The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-18
ALL AMERICAN OF ALL
AMERICANS
By TOMMY CLARK.

By TOMMY CLARK.
Even though the football season is
over and all the big elevens have Sc
lected their leaders for 1910 and the
experts their all star teams an all
American of all American elevens will
no doubt prove interesting to the fol
lowers of the strenuous game. The
team is composed of men who have
been awarded conspicuous place il
the mythical football hall Of fame
The eleven. If such players could be
brought together aud the men able t,
duplicate their best efforts made dur
Ag their greatest years. would III
doubtedly be invincible. While ID,
game has changed materially in the Ia
fifteen years, it might affect the pla!
ing Of several. Still. many Of the oil
timers showed such adaptability th:.
it would not take them long to lea
the new style.
The ideal football team is made
Of men who were able to shine i.
vidually. but not necessarily at til"
pense Of team play. On 1t are
who We're brilliantly consistent du!
their careers on the gridiron ana
proved their resourcefulness when
strife waXed warmest-men who woun.
show adaptability to the new game
and were equally fast and aggressive.
whether on the attack or in defense.
For ends select Hinkey. Yales
great star during the seasons Of 1891.
1892, 1893 and 1894. and Campbell
Harvards stellar player in 1899. 1900
and 1901. These two are undoubted-
~ the greatest ends the game ever
produced. The former especially was
an ideal left end. Heavy. fast. in
there was not much on the gridiron
that he missed. In breaking interfer-
ence he would have no equal. while
his covering of punts and tackling the
runner would be fully as good as If not
better than his competitors.
Next to Hinkey the writer considers
Campbell the greatest end. During
the seasons Of his playing he stood out
above all others. Campbelrs great eff
fectiveness lay in his alertness and
never being drawn in or ever going
around the opposite end to follow the
play. In selecting these two ends the
writer has carefully lool.ed over the rec
ords Of such stars as Cabot Of Har-
ward. Henry and Davis of Princeton.
Colbert of Penn and several others.
Draper. Pennsylvania great line
man during the seasons Of 1908, and
BluUmer, Yale's star Of Gordon
powerful eleven Of 1900, are
the selections for tackle positions. The
pair are undoubtedly the greatest the
game ever produced. Draper was al
ways powerful. aggressive and intelli-
gent. During his last two seasons on
the gridiron he gave as rare an exhibit
ton of tackle play as was ever seen on
q football field. He excelled in all
points of merit to Il higher degree
than any other tackle that ever played
on team. Boomers playing during
the season of 1900 entitled him to the
other position. Not only was Bloomer
on the defensive. but his
ability to provide openings for the run
ner was the best display of Judgment
and power that the followers Of foot
tackles were Hillebrand Of Princeton.
Hogan. Stlllman and Chamberlain Of
Yale
The matter of selecting guards is
much easier than picking the men for
other positions. the honors falling to
Gordon Brown, captain of the famous
1900 Yale eleven. and John De Witt
Q9Oo-O3) of Princeton. The playing of
these two men stands out above all
others. 1t can be safely said that no
man In the game has approached
Brown in general excellence as a
guard since football was introduced
into this country. In all Yale's impor-
tant contests during the seasons of
1907. 1898. 1899 and 1900 Brown was
the strongest man in the line. invul-
nerable on the defensive. quick to get
in every play. open big holes for the
runner and give the latter invalua Bile
assistance. On the other side of the
line De Witt would be a tower of
strength and a grand running mate for
Brown. He would be quick and insist
ent in breaking up plays. breaking
through the line and stopping the play.
De Witt could also cover a great
amount of territory on the defensive.
During his career on the gridiron he
was one of the fastest men playing the
position.
Other guards who helped make foot
ball history are Hare of Pennsylvania.
Glass Of Yale. Wharton of Pennsylva-
MIA. Wheeler Of Princeton. Burr Of
Harvard, Andrus OF Yale and Tobin Of
Heffelfnger of Yale was
also great guard in 1889. 1880 and
1891.
Picking the center for the eleven is
the hardest task, there being so many
good ones-Grant of Harvard. Schulz Of
Michigan, Torrey OF Pennsylvania.
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