The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-27
EASTERN ELEvENS
HAVE FEW STARS
Job of Selecting Ah-American
Team Tough One for
the Critics.
THREE LOOK THE GOODS
Pendleton of Princeton. Corbett OF
Harvard and Spraekling Of
Brown.
- NJ S. FARNsWORTH.

New York, Nov 26.-In selecting
their AI-American football team this
year. the experts have very tough
lob on their hands. Never has there
been a season where the eleVens OF
the east had so few individual stars.
All OF the big six" teams success on
the gridiron has been due 10 their ma
chine work
There are three men, however, who
stand out as almost certain To be Sc
lected By the critics. and all are back
field men, They are PendleIon OF
Princeton. COrbett OF Harvard and
Srrackline OF Brown. There may be
better men than these in the west but
the writer can only make his selections
from the eastern teams having no line
on the Westerners.
Corbett and PendletOn are two Of
the greatest halfbacks that ever played
the game. Both are fast. strong men,
and natural players. Pendleton did
more 10 give Princeton q cOrktng team
this year than any other two men in
the squad. His long runs, whether
from scrimmage or in carrying back
punts. have made him famous all over
the country. He is. without doubt, the
feetest man I'm the country. His only
fault Is 70 mess up kicked balls bit
before getting a firm grip on them He
Is sure 10 overcome this in another
season. No opposing player has ever
caught up with him on a clear field.
In "A broken field ne is a heady. clever
runner, and a hard man 10 tackle. as
he increases mis- speed as his opponent
makes a grab for him.
While Corbett is not as fast as PEN
dleton, he is just as effective. The
Harvard halfback looks slow at times,
d, } N
he hits the lines or tackler APP
proaches him. He has been the most
consistent grOund-gainer on the Grim
son team. This was his third season,
and he therefore knows the game from
top 10 bottom. Under the old rules he
was a good player. but he is even bet
ter this year. He is quick TO get into
the Interference, and Just as heady at
breaking up Interference. He has the
knack OF straight-arming an opponent
down 10 science. While he is a hard
man 10 tackle, he is almighty hard 10
hold when tackled.
Sprackling Is Good.
Ii was Sprackling's great work at
quarterback Tor Brown IN the Yale
game that assured him OF his position
on the All-American eleven. The real
score of that game with Yale was:
t1RA a. hAA4AEf I u4Er w. AlE WAS the
whole Brown team. both on the de-
tense and ohense.
He is a wonderful little field gem
eral, handles punts perfectly. and is
one OF the best drop kickers ia the
east II was his three goals from the
field that really defeated Yale.
IL is going 10 be a difficult job 10 Sc
lect the forward line for tfe All
American team. Good inesmen are
not so plentiful this year. Fitzpatrick
OF Yale is practically assured of his
position from the great work he did
IN the Princeton game. Injuries kept
him out or the early battles. but he ap-
peared as fast as ever against the
Tigers. II was his wonderful leap and
catch OF Howe's wild forward pass that
scored the touchdown for Yale which
defeated Princeton. Fitzpatrick is an
exceedingly fast man getting down the
held on punts, and Is a sure tackler.
Lewis OF Harvard must be given a
lot OF consideration when the end men
are 10 be picked. He is a player OF the
fitzpatrick type. wonderful man on
the defense and nifty drop kicker
one OF the surest, for that matter. that
Coach Percy Haughton developed.
The tackles and guards are very
evenly matched. and a lot OF heavy