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back in the Middle West. He gained
better than 5 yards I crack rushing.
completed 81 Of 80 passes for 576
yards and had no superior rs kicker
and defensive player. He averaged
Al yards on punts and got them
away so fast that he never had q
kick blocked during his three-year
varsity career.
Battle Over Center.
Nowhere did the All-America de-
bate rage hotter than over the CEN
ter post, where Aldrich. moving up
from the second team of q year ago,
gets the call over such able per-
formers as Dan Hill. jr., of Duke !;
Johnny Ryland of U. c. L. A., and
Charley Brock. Nebraska veteran.
Aldrich won general recognition
in the Southwest as the finest de-
fensive and offensive lineman de-
veloped in the past 10 years in that
rugged football sector. Rival coaches
called him superior, on an all-around
basis, to Darrell Lester, Texas Chris
tian star, who was the All-America
choice at center in 1884 and 1885. A
great offensive blocker, Aldrich like
wise was recognized as the key man
in Texas Christians defense, an ex-
pert play diagnostician. He easily
topped the entire Southwest list in
number of tackles.
Hill unquestionably was the stand
out in the rugged Duke line. This
red-headed, slightly bald son Of Dan
Hill, ST., former head of the Pied
mont, Sally and other baseball
leagues, is credited with furnishing
much of the inspiration for Duke
sensational defensive exploits. A
power backing up the line, q ball
hawk noted for his recovery of
fumbles and pass interruptions, Dan
also called signals large part Of
the time.
Holland Finishes Fast.
Competition for the end positions
also was heated and it is only BY
narrow margins that Holland and
Walter Roland CWaddy) Young of
Oklahoma get the nod over such
consistent performers as Bowden
Wyatt of Tennessee and Earl Brown
Of Notre Dame.
Holland got away to a slow start
this season, but finished with such
a terrific rush that there can be
small argument as to his right to
retain the f1rst-team post he won
year ago. A Commute performer.
the big Negro was a play wrecker
all year, f1rst-class blocker and
pass receiver, and a sure ground
gamer on the end-around plays
Cornell uses, averaging better than
8 yards a try. In the upset VIC
tory over Dartmouth, Holland was
a smashing end all day.
Young, ace of Oklahomas rugged
line, made a speciality of running
rival passers. Oklahomas record
against pass-minded teams such as
Rice, Texas, Missouri and Tulsa re-
veals an alright defense, and
much of the credit belongs to
Young. This 6 foot 2 inch 203-
FOUNDER was deadly blocker and
thorough master of all the tricks
Of an ends trade.
Tackles Hard to Choose.
A surprising scarcity of ma jor
league" tackles made a wide-open
race for the first-team berths In
this department. Careful ANALYSIS
of comparative records leads to the
selection of Joseph Edward Beinor
OF Notre Dame and Alvord william
Wolff of Santa Clara to the big
team.
Beinor has been rock in the
Irish line, playing his greatest
games against Army, Navy and
Minnesota, all of which feature
power attacks. Not the spectacular
type, Beinor consistently has been
steady on defense and 4 powerful
blocker. He took out Harry Stella
of the Army on two touchdown
plays-Joe Thesing's 49-yard run
and Ben Sheridans short plunge.
Buck Shaw, Santa Clara coach,
calls Wolff the best tackle he ever
coached, and Buck, as an al1-time
Notre Dame tackle, ought to know.
Wolff has a tremendous offensive
charge, Is fast and clever on his
feet and powerful physical speci-
men in every respect.
He runs the 100 in 1913. which
explains how he gets downfield 90
fast under kicks. His recovery of
fumbles and interception of passes
kept Santa Clara out of trouble in
several games.
Guards From Midwest.
The Middle West gains q mo-
nopoly on the two f1rst-team guard
positions, with Ralph Heikkinen Of
Michigan at the one and Edward
John Book of Iowa State at the
other.
Heikkinen, q high-ranking stu
dent whose hobby is poetry, be-
comes the first Michigan star to
earn f1rst-team selection since 1898,
when Charley Bernard was the all
America center. Heikkinen has been
an all-Big Ten choice at guard for
two years and ranks high in the
estimation of rival coaches.
Iowa's States Cyclones surprised
the Big Six Conference with their
all-around strength this season and
one Of the main reasons WAS Book.
This durable 2O0-pounder was the
key man in the Cyclone line Just
as kischer was the backfield spark
plug. During his three-year varsity
career Book started-and usually
hnished-every game the Cyclones
played-26 in all. The iron man Of
the team as a sophomore, he played
all but so minutes of nine games
last year. and has been equally in
jury proof this season.
Third of Cornell's linemen to
make the All-America squad Is Carl
Roth, called by one rival coach the
best guard have seen in 1--WE
years."
At the other guard post on the
second team, ~ he was last year. IA
Francis Twedefl. steady-going star
on Minnesotas Big Ten champions