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Show STAR GRIDDERS FEW IN NUMBER Work of Sophomores Augurs Well for 1929 Season. The final requiem of the footkll season are in order at many schoola and the hot-stove season already hold away In the Western couference. The 1028 season will be remembered as one of nine well-balauced tennis, but few outstanding performers. There were no stars that scintillated on the gridiron as did Grange, Oosterbnan, Friedman and Baker. But where players play-ers of All-American caliber were rare, each school had group of sophomore sopho-more whose first-year performances augured well for 1929. Willis Glassgow, diminutive Iowa halfback, again led the llawkeye ground gainers. In his second year of Big Ten competition Glasgow complied a total of 510 yards In 145 attempts, 115 yards more than he gnltied In 1!27. Although he carried the ball only 72 times, Oran Pape. Iowa's fast back, finished second to Glassgow with 531 yards, while Mayes Mcl.aln. the much-heralded Indian fullback, ranked third with 4I!2 yards In 110 attempts. In Walter Ilolmer Northwestern loses by graduation one of the greatest great-est fullbacks ever turned out nt the EvnustoD school. During the season Ilolmer punted 55 times for an average aver-age of 44 yards, including numerous kicks for placement rather than distance, dis-tance, ne completed 43 passes out of 84 attempts for an average gain of 14 yards. His line plunging carried the ball 441 yards In 140 attempts. What will be Indiana's loss probably prob-ably will be the Army's gain. Chuck Bennett, rated as one of the best ball luggers In the conference, has gone East to take the examination for West Point Bennett will graduate from Indiana in June. Gene Rose, halfback, and Joe Kres-ky, Kres-ky, guard of the Wisconsin eleven, made their professional debut with Hammond (Ind.) team. |