Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
PRESTIGE FOR LOCAL
FOOT BALL PLAYERS
CONTINUED from First Pare ,


backward when handling the ball is his
most dangerous fault. Hughes, in the
game he played here against George
Washington, did not come anywhere near
nvlng up to the reputation that he has
borne for the past two years His tudg-
ment was far from good and his indl-
vioual work not remarkable
While Gooch Is light man and nothing
extra In broken field running he is a
strong defensive player. a clean. hard
taokler. and uses excellent Judgment ST
all times. As the director of an all-South
Atlantic team his individual work would
never shine. but the rest of the play
ers would enter their games full OF con
fdence in him, and that means a great
detl to foot ball team
Crafts for Left.
Coming to the backfield. the choice Of a
left halfback would lie between MORSE
and Crafts. One would like TO have
Morse because Of his good defensive work.
MS broken field running and his kicking
ability. But there would be kicking abil-
tty enough In the rest Of the team and
eliminating Morse's kicking, Crafts would
get the call on him.
crafts work is sometimes marked by
too much individualism, but az this would
not be tolerated on a well drilled team he
would soon fit into the machinery He il
a good man through the line. fine de-
fer sive player and star on the open
field.
At right halfback Stanton is in class
by himself. He is a remarkable athlete.
unusually fast and powerful He comes
near doing everything wrong. but gets
away with it" He stands stock Kiln
and looks around after catching a punt.
giving the ends plenty of time to get t.
him. Then he lodges them and pulls of
spectacular run He has never learned
60 leave his feet for a tackle and yet,
a hnnn lnfn
gfrda no man has ever passed him He
grabs them around the waist and throws
them back, catches them by the shoulders
or arms and swings them to the ground
but never lets them get away.
As an end runner he is brilliant and as
a line plunger fairly effective. He never
drops a punt, although he catches a foot
ball as though it were a base ball And
he is usually down the field with the ends
on kicks.
Yancey Stands Out.
The position of fulIback is one OF the
easiest to fill. for assuming that other
things are equal. which they are not.
faacey of Virginia is almost entitled to
the place on his defensive work alone.
In this department of the game he out
shone all the rest Of the fullbachs. while
at line bucking he was also superior. AL
shoooi hO 40 q iiClOtIt ne Is n
safe place kicker and was a frequent
scorer by this means during the season
With such a team on the field. one
would have an extremely. tough aggrega-
ton to beat On the offensive Yancey
and Crafts could take care OF the line
smashing. II need be, Hart and Wymard
could be relied upon to do their share of
the gaining through the line. Around the
en6s Crafts and Stanton would leave lit
tie to be desired. In running back punts
these same two would hold their OWL in
any company and spoil the regulations OF
many an end rush.
In the kicking department Hodgson's
slow, high punts should keep the ball in
the opponents territory. and IL anything
happened 10 him Wymard could be
counted on.
On the defensive the team should be
strong from tackle to tackle and excep-
tionally good on ends, with two such
fast men as Elliott and Whiting. With
Hodgson and Wymard to kick behind
them. Elliott and Whiting would have lit
tie difficulty in being down the field when
the ball reached the hands OF the oppos-
ing backs.
Should the line defense weaken, the
ail-South Atlantic would have a superb
secondary defense In Yancey. Crafts and
Gooch, with Stanton lying far back to
guard the goal
Put these eleven men under good
coaches and rigid discipline and pretty
foot ball machine would be the result.