The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-07

Ct the season. Kimbrough was
used principally as a blocker and
dccoy although when the Ag-
gies needed a few yards they
continued to hand the ball to
John and await developments
Coach Homer Norton says Kim
brOugh wasn't really turned loose
until the Arkansas. Southern Me-
thOdist and Rice games and Jar
rim John responded by smashing
out better than 300 yards in those
three games.
Kimbrough generates terrific
driving force and no rival can
halt him consistently once he
tucks the ball under his arm and
charges forward. He carries tack
lers along with him and is ire
mendously hard to knock off his
feet.
One rival coach put it this way:
Say all you want about the
blocking Kimbrough gets but I'll
tell you that he makes as much
without aid as he does with it.
He has the drive that ordinary
football players can't stop"
A great team player, Kim
brough also is a defensive stand
out. both on pass defense and as
line-bucker. Extensively, he has
gained about four yards per
plunge, and in the Aggies's first
eight games carried the ball 139
times. about so more than any
other ball carrier in the South
west conference; caught nine pas
ses for SO yards; intercepted six
for 142 yards; returned punts
and kickoffs for 1873 yards, and
scored AZ points. He played 400
of possible 480 minutes.
Albert, field general for the
All-America backfield, is the key
man in the tricky offense Clark
Shaughnessy has taught Stan
ford and which has had the Far
West in other all season.
Albert kicks off, does the punt
ing, kicks the extra points, and
handles the ball on almost every
play from the old-fashi0ned
tight-up-against center position
which features Shaughnessy's It
formation. He calls the plays, does
practically all the passing, runs
with the ball occasionally and is
a good blocker and fine defensive
player.
A left-footed kicker and south
paw passer, Albert's amazing
Qualities as a field leader are con-
sidered all the more remarkable
inasmuch as he never had seen
the present complicated Stanford
offense until Shaughnessy intro
duce it at Palo Alto last spring.
In Stanford'S first eight games,
Albert was confronted with eight
different defenses by opposing
teams and solved them all.
When fullback Norman Stand
lee was hurt. Albert took over
punting duties for the balance of
the season. Against Washington.
a vital game. he averaged 52.6
yards even though one kick was
angled Intentionally out Of
bounds for a net gain of onlv IA
yards. Although he weighs only
ITO pounds, he is tough and
strong as his record of 407 out of
a possible 480 minutes in eight
games shows.
Franck earned the fourth back
field place only after stern COM
retition from all sectors with
Bruce Smith. his Minnesota
teammate, among the leading
challengers. On the whole. how
ever. Franek rated as the most
valuable .all-around performer
on the Gopher team which swept
through a gruelling schedule
without a setback. A dangerous
break-away runner, exceptional
" fleet of foot. Franck was a
standout except in the Ohio State
game when he was used princi-
pallv as field general.
Twice during the season, Franck
ran kickoffs back for touchdowns
and for the season as a whole he
averaged better than five yards
every time he carried the ball
Several rivals kicked off out OF
bounds to keep the ball away
from him. Leading punter in the
Western Conference. his kicking
was Of immense value to Mime