Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 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 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: Herschberger, Chicago 1898 Heaton, Michigan 1903-’O4 Eckersall, Chicago 1904-’O6-’OS Schulz, Michigan ....1907 Steffen, Chicago vI9OB Benbrook, Michigan 1909-’lO McGovern, Minnesota'....l9o9 Wells, Michigan ......1910 Walker. Minnesota 1910 Craig. Michigan 1913 1 Des Jardien, Chicagol9l3

Craig of Michigan.