The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-18
An All American Football Eleven
of All Americans
TEAM COMPOSED OF GREATEST
GRIDIRON STARS Of GAME

Holt Of Yale and Lewis Of Princeton.
These men are undoubtedly the best
the game has ever developed. After
considering Nil the above men for the
position Grant Of Harvard Is given
the preference. He was tower of
strength on the defensive. 1t being
practically impossible to get through
him, while his swapping of the ball
was excellent both for kicks and runs.
Everything considered. Grant is clear
ly entitled to the selection as center
rush. Holt, Schulz. Lewis and Torrey
were all good men and could hold
down the pivotal position in good
shape Schulz's playing during the
1903 season was not up to his standard
of previous years.
In picking the quarterback for the
eleven such men as Eckersall of Chi
cago, King of Princeton. Jones of Yale,
Stevenson Of Penn. Poe of Princeton
and Johnson Of Carlisle have been con-
sidered. The position is given to Eek
ersall He is without doubt the great
est quarter that ever lived-in fact, his
equal may never be found. He was a
first class punter. always getting from
fifty to sixty yards. AS a tackler there
was no better man on the gridiron.
When playing in the back field on the
defense. when a fake kick was at
tempted and the runner was going out
around the end, EckersalI started so
quickly from his position after he saw
that no kick was coming that even
though the runner got by the end he
met Eckersall almost at once. In fact,
almost seemed a pity that with this
'peed and quality Eckersall was not
'sed more on the end in defensive
'ork. He was one of the most accu-
lite passers. if not the most accurate,
Al the country.
Coming to the halfback. there is a
wealth Of material to choose from.
McClung Of Yale. Heston of Michigan,
Kelly of Princeton and Brooke and Nc
Cracker of Penn, Brewer, Herman and
Dibblee of Harvard. Morse OF Prince
ton, Mayhem Of Brown and Chadwick
Of Yale are those who might lay claim
to the honors. McClung Of the Yale
1S9O-91 elevens and Heston. Michi-
CAMS great back in 10000. are picked
for left and right guard positions re-
spectively. No one who has seen these
men play can doubt their offensive
strength. They are powerful men, al
most irresistible.
Both were aggressive players and
good ground gamers when it was diff
cult to advance the ball. and both dis
played good headwork in their games.
The men had grit to spare, made use
of their interference and knew how
to follow the ball" De Witt, in ad
dition to being good in any open field,
proved one Of the best drop kickers the
game ever had.
For fullback and captain Ted Coy
Of Yale is the selection. Coy repre-
sents all that is speed, power, brain
and skill on the gridiron. 1t may be
that he never had his equal in the
game. Certainly the writer never saw
his superior. Eliminating his wonder
full line plunging abilities. for which
he has been selected as fullback, in ad-
dition to his strong punting and drop
kicking skill, he demonstrated a YER
satility that would qualify him to play
any position on the eleven. There was
no line Of duty that Coy could not full
fill in game. His splendid physique.
strength and speed would qualify him
to play center or quarter, guard. tackle
or end. And he could master all posi-
tons. His superior offensive powers
were not less strong than his defen-
sive. In all Yale's important games Coy
proved a demon on the defensive, no
player on any rival team excelling him
in tackling. Other great fullbacks who
helped to create football history are
Butterworth Of Yale. Hirschberger of
Chicago. Graydon Of Harvard. Romans
and Ames Of Princeton and Hollcn-
bach of Penn.
1t is the belief of the writer that the
selections as made above constitute an
invincible eleven. The line is power.
full. alert, fast and aggressive from end
to end. Working in unison this line
would be a potent factor in attack and
show an impregnable defense. Back
Of the line. with Coy acting as captain
and Eckersall running the team. it is
impossible to conceive Of a more ideal
union Of strategic ability for an all
American eleven of all American elev-
ems. Coy would do the punting for
distance. ably assisted by Eckersall in
quarterback kicks. De Witt would un-
doubtedly do the drop kicking and
kick goals from touchdowns. special
ties in which he was never excelled
by any man on the gridiron.
Summed up. this eleven would con.
tain every element OF strong. varied at
tack. well equipped with two expert
drop kickers and one Of the strongest
punters ever known and a defense that
could successfully meet the most COM
posite or open attack.