New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

found opportunities also TO do 2 lot Of
: Jackiing in the open. even 70 the extern
. Of getting down the field with his ends.
Norris. perhaps, was even more aeeres-
s:ve. and did quite as mitch, if not more,
! tackling both in the line and down the
field as ne had the happy faculty Of fol-
lowing the ball as Il by instinct. Morris
held his own with Arnold in the West
Point game. when a more OF less green
player. and his work against Princeton
ard Harvard was remarkably strong ana
effective. He vas quite the equal in fact
q Cozens, but the latter gets the pref
erence because of his greater experience.
50 that Morris is placed on the second
/ eleven Cantain Forsnsn. of Lafayette.
t5id rot suffer in comparison with Co5ens
II the game in which his team was beaten
bv a score Of IS TO q, which speaks par
tieularly well for his ability.
Wealth of Good Backs.
With the forwards disposed o.. q more
difficult problem co1fronts the critics in de-
Gliding on hacks. There were 50 many good
men this year that three sets might be
! picked any one Of which would he quite
as effective ard well equipped as the ether
under the new rules
/ ne l-9lCT T0l3 or quarter SCkE com
raCatively small but remarkably select
Sprackllng. Of Brown; Howe OF Yale; In
gerson. OF Dartmouth; Butler. Of Cornell
and Scott. Of Pennsylvania are the leaders.
IN ny opinion although BaIlot1, If Prince
ton, and Hyatt Of West Point, deserve
soma consideration. So~eT, too, Of Ar
uapoiis. should be mentioned. as n the
ArTny-Navy game he showed rare pluck
and handled his team with even better
! judgment than Hyatt Sp-ack!ing aad
Howe were the peers Of al. and between
Tire TWO il is almost impossible To make a
! selection without appearing 70 90 che or
the other an Injustice.
I have rarely i ever seen S-,cH = cooI
headed. quick thinking player as Howe
and TOO much credit cannot be given him
FOR Tales victory over Princeton and Tale's
tie game with Harvard His keen tuds-
ne8t in calling for q forward pass and his
clever execution Of the play brought about
the downfall Of The Tigers. while his clever
punting from deep in his own territory
against Harvard saved Yale time and
again Besides being & good field general
and a cool, heady player, Howe handled
pI1zlts With rare precision and was e fast
elusive runner in q broken field. His punt
ing, 100, was well up 70 the standard, with
the possible exception OF the Brown game.
What has been said for Howe also can
De said for SpTackling, and perhaps
little more, as the Brown quarterback
had few Il any equals as a runner in a
broken field. aid Furthermore was one
Of the hest and suresr drop kickers OF the
season It Is this ability at dropping goals
from the field which leads me 70 give him
the preference over Howe as q reasonably
sure drop kicker Is absolutely essential in
the game as PLAYED under the new rules.
when Il Is next to impossible to score
touchdown by straight rushing
InEeFs0L. Scott and Butler we're excep-
tionally good men. and I was particularly
impressed with t5le work of the last named
against PennsyIva MA. whereas Scott IN the
same game vas more or less Of dis
appointment, due. am told. TO bad kick
IN The head early in the game. Scott &C
kro~ieGsed to = friend the next morning
that ne did not remember pIay ing in the
second period, So thai mis- work was large
y mechanical and explains his failure to
live Up TO his previous reputation.
Many Stars in Sack Field.
A wealth Of high class material makes the
proper choice OF the other three backs par
tiCuIa-IT difficult. The list includes Wen
dell and Cor5ett. of Harvard: Captain Fred
DAILY. Field and Kistler. of Yale; Pendleton,
Captain Hart and Sparks. Of Princeton:
Mercer and Rams ell. Of Pennsylvania
High and Captain Mckay. OF Brown;
Browne and Dean, Of West Point, Captain
Ryan, Of Dartmouth Dalton and Clay Of
ANNAPOLIS; Yule, Of New York University
and RanlSdell. Of Trinity. No distinction
IS here made between haifback and full
Ia tx IS the latter under the new rules
has become more OF less Of a misnon1er
Ran also played at end part Of The time.
but he stood out as a hack
From this list 1 presume 10 pick Wen
dell. Of Harvard: Mercer, Of Pennsylvania
and Mchay, Ct Brown. as the three men
for The Tribune all-Eastern team. for the
reason that in the important games Of the
season they were more conspicuous even if
no more effective than their fellows For
the second eleven J name Ransdell, of
Trinity. Captain Fred Daily, of Yale, and
Pendieton, Of Princeton. 4 third set made
I'D Of Field. Of Yale; Corbett, Of Harvard,
and Dalton. Of Annapolis. or RamsdeII. of
Pennsylvania, might well be selected with
out chance for an argument, SO evenly
matched IN ability are all nine men. Dali
ton. because Of his excellent punting, would
be r1ore valuable in the combination than
Rannsden.
game was truly remarkable He picked his
openings with rare precision. ran low and
strongly, and was a hard man 10 stop even
by such a brilliant defensive player as
Field. Wendell, almost single-handed, went
2 long way toward dispelling the theory
that 2 player unassisted could not gain
ground consistently against a reasonably
strong defence He showed in the most
conclusive way what could be accomplished
In this direction.
Mercer q Strong Running Back.
Mercer. OF Pennsylvania. strong, pow
erf,,I runner. appeared to be equally effec-
tive in hiring the line or circli1s the ends
In almost every game he played this year.
hut particularly against Cornell. He is
built on ideal lines, and proved hlHiseii
unite as valuable in the secondary line OF
defence a s he was IN running with the ball
Mckay. of Brown. was quite up 10 the
standard as set by the other two, while To
his other good qualities must be ADDED
rar7,arkable ability as a puuter AND as
man IN receive the forward pass In my
oriraion. sfcKays punting was the best or
+ba season. and this Is said with such good
ner, IN mind as Howe, OF Yale; Daiton. OF
s,nanoIis: RalIou. of Princeton, and scott
o4 Pennsylvania He placed the BAH WIN
80 Judgment gagged well the cspaoih-
49, IF his ends and got his pun0 CT 50