Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15

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| Draper. Pennsylvania, tackle.
Scarlet, Pennsylvania, end.
Mccormick Princeton, back.
Harlan, Princeton, back
jones' Yale, quarter.
Coy, Yale, back.
| The selection of one team from the
football elevens of the eastern colleges
under the reformed game has come to be
an even harder task than 1t was under
| the old rules.
The aggregation known as an All-Amer-
ican-or, better; as an All-Eastern--
eleven does not, of course, get together,
and never plays a game. The positions
are honorary ones, gained by proWess
shown throughout the season. Its make
up of course, is one based on opinions,
and opinions differ. There should, now
ever, be an attempt to fit the eleven to-
gether so that it would prove formidable
| in it's team play and SO that there would
not be a part of the machine that would
be likely clog the working of the entire
mechanism.
| The Herald picks it's eastern eleven
| from the colleges, leaving Carlisle out
| of consideration. Carlisle ranks as
prep school, and in view of the fact that
| it has no regulations, would hardly seem
| to class with West Point and Annapolis,
which have accepted the college eligi-
4 bility rules. The team has many excel
1 lent players, some of whom would give
the choices for the eastern team a close
rub for hei- pc sitions in any preliminary
contest for a place on varsity team
! 1t would seem wise, however, not to in
clude Carlisle players as eligible to COM
pete on an All-Eastern college eleven.
| The new game has made many new
demands upon a players versatility,
and, in fact, versatility has been the
keystone in the success of the most
prominent stars of the gridiron this year.
The men who have been able to do many
things we'll have been in greater demand
| than ever since the new rules have put
premium on ability to excel in all de-
partments, that the old game never did.
| The team therefore, should be chosen
with this in view, a choice of heady, ver-
satile players, quick to think and to act
For quarter back Tne Herald would
| pick out of the great wealth of quarter
back material the Yale field general, t.
| A. D. Jones. Good quarterbacks are in
abundance. Mount Pleasant of Carlisle
| has shown wonderful ability all the
season. Eddie Dillon of Princeton played
with practically all his former headwork
| and running ability and John Glaze of
| Dartmouth Newhall of Harvard and
! De-nile of Brown we're all worthy Of
I great consideration. Jones has many fine
qualities. For persistency in keeping his
attack going he is without superior.
He has shown wonderful knack in
| finding his opponents weak points, and
| his attack at these weak points has
proved relentless in every game of the
| year. Running through broken field
| he Is deceptive and hard to corner, and
| In throwing the forward pass. accurate
and steady. Jones work in the backfeld
on kicks this year has also improved
| greatly over his last years form, and
| tests of the season his work stamped
him as one of the best men that has
ever generated Yale eleven.
| For halfbacks The Herald picks Coy
Of Yale and Harlan of Princeton, with
Mccormick of Princeton at fullback.
| The selection makes a halfback out of
| a fullback in the case of Coy, but as
much as the backtield formations have
| changed greatly and the different posi-
| tions back of the line do not call for
| especial work at either fullback or half
back, the task OF selecting three men
would seem to be one of selecting backs
without any regard to their positions as
long as they have had experience back OF
| the line.
| The three men selected are all kick
| ers. Coy and Harlan have been espe-
| cially good this year. while Mccormick,
| although he has not done much punt
| ing during the season, can De counted
| upon to give a good account of himself
| at booting the ball. The selection
makes it possible to send any one of
the three men back on fake plays, which
| should prove deceptive in the case or
any one of the three Harlan Is great
| man on eDd runs, speedy and sure ana
| has learned the rudiments, in defense. He
has, moreover, the knack of kicking
| field goals which would prove invalu-
| able TO any team. He is practically the
only man in the east whose general
playing backs up an ability to score by
several who have made success of the
place kick.
Coy's work at full-back was not con-
i fined to line plunging. At end running
he is one of the best the game has
produced. He is a sure catcher Of
kicks in the back field, a wonderful
man through a broken field in running
back the ball, and a terrific line SMASH
er, as his touchdowns against Prince
ton and Harvard testified Add to this
his punting ability and considering
the fact that no one has outlxicked him
lin any game in which he has played
this year, and it is readily seen that
he has won his place on the All East
ern team by hard work and versatility.
Both Coy and Harlan are good for so
yards and upwards on their punts.
Mccormick at full-back is hard
lpressed by large number of very
lprominent players Marks Of Dart