The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-30
PICKS TWO wEsTERNERs.
Walter Camp Would Place Heston
and Eckersan on All Americans.


Chicago, Dec. s3O.-William NJ. Hes
ton of Michigan and Walter H. Ecker
sail of Chicago are the two western
football players picked by Walter
which appears in the December issue
of Golfers Weekly. The surprise of
Camps selections is the placing of
Eckersan at end, while quarter back
sylvania. This is the first time two
western men have ever been picked
the same season by the Yale man.
Heston was picked for half back last
season.
Curtis of Michigan was given one of
the tackle positions on the second
eleven, and Rothgeb of Illinois and
Bender of Nebraska were the other
western men recognized, being placed
on the third team. Speik of Chicago
and Kafer of Northwestern received
favorable mention.
Reasons for Picking Maroon.
EckersaIl was picked because of his
punting, drop kicking and open field
running rather than because of any
ability to play end. In naming Hes
ton, Camp speaks of the Michigan
mans speed and weight and his abil-
ity to gain and continue unhurt de-
spite the fact that every opposing
team laid plans to stop him. The east
ern critic has the following to say of
his selection of Eckersall:
My second end 1 have selected
only after choosing all the rest of my
team, and then carefully going over
all the possibilities of the field and en-
deavoring to put myself in the posi-
ton 1 should assume were I the coach
and obliged to select from all the ex-
cellent array of material a man who
would serve me best on the team when
I went into actual play Weede of
Pennsylvania, Gillespie of West Point.
and Glaze of Dartmouth, all would
suit me well for a, mate to Shevlin.
But I believe these men-and
know something of their unselishness
on teams-if threatened with the
actual situation and this material at
hand, would agree with me in pre-
serving my back field intact, with
Smith of Pennsylvania at full back,
Hurley of Harvard and Heston of
Michigan at quarter and securing a
kicker by placing that marvellous
kicker and brilliant tackle and runner,
Eckersa1 of the University of Chicago.
on the other end next to Hogan.
This man Eckersall can punt sixty
yards drop kick with disconcerting
accuracy and in more than one game
has more than decided the issue by his
drop kicking. He is a remarkable
tackler, and as for running in a
broken field he is a wonder. Almost
unaided be stalled off the attack of
the Michigan team by his excellent
kicking through quite a period in their
contest this year, and besides making
brilliant runs he make the record run
of the season in one of his big
ndLcneS-Ihat against Wisconsin,
where he caught the kickoff, jumping
up for it on his 5-yard line, and ran
through the entire opposing team for
a touchdown.
with the teams as above arranged
we should offer to the opposing team,
when on the third down they were
forced to kick and we sent EckersaIl
and Stevenson back to receive the
kick, rather difficult proposition as
to which of these two little wonders
they would prefer to have receive the
ball, for 1 believe either one would
stand chance of running it back as
far. as. the line from which it was
kicked" 80