The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-29
By E. H. COY.
Head Coach yale Footban Team-

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Nov Z.-The
picking of the eleven best football play
ers OF America for an -aT-America team
Is indeed, a difficult task
This year It is even harder than ever
The principal difficulties arising come
from the fact that in some instances I
must judge player entirely from
hesrsay or from newspaper. accounts.
This. I realize, Is unjust, but IL cannot
be helped. and my three teams repre-
sent my sincere opinion, although il
may be Incorrect as regards merit
These ail-Ameri-a teams are in reali-
- aH-Eastern teams, since I have not
attempted TO consider any of the West
eTn players.
I give center 10 Morris. Of Yale, for
several reasons It is true, he is lighter
than most OF the men who played
against him this fall, but he was not
hInCeTed in any respect by his lack OF
weight There was not q play in any
game either on the defense or Ofense
that Morris was not in He displayed
great speed in going down the field IN
der puuts- In the Yal5-Harvard game
he was forced several times 70 pass be-
hind his own snaI Hne, yet every time
the pass went true
COzens Second Choice.
COzens, the choice for the second All
America team, was nearly as good as
Morris, but he lacked a little Of the az
gressiveness Of the Yale man. He was
& cool, steady player II is q hard ques-
ton to decide between the two, Morris
and CCzens. but after careful thought
my vote was cast in Morris favor.
Guard is a more difficult task still 10
cope with There were many good
guards on teams this fail, and then
again a guard IS not apt to be watched
very carefully while working in a game.
Coaches as vel as the spectators are
much more apt 10 watch the course Of
the ball than the work Of the Iineman-
but nose VINO have any idea of foot
bail could not have failed 10 notice the
mastery way IN which Fisher. Of Har-
ward played his position Fisher stands
out above all rivals. He was a tower
OF strength on the defense and his open
ing OF holes was the cause Of the good
gains his teammates, Wendss. ~ Cor
bett, made
Captain Weir. Of West Point, is with
out doubt second 10 Fisher although
wright and Brown, OF the Navy; WI
son, Of Princeton; AIinot. Of Harvard.
and Fuller, Of Yale, were all good men
Mckay Star Tackle.
As Fisher, the Harvard guard. stands
out before all other guards Of the fall
Of 1910, so Mckay. the Harvard tackle
stands out apart from all this seasons
tackles He is one OF the most con-
sistent Inemen playing Paul. Of Yale.
whom 7 rank second to Mckay. is IN
fortunate IN that ne Is susceptible to
minor yet agETavatin- injuries But for
this fact he might have equaled Mckay.
Scuiley, Of Yale. is another active and
heady player SherWln. OF Dartmouth,
and Wilmington, Of Harvard follow
scuiley closely. ATCCreEOr. Of Princeton.
sompletes the list OF good tackles
No one VIII dispute the position Of
fitzpatrick No end or player this sea
son can be mentioned with him He is
one OF the greatest OF yale ends, and
Yale has had many good ones Still.
fitzpatrick ranks I'D with the best, those
being Htnkey and Shevlin-
fitzpatrick for Captain.
fitzpatrick also deserves the. captafncv
Of this first team, If there Is to be cap
tain. l. d Smith, Of Harvard, IS my
second choice at end and appears 10
stand above the others who follow:
Daley, of Dartmouth; Ashbough, OF
Brown; Brooks, Of Yale, and Marks. of
Penn. are all good Lewis. OF Harvard.
although more Of a dTOp-kfcker than an
end rus. must be mentioned in this list
Quarterback has been she hardest
position for me 20 Eli or course, Il
lies between but two men, SpTaCkling-
of Brown, and Howe. Of Yale. Both are
peerless men and seldom have two such
quarters played IN one season Sprack-
ilnEs besides DelIE a Eoou leader, a faSt
runner and an accurate forward passer.
IS a wonderfully good drop kicker. And
yet for q general and leader Of a team.
Howe has no equal
In addition TO these qualities Of gen
eralsilIp Howe is good pUuIer. His
kicks II. che Tale-Harvard game be-
hind his own goal line when the Har-
ward forwards were pressing upon him
were splendid
Howe might possibly be Of more serv-
ice to the first au-America team than
SpraCkling. yet because Of his indi-
viduai briIliancE and ability to drop
kick from most any angle I give
Sprackling the choice.
Morrison. Of Vanderbilt. was next best
10 Howe and Sprackflng-
Wendell Great Line PIunger.
In the backneld Wendell. Of Harvard,
proved himself the most reliable ground
gamer Of all backs He was a power
fully strong line pIunger. and not used
as an end runner
Mercer. OF Penn, deserves a place IN
the first string backfeId because OF his
speed ana ability TO Sain ground He
too, prG7-ed himself against Cornell lust
as Wendell against Yale.
Mckay. OF Brown. completes the
strong secondary line and fits in admir-
ably with the rest Then. too. he was
the best long distance punter playing
This fail.