Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-03
10 VA SPORTS Talk
Casper Whitney Says Western
Foot sall Teams Do Not
Com ,are with Eastern
NAMES ALL AMERICAN ELEVEN
He Holds Their Defense and General
Style Of Play is Inferior to That of
the East-Jeffries Fails to Stop Mon.
roe in Four Rounds-Broaks Worlds
Riflo Record.

roe in Four RoundS-BreakS World
RifIo Record.
Judging from the criticism of Caspar
Whitney, who every year goes thru the
motions of picking an all-American
eleven, western football is in its in
fancy. The only rea. article is found
least of the Allegheny mountains, and
Judging from Mr. Whitneys views, the
west only, now and then gets some OF
the real thing. While under this inn
preston he accords Michigan fourth
place among the American football
teams. and puts Minnesota. the next In
order, in the fifteenth place. Not a sim
gle man out of the eievens of the west
gets place on Mr.. Whitney's all
American team.
Yale is rightfully given first place in
comes in second, then West Point and
Michigan Then follows in the order
named Princeton, Dartsmouth, Brown,
Pennsylvania, Cornell, Amherst. Car
lilse. Annapolis Lehigh, Lafayette,
Minnesota, Syracuse, Columbia. Chi
cago, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska
Virginia, Clemson. North Carolina,
George town, Sewanee. Vanderbilt ard
Tennessee. Among the tWenty-seven
teams mentioned only two, Nebraska
and Minnesota, belong to that vast por-
ton of our country lying west of the
Mississippi river. Not a very flattering
per cent to be sure, hut the far west.
the Pacific slope country. is not repre-
scented by even a single team. Doubt
less they are too far distant from the
effete east to be seen from Mr.. Whit
ney's view point.
In picking his al-American eleven
Mr. Whitney lines his men up as fol-
lows:
Graydon. Harvard. full back.
Chadwick (captain), Yale, and Barry,
Brown, half backs.
Rockwell, Yale, quarter back.
Bowditch, Harvard. and Shevlin.
Yale, ends.
Bunker. West Point, and Kinney,
Yale. tackles.
Glass. Yale, and Warner, Cornell.
guards.
Boyer, West Point, center.
Among the substitutes Weeks, of
Michigan. finds a place as quarter back.
Heston and Sweeley. of Michigan, re-
ceived honorable mention.
In discussing the comparison of
Michigan with Harvard and Yale. Mr..
Whitney delivers himself of the fol-
lowing comments. Comparing Mich
igan of this year with either Yale or
Harvard, the western team is inferior
in interference for the runner. protec-
ton on catching purts, second line of
the game. Perhaps the western weak
ness. which either of the eastern teams
under consideration would find soonest,
and to the disaster of the western. is
the almost entire absence of ~ second
line of defense. An attack such as that
exhibited by Yale or Harvard would
rip thru the Michigan single line of
defense almost invariably"
1t seems to be the general opinion
OF those who are we'll posted and the
most interested in baseball that to obs
tain the best results during the COM
ing season, the towns OF central Iowa
should form a league. If an organi-
cation of this kind We're gotten to-
gether to direct their playing with a
schedule of games, their games would
attract greater crowds and more at
tention. 1t would be an advantage not
only to the teams holding membership
by these teams Action
along thfs line should be taken If the
best results are to be realized.
]. j. Jeffries will make another try
to stop Jack Monroe, amateur heavy
weight champion of the Pacific coast.
in four rounds. His manager, Clark
Ball, has already posted $1,000 as
forfeit to Monroe If he can stay four
with Jeffries in a battle for a
Knockout. Monroe secured the decis-
ion and $3.50 in Butte. Mont, a short
time ago by staying four rounds with
the champion, and naturally is the local
hero Of the hour. The coming bout will
probably be pulled off in Butte in
few days.
H. NJ. Pope, the crack rifle shot of
Springfield, Mass, on Jan. broke the
so and 100 shot worlds record in that
city on the standard American target,
200 yards, off hand. He scored 463 in
fifty shots and 9OS in 100 shots. The
former record was 462 and 900 and We're
held by DR.. w. c. Hudson. of New
York.
Word comes from Australia that D.
Walker has lowered the worlds record
for one mile in comparative bicycle
race Starting on the scratch he COW
cred the mile in 1:54
DROPPED DEAD IN WAGON.