Evening star., 1942-12-11

Middle West and the South. Tht
actual breakdown shows II from
the South, 10 from the Midwest,
from the Far West, from the Eas
and from the Southwest.
This years All-America offer!
three ""repeaters' from the 1874
team in the persons of Frank Sink.
wich, sensational backf1eld ace o1
the Georgia Bulldogs, Southeastern
champion and Rose Bowl nominee;
Dave Schreiner. crack Wisconsin
end, and Dick Wildung, Minnesota
great tackle.
Rounding out the All-Americs
backfeld with SinkWich are Glenn
Dobbs, quarterback of Tulsas Mis-.
souri, Valley champions and Sugar
Bowl nominees; Paul Governali
demon paSser of Columbia Univer.
sity, and Mike Holovak. powerful
Boston College back.
Ramsay of w. and NJ. Honored.
Schreiners running mate at enc
Is Bob Shaw of Ohio States Big
Ten champions. while Clyde john
son, Kentucky's 6foot6-inch line
star, shares the tackle posts with
Wildung.
Named to the guard positions are
Garrard Ramsay of William and
Mary, Southern Conference title
holder, and Chuck Taylor Of Stan
ford's Indians. The center is Joe
Domnanovich, captain of Alabama S
Crimson Tide.
The line, anchored by the huge
Johnsons 235 pounds, is one OF the
heaviest ever chosen for the ALL
America, averaging 2o4 pounds. The
backheld hits a 190-pound average.
Tulsa, William and Mary, Ken
lucky and Columbia all are given
representation for the first time
since 1925 when the Associated Press
first selected its All-America. Ohio
States last representative, in 1880,
was Yves Fesler, also an end. The
Buckeyes l942 representative, Shaw,
is the only junior on the team. All
the others are seniors.
May Be Last for War.
This. the first wartime all-Amer-
ica in quarter century, may well
be the last for some time. Most of
the h1sdrSttsof players1vho figured
In the selections will be in the armed
services long before another foot
ball season rolls around.
AS a matter of fact. it is doubt
ful that another full-time collegiate
season will be held until the war is
over. Transportation and man
power problems may become insur-
mountable before the 1943 season
But, if the 1912 campaign was the
last for the duration, the boys who
play the game made it good one.
It was the dafflest, most unpre-
dictable season in memory, partly
because sophomores and freshmen
were used freely to make up short
ages in varsity manpoWer.
But out of the excitement one
fact definitely was established-that
no section of the country could
match the power of the Big Ten
with Ohio State, Wisconsin and
Michigan, or the Southeast, with
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Tennessee
and Alabama.
The caliber of play sloughed of
considerably in most other sections
notably the Southwest, East and
Far West
The All-America backfield, as
chosen, represents nice balance oi
offensive and defensive strength.
Headliner All Season.
Sinkwich, named to the All-Amer-
lea for the second successive year
was a headline performer all season
and none could challenge seriously
his right to berth on any all-stal
squad.
Statistics are dry stuff, but If
Slnkwich's case they serve to illus
trate his all-around effectiveness:
and his immense value to Georgia
fine team. Youngstown frankie Sc
up new national record in total OF
tense with 2.l74 yards, picking w
more than 1900 yards by passing
and averaging better than yards E
try on the ground, Developing as {
kicker this season, he averaged bet
ter than 36 yards try In addition
to captalning the team, SinkWicl
called the signals and kicked off,
There was real drama in his per.
formances in the sensational VIC
tory over Alabama and again il
the shocking loss to Auburn. Geor'
gia was trailing Alabama, 100, aftel
three quarters and then frankie
went into action. Helped unques'
tionably by the skill of such receiv.
ers as George Poschner and LANAI
Davis, Sinkwich completed 9 of l;
passes In the final quarter of tha
game, including two to Poschner fol
touchdowns that won the game.
Great in Loss to Auburn.
In the Auburn game, when Geor'
eia's string of nine successive vic.
tories was snapped, Sinkwich wa!
Individually great performer. bu
could not match Auburns ret-ho
team. Georgia initiated 80 offensiv,
plays against the Plainsmen anC
Sinkwich either ran, passed Of
kicked in 70 of them. Despite tht
fact that Georgias line was badl,
outplayed. Sinkwich, playing s.
minutes, was credited with 1T yard.
passing and 81 rushing, scored Geor'
gias first touchdown and passed tt
Lamar Davis for the second. He wa
a standout in the Georgia Tecl
game which clinched the Rose Bow
assignment for Georgia,
The Ohio husky also was spec.
tacular defensive player In thi!
respect, he was at his best in the
Auburn game when he repeatedly
was credited with smashing through
the interference to pull down The
ball carrier. He was an alert anc
successful pass defender all season
Coaches of the Southeastern Con.
ference. balloting for the annua
ali-conference team, unanimously
picked him for the backfield. NJ