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and MolinSki, the other guard In the
great Tennessee line. But Suffridge
piled up 1853 votes to $50 for Molin-
ski, who was placed on the second
team. Weighing 1856 pounds, Suf-
fridge Is the lightest man in the
America line A vicious charger
and a marvellous down field blocker,
Suffridge's specially was smashing
through the line while Molinski
helped plug the hole on the scrim-
mage line. Injured In the first PEE
Rod Of the Alabama game, Suffridge
came back later In the season and
was o terror on both offense and
defense. 1853 points.
Cornell Honored
Tackle-Nick Drahos, Cornell. Key
line man In the powerful Cornell
offense, he comes out of the line to
run interference and Is fast enough
to keep ahead of the big Reds back
field speedsters
He rose to the heights in the Ohio
State game. Persons who saw that
one said there were many times
when Drahos withstood the charge
Of two Ohio State line men and
then reached across with his long
arms and grabbed the runner. He is
six feet, three inches tall and
weighs 210 pounds. Extensively, he
charges with terrific force and in
the Ohio State game he opened the
hole through which Scholl started
on a 59-yard run for a touchdown.
On defense Cornell often uses five
man line, letting Drahos carry the
extra burden. 3l6 points.
End-Esco Sarkkinen, Ohio State.
He won the All-America honor after
close race with Bud Kerr Of Notre
Dame, who was placed on the Sec
ond team. Runs 100 yards in 10
seconds, Is six feet tall and weighs
1872. Tackling Is his strong point
but In eight games he caught seven
passes, three Of them for touch
downs. A steady, durable man.
sarkkinen played 40, SO, So, Al and
so minutes respectively against
Northwestern. Minnesota. Cornell
Indiana and Michigan. 300 points.
Tennessee Places
Quarterback-George Cafego, Ten
nessee. Placed at quarterback be-
cause he Is the field general Of
Tennessee team that Is unbeaten,
united and unsecured on. Weighing
only ITO, he generates terrific power
on of tackle smashes land makes
dazzling run backs Of punts. He Is
considered one Of the nations best
punters and specializes in coffin cor
ner kicks that set the opposing team
back In the hole. Cafego Is fine
defensive player, but his reputation
was made on offensive action. He
usually was used in the first quarter
to soften UP" the opposition and
then held out of the game until the
third quarter. 1866 points.
Kinnick Chosen
Halfback-Nile Kinnick, Iowa. Best
passer OF the season and an expert
In the almost forgotten art Of drop;
kicking. He drop kicked the point
after touchdown II times and his
punting was long and accurate. Had
great day against Notre Dame
when he sent punt soaring 81 yards
with the ball rolling out OF bounds
on the Notre Dame four. He aver
aged 3.64 yards on carrying the
ball despite the fact that he weighs
only 173 pounds. He completed %
passes In seven games and II Of
those passes went for touchdowns.
Praise for Kinnick came particularly
from coaches. But he led the ballot
Ing all the way for the All-America
and seems to deserve the title Of
football player Of the year. SIT
points.
Halfback-Tom Norman, Michi-
gan. Scored 90 points in seven games
and was such brilliant, elusive rum
ner that some compared him to Red
Grange. Particularly effective when
he had one Of the Big Tens best
blockers, Forest Evashevski DUB In
front OF him to clear the path. He
passes and blocks and could do the
kicking II necessary, and Fritz
Crisler, his coach, said In mid-season
that he rated Harmon's defensive
work as the really outstanding fea-
ture Of his game. Persons who saw
the Penn Michigan game will never
forget the 63-yard touchdown run
that Harmon made. Trapped, he cut
back and forth across the field and
covered almost $50 yards before
breaking over the goal line. 1913
points,
Kimbrough q Powerh0use
Fullback-John Kimbrough, Texas
A. and Ma powerhouse going of
tackle, he is one Of the hardest
plunging backs ever to play In the
southwest. Rarely during the sea-
son was he stopped short Of two or
three yards on line smashes. He
scored 81 points up until now and
has been the spark Of the drive that
kept Texas A. and M. unbeaten and
united He proved to be versatile
player In the Southern Methodist
game when he caught a long pass
to get In scoring range. Then, when
the opposition was looking for an
of tackle smash, Kimbrough circled
the end and scored the touchdown
Il.