The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-27
MCCORMICK ON
ALL america
FOOTBALL "II'
Walter Camp Selects Prince
ton FulIback in Prefer
ence 10 Coy, Of Yale.

In selecting his All-American football
team Walter Camp, Ya1e's athletic men
tor, who is conceded the oast authority III
college football, has not permitted his
college spirit or loyalty to interfere with
Judgment. This is shown particularly in
the selection of Mccormick, Of Princeton,
for fullback, over Coy. of Yale, whom,
many newspaper critics picked. Mi.
Camps first eleven, as announced 10 the
current issue of Golfers, is as follows:
Left end, Dague, Annapolis; left tackle,
Draper, Pennsylvania; left guard, ziegl:r
Pennsylvania; centre, Schulz, Michigan
right guard, Erwin, West Point; right
tackle, Biglow, Yale; right end, Alcott,
Yale; quarterback, Jones, Yale; left half
back, Wendell, Harvard; right halfback,
Harlan. Princeton; fullback, Mccormick.
Princeton.
Mr.. Camp says Of his team:
This team Of 1907 would furnish a first
eleven equipped TO play the necessarily
varied forms Of attack and defense essen
tlal to victory under the present rules.
First, as TO attack by and defense to that
most important feature the forward pass.
Jones is par excellence the most sldlful
man in any back field today in executing
not one kind of forward pass, but both
kinds, namely, the short one and the long
one. He can, moreover, throw equally we'll
the spiral and the end over end that stays
so long in the air, and, executed from
about forty yards away from the goal line,
sends ehflls down the backs of the defense.
In Alcott he has the best man to take
either kind of pass, while In Dague he has
a man who can be absolutely relied upon
to get the ball IL touched by some other
man. Jones himself would play the mid
way position on defense. from which he
not only did his remarkable running back,
but also spoiled the forward passes of
opponents.
Next, as to on-side kicking. In this we
have Harlan, Of Princeton, admittedly the
most successful performer of the year of
this kind of kick. With 1t he put his oppo-
nents in serious difficulties and proved that
it was far more valuable TO MS team than
any Of the longer distance Kicks OF the
other teams. Thus for the two special
features of the new game we have chosen
four men each easily The leader of his
class in some particular part of the work.
Next as to ordinary attack and defense.
In Mccormick we have the strongest sim
pie line bucker when we consider that
such Il man must not only be able TO carry
the ball himself, but be equally competent
to carry another man, this other man hav-
ing the ball. In that way line bucking
becomes valuable because of the deception
as to the man in possession of the ball,
as we'll as the point where the play strikes.
In Mccormick and Harlan the combina :
tlon is complete, While for the wider runs
we have Wendell. who made the best
record In this respect and Is at the same
time good on pushing and In defense.
With Mccormick and Wendell backing
up a line the power of the secondary de-
tense would be ideal. Then for kicking
Harlan would furnish punts, drops and on
side kicks, with Mccormick as an occa-
slonal alternate, just enough to DECEIVE
opponents Draper gives us the best com
bination of offeuse and defense as tackle,
as he can carry the ball well and also
make openings CHerr. of Syracuse, is the
only man to match him in running with
the BALD, while Biglow adds that greatest
of essentials to a line today, namely, q
tackle So fast and so ~tireless as to share
the ends work down the field, while hav-
Ing weight and power enough to fully COM
plete the tackles duty. In Iiegler ana
Erwin, nanking Schulz, we have an ideal
centre trio. one Of them, Erwin, cknoW
edged by all to be the QUICKEST and most
active of the seasons guards, with a
record of spelling many an opponent $
pIav and yet not leaving his place uncey-
erred. In Schulz there is the steady expert
enee and accurate passing so essential,
combined with wonderful speed and ire
mendous power. Finally, Ziegier conf
pletes the trio with strength, steadiness
and ability to last out any amount OF
hammcring attack, rs instanccd In tho
Pennsylvania-Corne game, both last year
and this"