Cornell Places Four Men on Crimson 1939 All-Ivy Eleven

Undefeated Cornell dominated the CRIMSON'S All-Ivy League football eleven by landing four men in the select group, while Dartmouth's Indians placed two men on the team. The Big Red's delegation was split evenly, with two in the backfield and two in the line.

Three of the backfield performers and four of the linemen are Seniors; the other four first team choices are Juniors. Nick Drahos and Walt Matuszezak of Cornell, both Juniors, were outstanding in their respective positions, but elsewhere there was keen competition in a year which saw the Ivy League produce some real gridiron talent.

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Kirk Hershey and Harlan Gustafson form as dangerous and versatile a pair of flankmen as any coach would care to have. Both men displayed an uncanny knack for pulling down forward passes, and this ability more than anything else earns them the nod over such operatives as Howie Stanley of Princeton and Brownie Brinkley of Yale.

It was a bumper year for tackles, and two of the headliners, Nick Drahes and Tom Healey, lead the parade. Drahos of the Big Red, prominently mentioned for All-America honors is a fixture on the team, but Healey has only a slight edge over such worth- ies as George Sommers of Dartmouth and Bob Tierney of Princeton.

Another Tiger, capable Jim Worth, and Dartmouth's Dan Dacey, receive top ranking in a season which produced few good guards. Worth, Dacey, Dunbar of Cornell, and Burnam of Yale were the best of a poor lot. Worth's experience and Dacey's speed put them on the first eleven.

Stack of Yale

Yale's inspirational leader, Bill Stack, was one of the great pivot men of the year, but Frick of penn pushed him hard for top honors. Stack lifted the Eli linemen to great heights on many occasions and saved them from open collapse in other games.

High-grade backfield men were numerous all over the circuit, but this year top mention belongs to Cornell's superb blocking quarterback, pathfinder Walt Matuszezak. He was the heart of Coach Snavely's attack, the answer to any coach's prayer. There were brilliant running backs to run through the gaping holes he manufactured in enemy lines, and chief among them was Whit Baker.

As Baker's running mate Bill Hutchinson of Dartmouth steps to the fore. Without a peer as a gridiron opportunist this fleet Indian back was a scoring threat every second he was playing against all opposition this fall. John McLaughry of Brown, as brutal a bucker as Ivy League football has over seen had an off-year but still gets the call over Rainwater, Chismadia, or Seymour