| Show I I MANY FLASHY PLAYERS SEEK MYTHICAL MYTHICAL- POST Scouting Is Termed Part Pait of Game Many Drop Old Plan By fly ByLAN y LAN ALAN J J. J GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor lr YORK Oct 27 By 27 By The As As- Associated Associated NEW NEv Tire The Press The race for lor all all- American football honors this tills year jear ear particularly among the backfIeld men is under way with the ballyhoo for va various va- va various various rious candidates being sounded In all sectors of 01 the college a gridiron front Before the touchdown harvest est Is l completed it promises to develop many manya a 0 warm debate over sectional favo favo- favorites rites From a random survey of 01 the field it seems that the number and ana caliber of o ball carriers Is the highest It has been since 1925 when the experts ex experts ex- ex experts staggered through the Job of 01 try- try tryIng tryIng trying Ing to find a backfIeld big four out of 01 a a. collection that only included such stars as Red Grange Ernie Ernie Never Nevers Nevers George Wilson Eddie Tryon Tron BennIe Friedman Peggy Flournoy Jack Slagle and Swede Another month may shift the pros pros- prospect prospect prospect but It looms like Uke another Mother diHl- diHl difficult difficult cult assignment in selecting the all all- American cast from an array that tha numbers such stars as Bill Spears of 01 Vanderbilt Christy Flanagan of 01 Notre Dame Herb Joesting Of ol Minnesota a 1926 American all Myles Lane of o Dartmouth eastern high scorer Ed Wittmer Princeton's sophomore ace Bill Amos of 01 Washington and Jeffer Jeffer- Jefferson son Morley Drury of Southern Cali Cali- California California fornia Glenn Presnell of 01 Nebraska GIbby Gib by Welch veldt of Pittsburg Gilbert of 01 Michigan Bruce Caldwell of 01 Yale Tiny Lewis of 01 Northwestern Frank BrIante of 01 New York university's suy's sity's high scoring machine and Stubby Thomason of 01 Georgia Tech's Tech s golden tornado These stars are enjoying the spot spot- spotlight spotlight spotlight light while most of the line men heave and push In the obscurity that accompanies accompanies mass action but already such forwards as Bennie Michigan captain and end Sprague giant glant Army tackle Langdell Dart Dart- Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth mouth tackle and Tim Clark gi giant gi- gi giant giant ant Harvard tackle have ha been con con- conspicuous The policy polley of 01 scouting non-scouting an experiment experiment experiment In football among a number of leading colleges in the east this sea sea- season season son may be less lees In vogue when an another an- an another another other gridiron campa ct rolls around if It present indications are a criterion While It has been pronounced a suc success success suc success success' cess cess' by several institutions among which Yale Is a leader others believe lIeve that Instead of eliminating so-called so evils evils' It may lead to subterfuges less desirable than an open and above aboveboard aboveboard board pollen policy it of 01 scouting Cornell for or Instance has declined to enter Into any scouting non t g. g agree gree- ments this season and Is definitely dell op opposed op- op opposed opposed posed to such a policy polley Harvard while trying It out is understood to oppose to-oppose oppose renewing any scouting non-scouting agree agree- agreements agreements agreements ments next year with the possible ex exception ex- ex exception exception of that with Yale Scouting to quote one prominent official has been and is still gen gen- generally generally generally speaking a So part of 01 the game It helps eliminate a lot of 01 the coach's coach s guesswork Perhaps It was overdone In many Instances especially when motion pictures began to be put into use but under ordinary circumstances it seems fair and desirable It develops contacts and associations of 01 a friendly sort In most cases ather father than arous arous- arousing arousing arousing ing suspicion The latter It seems is ismore ismore ismore more likely to be developed under scouting non-scouting agreements than other- other wise ThIs Is 15 only one point of 01 view but It seems to represent a substantial share of 01 opinion as so far tar reflected |
