Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-28
All-Amcrica Extras"

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and ends. Backfeld material was
about up to par, but great guards we're
., scarce. As usual, the problem facing
your selection committee was one Of
cutting down the All-America field to
size and seeding out the true leaders.
Modern football being what it is,
many fine players have been crowded
from the list. This is an unacceptable
evil. There Is absolutely no way Of
putting every deserving candidate on
the first or second All-America teams.
For this reason, before going on to
detailed discussion of our first squad
selections, we present here a list of
men who plainly deserve honorable
mention, if not a place in the group
= above.
The All-America squad:
Ends-Holland, Cornell. Souchak
Pittsburgh; Sweeney, Notre Dame;
Smith. Oklahoma.
Tackles-Hale, Texas Christian;
Ryba, Alabama; Kinnard, Mississippi;
Schreyer, Purdue.
Guards-Zitrides Dartmouth; Tins
ley, Georgia; Swell, Auburn; Lezouski,
. Pittsburgh.
Centers-Herwig, California, Brock,
Nebraska; Erickson, Washington;
Dougherty, Santa Clara.
Backs-Luckman Columbia; Mac
Donald, Ohio State; Pupils, Notre
Dame; Patrick, Pittsburgh, SCHNEIDER,
U. s. c.; Osmanski. Holy Cross: Gray,
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East Supplies Five Stars.
nUR first all-America team, while
by no means divine and infalli-
bic production, is fully as strong as
any Of recent years. 1t has speed.
power and defensive intelligence. The
line is big and balanced and fast, as
great modern line should be. The
. backs have strength and skill at dag
nosis, as well as running. passing,
tackling, blocking and kicking skill.
There are five members from the
East. one from the Middle West, two
from the Pacific Coast and three from
the South. Though the Nations foot
ball strength was widely distributed,
bers apiece-Pittsburgh California
and Fordham.
It should be noted that the second
team, hardly less powerful than the
first, has two members each from Ala
bama and Minnesota, indicating that
those teams may be bracketed with
the three first mentioned.
Bershak Marvel at Wing.
ET'S take the team apart:
BERSHAK-A three-year star,
and the Souths most sensational end
of recent years, this fleet and brilliant
wingman paced the North Carolina
team to one of its finest seasons. He
was voted tops by every coach and
player who opposed him.
MATISI-The handspring of the
/ great Pittsburgh line and the leading
tackle of his section. Big, fast, strong
and smart, Matisi made good the
adage that a football team is as good
as its tackles.
ROUTT-A most unusual guard,
perhaps the best the Southwest has
ever seen. Routt was field general
on top Of everything else Covering
three men continually from the five
man defense line Of the Texas Aggies,
he continued the fine play that won
him national mention last year.
Wojcieghowicz Strong, Fast.
WoJc1EoHow1cz-The best of a
wv great crew of centers. wolfe"
was strong as an OK. fast as sprinter
and irrepressible as Pepper Martin.
He blocked and tackled all over the
field and ripped huge holes for the
.Fordham backs.
STOCKTON-The country's leading
offensive guard. His -doWn-f1eld block
ing was responsible for much Of the
success of CALIFORNIA; running game.
BABARTSKY - Overshadowed in
the mighty Fordham line for two years
by Franco. Babartsky came into his