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Show All America Ratings By Christy WalsH j Mwfcir WlwHIa ei ..la Th barrier went dowa laat Saturday Sat-urday on a hundred gridiron with mora teama of championship caliber Involved that Is customary on getaway get-away day. The raauit Is an early index of a bumper crop of backa and lineman whoae exploit will aoon command tha attention of sport page raadera and vie with veteran varsity atara for a place la the head-Unaa head-Unaa of a new aaaaon. The flrat group of 10 namao to earn a card of merit are listed below and, without farther notice, no-tice, they ar aaaured of eonald-eraUoa eonald-eraUoa by the all America, board In late November. Klahty additional addi-tional name will follow, 1 earn week baaed en th neommrnda-tlone neommrnda-tlone from newapaper writer, eearhe and gridiron officiate In all parte of th country. Football fana should follow this weekly rating liat as an authenUc. unerring indication of tho all America lineup for 1S7. The board will make lis final choice front tha completed liat of SO names. ' Davie, Indiana, fullhark Carrying Carry-ing the major part of his team's aaaault and delivering two touchdowns touch-downs at tha conclusion of long down field marches, this wide shouldered shoul-dered 300-pound fullback was the main cog in a Hooeiera football machine that easily defeated Centre college. The loaers failed to play the game brand of football expected, ex-pected, but the tireless battering of Fullback Davis was enough to discourage dis-courage an even better foe. Waakowita, Washington, halfback Staging a flniahed exhibition of early aeaaon paaalng, this Husky captain- furnlahad the Inapiration and tba opportunity that enabled hia teammatea to whitewash tha visitors from Iowa in a hard fought game. Forward passing, like pitching pitch-ing In baseball. Invariably Improvee aa the schedule gets under way, but Waakowlts already appears to be In midseason condition. Chapman, California, halfback-Lin halfback-Lin smashing, aerial offense, wide end runs (and fumbles) featured St. Maiya cruahlng defeat by California, Cali-fornia, but Sam Chapman's educated edu-cated toe demonstrated that kicking kick-ing is still an important factor in ths game of football. Chapman receives re-ceives a card of merit for hia excellent ex-cellent kicking and epecial commendation com-mendation for hia workmanliks defensive de-fensive plsy. Marshall, Vnderhllt, quarterliark Making his varsity bow. sophomore sopho-more Bert Marshall aloshtd and slipped his way to first string Importance Im-portance on a muddy field againat tha Wildcats of Kentucky and eatab-llshed eatab-llshed himself as Vanderbllt's probable prob-able threat for the balance of the eeaaon. Observers liked ths way he handled himself under adveree going and his presence had a definite defi-nite Influence on his teammates whenever he was In ths lineup. Dougherty, Santa Clara, center A pivot man in every sense of the word, defensively, offensively, mentally men-tally and inspirationally, thia alert and ahlfty center waa outstanding In a bard fought gams between ancient an-cient rivals. Although outclaaeed, Stanford balked every scoring attempt at-tempt until the third quarter, when the irrepreesible Dougherty turned a blocked kick Into a much needed touehdown. Tranavitch, Rutgers, halfback A card of merit goee to this sophomore sopho-more stresk for his all around performance. per-formance. It was his first bow aa a regular and he excelled In every department of ths gams. His punts snd kickoffs were impressive. His defens plsy kept th opposition in a hols and when yardage was needed Tranavitch waa unfailing. O'Brien, Texas Christian, quarterbackFacing quarter-backFacing adverse weather conditions con-ditions and although his team was defeated by Ohio Btates hesvy varsity, var-sity, this quarterback ratea all America on his first showing of the year. With a dry field and better team support hs looms ss a worthy successor to his hlRhly publicised teammate, Sammy Baugh. Baker, Cornell, halfback One touchdown doesn't make a aeaaon and three touchdowns don't make an all American but three tourhdowm servers rated this Amherst captain welt abovs ths ordinary, entitling him to a card of merit snd later, consideration by the all America ' board. Michell kept his teammates i pointing for another score at every i stage of the game and showed good i example by hia own alertness snd , a pair of touchdowns. 1 Simmons, Williams, fullback A ' 50-yard march, featuring long runs 1 by hard hitting teammatea, aet tha 1 stags for Simmons' touchdown and 1 his subsequent conversion, but when ' called upon to deliver, hs registered the seven points necessary to win - the gams. Simmons captained his i players with fine judgment and bril- liant individual play. by ons player against an inspired, traditional foe, easily earns him a card of merit. Baker's plunging and passing against Penn Stats, hu scoring punch whsn needed and nil defensivs play throughout the gam made him the most Important player on the field. Michell, Amherst, halfback-Proving halfback-Proving himself a fin leader and brilliant Individual performer, ob- |