Show 14 A few ever pay any particular at to the center a star guard or a brilliant tackle few ever fix an eagle eye on a smashing block ing back the crowds and this also in eludes most of the football writers are watching the ball carriers the passers and the pass receivers who are usually out in the open who supply most of the color and action in a any n y game the men who are just as important who have to handle brennan the g runt brunt of con flicht usually are overlooked for this reason the football cam laign of 1847 1947 is almost an exact duplicate of other years the head lines and the laurels are going to the backs to the passers and the receivers it is difficult to recall a season where so many backs have drawn this age old cibat on he can cant t be left off anybody s all star team what they forget as far as any all star backfield selection is con berned is this you cant can t put 15 or 20 men into four pairs of shoes here are just a few of the men who cant can t be left of lujack of notre dame layne of texas walker of S M U conerly ol 01 mississippi scott of arkansas of penn sylvania brennan of notre dame evans of kansas Chap chappels puls and el liott of michigan self and girard of wisconsin cloud of william and mary a fine fullback mccardle and doll of southern california gil mer of alabama bailey of virginia burns of rutgers of yale of columbia Taha taliaferro ferro of indiana and too many others to be mentioned in any event here are 21 fine backs rated high in the nation nations s ranking there are other unlisted nominations from the northwest each section sees only its stars in action and knows what these stars can an do with little knowledge of stars from other sections the local viewpoint this is only natural you watch a conerly a gilmer a layne a walker an evans a scott from the south and the southwest alone and you feel quite certain that anyone of these is the star back in the coun try and you may be right then again you may not be right maybe no one will be right the high level of class doesn doean t leave much margin there are too many outside factors to consider such as time experience and all around versatility A great football bach back should be able to run pass block and tackle especially tackle the final word only top rankers can block and tackle football Is studded with passers and ball carriers it isn t studded with blockers and tacklers this is an unselfish job ask any coach a in the argument that concerns the best backs of the year we can take taken you to ta tre e south and the southwest the deep south insists that con erly of mississippi and gilmer of alabama are two of the ing stars many scouts that I 1 re rank both over layne of texas and walker of S M U gilmer can pass run block and tackle he is an amazing football player who weighs about pounds now equally smart football play ers write re rne that walker of S M U and layne of texas belong with any top tour four layne is a brilliant pass er walker a sophomore can do everything ever thing a coach wants but three coaches from the south west write me that smackover Smack over clyde scott formerly with navy is a better all around back than lane or walker ile is a star on a weak ball club who aho has picked up more ground than either layne or walker then word comes from off the trail hat ray evans of kansas out classes conerly scott layne walk er or gilmer evans has had four or five brilliant years of college and ar arany army my football all the kansan can byis run pass kick block and tackle the pros want him more than anyone else other headliners in the meanwhile there is min isi of pennsylvania who also has bad had four or five big years passer ball carrier blocker and star deafen sive back also a fellow known as johnny lujack of notre dame a big factor at notre dame four sea sons ago who can pass or run and who happens to be probably the best defensive back in football today fritz crisler of michigan admits that chappuis Chap puls has been his main factor on offense running runn and passing cloud of william and mary is probably the best fullback in the country few even know his name he is pounds of doc blanchard the pros will come up with some unknown from an unknown team who will outclass many of these I 1 have mentioned they merely never had the chance to prove their stuff |