Evening star., 1941-11-24
Pair Of Players Each
From Northwestern,
Michigan Picked
Schreiner, Badger End,
Only Gridder to Be
Unanimous Choice
BY EARL HILL1GAN,

CHICAGO. Nov. 24-Minnesota's as
championship Gophers, Northwest
ern's Wildcats and Michigan's VOL
verines dominate the 1941 western
Conference all-star football team
selected annually for the Associated
Press by Big Ten coaches.
The selections, announced To-Day
show four Gophers named 10 lne
first team, with Northwestern ano
Michigan each landing two places
and Purdue, Wisconsin and lnoiaha
getting one apiece.
In a ballot marked by an unusu-
ally high number of players recelV-
ing recognition and by the closest
kind of a race for backf1eld berths
in a half dozen years, the mentors
named the first team line: EndS, BOD
Motl, Northwestern, and Dave
Schreiner. Wisconsin; tackles, DICK
Wildune, Minnesota, and Alt Bau-
man, Northwestern: guards, Len
Levy. Minnesota. and Tom Melton,
Purdue. and center, Bob ingalls, OF
Michigan.
Two GOpherS IN Backnelu.
The backfield is made up OF Bill
Hillenbrand, Indiana; Bruce smith
and Bill Daley of Minnesota and BOD
Westfall of Michigan.
TOP honors as vote-getter 60 TO
Schreiner. This star Badger TANKER,
brilliant throughout the season, was
the only player to receive hrst-
team vote from every coach, col
lecting the perfect ballot OF IL points
with two being given for first-team
selection and one point for second
team nomination.
Motl, both extensively and defen-
sively. was one of the finest endS
Northwestern ever. has produceo
and he polled almost as many votes
as Schreiner. Minnesota's Bob
Fitch was a close thru.
Among the tackles the standout
was Dick Wildung. This Gopher
forward distinguished himself
throughout the fall, his speed on
covering punts drawing comment
after every game. His teammate.
Urban Odson. was handicapped by
injury and failed to regain the
all-conference rating he was &C
corded in 1910
The other tackle, Bauman, started
slowly, then played brilliantly IN
his final games. He was the only
holdover from the 1910 A.-P. first
team. He will rank as one OF the
great tackles in Northwestern his
tory.
Praise Guards for SteadineSs.
The steadiness of Minnesota's
Lew and Purdue's Melton drew
praise and votes from many coaches.
these guards tying for top spot for
those positions. At center, Mlchi-
gans ingalls, walked away with the
race for the pivot post, seven
coaches naming him to their first
team.
The backheld ranks with best
ever chosen and is marked by the
rare selection of a sophomore
1ndiana's all-around ace, Bill Hillen-
brand. Daley was one OF the great
rushers of the season and a fine
defensive player. Smith. his bril-
liant teammate was handicapped by
injury suffered midway in the sea-
son, but the coaches disregarded the
handicap in the belief he rated
recognition on early-game show
ings. In Westfall, Michigan pro-
duced perhaps the greatest spinner
play fullback in recent Big Ten
history. a man whose performance
for three seasons has been con-
sistently brilliant. He drew is votes
(seven for first team to rank just
behind Schreiner as a ballot-getter.
In all, 20 backfield men drew
one or more votes in a "free-for-
ALL ballot which saw Wisconsin's
brilliant sophomore. Pat Harder,
edged out by Daley and Hillen-
brand.