Evening star., 1940-01-13
Hutson Of Green bay
Gets Biggest Vote;
Parker |sPi|ot
Hall and Osmunski Make
Team in Freshmen Year;
Bucs Alone Shut Out
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DispatCb to The Star.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Ken Smith
of the New York Mirror, president
of the Professional Football Writer'S
Association. today announced the
sports writers selections for the 1899
all-America professional teams. The
teams, named by 101 of the associa-
tions members from every National
Football League city, are perhaps
the most comprehensively polled Of
all the all-America combinations.
Team value and sheer artistry
were the main factors considered in
the selections. AS reporters assigned
to pro football, association members
had an opportunity to study every
player in action under fire.
The writers teams are slightly at
variance with those selected by
league coaches. Clarence Ace"
Parker of Brooklyn and Parker Hall
of Cleveland, whom the coaches rel
egated to the second team, were
named on the writer's first team.
Parker's brilliance as a field general
was recognized by the scribes, de-
spite the fact that he played with
the hapless Dodgers, and he was
named flrst-team quarterback for
the second consecutive season. Hall,
the Rams sensational triple threat
freshman, was awarded the left half
back position.
Sophomore OSmanski Makes 1t,
Bill Osmanski, the Chicago Bears
flrst-year battering ram, was named
fullback. Thus the scribes picked
two freshmen on their first team for
the second consecutive year. Byron
"Whizzer" White, Pittsburgh back,
and Frank Kinard, Brooklyn tackle,
were the flrst-year men who won
hrst-team places last year. White
retired to become Rhodes scholar
at Oxford and Kinard landed on the
second team this year.
Don Hutson. Green Bays wizard
end, topped the poll with a total of
443 votes. Three other members of
the first team polled in excess of
400. Danny Fortmann, Bear guard,
polled 423; Joe Stydahar, Bear tackle,
amassed 420, and Osmanski collected
406. Andy Farkas, Washington half
back, missed getting into the 400
club by two votes, his total being
398.
Aside from Parker and Hall, the
writers agreed with the coaches in
naming the nine other first-team
members, but there were sharp diff
ferences in naming the second team.
Jim Poole of New York was picked
as Hutson's first team end running
mate. Jim Barber of Washington
was assigned tackle position, along
with Stydahar and Johnny De Isola
of the Giants was paired with Fort
mann. Mel Helm of the Giants, who
was named center on the second
team last year, regained a place on
the first team. A terrific battle, in
volving Ki Aldrich, Chicago Cardinal
rookie, and Alex Wojciechowicz of
Detroit, for second place, with
Charles Brock, Green Bay recruit,
also getting stout support, split the
won with plenty to spare
Agree on Five Second Choices.
The writers agreed with the
coaches on only five second-team
positions, with Perry Schwartz,
Brooklyn end; George Musso, Bear
guard; John Drake. Cleveland full
back; Kinard, tackle, and Aldrich,
center, the players involved. The
scribes picked Dick Plasman of the
Bears at end, instead of Jim Benton
of Cleveland; John Wiethe of De-
troit was selected as guard in
place of Orville Tuttle of the Giants.
and John Mellus of the Giants dis
placed his tackle teammate, Ed
Widseth, in the line.
The scribes placed Davey O'Brien,
Philadelphia's mighty atom, at
quarterback; Tuffy Leemans and
Ward Cuff of the Giants at the half
backs, and Drake at fullback in their
second-team backfeld. The coaches
named O'Brien and Leemans on
their first team. They also picked
Lloyd Cardwell of Detroit at right
halfback, instead of Cuff.
Nine of the leagues 10 clubs are
represented on the writer's first two
teams. Pittsburgh is the only team
not represented. The Bears and
Giants placed three men each on
the first team. Stydahar, Fortmann
and Osmanski were the Bears named,
and Helm, Poole and De Isola were
the honored Giants. Washington
was awarded two places, Farkas
and Barber being the Redskins
picked. Green Bay, Brooklyn and
Cleveland placed one man each on
the first team, Hutson, Parker and