Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1926, Page 87

Part 4—4 Pages The Sunday Star WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1926. All Sections of Country Represented on Lawrence Perry’s All-America Team NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST - ALL FURNISH SUPERSTARS Connaughton of Georgetown tion by Expert on List Players of 1926 Campaign. (Note. — Lawrence Perry seiected Ms 1926 all-America foot ball eleven after traveling mearly 12.000 miles from coast to coast, and secing in ac tion 28 the country’s principal teams. No other foot ball authority ever has written in the light of much first-hand information BY LAWRENCE RY N allAmerica eleven is and simply a roll of honor Places are awarded to the various players on the basis of their proficiency in their reapective positions. The writer never has selected a team of this sort with any ref to ite effectiveness as an actual piax fng combination. For varic v sons it never could be assembled @ gridiron for play, and even if this galaxy of stars were to be brought together they could not do themselves | justice without a more or les3 exien-| sive perfod of preparation under the guidance and instruction of a compe- tent toach. And even so, there would be no assurance that this stellar out- fit could defeat any one of the sea son's leading elevens, it being well| understood that something more than | star players is necessary for a win- ning gridiron organization 'This 1926 eleven, therefore, is picked | purely on LAWRENCE PERRY'S ALL-AMERICA. The team and alternates are as follows: ENDS. Hanson, Syracuse. Winslett, Alabama. TACKLES. Smith, Brown. ‘Wickhorst, Navy. GUARDS. ughton, Georgetown, urhahn, Yale. CENTER. Boeringer, Notre Dame. QUARTERBACK. Friedman, Michigan. HALFBACKS, pm FULLBACK. Joesting, Minnesota. On the Roll of Honor. The following roll of honor is made up of players all of whom are great in their various positions: FEnds—Towle, Brown; Thayer, Penn; Grube, Lafayette; Oosterbaan, Michi- gan; Morris, Utah; Bacchus, Missouri; Lindenmeyer, Missourf; Kassell, 11 Unols; Marshall, Georgia Tech; Salton- stall, Harvard; Lloyd, Navy; Born, Army; Ed, Walker, Stanford; Flora, Michigan. Tackles—Pratt, Harvard; Pickard, Alabama; Stiner, Nebraska; Hodge, Brown; Lassman, New York Univer- Johnson, Northwestern; Yoder, Carnegle Tech; Eddy, Navy; Dixon, Oregon Aggles; Luckie, Georgia; Lind- ford, Utah Aggies; Richards, Yale. Guards — Shively, Illinois; Maher, Notre Dame; Dart, Northwestern; Schmidt, Army; Brown, Vanderbiit; Davis, Princeton; Mackall, Virginia; Lucas, Missouri; Hanson, Minnesota; Gibbons, Utah Aggies; Carey, Cornell Centers—Daly, Army: Butler, Penn; Wallace, Oklahoma; Gamache, Har- vard; Cravath, University of Southern California; Bettencourt, St. Ma (Calif.). Quarterbacks—Canlkins, Princeton; Randall, Brown; Meeker, Washington Minnesota; Connor, i Kelly, Montana; Loyola (New Orleans); Harp- ster, Carnegia Tech; Barnes, Alabama; Ralls, Furman; Harding, Army; Mahler, Colgate; O'Keefe, Marquette. Halfbacks — Kaer, University of Southern California; Flanagan, Notre Dame; Howell, Nebraska; Presnell, Nebraska; Dahman, Notre Dame; Eby, Ohio State; Peplaw, Minnesota: M Phail, Dartmouth; ‘Shapley, Navy: amed for Guard Po: of Greatest Individual CREAM OF TALENT PERFORMING ON GRIDIRONS THROUGHOUT U. S. IN SEASON JUST ENDED not at all upon what the members | Ao in combination. but what | ve done as fndividu i An interesting fact about this team | is that while the number of players thro hout the country who stand | out from among their fellows is not | &0 great as in former years, vet the | men who compose this mythical ag- | certain to impress the | bhall as bearing favor m o any all-America down on paper. | v allied in respget to ahfl. | e 22 players whem the s segregated from the mass | fellow-players that he has i to mame no second team, but | atter of fairness and lternates to those award- | all-America team. as a n ns on the se alternates are to be regarded as | but a shade below the quality of the all-Ame ans, in fact pr: fcally as £ood in almost every respect. As a matter of justice, too, it should here be stated that Slagle of Prince- | ton is not named because an injured | knee permitted him to play® only about two and a half hours of com petitive foot ball throughout the sea- son. The writer, however, has no | hesitation in_pronouncing him to be | the greatest back in the game, and it | is a pity that fate contrived to keep him off the gridiron. ALTERNATE ENDS. Broda, Brown. Shipkey, Stanford. ALTERNATE TACKLES. ague, Army. elson, lowa. ALTERNATE GUARDS. Hess, Ohio State. Swan, Stanford. ALTERNATE CENTER. Truskoski, Michigan. ALTERNATE QUARTERBACK. Spears, Vanderbiit. ALTERNATE HALBACKS. ‘Wilcox, Purdue. O'Boyle, Notre Dame. ALTERNATE HALFBACK. Karow, Ohio State. the highest conception of what a quar- | terback should be. Unerring with the forward pass, a fine goal kicker. an excellent runner and a great field gen- eral, no man is better qualified to run a team. Hyland Coasts Best Back. Hyland of Stanford is far and’away the best back on the Pacific Coast and one of the hest in the countr Though light he is rugged and ahout | as elusive as Jake Slagle at his beat. | He is a dependable safety man and | can drop a punt on a 10-cent piece. In 38 plays Hyland averaged 111; vards for each attempt, which is some ball carrying. Baker of Northwestern runs, punts, passes and does every- thing that fs expected of a high-class triple-threat man. S fornia was one of the great backs of the country, a splendid cut-back per- former, but like Flanagan of Notre Dame & great deal of his blazing suc- cess was due to his splendid interfer- ence. Joesting of Minnesota ranks with the great fullbacks of any season as a ball carrier. He has an eye for open- ings, and when they do not exist his ferocious charge shatters the line without assistance. RICHARDS IS TAKEN OFF AMATEUR LIST By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, December 11.—Vin- cent Richards; who last week was ranked first of the amateur tennis Cagle, Army: Nork, Georgetown; Clark, Missouri: Mishel, Rrown; Wil son, Army: Welch, Pittsburgh; Mor- rison, West Virginia: Gilbert, Mich igan; Rogers, Penn; Caldwell and Ransford, Navy: Morton, Georgia; Rauber, Washington and Lee; Howells, Utah: Mildrexter, Denver University Kirkleski. Lafayette; Potts, Oklahor BRaruch, Princeton: Guaranaceia, H vard; Marek, Ohio St Weston Boston College: Borelli, Muhlenberg Murrell, Army Fullbacks Jefrerson Coloradn Aggles te. Amos. Washington and Dodson. Tennessee; Aggies. Ieathers, k Kline, Yale: Hoffman, ford; Hamilton, Navy: Lewis, western; Shaughnessy, Colg O'Neill, Georgetown Known Ability Sole Factor. There undoubtedly are in various positions ent this roll, but the writer those who either came under h sonal observation in the cofr some 12,000 miles of travel throu out the country this season or whos work attracted attention of qual ifled observers whose opinions and Judgment the writer trusts Of the America can be sald about } not heen said about him in past sea sons. He fills every requirement of his position and hesides hi wonde: ful foot ball mind and a magnetic per konality. He Is selected ax captain ¢ the team. Winslett of Alahama great defensive end and ix a sup ball earrier, being used as a bac offense. At the tackles plays his position ¢ offense plays the g 18 ome of the great time. Wickhorst of the Navy rounded tackle, a rock on defense and on attack a thunderbolt Connaughton Ideal Lineman. Of the guards, Connaughton of Georgetown is the ideal lineman, a giant endowed with the quickness of & boxer and the speed of a sprinter Kturhahn of Yale is a mental genius in motion, knows all the modern re quirements of his position and is fast gtrong and hard hitting Boeringer of Notre Dame is anot heady type, a cut error and then does damage as an interferer. He is strong. fast, and a diagnosticlan of high merit n of Michigan fully other men led to be on has set down ends, nothing anson that has ine on Browr and on Smith fensively d position linemen meets | ranks by the executive committee of | the United States Lawn Tennis Asso | made man who passes with- | players in ‘the metropolitan distri today was read out of the amateur ciation, The association also declared that Howard O. Kinsey, Harvey Snod- grass and Mary K. Browne had for- feited their amateur standing he- cause of the professional tour heing hy the quartet with Suzanne | Lenglen, and with Richards will he dropped from the national amateur rankings The U. S Py SAe action 1o the international federa- tion, thus barring the four from com- petition anywhere in the world with members of the international body. TUNNEY IS DECLARED L. reported its NOT VIOLATING LAW Kaer of University of Southern Call- | FRIEDMAN— Mickegar Quarterback JOEST! NG Miiesote-Fullback Stonford Left Half back By the Associated Press NEW YORK. December 11.—-Attor- ney neral Albert Ottinger, In an forwarded to the State Ath . said that the idevilie boxing ex-* ne Tunney, world heavy not viola- opinion letic Commission tos appearance in hibition of weight cl in Ption of the State boxing law. mpi mpion. W v was ar asted Novem \ charge of appearing in an rensed exhibition during a vaude- performance theater hearing Decem loeal for ville in a and was sat ber While Attorney General Ottinger canr fon as to the legality tion had been asked by the State Athletic Commission and by District Attorneyv Banton. “I am of the opinion,” said Mr. Ottinger, “that brief theatrical exhi- | 'bitions or demonstrations lasting a few seconds showing a man’s physi- cal fitness and ability to engage in the sport of boxing or sparring are not a_misdemeanor under the New York State boxing law. “An Injunction rather than a crim- inal proceeding would be remedy if | such a theatrical exhihition requires a license,” savs Mr. Ottinger later in his written opinion. t intervene in the case. his opin- | of the exhibi- | { sultation | where NINSLETT — Aleboms - Right =\ End Northwesterr o Right Halfback STURHAHN- /e Right Guard BOERINGER ~fotre Dorre ter Cen By the CLEVELAND, December 11 McAllister, for 13 years scout and coach of the Cleveland Indians, wi manage* the Tribe durihg the 1 season ¥ 8. Ba d, vresident of the club, announced today that McAl- lister had been appointed to succeed Tris Speaker, veteran outf resigned as manager seversl weeks | ago. The announcement followed a con- between McAllister and Barnard at Asheville, N. C., laet week, they attended the National | Base Ball Association meeting. He | will_take charge of the team imme. | diately and will attend the American | League meeting in Chicago next week as the Tribe’s new chief. Although MeAllister never nlayed a game in the big leagues, he was se- lected over more than a dozen appli- cants, gome of whom have starred under the hiz top for years | "'Wide experience as coach and scont and his knowledge of players in the 1der, who | JACK MALLISTER NAMED “PILOT OF CLEVELAND CLUB JACK McALLISTER. Amerfcan League led to his selection, Barnard said. McAllister's many years' service | with the team was given as another | reason for his selection. | Jack also is an Ohio product. He | started in the sand lots of Marietta, | Ohio, his home town, and from there |went to Columbus, serving under | Bobby Quinn, now president of the | Boston Red Sox. At Hartford, where |he piayed in the old Connecticut League, he attracted the attention of big league scouts and was slated to go to the St. Louls Cardinals when the season ended. ‘ At the close of the season he played in a benefit game in his home town and while sliding to the plate split his kneecap. The injury kept him out of base ba]l for two years and he then went to Albany. In 1912 he went to Akron and the following year became scout for the Indians. ‘When Speaker became manager of the Indlans, McAllister becamé coach and chief lleutenant of the veteran campaigner, He devoted much of his 1 / time to developing the infield and as sisted Matty Matthew, battery coach for the Indians, in coaching the pitch- ing staff. Jack is well known in the Amerfcan League and has the confidence of the Cleveland players. His knowledge of the American League players and of the weaknesses of clubs in the league was regarded as particularly in his favor, Barnard sald. MeAllister has been tharoughly ac quainted with conditions in the Cleve. land club since he played with the Columbus team. It was there that he met Barnard and the two have been ose friends since. He will spend the Winter in Cleveland preparing for the Spring training season at Hot Springs CONNAUGHTON- Georgetowr UMPIRES GET BETTER WITH AGE, KLEM SAYS By the Assoclated Press. “Umpires,” says Bill Klem, veteran Natlonal League arbiter, “unlike ball players and men in other pursuits, get better with age, it is a matter of experience.” HORNSBY AND BREADON DIFFER AS TO SALARY By the Associated Press. Rogers Hornsby, playing manager of the world 'champion St. Louis Cardinals, and Sam Breadon, club president, are “as far apart as the poles” on financial terms for 1927, to quote one authority. g S i undsntood to eeire. & Klem, wh will spend the Winter e i o ki S AT bevond | vacationingf&t Miaml Beach, Fla., has that Babe Ruth has received, $52,500. ' been In th& majors for 22 years. VEECK GLAD THAT CLUB HAS WOMAN SECRETARY By the Associated Press. {1927 | sprinters BRIFF AND HARRIS HOPE TOENGINEER DEALS THIS WEEK |Attend Chicago Meeting In- tent on Trades—Jones and Reeves Sign. BY DENM! THOMPSON. Soorts Editor. The Star. OME three dozen athlete sorted types and varying age are’ available for trading p poses by the Washington ball club at the conclave of diamond impressarios in Chicago this week Tomorrow the Capital delegation, consisting of President Clark Griffith, Secretary . B. Eynon and Manager Stanley Harris, will entrain for the Windy City intent upon bolstering the Nationals by means of trades for the 1927 championship campaign. The occasion is the annual meetin of the Am n League, set for Tues-. followed by the on with the National League sda This yearly gathering of the clan brings together a larger representa- tion of big league owners and mana- gers than any other event in the 12 |months, not excluding the world series. It usually is productive of more play- er exchanges than are effected over all the remainder of the 52 weeks | combined, and on this occasion may | result in a record number of swaps. | Much Cleaning Out Due. | Reason for this is found in the fact |that no fewer than five of the-eight | clubs in Ban Johnson's circuit alone, not to mention two teams in the Na- | tional League, will have different man- agers from those on the job last sea- son, all d pined to clean out the dead wood and inject new blood: each | anxious to trade what can be spared for material calculated to better fit in with his own individual requirements. There are exactly 40—the legal limit—on the roster of the Nationals at this time, this array including nine infielders, as many outfielders, three catchers and no fewer than nineteen pitchers. The backstoppers are Ruel, Tate and Berger, the latter a draftee from New Haven, and the flingers include, in addition to such more or less fa- miliar figures as Johnson, Coveleskie, Crowder, Hadley, Decatur Jones, Mar- berry, Morrell, Murray and Ogden newcomers like Burke, Braxton, Car- roll, Coffman, Lisenbee, Loftus, Mc- | Evoy, Ralph Stewart, Thomas and | Van' Alstyne. Manager Harris himself, and Judge, Bluege, Myer, Peck, Reeves and Stuffy Stewart are the holdover infielders, with Gillis and McCann as additions, while added to such well-known names as Goslin, Rice, Moon Harris and Me- Neely among the flychasers are found Cowboy Jones, Cullop, Neis, Tucker and West. Few Players Are Fixtures. Boss Bucky, of course, is eliminated from- consideration as trading mate- rial, as is Walter Johnson and, pos- sibly, a couple of other stalwarts, in- cluding Goslin, for instance, but no such assurance holds good for any of the others, so when Griff and Harris start mingling with the brethren at Congress Hotel -next Tuesday there will be no shortage of talent for them to talk business about. On the score of whether they have anything definite in the way of a trade awaiting discussion by them in Chi- cago members of the local board of strategy have maintained an attitude of strict non-communicativeness. It is assumed that more than one propo- sition invelving a switch of players is under consideration, but as to who or what involved not even an intima tion has heen forthcoming. As for the politics involved in the meeting followers of the game care little. A flare-up Is indicated in r gard to the dr which some of the | minor magnates seek to have altered or done away with entirely, while the major leaguers are insistent that it be retained and even made wider in scope. The fans don't care a whoop how this works out, nor are they par- ticularly concerned about the talk of a movement to curtail the powers of | Judge Landis. It s assured he will be retained as commissioner of base ball and with authority undiminished .in any re- spect, for he has the absolute confi- dence of a great majority of base ball men, as well as the fans, and he wi brook no clipping of his wings. T only possible change in his status has to do with the $50,000 salary he re- celves vearly, and if that is revised it will be done only one way—upward On the eve of his departure for the center of the country’s heerrunning and gun-toting activities Griff has an nounced, with considerable satisfac- tion, Yeceipt of signed contracts from two of the youngsters, of whom much expected during the next cam- aign—"Admiral” Jones and Bob Reeves—which places the number of Nationals already bound for service in at five, Pilot Harris having a holdover document, while both Robert Emmett McCann and Edgar C. Rice previously had signed. Followers of the Nationals are suf- ficiently familiar with the capabilities of Jones and Reeves to understand why Griff should feel optimistic re- garding their future on the diamond, but they may not know that the Capi- tal chieftain feels downright enthu- slastic about this pair, especially Reeves. Reeves Headed for Stardom. In Griff's estimation Reeves is the type of player capable of rising to great heights in base ball. In addi- tion to his speed, which he demon- strated during the impromptu field meet here one rainy day last season, when he impressively outfooted his {eammate, Stuffy Stewart, generally acknowledged one of the fastest 1 the game, Reeves is cred- iff with possessing all the of as- ~ ited by ( | qualifications for stardom in the n: tional pastime. . “Barring some _serious injury, Reeves is almost certain to make his ark in base ball,” vouchsafed Griff. n addition to his natural aptitude for fielding, he is a hustler, willing and aggressive, has a good head and knows how to use it. His batting average in the 20 games or 'so he played with us last season was not Bill Veeck, president of the Cnlcllo;(mpreastve, but he looks good to me Cubs, is proud of the fact that his or ganization has the only woman club | secretary in the majors. She is Miss Margaret Donohue and has just been appointed to succeed John Seyts, who will have charge of the Cub park concessions hereafter. lup at that plate, and I'm confident he will display the same hitting ha showed when in college afier he gets to feel at home in the big show. He is as well equipped for service at | short as he is at thrid, and I would i not bn surprised to see him maka hustls for Job nex: come one son.”