Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-29
A[[-EASTERN FOOT
BALL ELEVEN CHOSEN
Seven of Number Selected
From the Champion
Yale Team.
Au-Eastern Eleven.

Another foot ball season is ended and
again it is time to name the players who
have been the most conspicuous in their
respective positions throughout the year.
Almost every one who Is at all interested
in the sport spends some little time IN
picking a mythical team that looks
mighty good on paper to that particular
enthusiast. The naming Of these all
American teams, or in reality all-eastern
teams. does no harm and. rule.
stirs up little discussion which certainly
adds to the gayety of the nation.
At the best, an all any old thing is
only the opinion of one or more followers
of that particular pastime. AS far as
foot bali is concerned, it is impossible to
name the men who are the best players
in the country. man may play cleverly
one day and fall down badly the next,
and 1t may be his good fortune to play
we'll the Only day that he is seen by
the expert naming the team This was
the case last year with Miller, of Penn
sylvania This player put up wonderful
game against Cornell on Thanksgiving
day, and although he had been a sub
'stitute throughout the season. he was the
ball writer's in the country for the all
important position of quarterback.
AS far as the present season is con-
cerned, one of the best teams that could
be gathered together Is the eleven that
represented Yale. This team went through
the year with nOt only clean record Of
ten victories but no eleven succeeded III
scoring upon the Blue. Yale. however,
had several weak spots and there was
also at other colleges one or two men
who would have improved the mighty
New Haven aggregation.
Yale Has Seven of the Eleven.
The men who played on Yale and who
could have held their own positions
against all corners We're Fitzpatrick.
Cooney, Goebel, Lilley, Logan, Philbin
and Capt. Coy 1t is seven out of
eleven, and so it leaves but few posi-
tons to be filed by the players Of
other institutions
Fitzpatrick certainly was the star end
Of the year. His work in the Princeton
game was as good as that put up by
any other end that ever wore a "
Although he was pretty well bottled up
In the Harvard game. Fitzpatrick won
out and completely Outplayed the Grim
son men. His teammate. Logan, had
the misfortune to have been hurt toward
the end Of the season and did not get
into the Princeton contest, and played
for only a few minutes in the Harvard
game. Notwithstanding his absence, Lo-
gan's work throughout the year stamped
him az good end and mt running
mate for Fitzpatrick.
There were plenty of other good ends
In the country. Pennsylvania had two
excellent wings in Braddock and Marks.
The latter, however. like Logan. was hurt
and never really showed his game. To
the surprise of all. Harvard uncovered
an excellent pair Of ends in the Yale
game. The players were l.. Smith and
G.. Browne. Both must be numbered
among the star ends of the year In
the Mccarthy and Mccartney boys Ford
other stars of the year were Requier Of
Brown and Bankart OF Dartmouth
Yale had an excellent pair of tackles
in Hobbs and Lilley. The latter could
not be improved upon. but Pullen of
West Point. Notwithstanding a bad knee
that is always going back on him. I'M
doubtedly is a better player than Hobbs.
Pullen was the mainstay of the Army
the country to handle. Fish of Harvard
is good defensive tackle. and Siegling
OF Princeton also is of value to a team.
What has been said Of ale's tackles
also could be said of the guards OF the
Ell team GOebel easily Is the best guard
in the country, and Andrus only is ex-
celled by Tobin of Dartmouth
There is only one center of class IN
the country this year. This is Cooncy
of Yale. who has shown wonderful i'm
provement all season. COOney for a big
man. is wonderfully aggressive. The
blocking of kicks has been a feature OF
his play. and more than one touchdown.
has been scored by the clever way that
the big fellow has broken through and
interfered with kicks. CoOney's great
strength lies in the fact that his pass
ing Is faultless In this respect he leads
Arnold of West Point, his nearest rival,
by many miles. The cadet is an excel
lent player. however. and is fully the
equal of CoOney in aggressiveness.
Once more there is a lack of good
quarterbacks among the colleges.
Brown had the best Of the lot in
Sprackling, dashing player. who made
q great name for himself in the Indian
Brown contest. Voorhis of Penn State
Gargan Of Fordham and Hutchinson Of
Pennsylvania are all good players and
are so close on the heels of the Brown
player that it matters very little which
one is chosen.
Coy Greatest Fullback of the Day.
Two Yale players stand out for posi-
tions in the back. Coy of Yale is the
greatest fullback of the, day. He is a
wonderful kicker. great line breaker
and a fair drop kicker.
Although an in-and-out player Phil
bins work throughout the year marks
him the hest end rupnar and ~Lo