New-York tribune., 1907-12-08

-.r5 oar,e b,t the latter was palpably stale on
that occasion. so that his play to his greater
credit.
Halfbacks-There were many good hal,
backs this year that a selection Is o~iiiiou' ~
in SO far the distinction IL o[iieS efan1e - Ihe
cerned but easy in SO far as II alieCtS tiiS
strength of the eleven, as no inlsIdIc e~o4i ~
be made in any two OF at least l"etsT T.,iot
Douglas, of Annapolis; Harlan anu pnJ,sr 49,
of Princeton; McCale, of Corneu' boliels
Brides and Philbin. OF 1ale; Neiueti' %
Harvard; Mayhem, of Brown; hunoaro, OF Am
herst; FolweII, of Pennsylvania ana SiIllti' VI
West Point. OF these / was more HnpresSeo
with the all-round work of Douglas and wen
dell both on the attack and the defence IMAM
with any OF the others, and Douglas Is my 80
lection for left halfback Wendell would De my
other choice if il were not for the TACT lldI
consider q reasonably sure drop kicker essential
to an all-star team. For this reason seIecl
Harlan of Princeton. as A running mate for
Douglas He is d strong defensive back d sood
punter clever drop kicker and not lar peiiihd
any halfback the grldlron IN foIloWlhs ih'e'
ference and picking his openings when running
with the ball. Douglas, in my opinion. has had
few If any equals in the history Of the sport as
running and plunging halfback while MS punt
ing clean handling OF the ball ana sehefdAs
effective defensive work make him Invaluable,
If his lot had been cast in Yales backheld he
would undoubtedly have earned an even hil5ner
Mace in the football hall of fame, for then his
wonderful ability would have been accepted by
all Backed up by Yales remarkably strong
team play. Wendell, too would have stood out as
bright star Almost unassisted TINS prliiiaiit
player skirted the Yale ends in the Harvard
Yale game in way which can never be for
gotten and was largely responsible for carrying
the fight into Yale territory in those last dra-
matte minutes. McCalie, of Cornell. is my
fourth choice to act as first substitute with
Wendell as, while I consider him inferior to
Bomar, of Yale. defensive player, feel
convinced he has few equals in carrying the bali
Bomar was undoubtedly one or the best de-
fensive backs ever developed at Yale, and was
greatly impressed with Philbins offensive
strength in the Harvard game. but both ap-
peared to be lacking slightly in a1l-round ability
Brides was a good steady player, but not a
brilliant one; Tibbott was brilliant but some
what erratic: Fowell, Mayhew and Smith were
wonderfully effective, but unfortunately there
is not room for all
F,ullback-McCornick Princeton: Coy. Yale;
HolIenback Pennsylvania; Wa1ders. Cornell. and
Houser, Carlisle were in q class by themselves
among the fullbacks, and who can choose
among them? First, I put Coy on the team,
then Hollenback and finally Mccormick. for the
reason that the eleven needed just such a strong.
steady, experienced, punging back as the Tigers
captain proved himself to be. Coys playing in
the second half Of the Yale-Princeton game was
spectacular to degree, but he did not show to
the advantage against Harvard, for which
there was undoubtedly some excuse. He is one
Of those cool, heady players that seem to be
equally good in hitting the line circng the
ends, and, further than that. his weight and
speed make him a hard man to stop He worked
particularly well with Tad Jones, but he seemed
to need just such player as Jones to keep him
I'D to his work. When Jones not quite him
self at Cambridge Coy went back also, although
he too may have been slightly stale. Coy's
punting was good, but not quite up TO the stand
ard in the two big games Of the year. Hollen-
back was a wonder against Cornell and Michi-
gan, and, like Mccormick and Coy, he has all
the qualifications OF a great fullback. OF the
others Houser. Carlisle; Apollonio, Harvard:
Beavers West Point, and Walders. Cornell
played their part well
RigIow of Yale is selected captain of this
all-star team, as he proved himself reserved
but forceful leader who has had few. If any,
EQUALS The eleven, named, would be fast
and aggressive. From tackle to tackle the line
would be wellnigh invulnerable, with five sure,
strong and rugged. yet speedy, men; the ends
would be down the field under all punts and
tackling all over the field, the backfeld would
be fast powerful and resourceful in the attack
and strong in handling punts, running the ball
back and backing up the forwards on the defence
The team would have two good punters In Doug
las and Harlan. reasonably sure drop kicker
in the latter and a remarkable field general in
Tad Jones. The second eleven Is not far be-
hind the first, if at all. 1t would be a good
could take il and defeat the all-star team.
HERBERT.