The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-29
ARMY AND NAVY
 GETS I ON U. P.
 ALL-AMERICA Il.
By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor

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 New York, Nov. 29-(UP)-The east-Arrny and Navy to be exact dominates the 1924 all American football team selected for the Unit ed Press today by sports editors and writers from coast to coast. Four men from Army's undefeated team and three from Navy's twice. beaten eleven gave the east seven places with the other four going to | the midwest. Three of those came from Ohio States unbeaten Buck eyes, the nations No. 1 civilian team, and other from Indiana.
 It was the first time since the poll was started that so few as four schools were represented on the ale star team and it also marked the first time in decade that the east has dominated the selections. In previous years it usually has been the midwest. The south, usually well represented, failed to place a man on the first team although winning two second team berthS. while the best the Far West did this season was one position on the second eleven.
 One of the all-Americans is a repeater-Navy's great tackle, Don Whitmire Pat Filley, Notre Dame guard who made the first team last year won only second team berth in 1914.
 The voting reflected three stand out players = Whitmire, Les Hor- vath of Ohio State and Felix (Doc) Blanchard of Army. The latter, a brlising, hard-blocking fullback, led the balloting with 813 points out of a possible 1,O56 with Horvath with 787 and Wfitmire third with TAI. Horvath received the most first place ballotS-65-with Whit mire and Blanchard receiving 63 each.
 Poole Picked
 The closest contest for a first team berth was between George Poole of Army and Phil Tinsley of Georgia Tech for an end position with the Army wing man winning by 30 points. Bob Jenkins of Navy defeated Buddy Young of Illinois by 34 points to win a first team backf1eld berth.
 Men who participated in the vot- ing had seen every important team in the nation and the result repre- sents the best cross-section of opinion that it is possible to obtain. The results strengthened the indi- cations that the Army Navy game at Baltimore Saturday probably will be one of the greatest college foot ball games of all time.
 The personnel of the team: End-George D. Poole, Army. Rangy and as tough as they come, he is one of the defensive stars of Army'S greatest team. Standing six, two and weighing 220 pounds, he made the team as a plebe, having played football last year at North Carolina. Nothing got around his end and while his forte is defense he also was a pass catching threat. He specialized this season in break ing through opponents lines to block punts and promises to be- come as much of a Standout end as his older brother, Jim, who played professional football with |
 End-Jack Dugger, Ohio State Even bigger than Poole = standing six, four and weighing 210 = Dugger was an offensive star although he lacked nothing on defense. He was on the receiving end of many of Horvath'S passes and handled his teams kick-of and place-kicking oh NfSA If and fast enough to coIe,r the second- ary backers-up in the Buckeye T. formation plays sending the lend" down. He was a tough man for con- voys of enemy ball carriers to get out of the way.
 Negro Star
 Tackle - William Willis. Ohio State. A master of the sliding brush block of the (T) attack, this 215-pound Negro was a defen- sive standout who steadied the Ohio State line. He piled up interference and was fast enough, despite his bulk, to race downfleld to cover punts. Injuries kept him out of two games. but he played so well in the others that he was regarded as the top lneman in the midwest. Tackle-Donald B. Whitmire Navy. Winning All-American hon. ors is nothing new for this fast charging tackle who supplies the blocking power in Navy's single wingback attack. He received all- team recognition while playing foot ball at Alabama for two years and made the mythical team last sea- son. A defensive terror, he also was key man in Navy'S offensive for whenever the Middies needed a few yards they usually sent their ball carriers through Big Don's po- sition. Whitmire became eligible to play again this season when Navy discarded its three-year varsity rul- ing.
 Guard-Benjamin s. Chase, Navy. Chase is to the right side of Navy's powerful line what Whitmire is to the left. His main forte is de- fense, but he also opens holes in opposing lines and can tackle as swiftly and surely as a backer-up- per. The players who played against Navy this season always were sure that If Chase didn't tackle them he would be somewhere in the pile-up.
 Guard = Joseph J. Stanowicz, Army. Eastern Intercollegiate heavy weight wrestling champion, the burly Stanowicz utilizes those tac- tics in being one of the toughest men to move out of position in colleague football history. Coaches designate him as almost impossible to mousetrap because of his strength and ability to diagnose plays. A rock on defense, he also is an important cog in opening the holes which have sent Army backs racing through the secondary to