The Detroit times., 1909-12-15
TIL, GOODS
On " ALTER
CAMP.

OK wiITER son Walter Camp
CAMP. Is the culprit and
the whole west has
a chuckle coming over Walters ALI
America football selections which have
come to b, the only real All.America
30 which any sensible person pays
much OF dEy attention
Camp picked three football eleyens.
The first team tx OF course, the real
Al-Americu and represents what Mr..
Camp believed the most formidable
combination which can be gathered
from the college teams OF the east and
middle west The second team repre-
SCENTS the best bunch Walter can select
from what there was left The third
team is supposed 20 ful6ll a similar
purpose a step lower I'm this way
Walter manages presumably 10 inclnde
about everything lie considers as
strictly nrst-class during the season,
recently ended
Now the University OF Michigan
eleven had during the past season
one line PLAYER whose like has seldom
been seen on any team. He was a man
who stood ont above his mates on a
very hiCh.Class team. as the one big
find of the season According 10 no
less an authority than Coach Yost. this
man made more tackles I'm Michigan
two big games than did all his mates
combined Ills development. almost
uuaidcd hy any eNuaneoUs influence
transformed the Michigan team from
the loser il was against \otre Dame
10 III, winner il proved 10 be against
PENNSYLVANIA aud Minnesota II Is
hardly necessary 10 name the athlete
TO whom this refers. Anyone In this
section knows that the description fits
only big Man-Eating smith the
Wolverine center.
Naiuly one scans Mr. Camps seiec-
tons for the notice of MI Smith.
Coouey of Yale is picked TO do the
passing for the All-America = With
m1ton ot Harvard presidcs AT The posi-
ton On m, second team Farnum Of
Ninnesota-sav the mark is the
ccntcl selected for the third team.
or course. II NAV seem pceyish in
any obscure adhcreut OF western foot
ball TO cavil over the pickings of Won
dcrfuI Walter who invented the All
America and has been The proud
parent of = new one every year. Par
ticularlv might this be urged this
year. from the fact that his All
America does include two western men
aud that Camps other selections bris-
Tic with western players. He even
picks Benbrook Of Michigan at one OF
The guard positions OF his big team.
But even by SO doing he further con
ViCts himself " the awful faux pas.
If Beubrouk was worthy OF q place on
me team above such high.C class guards
az were admittedly plentiful on The
star teams Of the cast, why In the
world has Camp omitted TO give men
ton to such a player rs Smith. who
plainly eXcellcd Penbrook in deeds OF
valur and daring. right when said
deeds were most certainly most dppro-
PIRATE? II Michigan had been entirely
ignored We could understand il But
both Michigan and the other western
teams were given astonishing recogni-
ton Why there is Farnum. a good
plodding, conservative sort ~ PLAYER
though hopelessly outplayed by
Smith--whO grabs n place on one Of
tho teams just like breaking sticks
But Mr. Camp has doubtless done
his best and has some excuse He is
simply irving To cover field too
great for any one man Like the ball
PLAYER who was good TO his poor.
widowed mother. We must make some
allowance for his mistakes Only.
when we can bear an instance like this
one in mind II will he easy enough
20 Justify past and future instances OF
disagreement between Mr.. Camp and
his critics His say is a long distance
from being final.