lions In Chicago Sep. tember l, will be moved to left half back as alternate for Berwanger when the team comes to New York and will share the duties of that poe sition with Berwanger, Tuffy Lee- mans of George Washington. Dick Hoekin of Ohio State and several other good backs. Though Shake. speare probably will not start he will be in the lineup at least fifty per cent of the time.
 Maniaci has been . sensation in preliminary scrifnmages of the Ale Stars. During his undergraduate days at Fordham he played both right and left half-backs and Is at home in the slot found for him by Bernie Herman of Minnesota, head coach. His ability to block, catch passes and run reverse plays to the left makes him an ideal right half- back under the Minnesota system. Berwanger will be in the tail posi- ton in the standard single wing for- nation. Undoubtedly he Is the great- est running back since Red Grange. Tn addition he is an able passer and kicker and Q fine ball.handier on spins and reverses.
 Second Best
 Beise is . fullback who combines speed with power and Is second only to Riley Smith as e blocker and de- fensivc man. The latter is probably the greatest blocker developed in col- lege football in the past ten years. Exports give him good deal of the credit for the brilliant runs made by Dixie Howell against Stanford in the Rose Bowl of 1885.
 The kicking strength of the back field will be improved when Dick Crayno of Iowa comes in for Beise or Shakespeare for Berwanger. Crayno and Shakespeare probably were the two best kickers in the cole lego ranks last year.
 Reserve strength of the backfield will be tremendous. Leemans Is as good 6 running back as any of them and . wonderful safety man on de- fense. Hoekin is c big stamping run- ner who can carry through anything but q solid wall. Don Irwin of Col gate and Tillie Manton of Texas Christian arc great line-brealsins fullbaclSs.
 Waily Fromhart of Notre Dame and Babe Levoir of Minnesota fur- nish adequate relief for Smith ct quarterback. WAlly Cruico of Northwestern and George Roscoe of Minnesota will be the relief right halfbacks. The latter suffered Q fractured cheek k-bone in an early scrimmAgc and probably will not be able to play in Chicago. He Is ex- pected to be ready for the New York game.
 Cvuico is valuable in the right. wing position because he Is left. handed passer and can cut the ball loose on the end of reverse play. It was he who threw the winning pass to Longfeliow in Northwesterns great victory over Nctre Dame iast faii. t