Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1917 — Times Chooses All-Northern High School Eleven [ARTICLE]

Times Chooses All-Northern High School Eleven

This is the open season of the sport scribes for the choosing of mythical all-star football teams in the various sections of the country, and at the present time the pen wielders are busily engaged in making their selections for the honorary eleven. ■*. Walter Camp started the time honored custom years ago, anc since the time Sir Walter selected his first all-American eleven, it has been the favorite pastime of the followers of the sport, following the close of the season to sit down, take out their little dope book and decide which should be placed on the honor roll. The selection of allstar aggregations has become worse than a habit—it has become a disease —but it appears that it is a. necessary disease, so we will let it go at that, as the sport ’writers should not be deprived of his one little pleasure. About all that ever follows such selections is to bring out a roar of disaproval from those who are not favored with a position of the team, that would dim the, battle roar on a European front. With unvarying consistency the scribes allow their predjudices to sway them when they make selections for such teams, and we fear that this is what the Hammond Times writer did when he made his selections for an All-Northern Indiana high school, as he states that he has many friends on the South Bend, Hammond and Gary clubs. The all-star team from Northern Indi ana as selected by the Hammond writer follows: Cogley—Gary—End. Dunleavy—Gary—Tackle. Kovascy—Hammond—Guard. Donovan—South Bend—Center. Marquardt—Gary—Guard. Oltz—Hammond —Tackle. Warne—Hammond —End. * Mohn—South Bend—Quarter. Kilpatrick—Gary—Halfback. Sabo—South Bend —Halfback.

Olsen—South Bend—Halfback. There you are—Three teams represented in the make-up of an eleven, comprising a district, representing all the northern Indiana high schools. Rather strange that such teams as Kentland and Morocco produced this season should not have even a single representative. Surely such an eleven with the caliber that Kentland possessed, a team that has defeated Hammond and bowled over all other opposition with monotonous regularity, should not have a man or two in the line-up. Kentland has just as valid a claim to the state title as any other team in the state. Morocco was the only eleven to defeat the Bule and White this season and Kentland evened up matters with that aggregation on Thanksgiving day, which practically gave them a clear record for the season. And then, too, what of Captain Gourely, of Rensselaer, for the past two years an all-state tackle, and a man who played Warne of Hammond off his feet when that school came iere a few week ago? Has his work deterirated to such an extent in one season that he is not only able to hold a place on just an allNorthern eleven. The Hammond scribe also picked a second eleven, made up of men who barely missed making positions on the first eleven. Again, not a Kentland or Morocco man was mentioned. Six schools were represented on this eleven; Hammond, Gary, East Chicago, Mishawaka, South Bend and Kendaville. Now, brother, we don’t want to howl, for the team which represented this school this year was very piediocre, but lit seems that if you are to give justice to all, -you have to train your spy-glasses on some Of the athletes in this section, and not allow South and Hammond to absorb all of your attention.