New-York tribune., 1907-12-27
THE ALLAN ERICA TEAM
UaIter Camps Selections for the
Ideal Football Eleren.

Walter Camps All-America football team for
1907, with selections for second and third eevens
Camp. YaIe's athletic mentor is looked as an
authority in college football and that reason
his team IS accepted. rule. as the official rank
ing of the season
Mr. Camps first team is made up of the same
players named by Herbert in The Tribune,
with three exccptions-Alcott for Wister end.
Schulz for Slingluf at centre and Wendell for
Douglas at halfback. Alcott and Wendell were
The Tribune's second team and We're suggested as
leading candidates for first honors. OF Wister,
Slinglun and Douglas Mr. Camp says:
''Wister. of Princeton while apparently some
what below his form of last year. still first
class man. and. with the exception of part of the
games when his physical condition seemed
OF the best he played n strong all-round game.
Douglas. of the Navy while not in the best
physical condition during the early part OF the
season. came splcndidly toward the end. and in
his big game did wonderful work for his team. lie
Is only in advancing the ball, but also
in defensive work. and, in addition to this, his
punts wcl placed as to be a source of con-
stant menace the Army backs"
Slngluff. OF the Navy, pressed them Teferring .
Schulz. Grant. Phillips. Consdon and Dunbar all
closely. especially for steadiness and general reii-
ability.
Mr.. Camp says Of his team:
This team of 1897 would furnish first eleven
e1upped L, play the necessarily varied forms of
attack and defence essential 10 victory under the
present rules. First to attack by and defence
to that most important feature the forward pass
Jones par excellence the most skilfu man in any
back field to-day in executing not kind of for
ward pass, but both kinds. namely, the short one
and the long one. He can, moreover. throw equally
well the spiral and the end end that stays
long in the air. and, executed from about forty
yards away from the goal line, sends chiils down
the backs of the defence N Alcott he has the
best man to take either kind of pass, while in
Dague he has man who be absolutely relied
upon TO get the ball If touched by some other
Jones himself would play the midway position
defence. from which he not only did his remark
able running back. but also spoiled forward
passes of opponents.
Next. 20 on-side kicking. In this We have
Harlan, of Princeton. admittedly the most success
full performer of the of this kind of kick. With
it he put his opponents in serious difficulties and
proved that it far valuable to his team
than any of the longer distance kicks the other
teams. Thus the two special features of the
game have chosen four men each easily
the leader of his class in particular part of
the work.
Next as to ordinary attack and defence In Nc
Cormick we have the strongest simple line bucker
when we consider that such man must not onIv
be able TO carry the ball himself. but be equally
competent TO carry another man, this other man
having the ball In that way line bucking becomes
valuable because of the deception as TO the man
i'll possession of the ball. as well as the roint
where the play strikes. In Mccormick and Harlan
the combination is complete, while for the wider
runs we have Wendell, who made the best record
in this respect and is at the Game time good on
pushing and in defence With Mccormick and
Wendell backing up line the power of the sec
ondary defence would be ideal Then for kicking
Harlan would furnish punts drops and cn-side
kicks, with Mccormick occasional alternate
just enough TO deceive opponents Draper gives
US the best combination of offence and defence as
tackle, as he carry the ball well and also
make openings Qiorr, of Syracuse, is the only
man TO match him in running with the BALD while
Biglow adds that greatest of essentials to q line
to-day. namely tackle fast and so tireless
to share the ENDS work down the field while
having weight and power enough to fully COM
plete the tackles duty. In Ziegler and Erwin
thanking Schulz we have an ideal centre trio one
of them, Erwin. acknowledged by all to be the
quickest and most active of the seasons guards
with a record of spelling many opponents play
and yet not leaving his place uncovered. In Schulz
there is the steady experience and accurate pass
ing SO essential, combined with wonderful
and tremendous power. Finally. Zegler completes
the trio with strength steadness and ability to
last out any amount of hammering attack, as in
stanced in the Pennsylvania Cornell game both
last year and this