Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-12-10
DAGIE FOR ALL america
Majority Of Experts Pick Him as
An End on Powerful Foot
Ball Team
DOUGLAS IS ALSO CHOSEN.
Eavy's Captain is Choice for Second
Eleven, However-Horheroft
and SlingluH are Men
toned Too.

Mncb interest Is taken At the Naval
Academy and among those ~ Annap0-
lis Interested IN football and The Navy
team particularly over the selection u
| the different football experts Of an
AIl-America team. Tho custom ~
picking All-America team has been In
vogue for many years and now every
welI-sn0wn coach, every official of q
big game and every sporting editor In
the Country, with few exceptions,
makes bis selections az the end Of the
season.
The one exception among the rccOg-
nizcd experts is Dr. Paul J.. DdsbiclI,
the best known official who has ever
been connected with the game. nr.
Dashicil has never undertaken -
make a selection of the kind Of
courso, these selections must be taken
with greater or less authority. Iucll
must be given to the pick Of such
men as Walter Camp, Caspar w. Whit
ney, "BiI1" Edwards an 4 a few
others. still, the opportunity ~ judg
ing must be limited for any ono per-
son and each one making a selection
must depend In a large measure
upon statements Of others, Newspaper
reports, etc.
In this way the good men on the
smaller teams are very likely not to
be given due consideration. IN fact,
this is freely admitted by those pick
ing All America teams and IL ~ only
claimed for their selections that thgy
are the best that can be made With
the data and represent only the views
Of the one making the choice.
The experts pretty well agree that
Dague, the right cru Of the Navy
team, has earned a place 90 tho A u
America team. Wistcr, Of Princeton,
Is accorded tho frst position rs an
end, but Dngue received place IN
the slinc-ups Of enough exports TO
make his selection clear one.
There was no opportunity OF judging
the work of these two In eompari-
son, as the Navy team did not meet
Prineoton. Probably, Wister is given
the frst place because he played
against stronger teams as rule.
still, II Is bard 60 believe that any
player oxceils tho local athlete In tho
essentials Of the position-a clear head
for diagnosing the play, an instinct
for locating the ball or the man with
it, speed and hard, sure tackling.
The others who have been given
consideration for tho All America by
the experts are Douglas, ~ balfback !;
Siinglun, at center, and Ncrlhor0ft,
at tackle. one or two, but not tho
majority. or the best known, places
Douglas on tho first All-Amorica
team, position which most Of the
local followers Of tho game thought
ho would secure without question.
However, tho majority place him as a
substitute OF The first team or on tho
second All-Ameriea team, which, 10 is
generally agreed, Is not much behind
the FIRST one.
The local enthusiasts had hoped that
the crOwning honor Of his football
career would be the placing Of Douglas
on this team by the consensus OF opin-
ion Of the experts. However, two
things must be remembered. Those
who pick the AIi-Americas do not
have the opportunity Of seeing Douglas
playing regularly and SO do not have
the chance Co size bis work up, while
local followers do not have the Same
opportunity Of Judging the work Of
others, and are, IN addition not Ike
~ 10 De thoroughly competent Judges.
There is no question, however, that
Douglas work considering the bandi-
cap OF three years when be was so
greatly bamperod By his injury, was
wonderful and stamps him as one of
the greatest and neryiest athletes the
American college has ever produced.
There is also much satisfaction
that such FeliabIs aUd skiiful pInyers
a. SlingluG and Sortbcroft have bad
their work recognized by the general
discussion ~ them as worthy ~ .
place among the best, and their a.
sigumeni 70 positions on Ali-Amerlcas
inst below tbe nrat selection.