The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-29
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and screnanaea battles ehAR n1nraea tAe tlgo& eor tAe tole Western Con~ aesSAce toctnAA c1aamnsonsAln were estaeeaea today ln eAs mAkS.cp ol tho Unitea RreSs annual all.MlR N!ne eoam es Er91els erosA Seeen schools woA 6ertts on GAe honorary flrxA eeNsn.
 anohleaa, wAloA elnasAea an sse. Und place an eAe sAAn1lng, eook eon nonoee tA e1e en~Slar team with shree bertha Tue eaGae-w1nmanR rle ainoas cueft ard Indiana eaeA won Swo plaoeA while ehe o4hzr ecs1r places wsne Co UEa8aers fron Onto StAee. Northwestern. Iowa end Wls~ consln,
 m eAnoeang oy conference oOanAaS scouts ana mewSe4s0xmaem e efao 0& AnNmen end a Nke number oe Nac&s !. stood out.
 Araze Wlns CnpAaaney
 The linemen were eAcklA Jack CAr~ peneer os AAichaRan and nnAras Alex ASase of nlnoas and Earl nanks ol Iowa. Among the oan1a tl1e N1mosf unanimous choaces were BoA Cnap- p1is of MloAigan VIC ScAwan ce Ncrthwesaesn end Joe whasaee of Ohio state.
 Agase was awarded sAe honorary captaincy 6n theSnAsas os his oemon- stratea leadership ok a team that made an uph3l1 fight Co capture the Championship.
 The all-ssar end positions were won oy Elmer MAaAr oe Ak1chigAn and Ike Owens ce minoiG AEAoar | was called ng confeEence coaches and scouts as the best all-aruan1 tlankman ia the circuit Be vas oRerSha6owed from mm offensive standpcsnt by some of his own team mates, but had no SapeE1ors from a standpoint of balance between of~ fenSipe and defensive duties. Teams ao0nd it vircaallv impossible 60 ] sweep wide on Illinois and Owens was one of the reasons Re also was an adept pass receiver.
 Carpenter is Q typsca1ly unSang Aneman whose work was overlooked by the average spectator but which 0rew raves from coaches and scouts. A 226-pound giant, Carpenter handled saperAay every assignment Of the varied offensive and defensive patterns os Coach Fritz Crssler.
 Deal Paced the EaeasaeEs
 The other tackle position vent Co Jim Deal cf Indiana, called hy his coach. So" McAsillin as one of the smaTtest Anesnen to grace . Big Nine Foster in many seasons. Deal set the defensive system used by che Hoos- ters and ca occasions called the of- fensive signals also.
 After. a slow start. Agase became the key figure oe a stellar Illinois line that was responsible for the teams tile. Agase played gaard on khe offense and shifted Co tackle on lEhe defense because of his speed end ability to roam" An All-Amersca ichoice in ieG2, Agases play this sea- son was up to his pre-war standard
 Playing his firxt season of BGg Nine competitton. Banks quickly estab- Nshed himself as one 0k the major , reasons for the brilliant comeback oG Howa. He was the type cs hne- man who constantly varted his style go as to keep the opposition , guessing.
 The closest fsght sOr . line pok- tion was al center where Fred Negns of Wisconsin edged John Cannady of Indiana for the berth. Negus Is called by his coach. Harry Stuhldre- her. the finest center tn the country, bar none"
 Chappius Sets New Marx . Among the backs. the voting was led by chappius. who established a new Big Nine record for total ot- fense and percentage of pass con- pletions.
 Schwau topped the conference in scoring and was near the top throughout the campaign in rushing. It was his individual bEslhance which --kept Northwestern among the Big Nine pace-setsers through the early portion of the season.
 whisler was one of the confer ence's ''work-horses" and was with out a peer for straight-ahead power.
 The Big Nine was shy on outstand- Ing quarterbacks. The position went to Raimondi principally on the strength Of his passing ability.
 Placed on the second team were sam Zatkoff of Illinois and Cecsl Saunders Of Ohio State at the ends; Warren Amling cf Ohio State and Bill Kay of Iowa at the tackles: Dick Barwegan of Purdue and Dom anic Tomasi of Michigan et the guards and Cannady et cen8r. In . the backfield were placed Pete Pihos of Indiana: Julie RykOvich of u- iinois; Billy Bye of Minnesota and Dick Hoerner Of EOga.