Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-02
BRILLIANT SEASON OF FOOT BALL

or pointless. Like Draper. he is in the
game all the time. He is not quite as
sure tackler as the Quaker. but II
| faster, and II his impetus does cause him
to miss his tackle he is likely to hit the
runner and check him. Given any kind
of an opening, either Of these men will get
| through and block a kick. Draper is a
resolute runner and very useful at carry
| ing the ball from his position In the
| line. He is all energy and wastes none
of it.
ziegler Best Guard.
! There are more good guards than good
tackles this year. It is almost a toss-up
between at least four Ziesler of Pennsyl-
vania was consistently good. The bigger
the game the better he is. He makes plays
in the open. makes holes in the line. is as
sturdy on defense as any guard. and is a
player who thinks. Also he carries the ball
| we'll, and for that reason is valuable In
| scheme of attack by giving it more guns
| with which to operate. Pennsylvania ran
| its linemen better than any other team,
at least used them more for carrying the
| ball. Erwin covered more ground than any
| other guard. Time and again. no matter
| how strong his opposite, he broke through
on defense and smeared play by getting
the runner or crowded him over toward
the Sue lines tor no gain. tie tackles
viciously and Is an extremely difficult
| man to block off. His work betokened a
| mental attitude that he was not to be
diverted from his purpose.
He and Goebel of Yale helped the run
ner better tnan most guards. Goebel is q
powerful man on the charge, stubborn re-
| sistance when the point of all opposing
| attack and adept at making holes. In
actual line work he is as good as the best.
| being behind the other two only in ex-
perlence and covering ground. Take him
and Thompson, and If there was a hole to
| be made in a pinch no better men could
be found Grant is first choice for center
| among a number of good ones-Dwyer,
Sinsluff, Congdon. Dunbar and Phillips.
After he had passed the ball Grant was
still as busy as any man on the field. He
| did his own work well and then that of
| others. being fast, wideawake and a
fighter.
Jones Stellar Quarterback.
Tad Jones was the stellar quarterback
| of the year. His judgment in selecting
| plays, suiting the form of attack to the
| occasion and picking out the spot to
| send the plays WAS fine. He caught kicks
| well. ran them back we'll, guarded the
| backfeld we'll and was in the thick of
line plunges helping the man with the
| ball. No minor feature of his usefulness
was his interfering. Eddie Dillon of
Princeton is the quickest starter in the
country after catching a punt and his
handling of the leather Is well-nigh flaw
dodgers and the only eastern quarterbacks
in Jones class though Newhall Of har-
ward is capable little man not far be-
hind.
Speed, power and marked defensive
ability are represented by the backs, Hol-
lenback. Coy and Mccormick. The last
named is the hardest line breaker of them
all and the best back in secondary defense
hy,ri
Pennsylvania and Brides Of Yale. Hollen-
back is the most reliable ground gamer
on the field. From the fake kick fornAa-
lions which were so prominent a part of
the seasons attack he made a great
amount of ground. He has long stride
and goes hard-a hard man to reach. Coy
IS the fastest runner of any of the backs.
He has his faults, one being that he does
not help runner as he should. but he is
young yet and will learn. AS it is, how
ever. he rushes SO fast and tempestn-
ously that it takes a deadly tackle to
stop him when he is under way, and he
can shake off tacklers frequently by the
sheer violence of his speed. He also goes
into line with force. Being such a fast
Splinter he is a handy man in the back
field to chase a runner in case the latter
gets clear.
The three second-team back-field men
md end runner Hauser is a gifted per-
ormer and he is the best goal kicker
rom scrimnage placement there is.
Wendell is driving, determined runner,
takes openings clearly and is a capable
defensive back. So also is Douglas. The
Navy man is the best man among the
>acks at placing his punts, if his play
against the Army is a fair sample. He
is speedy and is equally serviceable at
end running or line boring. Neither of
the two teams named has drop-k kicker.
but Hauser's place kicking for the Sec
md team would make up for this and on
the first team Hollenback or Coy. both
natural kickers. might shoot a ball over
| the crossbar il the worst came to the
| worst
Ranking Of Teams.
| In ranking the teams it is plain sailing
| 20 assign first place. That berth goes to
Yale. The Blue had hte best defense and
| The best attack. Its offense was the most
| advanced in foot ball. Its offensive tao
tics were admirably Overwhelmingly use
| of on-side kicks and forward passes. de-
| -eptive plays and vehement line forcing
| The Ellis have made more progress than
| any of the others in mastering rushing
tactics to gain ten yards. They rip apart
an opposing line with more sustained
| power. and with ability in this depart
nent is dovetailed an effective proportion
| of open field maneuvers.
| In rating teams final form as we'll as
| what has gone before must be taken into
| consideration; also circumstances that
| governed results. There are contradic-
| tons to be reconcilad, different ways Of
| viewing it: but here goes:
| /. Yale; 2, Princeton; 3, Pennsylvania
T. Carlisle: >, Cornell; 6, Dartmouth; Z.