The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-03
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
SEVEN COLLEGES REPRESENTED
on ALL EASTERN TEAM.


mittee 10 Make Forward Pass Safer.
There is a wide field this season from which
to choose an all Eastern football team. More
teams than usual contain players whose
work entities them to a place on such a team.
and on the suppOsitional eleven which follows
there are seven college teams represented.
Frankly. we do not see much sense In all"
~elevens, but we yield to custom. The eleven
herewith chosen is in no sense an all America
eleven; IL 10 an all Eastern eleven pure and
simple. We're IL an all America eleven at
least one Westerner would be chosen. Ecker
sail Of the University Of Chicago for quar-
terback. for he is the best quarterback In the
country.
One consider alton In the choosing OF the
all Eastern team Is h the players thereon
have done in falling in with and making use
Of the new ideas OF the revised game. In
such positions where ability to make use Of
the new plays Ia a desideratum the men se-
lected have shown the necessary aptitude.
Intelligence in grasping the fine points Of the
new game as well as physi cal proficiency
would be a characteristic OF a team made
up OF the men amed. Also in the more
immediate duties OF playing their positions
for the first and second all Eastern teams are
as follows:
FIRST TEAM.
Forbes. Yale. and wIster. Princeton. ends; Big
low. Yale. and Draper. Pennsylvania. tackles;
Thompson, Cornell. and Burr. Harvard. guards:
Hockenberger. Yale, centre; Norton, Anna polls.
quarterback: Mayhem. Brown, and Hollenoack,
Pennsylvania, halfbaCks: Wendell. Harvard. full
back.
SECOND TRAN.
Levene. Pennsylvania, and Exendlae. Carlisle.
ends; 0ooney. Princeton. aud Weeks. West Point.
tackles; Kersburr. Harvard. and Ziegicr. Penn
sylvania. guards: Newman. Cornell. centre: Jones,
Yale, quarterback: Knox, Yale, and Hubbard,
Amherst. halfbacks; Sleber, Gettysburg, full
back.
1t would be a slashing battle between these
two teams and no cinch for the first choice.
The first named Ia as strong a combination
as could be got together. 1t is capable in
every department. The idea is more to get
the strongest possible combination rather
than 20 by any one mans form in his big
games or all season form. Those two factors
enter into consideration to a certain degree
as a matter OF course. The team named would
be strong in kicking. rushing. the forward
pass, the Onside kick, making ground by line
plunging when such a course 10 necessary. in
the various defensive accomplishments and
In rudimentary individual skill.
Forbes Of Yale was shifted from tackle TO
end midway in ths season aud became a
better end with each game he played. He is
a natural football player, who wouldn't be
out OF place anywhere. He is fast, big. strong,
TcbOlul0 anu dkkIFFhlNVs NJ ~ piOpNiAAAis
force behind the line at carrying the ball OF
helping somebody else carry II he is n great
power. Al defending line plays he was all
that an end should be once he got accustomed
to the Job, and his speed took him down under
kicks in time. He was a hard man TO put
out OF the way. though he sometimes found
two men playing against him. One Of his
best points was recovering the onside kick.
and the longer he played the better he became
at following the ball. doing particularly good
work in that line In the Princeton and Harvard
games.
Wister of Princeton was a good end all
the season, and his play was first class against
Yale. He showed an i~ntuitive knack OF
being where the ball Was. got down the field
under punts in fine style and tackled sharply
and reliably. he was in all the plays never
an onlooker, and dsy in and day out handled
the forward pass better than any end. His
end was not turned enough to hurt any
thing. and his vigilance never relaxed, In
build, dash and fire he Was of the desired end
type.
Biulow Of Yale also pla yed consistently
throu ghOut the season. He had fewer of
moments than come to the lot OF most players.
He was noticeably a man on the spot in emer-
gencies and was perhaps the best of tackles
in breaking through and spelling plays by
the other side. He struck a high average
OF offence and defence and was a %tireless
worker. He sized up play shrewdly and was
a very active man in the open. especially in
getting down under punts. He is the sort
OF player who puts life into others. Draper
Of Pennsylvania gave a stifening effect to
the whole side of his wing and many a play
aimed at his point broke and dissolved with
out gain. He was very steady on the defence
and pulled down not a few men behind their
own line. He generally WAS on the spot
to back up his ends and nail his man in case
49, - tha anda m kuaad nm nnnouant rltnninp
back q punt, which in the case of the Pennsyl-
yania team was not often. Like Biglow. the
times when he was boxed were few and far
| between and for work which counted, but
which was attended with no fuss or splurge.
he was de~pendable-one OF the strongest
points in the Quaker line. He was pretty
good at running with the ball from in the
line.
A team that had Thompson and Burr for
guards and Hockenberger for pivot would
possess a centre as impregnable TO assault
as could be found. OF the two guards Thomp-
son is perhaps the more rugged, and be-
sides the solid front which he presents 70 at
tack he Is good at opening holes and leading
the way for one Of his W men. Not only
that, but he roams out into the open and
makes tackles. In the new game, with is
smaller amount Of line breaking, there Is
not as much call for dragging a runner
through the line. but when there Is need oil
it Thompson is a useful man. Burr is q
guard who plays for every ounce there ~ IN
him.. gritty to the core. and who does well II
spite Of the extra work Of dropping back tc
punt. His punting is a valuable asset tC
any team. and it averages up good whether
the passing to him is good or poor.
There have been more active centres thaI
| Hockenberger were more active ones TIM
year. but none who work ed in with hs neigh
bOrs more harmonlously that the big lsl'
fulcrum, who was just stolld enough not &c
allow himself to be distracted In. any way
from his work. Once or twice his passing
was faulty, but on the whole Il was good
and when near to his own goal line he mad
no poor passes. In the Harvard game hit
passing was correct all through. lilo wac
stanch, too, in mis- position once the bal
was passed-more likely to bend the Opposing
centre back than be bent himself. For sucf
a bulky man he Is by no means slow on tn
4 charge. He did good defensive work at cen
tire as long as he played there on defence
In the Princeton and Harvard games hi
shifted to guard on the defence, ana was
not altogether guiltless. OF being showed
aside or pushed back, but somebody 90
through everybody some time.
There are two quarterbaCks who in order
Ing and putting through the open, unex'