New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
WHO'S WHOM FOOTBALL
An 4LL-EASTERN TEAM.
Men Uho Earned Distinction on the
COLLEGE Gridiron This Year.


80, ,,;,b, we'll he stvfed an All-American
Team is harder task this year than ever nelore.
There is such wealth OF Gooo hla'ei isi nc INC.
any coach in the country would mo hlilse. IA ;,
o. fit subject for asylum ii caiieu on 70 pm
and choose With twenty and ore-a cohsei va
tive estirnate-football critics making up NY In
ical team there is bound to be ana mas peeh
vast difference of opinion and it is safe to say
that the only one which VIII carry any pt 'ieui<i
weight with the players themselves is lhe team
picIed by Walter Camp-Yale's football strd'-
egist and athletic mentor The chlet excuse toi
an An-American team lies in the opportunity
it affords for a general comparison or the VARIOUS
players who helped to make football history III
the season inst over The American people dearly
love q ranking and the majority Of players
are stimulated to greater efforts by 'he nope oi
gaining ranking, whether in foolnaA OF an.
other sport. There is still modern ioih VI
hero worship
Tn ,..,, Of the rernsrkahle popularity of foot
hall snd the growing interest in the selection OF
an All-Eastern A1l-American team, L Ia'iiei
agree with a suggestion in THE Cornell Dany
Sun" that the time has come Tor the hootooi
rules committee to add to its labors the naming
of !. team and the ranking of the leading elev-
ers It would lend an official stamp 1t "ouio DC
a goal at which the players coulo ann "A S
committee of three could be named oeiofe alie
sesson began: il could report a week or so AFTER
the season closed and the An-Amerlcah team
would be something more than naihe'
Tho .dea, team, must necessarily be made up
Of men who were able to shine individually put
not at the expense Of that team pay 81 he0eo
sarv to success; of men VINO were iea0oiioDtS
consistent throughout the season; OF men VINO
proved their resourcefuness Wheh the suiie
,raxed varmest: of men who showed aoapla-
bi,ity to the new game and were equaIy last
and aggressive whether on the aStach of IA es
defence These qualifications L have STUDIED
and considered in naming the All-baslern eief
en- IS here published, for 1907
MIA
v,sed rules speedy reliable ends are almost
of fret Importance. They must be fast 10 get
down the field under punts, quick 10 take ao-
vantage of funbles and 10 secure the pan on
onside kicks sure tacklers in the open' clean
handlers of the ball on forward passes ana Keen
to diagnose opposing plays and rise TO the op-
portunties which more than ever come Inelr
way There were many good ends TINS year ou'
those worth most consideration were NlSter'
Princeton; Dague, Annapolis; Macdonald har-
yard Alcott Yale: Scarlet, Pennsylvania; H
Jones Yale; Exendine. Carlisle; Browne. Prince
ton: Pauxtis, Pennsylvania and starr harvard
In deciding Wister and Dague, Alcott. OF
Yale, Macdonald OF Harvard. and Scarlet, OF
Pennsylvania were eliminated with some diff
cultv In some respects Alcott played the most
consistent game of the season. being one OF the
best and surest handlers of the forward pass,
but ne lacked. in my opinion, the remarkable
speed Of Wister and Dague in getting down the
field under punts. Macdonald played the most
brilliant game Of the wear against Yale but he
was somewhat erratic throughout the season ana
came TO hand too late to deserve a place Scar
lett was also conspicuous against Cornell, buL
this was due largely to the fact that the oppo-
sition was not strong as il might nave been-
Frank fIinke-y one of the best ends ever devel-
oped at Yale. mas been quoted as saying that
Howard Jones has few If any equals Jones
plsyed well but boxed UP too often, In my
opinion particularly in the Harvard game Wis
ter also was boxed up several times for big
gains in both the Yale and Carlisle games but
on the whole he and Dague came nearer filling
all the requirements Dague was not only con-
sistent but brilliant. He followed the ball
closely was rarely at fault in covering punts.
and if he missed a tackle usually turned the
runner off SO that he could be brought down by
some Navy man following up the speedy end.
Tackes-In picking out Captain Bigow of
Yale and Draper, of Pennsylvania, as tackles
such clever players have been considered az
O'Rourke. Cornell. Horr, Syracuse: Weeks,
West Point: Northcroft, Annapolis; Paige and
Foster, Yale: Burr. Harvard; Bankert. Dart
mouth, and Booth, Princeton. Biglow had no
equal, in the opinion OF the writer. in this all
important position, and Draper was not far be-
hind the Tale captain. They were rarely at
fault In diagnosing the attack, had knack OF
breaking through and spelling many plays be-
fore they were fairly under way, were conspicu-
ous in tackling down the field and were forward
in providing interference for the man carrying
the bail. O'Rourke of Cornell would have
earned the place for his wonderfully consistent
and at times brilliant work throughout the sea-
son. but Draper clearly outplayed him at Phila-
deIphia. Between Weeks and Horr 1t is hard
to pick, but the West Point held his own
with or outplayed every opponent he met this
year, and is consequently selected, with
O'Rourke first substitute.
Guards-Four players stood above their
fellows for guard in Ziegler, Pennsylvania; Err
win, West Point: Thompson Cornell, and Goe-
bel, Yale. Ziegler's work in the Cornell game
was the best / this season, while Erwin
eeta the other place, as he outplayed both
Thompson and Goebel in the Cornell and Yale
games respectively. He did not shine particu-
larly In the Navy game. for the good reason
that he was called to do two mems work
most Of the time. With another years expert
ence Goebel should make the all-star team, as
he figured in plays this season that would
escape the average guard Thompson did not
play up to The high standard he set year ago,
when he was a unanimous choice for a place,
but he is wonderfully good player and would
be tower of strength on any team.
Centre-The leading candidates for centre
were SlingIuf, Annapolis; Congdon. Yale; Grant,
Harvard: Phillips Princeton and Dunbar. Yale.
May Cornell; Gable, Swarthmore, and Dwyer
Pennsylvania. were also good II Cong
don had been able TO play in the Harvard game
I think he would have bad the call. as his tack
ling and deadly, and he had slightly
the better of his argument with Phillips in the
Princeton game and Phillips is an experienced
player and OF the best centres Of recent
years Dunbar a substitute at Yale but
than held his with Grant in
the Harvard game The latter had much to
recommend him, but in spite Of his uniformly
good work during the season / prefer Slingluff
and Congdon for my all-star eleven Slingluf
fills all the requirements of good centre to the
letter, and in addition to passing we'll charging
sharply and supporting his guards in defensive