PAGEMtfBT DAILY SENTINEL, ROME, N. Y.f WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1927.

Sentinel Readers Have Chance to Select Real All-American Team Keating Sends R. F. A. Eleven

Through Strenuous Practice in Fundamentals Last Night

Defensive Tactics Also Stressed in Scrimmage Drill for Dion; Squad Physically and

Scholastically Eligible. . MARRIOTT.

the slogan Coach Bill Keating of BY M A R T I N R

"Every man In every pleT** 1* the Rome Free Academy football squad has adopted as he aendi his warriors through their paces In preparation for Saturday's cham­pionship game at Utlca with the I Hon High School team.

Yesterday's practice session o f the Orange and Black gridders « t Pranklvn-s Field was a long and strenuous one. A period of tackling, blocking, falling on the b all and other fundamentals opened the afternoon's program, which cl osed with a long signal drill and a

I scrimmage session. During the gruelling scrimmage

between the first and second 'teams, any player who failed to W r y out the coach's Instructions OO every play was punished. The wtmishment varied according to Ihe case and every faux pas meant at least two laps around the track. •A threat by Keating to send the entire varsity eleven around the track If the second team made a iBrst down resulted In the first 'team smearing every offensive play launched by the seconds.

All of the regulars were present except Capt. Dave Greene who Is •till nursing an attack of blood poisoning in his leg. However,

'there is a chance of his being in Shape for Saturday's titular battle. All of the others are physically and scholastically eligible for the game. Gualtieri May Take Guard Berth.

In case Capt. Greene Is not in shape for the game his shoes at guard are likely to be filled by Gualtieri with Bob Cook taking the later's place at tackle. With the exception of the wing posi­tions the remainder of the lineup is pretty well stablished. Charlie Greene will no doubt be at center, will Bell in reserve. George Cook and Dave Greene, if he recuperates sufficiently, will flank Charlie Greene. Gualtieri and Hall are the most likely looking tackles.

The backfield quartet will be in­tact with "Slim" Mezza, Larry Cook, Emielo Spadafora and "Funzl" Rl-enxo.

Battling for the end berths are ker, Wright, Havens, Merchauk

and FurieL Wright la almost cer­tain to start at one end with Tuck­er and Havens leading the race for the other.

Among the reserves who are likely to see action before the fi­nal whistle are "Ironman" MVM, Rhemick, Bell, Reeder and the re­serve ends.

ILION PREPARING FOR CRUCIAL TILT WITHROMEELEVEN

Coach Bemis Holding Daily Drills for Valley

Squad

REGULARS E::PE(TZD TO START THE6AME

Name First and Second Team Selections on This Blank [

SENTINEL FIRST TO CONDUCT GRID POLL Team Chosen Last Year Con­

sidered Real All-Ameri­can Eleven.

of Central New York news papers to conduct s poll to name s real All-Amerlcan football team test season, the Sentinel Is again In the field with this yesr's contest l a collaboration with Central Press News Syndicate the poll Is underway today to select a real

composed of the nation's choices of the best aggrega-

of gridiron players in the coun­try.

As every follower is aware, the of naming an All-Amerlcan

was insugurated by the late Walter Camp. In years since then. football talent has increased and multiplied to such an extent that It Is obviously impossible for one • 0 to name a representative •seven.

Only Real All-American, srefore the nation-wide poll.

In ss It does the votes of section of the country where

strength universally pre-ln its final selection, will be

typical ss no other choice could of the strongest football team in the country.

The ballot published today will be run at intervals until the con­test closes. All that is necessary Is to Oil It out with first and sec­ond team selections, clip and mall to the sports editor, Rome Sentinel. Two points are awarded to players

the first team and one to second team selections and

local total will be compiled and in to Central Press beadquar-

the grand total win be and the real All-Amerlcan

by votes, named. The lo-writer, whose selection most

tallies with the final eleven will be awarded a prise,

two tickets to the Colgate-Syracuse football game at Syracuse nest sea

HARVARD STRESSES AERIAL ATTACK IN PRACTICEFOR YALE Crimson Has Visions of Sur­

prising Mighty Elis Saturday.

SHAUGHNESSY ASSISTING IN WORKOUTS THIS WEEK

McGill Coach Bringing Cana­dian Lateral Art To

Cambridge. New York, Nov. 16 (JP).—The

rankest of the season's underdogs —a Harvard eleven that has won only four of seven games—worked quietly today on a surprise pack­age that may yet turn mighty Yale and the entire eastern football world topsy-turvey.

Other Crimson teams, as equally despaired of AS the husky youngsters drilling calmy and confidently for the bulldog invasion of the Har­vard stadium Saturday, have prov­ed that "anything may happen" in the annual meeting of these scions of eastern football.

Only two years ago, another Yale squad, headed straight for stardom, was held to a scoreless tie by a Harvard team that seemed touchdowns weaker. And In 1921 and 1922, moderate Crimson ele­vens developed enough power In the final week's drive to whip bull­dog aggregations that had bid for greatness all season.

Turning even the brilliant for­ward passing attack of Yale to their own side of the argument. Harvard points out that no game is lost as long ss there la time for just s few more passes, ss the Elis proved in downing Princeton last Saturday. Working on thai principle, Harvard is stressing passing—and defense of the other fellow's heaves.

The Crimson has drafted a new coach, Frank (Shag) Shaughnessy from McGill University, where lat­eral passing long has been an art in the game as played in Canada. He will work with Dave Guarnac-cia. Bill Potter, Art French and Joe Crosby throughout the week in an effort to develop a branch of the Harvard attack that has shown considerable promise.

SPORT SLANTS

(By The Associated Press.) In the clamor over the major un­

beaten college teams, some of the "little fellows" with clean slates have been more or less overlooked. Among the smaller outfits neither defeated nor tied are Tufts of Medford, Mass.; Canlsius of Buf­falo, N. Y., and Centenary's "Gen­tlemen" of Louisiana Tufts has won seven games in s row; Canl­sius has csptured six straight, but runs into Vfllanova this Saturday, while Centenary's "Gents" hsve taken eight straight, including four from members of the strong Southwestern Conference.

Some H D o k m w u —some seek coolness —batf * 0 warn flavor and satisfaction. Palmy Days guarantee* a full 15 etatt* worth of

Tear-OtA** * w^»« Vs^tspeMe JW

Last winter Knute Rockne came back from Hawaii with stories of native kickers getting off 60-yard boots with their bare feet and of crowds that called s player "yel­low" when he donned a regula­tion padded football outfit Now Oregon State College has s fresh­man, Henry Hughes, to bear out Notre Dame's famous coach. Hughes, a Hawaiian boy, drop-kicks 55 yards in hii bare feet, curling up his toes so that the im­pact is on the ball of his foot.

WalratK and Scott, Import­ant F-:tcro !r. !!:on .

Grid Machine

Illon, Nov. 16.—With the cry "Beat Rome" ringing throughout the village and echoing in theii ears, the Ilion High School football squad yesterday began their final week of intensive practice for Sat­urday's game with the strong Rome Free Academy team at Uti-ca.

Coach Bemls plans to workout the squad to the limit during the first part of the week and gradual­ly let up as the days go by so that his squad will be in the pink and not overworked when game time arrives on Saturday. It is unlikely that the squad will scrimmage more than twice before Saturday.

Barring injuries in practice Coach Bemis hopes to have all his regulars available for the cham­pionship battle. The team which has borne the brunt of the cam­paign to date is composed of Cap­tain Murphy and Finnegan at the ends, Watson and Connors at the tackles; Capesc and Hawkes, guards; Angell, center; Scott bark­ing the signals; Stinson and Wal-rath, at the halves, and Pierce at fullback.

Coach Confident This combination has seen Ilion

safely through a schedule of eight games, all of which have resulted in victories for the Gold and Brown of Illon and Bemis is anticipating nothing short of another win when these eleven men line up against the powerful Rome aggregation.

Ilion's line which has outplayed every oppositj line to date is ex­pected to play an important part in Saturday's struggle when the Gold and brown forward wall will be out weighed by the Copper City lads. In the eight games which Ilion has played and won so far this season the line has yielded, on an average, only one first down per game.

Walrath, speedy halfb; ik, Is the triple threat of the Bemis machine. He runs, passes and kicks and is all that any coach could want in a high school backfield. Scott, the quarterback has shown ui.ening judgement all season in calling his plays and much of the success which Ilion has enjoyed is due to his generalship. Pierce, the heavi­est man in the backfield, is the line crasher and no Ilion opponent hss stopped his consistent ground gaining thrusts.

Stinson, the other member of the ball-carrying quartet, specializes in long end runs, rated as a great In­terfering back.

ALL AMERICAN TEAM BALLOT

PLAYER first Team COLLEGE POS.

Frank Briante, plunging star of the New York University attack, has set his sights on the "record" of 1,260 yards gained in a season by "Red" Grange, the Illinois meteor, in 1923, but he will find It an empty honor. Unheralded statistically despite his remark­able record at Dartmouth this sea­son, Al Mar iter •, sophomore sensa­tion of the big Green, plied up 1,924 yards of gains is eight con­tests before the figures were an­nounced at Hanover. With two games to go, Briante still Is It yards under Granges totaL

Night Watchman Dies In Fire. Beaver Falls, Pa., Nov. 16 (JP).

—The night watchman met death today in a $100,000 fire that swept the plant of the Beaver Falls Art Tile Company. Charles Hegen-bachan, the watchman, attempted to prevent the flames from reach­ing sn adjoining building by clos­ing a door in a tunnel and was overcome by gas.

Second Team

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Readerfe Signature and Address

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STARDEFENSEMAN LOST TO RANGERS

Hockey Player Suffers Frac­tured Wrist as Sea­

son Opens

New York, Nov. 16. C5»). — The National Hockey League season for 1928 was just one day old to­day—the only day in the year that five teams can share first place in the standing while the others are, no worse off than the second.

A share of the spotlight was costly for the New York Bangers, for in defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 to 2, the local squad lost the services of "Taffy" Abel, giant defense star, probably for the greater part of the season. Abel suffered a fractured left wrist in a mixup close to the Ranger net In the second period. He played five minutes before pain forced him from the ice to a hospital. The world champion Ottawa Sena

tors started weakly in quest of an­other championship, losing to the Montreal Maroons, 2 to 1, in a fast, clean game. The Chicago Black

ROX WERE BEATEN BYFODRFLDSHSAT.

Fights Last Night.

SOUTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST MAN

"Uncle Charley" Moras. National Leairue umpire, who doubles in football In the "off season, has resigned as coach of the Frsnkford (Pa) Yellow Jackets in the Na* tional Professional League. The team won but two games is sight with one tie under his direction. Moras coach the "Praying Colonels" of Centre College to fame several years ago when "Bo" McMillan and "Red" Roberts were conspicuous contributions to All-

ranks.

Army Ball-Carriers All Had Blushing Faces.

WILSON HAD COLORED WHEN HEARING SIGNAL

Therefore Biff Jones Saw That All Looked Alike.

New York, Nor. 16 (&).—It now appears that Knute Rockne'a ram­blers from Notre Dame were not beaten by Chris Cagle and the ar­my after all last Saturday—but by a fourflush.

Moreover, that flush was on the faces of all four of the Cadet backs who faced the wandering "Irish" and carried the ball in such a man­ner that Knute's men were not able to take -advantage of the blushes that had marked only one countenance the year before-*when Notre Dame won.

"After we beat the Army In 1926," Knute related, "Biff Jones asked me why we always knew when Harry Wilson, the Cadet star, was going to carry the ball. I told him that Harry's face always flush­ed when his signal was called.

"Jones thought that over careful ly, called a meeting of the coaches and players, and they doped out i some psychological business so I that the faces of all the backs would flush when the numbers were called.

"As a result this year we didn't know which one to go after—and that's the first time a team of mine ever was beaten by a fourflush."

(By The Associated Press) Chicago—Sammy Mandell, Rock-

ford, 111., lightweight champion, de­feated Jimmy (Spug)) Myers, Po-catello, Idaho, 10.

Cleveland—Eddie Shea, Chicago, won on a foul from Johnny Hill, Philippines, 8.

St. Paul, Minn.—Jock Malone, S t Paul, defeated Mazie Rosen-bloom, New York, 10.

Milwaukee, Wis.—Joey Sangor, Milwaukee, defeated'Mickey Cohen, Denver, 1.

Kansas City—Sergeant Sammy Baker, New York, defeated Billy Hall, Chicago, 10.

Seattle, Wash.—Babe Herman, New York, defeated Doc Snell, Ta-coma, Wash., 6.

Los Angeles—King Tut, Minnea­polis, outpointed Pedro Amador, Panama, 10.

Worsen, Herkimer Grid Captain. Herkimer, Nov. 16. — Albert

"Timo" Worden was elected cap­tain of the 1928 football team of Herkimer High School at a meet­ing of the members of the 1927 team Monday afternoon. Worden played the position of right half­back in the 1927 team.

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Nation-Wide Poll to Again Choose Eleven Representative of Country Is Underway; Contest Ends Nov. 2f

Every Section of United States Has Football Stan Worthy of Consideration; Local Fan \

To Receive Prize. 1 11

BMtod's Note—The popularity of the contest started last year by i the Rome Sentinel in collaboration with Central Press to name a real All-Amerlcan football team was so great that the poll la again under- ) way. On this page la published a ballot which readers may make use of to name their choices for first and second teams. Simply write your selections on the ballot, clip and mail to the sports editor, Sentinel/ The fan whose selections are nearest to the final choice, made by the. nation-wide poll will receive an award of two tickets to the Colgate-Syracuse game for next season.

Sportsdom's greatest task, the picking of an All-Amerlcan football team, has bobbed up again.

Just a few thousand husky young men, that's all, will bare to be considered this year.

Prom Yaptown Poly to Yale, and from Cornfed Normal .to Notre, dame, the talent this season Is spread all over the map.

It Is doubtful if any section of .the country has an appreciable su­periority over any of the other regions.

We have had the spectacle of a Yale eleven bowing to Georgia;] Northwestern losing to Missouri, which lost to Southern Methodist

country has appeared this season. And indications are that in the closing games of the season no Grange, no Thorpe, no Coy will make his appearance.

Oodles of Talent. But don't think there isn't any

talent in the country. There is loads of i t The East .the Big Ten, the South and the Far West have linemen and backs that are crack-erjacks.

There is finer line play this sea­son than has been the case in most recent years. Yale lays r.laim to having the best line but there are dissenters in Princeton, Notre Dame, the Army, Navy find others. As a result, this season linemen seem to be getting in the headlines a bit oftener than before.

At end, there has been a great deal of praise handed out to Fish-wick of Yale, Oosterbaan of Mich­igan, Nagurskl of Minnesota, Voe-disch of Notre Dame, Grange of Illinois, Walker of Amherst, Phil­lips of California. There are many others, these are just some of the boys who "got into the papers" with their deeds.

Likewise, in guards we've, heard good things of Darragh of Penn State, Barnflill of Tennesee, Web­ster and Greene of Yale, French of Princeton, Smith of Notre Dame, Baer of Michigan.

New Stars May Develop. At tackle, the first ones coming

to mind are Hake of Pennsylvania, Hibbs of Southern California, Corn-sweet of Brown, Nelson of Brown, Quarrier of Yale, Sprague of the Army, and Pickard of Alabama.

The good fullbacks also are no­table this year for their great num­ber and brilliance.

A few of them are Murrell of the Army, Lewis of-Northwespsrn, Briante of New York University, Joestlng of Minnesota, Holm of Alabama, Hansen of Temple, Hum­bert of Illinois, Booth of Pittsburgh, Amos of Washington and Jefferson, Clifton of the Navy, Potter of Har­vard and McCrary of Georgia Tech.

Your All-Amerlcan team may pos­sibly be found In this list But be­tween now and December 1, a lot of grid games will be played and, perhaps, a lot of now unknown stars will shine in the gridiron skies.

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Great Brown this season was whipped by little Lebanon, while Oklahoma triumphed over Chicago, Virginia Poly beat Colgate, S t Mary's beat Stanford.

And so it has gone. With the fall of the mighty and

the rise of the underdogs, the field from which to pick all-Ameri-can material has greatly widened.

Plenty of Centers. A few of the good centers sre

Dunne of New York University, Charlesworth of Yale, Grigsby of Georgetown, Howe of Princeton, Erickson of Northwestern and Bou­se of Chicago.

The halfbacks are legion, as al­ways. You will have a tough time picking the best two out of this dazzling bunch:

Gustafson of Northwestern, Roep-ke of Penn State, Ransford of the Navy. Gilbert of Michigan, Howe of Williams, Wilcox of Purdue, Rie-ger of Columbia, Flanagan of Notre Dame.

Marsters of Dartmouth, Thomas-son of Georgia Tech, Stevens of Rhode Island State, Rosen of Rut-, gers, Lane of Dartmouth, Timm of Illinois, Woddle of Oregon.

Welch of Pittsburgh. Scull of Pennsylvania, Estes of Georgia. Almquist of Minnesota, Lloyd of the Navy, Riley of Notre Dame, Taliaferro of Oglethorpe, Wilson of the Army.

Mizell of Georgia Tech, Nork of Georgetown, Wittmer of Princeton, Decker of Yale, Eby of Ohio State, Welch of Purdue, and Lorn of Cali­fornia.

And That Isnt AH. There are many more good ones

but space doesn't permit a further elaboration on the subject of half backs.

At quarter, there are, among the notables, Pignatelli of Iowa, Con­nor of New York University, Brown of Nebraska, Crofoot of Wis­consin, Ellis of Tufts, Baysinger of Syracuse, Kessler of Maryland, Spears of Vanderbilt, MacPhall of Dartmouth, Randall of Brown and Lyons of Johns Hopkins.

That is a better layout of signal callers than we've had with us in many a previous season.

To date no star who has out­shone every other player in the

The Events Leading Up to the Tragedy— By Webster

Hawks tied with Boston 1-1 in the first overtime match of the year, two crushing defeats were regis­tered, the Canadlens of Montreal taking the measure of the New York Amercans 6 to 1 while Detroit shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 6 to 0.

D. Nee, superintendent of the Greenville (S. C.) ceurV t, fermer police chief of that city, is believed to be South Caro­

lina's largest man. He weighs 340 pounds. Recently he wag bap­tised In a local church sad It was necessary for the preacher to ap-solnt a few assistants to M l p ^ O H t e J k ^ a j r y w e j i q , faajfttosJ

Kin No Light Matter With Early Christian*

Among the early Christians the kiss of peace was s sacred cere­mony, observed upon their most solemn occasions. It was called the seal of prayer, and was a symbol of that mutual forgiveness snd rec­onciliation which the church re­quired, ss sn essential condition before anyone was admitted to the sacraments.

The Roman civilians at length took the kiss under their protec­tion. Their code defined the na­ture, limits, incidents snd such like of the "right of kissing."

The kiss bad all the virtue of • bond, granted ss s seal to the cere­mony of betrothing; and if the husband-elect broke the engage­ment, repenting of what he had done, he surrendered a moiety of the presents received in the cere­mony of betrothing. In consequence of the violence done to the modesty of the lady by s kisa

In much later times the kiss was esteemed to be s ceremony of par­ticular obligation. Julia, In T w o Gentlemen of Verona," after ex­changing a ring with her lover, completes the contract by s kiss: "And seal the bargain with a holy

The last Instance In which the kiss formed the subject of serious regulation was when the liuniasi Catherine of Rossis instituted s s semhlies of men and women to pro-mots the cultivation of polite man­ners. Among the rules she directed that "no gsnHisjiu should fores s

a woman In the

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