Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07

They were the biggest pair Of guards
Princeton ever had. and Edwards was as
fast as he was big. He carried his bulk
down under a kick like a tackle.
some Big Pennsylvania Pairs.
Pennsylvania has had some pairs Of
guards Of exceptional ability. most noted
being Wharton and Woodruff and Hare
and McCracken. Each Of these four men
was strictly first class, and paired to-
gether they ware stll more effective. Thu
guards back play OF Hare and McCracken
was a iuggernaut which no team could
stop. With the Hare OF McCracken bat
tering ram at the head of IL. It ploughed
it's way irresistibly through all opponents.
AS line guards. too. Hare and McCracken
were in the front rank. McCrea and
Hickok Of Yale and Meyer and Wright
Of the Navy earned fame as pairs. The
two midshpmen mentioned were not Of the
size Of the college players, but made up
for It in sturdiness and activity, imparting
solidity to the whole line. Cornell had a
pair Of guards in Thompson and o'Rourke
who we're towers OF strength and con-
spicuously active and aggressive. Andrus
and Goebel Of this years Yale eleven will
go in the hall of fame as a great team.
There is nobody to be paired off with
the center. AS there is only one Of him
as a line man, he is the lonely child so
far as having a partner is concerned. He
is one of three, the center trio, and also
in a way has a team mate in the quarter
back. That there be smooth team work
between him and the quarterback is vital
to the success Of a team. CHASING him
with the line men. noted center trio have
been McCrea, Hickok and Stillman OF
Yale; Wharton, Woodruff and Bull Of
Pennsylvania; Hare, McCracken and over
field Of Pennsylvania; Edwards, Crowds
and Booth Of Princeton; Brown, Sheldon
and Olcott of Yale; Glass, Goss and Holt
OF Yale; O'Rourke, Thompson and Newman
Of Cornell; Meyer. Wright and Slinguff
OF the Navy, and Heffelfinger, Morrison
and Sanford Of Yale; Bull, Newman, over
field, Slingluff and Sanford were as active
as any Of their line men and made as many
plays in the open.
Long List of Stars.
There have been stellar backfield pairs,
trios and quartets. Harvard had a com
blnation in 1890 which could do well every
thing backs had to do-Dean, Lake, Lee
and Corbett. The Princeton quartet in 1889
was a wonder for speed-Channing, Poe,
Lamar and Ames, q slippery group. Bar
bour, Bliss, McClung and Mccormick, Yale,
1891, combined every known means of gain
ing ground, while Williams. Osgood, Knipe
and Brooke of Pennsylvania represented
rare %punting skill, line breaking proves
and speed and elusiveness in a broken
field; so did the Harvard combination of
1S6S-Reid, DAILY, Dibblee and Warren. Like
wise Jones, Veader, Knox and Morse, Yale,
1905. The backs were there and the quar-
terback with the generalship to get most
out of the forces at his command.
AS between the center and the quarter
smoothness in feeding the ball to the
runner was a marked characteristic of
the combinations that paired off Holt
and Rockwell, Bull and Williams, Torrey
and Stevenson, Ballet and King, Phillips
and Dillon and Nourse and Cutler. Dart
mouths backfield four of last year, Marks,
Hawley, Ingersoll and Pishon, ranked
high, and the Princeton quartet of 1898
was an evenly balanced and fine all around
group, taking in King, Ward, Morse and
Blake. Naturally in these groups of four
there have been brilliant pairs of half
backs, such as Osgood and Knipe, and in
that pairing Chadwick and Metcalf. Yale,
1902. belong. They were light, but swift
as the wind, quick and accurate in
taking openings and fine on the defense.
Two OF the best line breakers that ever
played on the same team together were