New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

Howe, of Yale, stood out over O'F'laherty
and WggleswOrth. OF Harvard, In the big
game of the year, but his work throughout
the season was open to some criticism. and
he was never really sure of his place. with
Corey. who had a natural faculty for In
fusing life into his team. and Johnson. were
always pressing him closely for the honor OF
representing Yale and who shared the du-
ties with him in most Of the games.
VOrhis. Of Pennsylvania State; Gargan,
OF FOrdham; Hyatt. OF West Point. who
has the makings OF a really brilliant
player in that position; Bergin, Of Prince
ton: Hutchinson. Of Pennsylvania; Owen,
of Cornell: Lewis. of Williams, and Nixon.
OF New York University. were about on a
par. and all were sifted out before Sprack-
ling and Howe were selected Miller. OF
Pennsylvania. who had first call on my all
star team a year ago, was the disappoint-
ment Of the season. and was actually de-
posed by the coaches on the eve Of the
Cornell game To all appearances more or
less friction existed between Captain NIL
Ter and the coaches throughout the sea
son. as ii is unreasonable TO believe that
a man who played such brilliant game
AMI proved himself such good strategist
a year ago could deteriorate 10 such an
extents as to fail 20 make the team Of
which he was captain. In my opinion. he
was not altogether fairly treated. as he
was changed about so often from one po-
sition TO another that he could hardly do
himself justice with the added duties OF
the captaincy. Sprackling handled his
team well throughout the season, and was
power in the secondary line Of defence
when playing close 10 the line. His rum
ming back OF kicks was excellent also.
HALFBACKS.
DESPITE the wealth of halfbacks this
wear. there will be little hesitation in pick
ing the pair 1 have chosen-COy and Phil
hin. Gov IS a fullback on hts own team,
hut as was the case last year, place him
at halfback, because he combines all the
qualities of an ideal running back with
his fine ability as line plunger. and the
way is thus left open for Minot TO be
placed at fullback Coy is player OF su-
perb intelligence. making the best of every
opportunity, valuable for his kicking. a
scorer Of points through goals from the
field. capable Of playing brilliant defen-
sive game at end I'm an emergency. one OF
the hardest men on the gridirUn TO stop,
and a factor lending variety 10 the attack
OF this or any other team. Possibly he was
better I'm some respects last year. notably
III Ills utltii~lNt uldsf uuA III btiatidA Ic -
a player even more wonderful In Phiibin
he has a ~ running mate. With Minot.
Philbin provides plenty of defensive
strength for the team. Against Prince
ton, which had weak offence he shone
more especially on the offensive. making
many Of Yales gains, and displaying great
brilliancy In the running back of kicks
The excellence of Coy and Philbin is made
plain when the list Of other men consid-
cred is examined. Corbett, OF Harvard
and DAILY. Of Yale, shining the one on the
offence and the other as the best defensive
hack Of the year. are clearly entitled TO
he held substitutes. and other fine half
backs are Robb ot Cornell; Irwin. of Penn
sylyania. Read. of Princeton: IngersoII. of
Dartmouth; Leslie and rockingham, OF
Harvard; Mckay. OF Brown. and Dean. OF
the Army, who. 1t is true. played little.
FULLBACKS.
Minot. Of Harvard, once Coy is shifted tr
halfback, stands out al the best fullback Of
tho year a terrific line plunger. a power
In the secondary defence, he is a great
player, although Marks, his substitute,
played fine game for Dartmouth. and one
that had much TO do with the success of his
team. MinOt hit the line with terrific force
this year. chose his openings Well. and was
a great force I'm the smashing Harvard at
tack that marked the play OF the team all
season. There IS good material for full
back. Hutchinson, Of Pennsylvania. also
considered as quarterback. played first at
fullback. and his punting served the Quak-
ers i'm good stead against Cornell. Another
fine player. and great punter one OF the
best Of the year. was McCaa. OF Lafayette
who eXcels also in kicking goals from place
ment. Cunningham. OF Princeton. was a
sensational drop kicker. alternating at full
back and halfback for the Tigers. with Ed
die Hart. strong defensively but weak as
ar offensive back. except when himself ear
rying the ball in line plunges as the regular
fullbaok. Yule OF New York University.
was one Of the strongest players on that
unbeaten team. and ranks high as a punter.
heing successful kicker of goals from
placement well. High. OF Brown. suf-
fered from injuries a good deal. but should
be heard from next season
The team. a whole. is a remarkably
strong one. comparing favOrably with many
of So preds.- ssors. Coy is my choice as