Evening star., 1944-12-08
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Editor,

Associated Press Sports Editor.
Rejecting trend away from the
Navy and marine schools, which
controlled last years football pic
ture, the 1914 college all-America
presents an array of gridiron talent
dominated by Ohio States all
victorious civilian team and the
United States Military Academy's
high-scoring eleven.
For the first time since 1894, when
Alabama, Stanford and Minnesota
landed two berths each, the Asso-
ciated Press Goth all-America team
released today after 4 Nation wide
survey of expert opinion shows a
lineup IN which there is more than
one school with two men on the
mythical eleven. And not since
Notre Danes great 1880 team has
school matched Army's feat of TAX
ing over two OF the backfield posi-
tions.
Ohio State placed its great run
ming and passing star, Les Horvath,
in the backheld, along with Army's
feet Glenn Davis and hard-hitting
Felix Blanchard, and landed Bill
Hackett, a 191-pounder, at guard.
Horvath. playing his fourth year
with the Buckeyes after year in
the Army, Is the only senior on the
first eleven-composed otherwise of
four juniors, three sophomores, two
freshmen and Navy Viz student.
Plenty of Heft in Team.
There's plenty of heft in both the
line and backfield, with the forward
wall tipping the scales just under an
average of 204 pounds per man and
the backs averaging 1872 pounds plus.
With Navy joining the Army to
dominate the Eastern campaign and
OHIO State placing two more of its
men on the second and third teams,
the division of the squad OF SO play
ers shows that the football strength
this season was in the East and Mid
west.
The East won OF the spots, 5
with Army men and with Middies
from Annapolis. The Midwest also
gained 9 places, while went to the
South, to the Southwest and 4 to
the Far West.
Rounding out the backfield with
Bob Fenimore, sensational 18-year-
old triple threat star from the Okla
homa Aggies-a civilian team that
lost only to the studded Norman
Naval Air Base.
Line Packed With Power.
Named to the ends are Phil Tins
| ley, 6-foot- -1-inch, 188-pound Via
student from Georgia Tech, and
Hubert Bechtol, who gave the Uni
versity of Texas its third all
America f1ankman since 194l and
its second straight
The tackle positions are held dowr
by two hard-charging giants -
Navy's 2l5-pound Don Whitmirt
and Southern CALIFORNIA; 235-poune
John Ferraro. Hackett's running
mate at guard Is Hamilton J
Nichols. tower Of strength in Rice!
line.
The center goes to Caleb Var
(TeD Warrington. who although or
losing team at Auburn was cred
tied with making more than so per
cent of his teams tackles during
the season.
| Although there was not a wealth
of great backs, Blanchard. Davis
Horvath and Fenimore didn't earn
their honors without an argument
Battling them right down to the
line were such sterling performers
as Navy's Bob Jenkins, a plunge1
who had a tendency to tumble: Tom
| Shorty McWilliams OF Mississipp
State, who as a freshman was
hailed as one of the greatest back!
ever to come out OF the South
Purdue's Boris (Babe) Dimancheff
leading scorer OF the Big Ten
Claude tBuddy) Young, natioDa
100-meter champion from Illinois
and Bob Kelly of Notre Dame.
Horvath Back Of Year.
\ Horvath probably was the bacl
Of the year A dental student afte,
serving a hitch in the Army, thi
comparative lightweight Che weigh
only 167 pounds) held Ohio State
freshman backs together when tn
going got tough as the Buckeye
, rolled up their first undefeate
season since 1920. He scored
touchdowns with at least one in ever
. game except the Indiana contest
carried the ball 1856 times for a ne
: gain Of 885 yards and completed l
of 20 passes for 1892 yards.
Davis, 175-pound speedster iron
Los Angeles who led the Nation
| scorers, was In the headlines ever
week as the Cadets rolled up i'm
pressive scores. He also was feare'
member of Army's team last yea
but competed as plebe again thi
season because he dropped out o
the Academy last spring.
Blanchard was given much of tn
credit for making possible lonl
gains by Davis and other fleet Arm.
backs. Although also classed as j,
plebe he played freshman ball a
North Carolina In 1912 and move,
into West Point from the CT rank
after prepping in the Army's Al
Corps program at Lafayette in 194a
Blanchard Is Battering Ram.
A battering ram with fine kick
ing ability, the 0-pound Bishop
vile Is. c. ace made it necessar
for Army's opponents to keep thei
line in close order. Spread it out
and Blanchard would break through
Close it in, and Davis or one of hi
mates would gallop around the end.
Fenimore, who at 18 is one of tn
youngest players ever to make tn
first team, is an old-type triple
threat star. known as the Wood
ward (Okla.) Wrath, Fenimore wa
chiefly responsible for the Okla
homa Aggies' record of seven vic
tories and one defeat and a tri
to the Cotton Bowl. He scored {
points. carried the ball l62 time
for 914 yards, completed 40 of :