Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
All-American Team.

In. several respects the foot ball season.
which was brought to close SATURDAY
proved of more than ordinary note. First
and foremost, it marked the passing OF
the old big four of the gridiron as alb
soIuteIy invincible foes for the smaller
colleges. Before the revision of the rules
of the sport some three years ago there
was practically no difficulty in predicting
the result of a contest, and about the oh'E
thing to be figured on was the amount OF
the tally that would he run up by 'he
major eleven. To play for a score against
one of the select circle was about the
highest ambition of the minor combina-
tions; but this is all changed by the posi-
biliries of the forward pass and onside
kick as ground gamers against the oeehes'
of teams. This season teams that were
unheard of in the old regime went i'i'o
battle with the traditional leaders OF tne
pridiron with more or less confidence In
the ability to make the bigger opponents
hustle to secure a victory. ..
Pennsylvania. Harvard and Yale OF ,ne
onc-time big four maintained 'ieI.
prestige fairly we'll but each had a plot
on its record. placed there by teams thas :
were once considered outside the pale OF
the sacred circle. These teams were iorceu
to tie by Carlisle the Navy and bto"h H.
TpSDpctiNely, ana Coeii
conclusiveiy outplayed by the minors tfat
they were very lucky to get on as easils
as they did. Princeton. the fourth hleIn
her of the charmed coterie, had the most
disastrous season in many year anu
was showed far down the LADDER by 'e
showing against the smaller colleges
outside of the Quakers there was d
dearth of first-class material for the very
important positions at the extremIties -.
the line and in the quarteroack p'sa.usa
TO n
YaIes field generals were the WORST III
wears. Harvards best was only meoIocle
and Eddie" Dillon. the once great e.
leader never recovered his old form alteI
the injuries he received early IN t'e ~
As to end players. these three Dig eleNens
had a problem all season that was ne.s
solved Vale was unfortunate in iosins
the services of fitzpatrick ana Saeuei0
through injuries. The former gave pro''.-
ise of being without a peer IN the east
and the latter was better than any canol-
date at New Haven outside of Logan.
Not Many Stars.
One of the strange things about the
last seas son is the lack of outstanding ma
terial from which to choose the usual all
star American team. 1t is rare thlns
to find so few men who by their great
playing tower above all oth0r occupants
of the same position on rival college
looms mp as the stellar light of 1903 THIS
is Ted Coy, the new captain or the
Yale team. No more wonderful FOOT Dali
player probably has ever trod a grldlron
shine in his regular position. but he also
demonstrated his ability to play end bet
ter than any man I'm the east. He was
practically the whole blue team, and had
II not been for him the New Havenites
might have Jared just as badly as Prince
ton did. He Is the one man about whom
there should be no argument In the Sc
lection of all eastern eleven.
The fact that he was able to maintain
the standard he set year ago is all the
more meritorfous when 1t Is taken into
consideration that this has been a great
season for bigh-class fullbaeks. Hoilen-
back of Pennsylvania, Walder OF Cor
nell Stein of Syracuse and Yer Wiebe of
Harvard are all players beyond the Or
binary ability. Coy. however. is just a
shade better than the best Of these and
should be the choice Of the honorary full
back position.
When 1t comes to picking the halfbacks
Il is different proposition. Just one man
showed the necessary qualifications for a
place on the al1-star combination. lib
bott of Princeton showed the finest sort
Of ability in running ends. picking his
way through broken field and finding
hole between tackle and end. He Is
quick thinker, a speedy runner and a re-
markably clever dodger. The nearest ap-
proaoh to him among the halfbacks is
Thorpe. the Indian: COrbett and White
Of Harvard. MAYHEM of Brown. Hawley
nr Dartmouth. Greble of the Army and
Manner Of Pennsylvania, are all worth
mentioning. On the Fordham team. too.
there were a couple of halfbacks who
would have been ranked pretty. well had
they been playing with one Of the big
varsity elevens. White and Geary are
the pair who have attracted the notice OF
avery close follower of foot ball who has
teen them In action.
Hollenback Good Back.
In choosing halfback for the star ag-
.regation there is no man who would be
more suitable for the place than Hollen-
sack of Pennsylvania. Although he has
Mayed fuIlback all year. he is too valua
be a man to leave off the honorary
eleven. and he would make an excellent
nate to Tibbott. He is head and Shout
iers over any halfback outside of the
Tiger. is one of the hardest men on the
:ridron to stop on an end run. is fleet OF
oot and strong as bull. There is no
loubt that he could play the position to
'erfection. and. alternating with Coy in
LONG the kicking. that part of the game
would be we'll looked after
If Tibbott had some experience at quar-
er an ideal back field could be picked
with him-Coy. Hollenback and Valdez
" Cornell.
The crop of quarterbacks has been very
DoOr this year, and there Is narrow
held from which to make a selection
There are just five who have shown any
lass above the ordinary. These are
saienti, Carlisle; Lange. Navy: Pishon.
Dartmouth and kleinath and Miller
Pennsylvania. The laSt-named might have
trOved the star of the season had he not
Teen only the understudy to kieinath. or
ne latter might have been the sensation
lad he not been 50 prone to injury. Mel
her has played regularly enough to be
bosen for tine team. Pishon has exhib-
ted rare quality all season. but he is too
tny, weighing only 12J pounds, to be Sc
ected for all-eastern quarter. Therefore
narrows down TO Balenti and LANCE
This pair is pretty equally matched In
VERIFYING except goal kicking. Here the
indian has decided advantage.
The value of good field goal kicker
las been pointed out before. Balentfs
wonderful work in defeating the Navy by
ticking four goals from placement was
me of the sensations of the season SYRIA
use also felt the sting of defeat by hav-
ng three field goals scored by the Indian
cam: the strong Brown aggregation was
lowned by Lafayette because Capt Nc
IA dropped two goals between the posts;
Harvard won its first victory over Yale
seven years through a drop kick. and
was a goal from field that gave the
Necessary margin for victory to Dart
mouth over Princeton. These are only
he chief contests in which the field goal
tgured prominently. hut there were many
rther victories earned in the same way
imong less important teams. All things
leing equal otherwise, Balenti therefore
c.t@ H.