The Washington times., 1904-11-28
ALL AMERICAN IS
HARD TO SELECT
Players About Equal for
Several Positions.
FIVE YALE MEN IN LINE
Stevenson, Smith, and Piekarski Penn
sylvania's Stars, With Captain
Hurley, Harvard's Best.

Tie experts are again al their old
hobby OF picking mythical "All-Amer-
lean" teams.
For a month after the close Of each
season the followers of the gridiron
sport receive the selections for the
eleven men who, in the estimation Of
the writers. would make up the most
representative aggregation for the great
American sport.
Most Of these teams are affected either
directly or indirectly by the bias Of the
one choosing the men, but in a large
number Of cases the teams are picked
in all good faith.
One Selection.
One Of the most eminent football
writers, The Linesman. in the "Phila-
delphia North American has the fol-
lowing selection.
Shevlin, Yale. left end.
Bloomer, Yale. left tackle
Piekarskl Penn, left guard.
Roraback, Yale. center.
Kinney, Yale. right guard.
Hogan. Yale, right tackle.
Weede. Penn. right end.
Stevenson. Penn. quarterback.
Reynolds, Penn, left halfback.
Hurley, Harvard. right halfback.
Smith Penn, fullback.
Ii will be noted that upon this eleven
there is not one member Of any OF the
big Western teams, so il should be char
acterized as an All-Eastern rather than
an Ali-Americal eleven.
Left Side Sure.
The left side Of the line will, in all
probability. be left intact by subsequent
writers. hat it is hardly likely that they
will be unanimous in naming Rorabaek
for center There has been dearth
of good snapperbacks during the season
Just closed and the selection Of the Yale
man is probably made because he IS
little better than the next man, rather
than that he is a center ia the class Of
Hogan es a tackle Shevlin as an end.
or PiekaTski as :, guard. All during the
season Upton. OF West Point. was con-
sidered a star. and merited praise IN
nearly every game the Army played, 50
he is likely TO be CHOSEN ahead oI ltOra-
back bV many OF those VINO amuse
themselves and others by naming the
premier eleven OF America. Given, or
Georgetown. was considered BY most OF
the Southern coaches VINO saw MN IN
action one Of the best In the country
and he seems 10 be deserving or some
mention On the Ail-Amcrican.
Kinney al right guard, and Bloomef,
al right tackle, have dtstanced all conf
petitOrs, and that means great deal
when such men as Brill of Harvard.
Cooney OF Princeton. Tripp Of Yale,
Thorpe OF Columbia, and Dillon or
Princeton are taken into consideration
Al the left end Weede is chosen by The
Lin-smau. despite the fact that the
coaches aJ Pennsylvania did not see NJ
To nut the laukE Wcstcrucr on the Fegu-
lar team Neither Princeton nor HaT-
ward had any ends To boast or. huJ
whether Nasde was better man than
Neal Of Yale. Glaze Of Dartmouth. Gil
Iespi4 uf Army and a host Of lesser
lights remains 10 be- seen by the selec-
ti0us or the ether critics. who are less
uueonsciOusiy wrapped up in the Quaker
eleven and Acede. Tor whom ne
LiHesman has been Wag.ng a cedseless
fight since the beginning Of the season
Stevenson for Quarter.
Stevenson. of Pennsylvania. s. ahead
OF th.. quurterbacks. with Rockwell See
and. while Hurley is far in tile lead al
the halTbackS Excepting Hurley. is
Reynolds. Of Penn. the best hslfback in
the East The long twisting punts Of
the Pennsylvania would De- uf great
assistance 10 any team. buJ il is likely
that REYNOLDS will have To give way 10
Foulke ami Ritter Of Princeton. Hoyt,
or Yale. un several uf tAv other All
American elevens.
N Is doubtful = anyone VIII question
the ri.st.t OF Smith, OF PeHnsylvania. 4"
ullblrk. although Toucy, 81 " est
Point. WAS also g star aJ that position.