ALL-SOUTHWSETERN ELEVEN
A. & M. Has Majority of Players—
Coach Moran Picks All-Southwest
ern Team After the Thanks
giving Game.
As it is customary for the coach of :
the team winning the championship j
to pick an all-Southwestern team from !
all players that have participated in j
the games played this season, the lot j
f 11 to Coach C. B. Moran of A. & M-,
who has decided on the following men:
“My first selection,” says the ^
coach, “is Carroll Ward, left end for
A. & M., who is without doubt the J
best end in the South. I have seen |
him play the entire season and he fol- i
tows the ball the best of any man that |
I saw play this fall. He goes down ;
on a punt like a shot and often regains ,
che ball. On short kicks he gained
about 100 yards in the Haskell Indian
game; made a forty-yard run for a
touchdown against Varsity, and an
other against Oklahoma. He is a sure
tackier and has starred in every game.
“For left tackle I think Hooker of
A. & M. is the superior of the others.
He is an aggressive player, coaching
his teammates, and a consistent
ground gainer. He is good on receiv
ing forward passes and breaking up in
terference. He has played through
every hard game and never appeared
to be in trouble.
"For left guard I think mention is
due Feldhake of University of Texas
and Holm of A. & M. Holm is by far
the fastest guard in the Southwest
and a great defensive man. With the
experience of Feldhake he would be
at the top. Feldhake is a very gritty
player, playing hard ball with a broken
nose.
“At center there is not a classy
player in the South. Thompson of A.
& M. of Texas is the greatest man
for blocking the line and passing the
ball in the Southwest, while Thompson
of Oklahoma makes more tackles than
any other center. Ellis of A. & M. of
Texas also deserves mention for the
fine game he played in the second
ha’f against Oklahoma.
“At right guard, with Brown of A.
& M., are three good men. Shippe is
Texas there is about a draw. They
are both aggressive placers and hold
the line well.
“At right tackle 1 pick Barnes • of
A. & M. He is the fastest big man of
194 pounds in the Southwest. He is
a consistent ground gainer, a tower of
strength and a great man for receiving-
forward passes. He played in every
game with A. & M. and made several
touchdowns possible by forward
passes to him.
“For right end Leonard of Univer
sity of Texas, Shippe and Carlin of A.
& M., are three good men. Shipp is
the fastest of the three and plays a
strong heady game. Leonard is very
good on going down on punts and is
an aggressive end. Carlin is very
fast and deserves mention for the
game he played in Houston and
against the Haskell Indians.
“In Hamilton of A. & M. at right
half, Capshaw of Oklahoma at full
and Balenti of A. & M. at left half
we have the fastest back field in the
South or Southwest. Hamilton and
Balenti are not only fast but two of
the best kickers in the South. Hamil
ton holds the record for the longest
run of the season, running for a i
touchdown from the kick-off for !
ninety-five yards. Balenti is the great- [
est place kicker in the South. Cap- !
shaw is the only man fast enough for i
this pair of halfbacks. He is great
on line bucks and tackles hard. Moore
of University of Texas and P.ugel of
A. & M. deserve mention. Rugel is
one of the strongest on interference in
the South. Robinson of Baylor also
showed great form in bucking the line.
Spoonts of University of Texas, and
Green of Haskell Indians deserve spe
cial mention. Rogers of Haskell In
dians showed great form as a punter
and in interference, he being very
fast for a man of 190 pounds.
| “For quarter. Choc Kelley is my
, first selection. He is a consistent
I ground gainer, good on returning
I punts, good- generalship, in fact a star
! at every department of the game.
Wiley of Baylor and Kirkpatrick of
University of Texas deserve mention,
Wiley being the fastest man in foot
ball togs in the Southwest.
‘ The man des rving special mention j
are Ross of Oklahoma, Cretcher and j
Holliday of A. & M., Bailey, Ramsdel) I
and Massingale of University of Tex
as; Douglass of Oklahoma; Wright
and Thomas of T. C. U., and Moseley
of Baylor.”
The line-up:
Ward, A. & M., left end; Hooker, A.
& M„ left tackle; Feldhake, University
of Texas, or Hohn, A. & M., left guard;
Thompson, A. & M., center; Steiler,
University of Texas, or Brown, A. &
M„ right guard; Barnes, A. & M., right
tackle; Shippe, A. & M., right end;
Kelley, A. & M., quarter; Hamilton, A.
& M., right halfback; Balenti (cap
tain), A. & M„ left halfback; Capshaw,
“Whereas under the old system a
team could use its entire defense for
stopping plays through the linfe, at
present the two backs must be held ;
back to watch for forward passes. '
j
When a team wants to use a mass j
play it hits a team that has not its j
full defensive strength. My sugges- !
tion that pushing or pulling the man :
with the ball will do away with that, j
as will the other to make the distance I
to be gained greater.”
The recommendations of Stagg, ap
proved by the athletic board at the
Midway, are expected to be favorably
received at the meeting this aftei-
noon, a session which will be the most
important since the famous reform
meeting back in 1905. At the meeting
today whatever action is taken towaid
football reform will be regarded as the
official stand of the west, and will be
urged at the national rules committee.
Will Discuss Many Matters,
Several other matters, such as the
I place of the conference meet next
! spring, the enlarging of the "big
| eight,” the summer baseball for col-
; lege amateurs, will be brought up. It
| was a foregone conclusion that Mar-
i shall Field be the scene of the track
I event until Illinois put in its bid. The
1 applications of Notre Dame, Marquette
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be held at the Chicago Beach hotel at
| 3 o’clock.—Chicago Daily Tribune.
“A GRAND BLOW-OUT.”
Oklahoma, fullback.
STAGG OFFERS MORE CHANGES
Maroon Coach Adds to Suggestions for
New Rules.
University of Chicago professors
yesterday approved Director Stagg’s
suggestions to be introduced this aft
ernoon at the annual meeting qf the
conference association with a view to
discouraging mass plays and thus
minimizing the danger in football.
The Midway coach himself added to
the reforms of the day before with
more radical ideas to bring the for
ward pass into greater prominence.
While some have criticized forward
passing as being possessed of danger
ous features, Stagg declared that it
is the life of the game, but thought it
ought to be made less hazardous for
the team attempting the play. To that
end he favors:
1. Cutting down the penalty from
fifteen to ten or five yards for for
ward passes which are incompleted.
2. Allowing more than one forward
pass from the line of scrimmage.
3. Doing away with - the provision
which makes necessary running out
five yards before throwing a forward
pass.
Numbered Players Won’t Do.
The agitation for numbering players
Stagg knocked in the head by saying
that while it might be to the advan
tage of the spectators, it would en
courage opponents to “lay” for stars.
“The rules must have something-
done to them,” said Stagg. “As they
now stand they give a greater chance
for massing than ever before, and they
were adopted for the purpose of doing
away with that style of play.
Last Saturday night the occupants
of the notorious batroost, Coach Mor
an and several “E” company men from
Tent row, enjoyed one of the best
banquets ever pulled off on the cam
pus. The families of five Greenville
boys at A. & M. clubbed together ana
sent their sons a huge 150-pound box,
containing everything imaginable
under the sun good to eat.
For the first thirty minutes every
thing went on quietly. The only,
racket heard was the cracking of nuts, j
smacking of lips and complimentary j
remarks from those who took time |
out” to talk. It was not-long before,
some of the crowd became winded and j
were unable to* continue eating. How- ,
ever, Dutch Hohn, Barnes and Coach
Moran now showed the results of !
hard training they had undergone, and ^
bested everyone. It was only after le- ,
peated requests from the assembly
that the coach and Dutch stopped eat
ing and began to make things lively.
Coach Moran is a fine talker, pos
sessed with that gift of eloquence
which only a privileged few in this
world are fortunate to have. In this,
Dutch is no slouch, either, and he and
the coach amused the audience for an
hour or more with their bantering talk
and complimentary remarks passed
upon one another. Husky Barnes
was requested time and time again to
make a speech, but he did not care
to slight the hunk of mutton he had
in his hands. After everyone had
eaten his fill the happy but bloated
company dispersed, leaving behind
“enough fragments to fill thirty bas
kets.”
It may well be said that the evening
was the happiest ever spent by the
members of Company “E,” and many
thanks are due the parents of the
Greenville boys for their bountiful and
opportune spread.
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