Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1914 — CAMP HONORS WESTERN MEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAMP HONORS WESTERN MEN

Dean of American Experts Selects but Few Players From West In Naming His Gridiron Heroes.

During the last quarter of a century that All-American football selections have been made by Walter Camp, the dean of American experts, 12 western gridiron heroes have had the honor of being named on the sage’s eleven. Prior to the announcement of the 1913 All-American eleven by the eastern expert only ten western athletes had shown enough ability to be placed on his all-star team. This season, however, two more middle west moleskin stars by their brilliant and consistent playing were placed in the ranks of western gridiron notables by being mentioned on Camp’s All-Amer-ican team, being the total number up to an even dozen. These men were Paul Des Jardien, University of Chicago, center, and Ralph Craig, the Michigan halfback. Of all the western institutions the University of Michigan boasts of more All-American men than any other.

Craig is the fifth Wolverine who has been picked on Camp’s honorary eleven during the past 25 years. The University of Chicago comes in for second place, having had four selected. Des Jardien making the fourth. Of the remaining three, two x were members of the University of Minnesota, while the last was a member of this year’s University of Wisconsin eleven. Here is a list of the western men selected by Camp in 25 years U “ Hecschberger, Chicago 1898 Heston, Michigan 1906-’O4 Eckersall, Chicago 1904-’O6-*OB Schulz, Michigan .;....J1907 Steffen, Chicago 1908 Benbrook, Michigan 1909-’IO McGovern, Minnesotal9o9 Wells, Michigan 1910 Walker, Minnesota 1910 Craig. Michigan .........1913 . Des Jardien, Chicago...l9l3

Craig of Michigan.