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Jack G. Williams is the other regular on the 1921 team that will go by graduI ation. Since his first year on the team, Williams has won all-Conference recognition, no matter how poor the quintet that represented the University. A giant
in stature, Williams could outreach nearly all opposing players, and thus have
control of the ball most of the time. His exceptionally long arms made it possible
to block many shots already started for the basket. Another quality was his speed
in following the ball, and consequently his ability to break up the enemy plays.
These are the reasons that Jack Williams is probably the best standing guard in
the conference, and explain more than half of the Michigan victories.
In 1920 Walter Rea was a mediocre forward. In I921 Coach Mather shifted
him to guard, and since that shift, Rea has been one of the most brilliant running
guards in the Conference. He is second only to White of Purdue in long range
shooting, and in defensive playing is second to none. Michigan's impenetrable
defence was made up of Rea and Williams, and few forwards were able to break
through consistantly. There is no doubt that next year Rea will be one of the
most brilliant guards of the Big Ten. His playing this season certainly entitles
him to this consideration.
Like Rea, Dunne completed his second year on the Varsity. Dunne was
learning basket ball in 1920; in 192I he knew the game, and many an opponent
came to realize the aptness of Coach Mather's big pupil. Dunne played fairly
well in mid season, but developed as the games progressed, until he more than held
his own in the final series with Illinois, in fact he became the star on more than one
occasion. The second Purdue game, fought out at Ann Arbor, was a personal
victory for him,as it was his hand that threw all of the points that won for Michigan.
A star on the football gridiron, Dunne proved himself as capable on the basketball
court.
To complete the list of regulars is George Miller, the only sophomore able to
break into the Varsity combination. Like Dunne, he improved as the season
progressed. Michigan owes at least the final Illinois game to the accurate shooting
of Miller, for he made no less than twelve of the total twenty-six points with his

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