Evening star., 1939-11-05
Potential AII.5tars
Crowd Top Teams
In Pro Grid Loop
Four Redskins Now Rute
Honor Squod Berths on
Holf-Seuson Records
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press 0oorts Wpiter


NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-There's no
secret about the success Of the four
championship contenders In the Ma
tional Professional Football Leagues
campaign.
Take one quick look at the Dos
sibilities for the seasons all-star,
all league squad, and the answer Is
about as obvious as 1-and-l to q
mathematics professor.
For, In squad of the 80 standout
performers In the 10-club loop so
far this year. II places would be
split up among the New York
Giants and Washington Redskins,
at the head of the Eastern division
parade. and the Green Bay Packers
and Detroit Lions, leading In the
West.
They come from all over the
gridiron map, these top ballplay.
ers IN the toughest league In foot
ball. amateur or professional. Many
OF them were all-Americas of their
day. A few, like Orville Tuttle, the
Giants big guard who halls from
Oklahoma City, came along un-
heralded and made good.
Packers Have Five All-Stars.
The North, South, East and West
have supplied the players to what
constitutes the loops all-star squad
as the season looks toward its
stretch drive with tomorrow's full
f1ve-game program, headed by the
Giants-Lions' party in Detroit and
the Packers-Bears' battle in Chicago.
The Giants, defending league
champions and lone undefeated
club this year, boast four of the
stars, headed by Mel Helm, who
probably will make his seventh
straight all-league team at center.
Green Bay can put five on the
squad. Detroit four and Washing
ton. running second in the East,
also has a quartet.
Mostly. the East and Midwest
have furnished the backs. fellows
like Tuffy Leemans, the fine run
ming back the Giants picked up
from George Washington: Johnny
Pingel, Detroit's freshman from
Michigan State: Clarke Hinkle, the
Green Bay better from Bucknell
and Johnny Drake. Cleveland's ball
lugger from Purdue.
Dixie Produces Five Pair.
But you can't overlook as good a
Dixie pair as Brooklyn's Ace Parker,
the ex-Duke all-America, and Cleve-
lands Parker Hall, Mississippi's pass
pitcher.
The nnemen. largely. are products
Of the Midwest and Far West. head
ed by Helm at center, up from
Washington State, and another
crack center, Earl Svendson, Min
nesota's gift to Green Bay, and Turk
E wards, another Washington
State alumnus, now with the Red
skins. But there's no overlooking
Danny Fortmann. the Bears guard
from Colgate, or Tackle Joe Styda-
har. up with the Bears from West
Virginia University.
There's no argument about the
ends. Arkansas, with jim Poole
of the Giants and Jim Benton of
Cleveland, claims the champion
Ship" although the Far West can
boast two in Brooklyn's Perry
Schwartz from California and Bill
Smith, who went from Washington
to the Chicago Cardinals.
How Squad Shapes Up.
Right now, of the records of
half the season, the squad would
shape up something like this with
pro club and college in that order
for each player:
Ends-Jim Poole tGiants and Arkansas),
Perry Schwartz lBrooklyn and California;,
Bill Hewitt tPhiladelohia and Michigan.
BIZ Smith and
TacsiesEJoe stydahar bears and West
ya5an snd B5rseF TURK knssd s
wards (Redskins and WASHINGTON Statel.
Ray George Lions and Southern CALI
formal, Buford Ray (Green Bay and
duardsGorville Tuttle toiants and
Oklahoma City, Danny Fortmann Bears |
and ColEate), Jim Karcher CRedskins and |
Ohio Statel Buckets Goldenbere Green |
Bay and Wisconsin,.
Centers-Mel Helm Giants and Wash |
ington statel. Ky Aldrich tChicaeo Cardi- !
nails and Texas Christian). Earl Svendson |
tGreen Bay and MinneSota). |
Backs-Tudy leemans Giants and |
George Wasfhington). Parker Hall (Cleve- |
LAND and Mississippi, Bill Shepherd CDe- |
troit and Western Maryland Ace Parker |
Brooklyn and Duke), Frank Filchock |
Cleveland and Purdue. Johnny Pineel |
Detroit and Michigan State). Cecil Isbell |
tGreen Bay and Purdue). Andy Farkas |
berg tChicago Cardinals and iPttsbureh), |
Lloyd Cardwell Nions and Nebraska,
Clarke Hinkle (Green Bay and BuckneIlJ |
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