Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15

mouth slSs worthy OF the nlgneSL CoH-
sideration and runs Mccormick close
second. Walters of Cornell. Folwell Of
Pennsylvania and Hausey Of the Indians
are also fine. The Princeton captain, how
ever, all through the season, practi- |
cally unaided by heavy interference
and doing his line work almost alone, |
made wonderful record for gains on
line plays. His work against Yale was'l
gilt-edged. He strikes the line hard
and low keeps his feet as WE'LL If not
better, than any back playing the
game, and is fast enough to keep UP
ends. On defense put him back of the
line and he can diagnose plays with
wonderful accuracy. His great strength
is a big asset. and his tackllng is al
ways hard and sure. With Coy to help
him and Hargan to add strength, Nc
Cormick could batter almost any line.
His defensive work could not be inn
proved.
The selection of the backfield leaves
out many fine players, and opinions
will differ widely on the choice After
all, it is only a matter of opinions, any
way. No two men see the game at
the same angle, and no two see the
same points in every player. Mayhem
|of Brown deserves a lot of considera-
ton, and his end runs were as effec-
tive as ever. McCallie of Cornell,
Hollenback of Pennsylvania Brides and
several other Yale backs, Douglas of the
Navy and Smith. and Beavers of the
army all come very near the top
fnotch and there are many others who
have earned respect on various grid
irons. Jack Wendell of Harvard, If
he had played more games. would
seem certain of a place. 1T Is to be
regretted that he was not In the game all
the season.
The placing of the halfbacks makes lit
tie difference but on account of Harlan's
efficiency with the onside kick it might
help little to place him at left with
Coy at right. The left side of the line
is the best place for right-footed kicker
on short punts
For ends Wister of Princeton and Scar
lett of Penn on general all-around ability
have been chosen. Wister Is excellent in
the rudiments of end play, tackles hard,
follows the ball well and gets down the
field under kicks with great speed. Scar
lett has all these essentials and is also
fast as lightning. Both are good at re-
ceiving forward passes, and as this fea-
ture of the game has been important in
the results of many contests it would
seem that these men should have great
consideration. There are many other
good ends. Macdonald and tSarr of Har-
ward played finely against Yale, the for
mer showing an excellence which, exhib-
tied earlier in the season, would have
surely won him place. Exendine of the
Indians, Howard, Jones and Alcott of
Yale and Dague of Annapolis are all ex-
cellent and understand every rudiment of
end playing.
The tackle positions have been given to
Draper of Pennsylvania and Biglow of
Yale, and the latter, in so much as he
captained the champion Yale team is
given the honorary position of captain of
the Herald's all-eastern eleven. Both
Biglow and Draper are very fast on their
feet and are in the game from start to
finish. Biglow seldom Shines but plays
his position with lots of technic show
ing at all times an absolute knowledge
of what he is expected to do. Draper
follows the ball as closely as Biglow and
has played brilliant game at all stages
of the season. O'Rourke of Cornell, Lang
of Dartmouth, Weeks and Pullen of West
Point, Capt. Lubo of the Indians, Booth
of Princeton and many others have al
ready been heralded as the best in the
country on account of their work in GER
tain games. AT any rate, opinions win
probably differ widely as to the tackle
selections but The Herald sees shade
in favor of Biglow and Draper
Pat Grant, the wonderful center of the
Harvard team, has won his place on the
team by steady work throughout the
year. He has tackled fiercely on kicks
and showed a wonderful amount of speed.
In passing he has beer good, making no
more mistakes than any other center.
and approaching general excellence in
this department. With Grant at center
the guards should also be active. Erwin
of West Point has played a very steady
game and is, like Grant, remarkably
fast man for the center of line. Thomp-
son of Cornell, on his average for the
season, would seem to have the call on
the other position, although he is closely
pressed by such men as Rich of Dart
mouth, Zeigler of Penn, Burr of Harvard,
who, although playing tackle, is essen
TALLY a guard and should be considered
in that position, and both Cooney and
Goebel of Yale. There are a number of
others and not few whose work has
given them larger field of adherents
for all-American honors Grant at cen
ter is most closely pressed for his place
by Dwyer of Penn and Congdon and Dun
bar of Yale. He has shown better de-
fensive strength, however, and his sea-
sons record would seem to leave no DOUBT
as to his place on the eleven.
Taken altogether. the above team would
not be over heavy, but would be speedy
at all points. The line would have in 1t
men able to take care of rudimentary
work with a fine show of strength and
also in Wister a man who can be drawn
back into the back field and used as
halfbacl If there Is need. On the offense
the men in the line are all noted for the
jump that they get on an adversary, and
have all proved under fire an ability to
Ixean their head in the face OF ,reVerseS.