Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-12-07 | Page 13 | Leading Centers of the 1912 Football Season

Leading Centers of the 1912 Football Season ipOOTBALL experts are now busily :J ?$ engaged in figuring out who is Ji-jJ the best center of the year. In the Wlll-IIJ T- WW eas tle mair-fty f the critics claim WmSiM'kk M::Wmk Ketcham of Yale is the best man in "raiN the position. Others say Bluethen- mi AtW' fWwl thal of Prmceton is the star. In the MSw W$':s mW west many claim Patterson of Michl- m$0W W.ifH nm gan is t3ae best' while otners say the mmm sm wz l mW'mmi it im$$& --k 8m gggggf i Jahw&J" 'IJr Photot by Amtriean Preae Association. rP! honors belong to Des Jardien of the Chicago eleven. lljiSIP ) ir''i&$ Ketcham has played a grand game in center all year. He ii&i f 1P s a aster man than Bluethenthal, more aggressive and fj TW lililplls perhaps a little headier. He passes the ball more reliably krW MllilllE than the Tiger crack. Injuries kept Patterson out of a PllSilsr IBWTfHEMTHALj number of games, but he showed up well in others.