Evening star., 1940-10-16
Ba||.Toting Aces
Plentiful;
b|ockers Few
Interferers Continue
As Unsung Heroes Of
BockfieId Brigodes
BY HERB BARKER,


NEW YORK, Oct 16.-Scratch
almost any college football team
these days and you'll uncover a
potential all-America back-some of
them legitimate.
All-America backfeld nomina-
tions always have been plentiful,
even in the days at the turn Of
the century when Yale's Bulldogs,
now de-emphasized. dominated the
football world. The ball carriers
catch the eye, and this season is
no exception.
Admittedly the returns barely
are starting to come in. but early
season reports from Associated Press
football experts all over the land
indicate two Carry-overs from the
1889 all-America team are operat-
ing more efficiently than a year
ago One is Thomas Dudley Har-
mon, the MICHIGAN Thunderbolt.
and the other is John Alec Kim
! brough, Texas A. and MS line
smasher.
Harmon, Kimbrough Shine On.
Harmon's exploits thus far are
all but incredible. The Wolverine
star has scored SO of the 88 points
Michigan has registered and has
passed for II other points. Few
can dissent when Tommy is called
footballs greatest runner since Red
Grange.
Kimbrough is the same unstop-
pable line rammer he was a year
ago. This 222-pound battering ram
spent four days in Dallas hos
pital last week ridding himself
of a possible "strep" throat in
fection: went by plane Friday to
Los Angeles, played so minutes
against U. G. L. A. and scored the
games only touchdown.
Three other members of last years
second and third all-America
team are back-Paul Christman of
Missouri. Don Scott of Ohio State
and Jack Grain of Texas. Christman
has been handicapped by a leg in
jury although he is passing as bril-
liantlv as ever. Scott thus far has
been somewhat overshadoWed BY his
teammate. Jim Langhurst Grain.
however, has picked up right where
he left off and is called by most
Southwest Conference coaches the
finest ball carrier the conference ever
has known.
Ranking we'll up on the ball
carrying list are such stars as
Bob FoXX, Tennessee: Jim (SweeD
Lalanne, North Carolina: Jack
Jacobs. Oklahoma's Indian tailback:
John Gunie) Hovious and Merle
Hape-, Mississippi's triple threats:
Bobby Robertson. Southern Cali
fornia Jim Kisselburgh, Oregon
State; Dean McAdams. Washington:
Bill Sewell. Washington State;
Harvey Johnson. Mississippi State:
Bill Dudley, Virginia Tuffy Tim
mons, Clemson: Leo Staslca, COL
Orado; Hal Mccullough, Cornell:
Frank Reagan. Penn. Steve
Filipowicz, Fordham; Bill Busik,
Navy; Sal Mirabito Syracuse;
George Kracum. Pitt: Paul Gov
ernai. Columbia; George Franck.
Minnesota Milt Piepul Notre Dame:
Bill De Correvont, Northwestern;
Bill Green. Iowa; Herman Rohrlg,
Nebraska; George Paskvan, Wiscon-
sin, and dozens more.
Few Blocking Backs Known.
And how about the unsung heroes
the blocking backs? A few Of
these human bowling balls are
known generally, but most OF them
are relegated to obscurity while the
ball carric"s gather the headlines.
Men like Walter Matuszczak, Cor
nells great blocker and play-caller;
Forest Evashevski of Michigan and
Jimmy Thomason of the Texas
Aggies have been accorded general
recognition.
But there are many others. The
list should be longer, but most
blockers are just another name in
the lineup.