| Show SOUTH PREDOMINATES A. A P. P P ELEVEN I West Places Two Players On Big Team D By ALAN ALAX GOULD I t Associated Press Sports Editor t NEW V YORK Dec 7 The 7 The balance of ot power in American college football foot- foot I ball as reflected Saturday in the eleventh annual Associated Press j i America all selections as well wen as by bythe bythe the evidence otherwise at the end of ct a sensational season has swung but nevertheless distinctly In a n. south by tion For the past few years it has han been tipped Upped toward the middle t west vest by the general around all k of or Big Ten tennis teams led by Minnesota l but hut there has been no mistaking the trend in Dixie j meanwhile j jUp t Up to now Alabama has been the I No o. o 1 standard-bearer standard for the old I. I south's louth'S pigskin parade known far farand and wide vide for its exploits exploits' in the Rose bowl Moving deeper Into Dixie this year we find Louisiana State combining com corn bining with neighboring Texas teams to contribute some of the outstanding accomplishments and I II players of 1935 Man for tor man the aggregations 1 1 I ef tl talent on the southwest gridirons this year probably arc tougher- tougher t than the collegiate product r b in any other major section P To get down to cases the south f f and southwest fill four of the coveted covet- covet v I ed first team positions and 12 of the thet I t 33 places on the complete all Amen I i ca en squad This compares with a aI ar r total of seven star all performers I In 1934 front roni the region stretching I I from the Carolinas through Texas I It tops the middle west with three k players on the first team and 10 on the squad The east and far west vest place two each on the first team seven Jeven and four respectively on the combined star all-star array arrao Pick rick of or the Backs Dacks From an unusually fine collection c stars roaming the 1935 gridirons the Associated Press selected selected selected se- se Riley Smith of Alabama Bobb Bobby Bobby Bob- Bob b by Wilson of Southern Methodist f v Jay Berwanger of Chicago arid and Bobby Bobby Bobby Bob Bob- by Grayson of Stanford to to do the lugging ball blocking passing kicking and and if if necessary the necessary the tackling behind an America all-America line weighing close to pounds per perman perman perman man averaging an Inch over six feet In height and capable of handling all tho the complicated assignments of modern football o Rated th tha country's outstanding tl around all-around back Berwanger closed a brilliant career b by personally beating Illinois in a n. dramatic finish l The Flying Dutchman ran wild against Ohio State and had the powerful Buckeyes licked until the balance of manpower turned the tide This h has been the greatest of three great grat seasons for Berwanger During his varsity career on a team limited in manpower and seldom a aI aft I ft match for the powerhouse squads of the Big Ten en Berwanger has t F more than a mile of ground 1 from scrimmage He has not only done th the k kicking and passing for Chic Chicago but much of the tackling ViL on Like Booth Leading the galloping was Bobby Wilson jackrabbit of or the Southwest Southwest Southwest South South- west conference and one of the slipperiest little litle fellows since Albie Rooth Booth was starring for Cor Yale Scaling Scaling SealIng Seal Seal- ing barely pounds wringing wet Wilson scooted through broken Yields fields from Los Ang Angeles les to Fayette- Fayette vile ilIe Ark Coast critics labelled him b better than the celebrated Cotton Warburton of Southern California Despite Alabama's erratic scaBon season sea sea- son Ion Rile Riley Smith has the unanimous unanimous unanimous support of southern observers ob- ob servers for the job of quarterbacking quarter- quarter hacking backing th tho American all tC team A seasoned field general ener l a n fine blocker kicker passer and ball ball- carrier has been heen the sparkplug sparkplug spark spark- plug lug of th the Tuscaloosa machine for the past two years cars He cleared tho the wa way for Dixie Howell in 19 1931 1 This Thi sear ear car after recovering recO from froni injuries ho lie led Alabama back bad to a a. contending position in inthe tho the South Southeastern conference No fault cnn can be found with Gaynell Gaynell Gay- Gay nell Hell Tinsley of Louisiana State or or j Captain BPi Shuler o of the tho Army i j RS as the ends end Undoubtedly Undoubted they rate among the tho best of a limited R crop rop bot hot offensively and deI defensively dej de- de j I with Walter Vatter of Rutgers and Gil Lea of ot Princeton Monk of Stanford and andt t Wayne Millner of oC Notre Dame also framing arning places on the star all-star squad Letter Lester on Team Even le les les' o dispute concerns th the election o of Darrell Lester captain if f the Texas Texan Christian team for Cor the job Lester a rangy giant with willi a gilt gift for snagging enemy passes anc ancl an being In the thc spot to smear meat running plays topped the enters Centers by a substantial margin such able candi candi- t hates a as j Gomer Corner Jones of Ohio Stova of North Carona CaroI Caro Caro- na State Walter Vatter Gilbert of ot Au- Au I This Team Represents Cream o of Nations Nation's 1935 Football Crop d. d d s 7 w s 's p- p t vy- vy FULLBACK JOHN ROBERT aOBERT H. H CRAYSON RILEY SMITH ROBERT WILSON ST STANFORD ALABAMA SOUTHERN METHODIST H n PORTLAND O ORf pE Ho e GREENWOOD MISS CORSICANA TEXAS 4 g I I A Ak r c 4 k I r J k 1 4 A 6 i A t I C vi w p v IA w j c m l w 1 k 7 j S. S 4 4 T r I I 1 4 y fc TACKLE GUARD CENTER GUARD TACKLE END YNELL END TINSLEY ri RICHARD SMITH It PAUL rg LESTER tWi A. A C. C WELLER LAWRENCE H. H WILLIAM R. R SHULER STATE MINNESOTA NORTHWESTERN NORTHWESTERN- TEXAS CHRISTIAN PRINCETON CALIFORNIA ARMY 1 H m t KOMU LA oi ILL Home WASHINGTON D D. D C C. C He TEXAS JACKSONVILLE FLA Horn SANTA ANA CAL Horn y EL A MONTE CAL CALy c. c w. w v te s tej f te 4 burn and Steve Cullinan of Prince PrInce- ton eon on I Larr Larry Lutz LUh- of California nad Dick Smith of ot Minnesota the choices for tackle positions enjoy no such margin of ot superiority sl Lutz stood rut cut among on the tho coast l tackling fiercely and fast enough to draw aw out f fur for r interference when advantageous ad ad- Smith likewise has rivalry of ot the iho variety and its it's nearer For a n Sm Smith th s re remarkably re- re fast fact He gets down under under un un- un- un der pu punts t. t like an end rush Although Although Al Al- though no so devastating as as' as his hist t team am male mate Smith has figured more often in trio critical plays due to greater varsity experience Selection of John Weller of Princeton and Paul of Northwestern for guards likewise leaves some room for Cor a debate Both Doth po possess se J the necessary all aU- round qualifications as blockers rind and tacklers Fast and smart both rose to their thiu best under pressure but hut they have t only a shade over over the alternate choices Sid Wagner of Michigan State and Ed Michaels of Villanova |
