The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-20
COACHES PRAISE
VARIOUS LlNEMEN
Unheralded Men Receive
Credit Due Them
By Mentors

NEW YORK. Oct. 19.-Foot-
ball linemen seldom get headlines,
or even a second glance from the
fans, but there is no rationing on
their share of gfidiron glory when
coaches, scouts and other experts
start handing out accolades.
For instance, it was a tackle,
big Joe Stanowic, whom the ex-
perts credited with solving Colum-
bias tricky defense for Army last
week, although halfback named
Glenn Davis reaped all the cheers
from the crowd.
Columbia's Coach Lou Little had
his linemen play a foot and half
back of the line of scrimmage to
throw off the timing of Army's
blocking and for awhile the STRAIT
egy had the Cadets off stride, then
Stanowicz figured out what was
happening and Army's plays start
ed clicking for $40 victory.
1t was another tackle. P a u l
Mitchell, who saved Minnesota
from defeat by Camp Grant, in
the opinion Of DR.. George Hauser,
the Gophers' coach. Mitchell stop
ped, one Camp Grant drive by re-
covering a tumble on Minnesota s
ten and in the final minutes of
the game caught an opposing run
ner from behind after a long run
and dropped him on the one-yard
line.
Jim White. Notre Dame tackle,
was the outstanding lineman on
the field as the Irish overwhelmed
Wisconsin 500 and the authority
for this statement is Harry Stul-
dreher, the Badgers coach. HE
never made mistake," Stu1dre-
her groaned.
Penn State Coach Bob Higgins
says he has the best guard in the
country. John Jaffurs, and credits
him with stalling Nays steam
roller attack. HE was the best
man on the field Saturday and the
Navy people thought so, too" as
serted Higgins.
The best in the country tag also
has been placed on Ohio States
200-pound Negro tackle, Bill tDea-
com Willis. by his coach, Paul
Brown. HE recovered a tumble
on Purdue's six-yard line to set
up our only touchdown and no one
has gained any ground over him
in spite of the yardage rolled up
against us in four games" said
Brown. Hes half my ball club.
The other half is my center, Cor
don Appleby."
Here are some other outstand-
ing linemen of last week:
Tackles
Art McCaffray and Sam Klap-
stein, College of Pacific-McCaf-
fray made. half of tackles against
Del Monte and Klapstein stopped
ball carrier in end zone for safety.
C. B. Stanley, Tulsa-Gave great
Commute defensive performance
against Oklahoma, blocking t w o
cunts, one of which was cooped
up for touchdown.
Junius Penny, Kansas-Was one
big reason why Washburn never
made single first down on running
plays.
Gail Halterman, William Jewell
Dominated line play and rushed
Kansas State passers SO that five
aerials were intercepted.
Guards:
Patsy Guido, Lakehurst Naval
Station - George MungeS Penn
coach, picked him out for praise.
No previous college football ex-
perience.
Franklin Butler, Texas - His
blocking and recovery of two fun
bles helped beat Arkansas.
Centers:
Bill Baughman, Iowa - Coach
Slip Madigan says, Lime is no
better than men backing it up
Baughnan did great job plugging
holes against Indiana and didn't
make a bad pass all day.
Tom Blackburn, Cornell "P1av-
ed as well against Holy Cross as
any center I've seen all wear"
vouched Carl Snave1y.
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