The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-03
AN ALL-NRG|N|A
FOOTBALL ELEVEN.
Some Stars OF the Various Teams
Who Have Done Very
Clever Work.

Now that the football season Is over
and the laurels divided by results as
we'll as they can be distributed. SO far
as the teams are concerned, football
enthusiasts are swapping views as to
the relative merits Of the various in.
d,yidual players in the eleven positions
that go to make up team. It is no.
POSSIBLE for one who has not seen all
the teams play or read detailed re-
ports OF the better games to determine
with absolute fairness and justice to
whom the honors should go. To at
TEMPT to pick an all-Southern team
would be impossible to one who had
not seen Vanderbilt. sewanee, David
son, A. and AZ of Carolina, Clemson,
Georgia, and other elevens. to make an
Intelligent choice. Finally. the selec-
tioi, is necessarily one in which the
Individual Judgment and opinion OF
the man picking them figure, rather
than one carrying the weight of au-
thor:ty.
II is sufficient task among so many
likely aspirants for llonors to pick
even an all-Virginia eleven with jus
tcc to the merits Of all who have
played on Virginia teams. v. P. T..
University of Virginia. Washington and
Lee and Y. NJ. l. perhaps rank a shade
above such teams as Richmond College,
lph-Macon, William and Mary
and Hampden-Sidney, but the differ
cnce of standard is less than it has
cvel been before. At their chest the
four teams last named ranked close to
Virginia, V. p. l., Washington and Lee
and Y. NJ, l.. and. for that matter to
the larger Carolina teams as we'll.
Naturally one who has not seen all the
teams play can hardly fairly weigh
their several claims to consideration
| BY comforting with disinterested and
leApert football men who have seen
tcther teams play than those seen here,
/ md who have therefore been In bet
ter position to Judge, some idea of all
the teams may be gained.
An All-yirEinin Team.
| AS a sort OF composite view cleaned
lin this way and supplemented by the
individual observations of the writer,
1.-The following is a tentative all-Vir-
| g!nia team suggested for the diversion
of followers OF the sport and absolute
lily disinterested:
! Ends-Fleming. of Hampden- SIDNEY.
and Waddell. of Washington and Lee.
Tnckles-Dif fendal, OF v. p. T., and
Thraves, OF Richmond College.
\ Guards-Wise. of University of Yir-
ginia, and q. r. Iodgson of ". p. L.
/ Centre-Gl Cloth. or Virginia. and John
son. of Y.rP. I.
| Quarteruack-Feue OF william,
and Mary. or Honaker, OF University
of Virginia.
| IIalfbacks-Neff. Of Virginia. and
d Luttrell, of n. r. T., with Joynes, OF
lamp den-S Sidney. and Powell. OF Ran
| dolph- Macon. as alternates. IIs
Fu!lback---YanceS, OF Virginia; Al
d rson. OF Washington and Lee, orssY.
I E. Hodgson, OF ". p. I.
Some choice has been among several
I'm the back tleld for the reason that
is hard to jud ga from q single game,
Wnddelrs .punting gives him q place
on the team, but he might be played
lin thu position of tullback as we'll. In
choosing the ends. Fleming. OF Hamp-
den-S Sidney. is undoubtedly to be CON
sidered.
Rowe, OF Randolph- Macon made n
\ brilliant record rs IAN end In getting
away with forward passes. MS did
4 Saunders, OF Richmond College, hut
Ian things considered, tits probable
THAT the honors should go to- Fleming
land Naddell, pitrendnl clearly ranks
4 us 2ol,es Of the tack Ties 8 CAPTAIN Thrayes.
lsoi Richmond ollege, has held hia
own against the best In Virginia or
Carolina, md lis am OK rienced player.
y Cloth, of Virginia., by Ills bril liant ot-