The sun., 1907-12-02
in THE FOOTBALL WORLD
FIRST AND SECOND All EAST
ERN TEAMS FOR EyOs.



ing all teamS. In reality there iS no reason
why there should not he a. many "all" teams
~ there are football followers. Every man
is entitled TO his own choice. and there s no
such thing a. an Official selection. Walter
Camps comes nearest to being regarded a.
official and II would not he bad idea " the
official stamp were placed on Camps or some
other impartial experts selection On the
other hand. some hardy pioneer may come
to the front some day with sufficient temerity
to set an example by not picking any AL"
team. fictitious growth now found on every
bush.
H. would be hard scrap between the two
teams named below with the odds only
slightly IN favor OF the first team. These
two teams are not all America teams. II II
hard enough TO pick teams from the Eastern
players. and even then there Ia chance OH
leaving on pome player OF a smaller eleven
who In entitled TO a place. Therefore the
following nIst and second teams arc all East
crn teams pure and simple:
First Team-Dague, Annapolis, and ExendInc.
Carlisle. ends BlgIow. Yale. and Draper. Pennsyl-
vana. tackles zleGer. Pennsylvania, and Erwin.
West Point, guards; Grant. Harvard, centre.
Jones. Yale. quarterback Hollenback, pennsyi-
vsnis. and Coy Yale. halfbackS: Mccormick,
Princeton, fullback.
Second Team--Wister. Princeton. and Aicott,
Yale. ends Horr Syracuse and O'Fsourke Cornell.
guards: SlingIu. Annapolis. centre; Dillon Prince
ton. quarterback: Douglas. Annapolis. and Wen
dell. Harvard, halfbacks; Hauser, Carlisle, full
back.
The flrst thing that strikes one about the
FIRST team named is its offensive strength.
II contains rare lot OF men who a re proficient
at advancing the ball Draper and Ziegler
In tho line and every one OF the four backs
are conspicuously capable ground gamers
and the ends are good at receiving the for
ward pass and making whatever gains may
accrue from that method of advance.
Dague in the game last Saturday gave the
best exhibition of all around end play seen
on the field this season. The play OF Dague
and his partner. DE Mott, the kicking Of
Douglas and the Navy's following Of the ball
were tho Classiest features Of "A game which
IN most other respects was not up to the big
college standard. DaGuc covers kicks re-
maTkably well and s the best man In the
East Rt preventing running them back. End
play In general has improved in that respect
under the new rules. when the need OF ad-
OF the ends TO guard against the forward
pass and onstde Kick has resulted in n wider
range Of end duties and ability to respond
to the demand. Consequently there has
not been much chance to run back kicks
unless the side protecting the catcher was
players on getting down to the catcher.
Dague sha pes his course 70 the man making
the catch with unerrnG Judgment. being an
expeTt at gauRnR the course OF the kick,
He seldom Overruns and barring a slight
tendency to tackle hgh-no more so than
firTnness T @ lie Is so fast and sure Ssth that he
thus makes up for his lack Of weight. He
RECEIVERS onside kicks deftly. Is very quick
at falling on the ball and follows IL closely.
He is also q good defensive end in scrimmag-
ing. rarely being boxed, either spilling an
before the latter has pa ssed the line OF scrim-
mage. Exendine OF the Indians In an expert
at receiving the forward pass, and strong
and fast man. Therewas noth ing mechanical
about his play this season and when he Ia okles
he often puts his man over backyard
work t6is season. as did Pauxtis after he had
been sent to end Macdonald also did we'll
in the Yale game. Biglow OF Yale and Draper
star tackles. BiRlow is the quickest man in
the country with the snap or the ball. There
e vide sweep IN his play. but u always y to
Draper, he is in the game all the time. He
ls not quite as sure a taclNler as the Quaker.
him TO miss his tackle he g likely to hit the
runner and check him, Given any kind OF
an opening either Of these men will get
runner and very useful at carving the ball
from his position in the line. He is all energy
There are more good guards than good
tackles this year. IL g almost toss I'D be-
tween at least four. ,Ziegler Of Pennsylvania
the better he is. He makes plays in the open.
makes holes in the line, is as sturdy on de-
fence az any Vlard and is player who thinks.
Also he carries the ball we'll and for that rea-
son IL valuable In a scheme OF attack by giving
IL more,Euns with which to operate. Pennsyl-
vania ran its line men better than any other
team. at least used them more Tor carrying
the ball. Erwin covered more ground than any
other guard Time and again, no matter
how stong his opposite. he broke through on
defence and smeared a play by getting the
runner or crowded him over toward the side
lines for no gain. lie tackles v,ciously and u
an extremely difficult man to block OF. His
work betOkened a mental attitude that he
was "SI and 70 GSebsi S Of Vale helped the runner
better than most guards, (ioebel Is DOW
erful man on the charge, stubborn resistance
ADEPT az making holes. In actual line work
he Is a. good as the best. being behind the
other two only IN experience and covering
there was a hole to be made in pinch no
better men could be found. Grant is first
e ones D%ysr. 5 slinsiaT' Congdon, Dunbar
and Phillips. After he had passed the ball
Grant was still as busy as any man on the
that Of others, being fast. wideawake and a
fighter.
the year. Ills Judgment in selecting plays.
suiting the form OF attack to the occasion
and picking out the spot 10 send the plays
was fine. lie caught kicks well. ran them
back well, guarded the backheld well and
was in the thick pr line plunges helping the
With the ball S %ESr fesiSTe raIs n. 81 bis
of Princeton ls the quickest starter in the
country after catching a punt aud his hand
ling Of the leather Is well nigh nawless. lie
and Mount Pleasant are great dodgers and /
the Onlv Eastern quart erbacks in Jones's
class. though Newhall OF Harvard is capable
title man and not far behind.
speed. power and marked defensive ability
are represented by the backs, HOllenback.
10Y aud Mccormick. The last named s
the hardest line breaker Of them all and the
hest back in secondary defence business.
barring possibly FOlNell Of Penns ylvania
and Brides or Vale. UOllenback ~ the most
reliable ground gamer on the field From
the fake Kick formations which We're so
prominent part of the seasons attack he
made n great amount Of grOuOd. tie has a
long stride and goes bard-a hard man to
reach. Coy iS the tastes runner of any Of
the backs. He has his faults, one being that
he does not help o runner ns he should; but
he is yOung vet and will learn. A IL Ia, how
over he rushes so fast and teInpestuOusly
that II takes a deadly tackle to stop him when
he is under way, and he can shake on tacklers
frequently 10y the sheer violence of his speed
lie also goes into \ line with force. Being
such u fast aprinter he Ia = handy man in the
backheld to chase q runner In case the latter
The three serond team backheId men
are all hummers, too. As line breaker
nnd end runner Hauser IL gifted performer
and ne is the best goal kicker from scrimmaKe
placement there is. Wendell i- q driving,
determined runner takes openings Cleanly
and is a capable defensive hack. 80 also is
Douglas The Navy man is the hest man