The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08

ties bunt for seventy minutes of hard
play.
AS long as football is played the
name of E'Pudgen Heffelfnger Will
rank with any man who ever played
line position. Although he played
way back when the mass play was in
its prime and when weight and strength
counted for moro than speed and agil
ity, he was player feared and re.
spected by all of Yale S opponents.
Although he played q guard position
he was as active as 3 tackle in break
ing up plays and was ono of the few
heavy men of his time who tackled on
the wings. On the offense he was a
power. With his massive weight he
would catch hold of a back and ut
terly force his way through an OPP
posing line, and when he was called
back to advance the ball he seldom
failed to gain.
De Witt Ranks High.
Then there was John De Witt, one
of the greatest players who ever wore
the orange and black Of Princeton.
He was the nearest approach of any
hneman in the history or the game
who would have a chance to be called
the greatest football player Of all time.
There were few things that De Witt
could not do better than any other foot
ball player, and. like Heffelfnger, he
was feared by all of Princeton s oppo'
nents. He was a power on the de-
fense, but he showed TO even greater
advantage on the offense, mostly be-
cause of his kicking. He was one of
the greatest hooters IN tte history of
the game, and one of the few reliables.
De Witt never was a practice kicker,
but when in the heat of a battle he
was absolutely dependable. He could
drop. kick with unerring aim from any
place inside Of the fiftydvc-yard line,
while his punts bored through the air
for flights of from forty to sixty yards.
In Tiger football history the name of
De Witt always will be placed above
that of any other warrior who ever
represented Old Nassau,
McCracken and Hare of Pennsyl.
vania, Glass and Hogan of Yale, Fish
of Harvard, Cooney Of Princeton, Horr
of Syracuse, Thompson of Cornell, Er-
win of West Point, Curtis and Schulz
of Michigan. Curtis of Wisconsin, Van
Hook of Illinois, and Harding and
Schaact Of Minnesota are few of
the numerous linemen whose deeds are
still fresh In the memories of the stu
dents of their respective universities.
Coy Is the Final Choice
There also have been quarterbacks,
ends, and backs who have performed
marvellous feats on the chalk lined
fields, but TO Coy belongs the supreme
honor. He was of the fast, dashing
type, who did not know the meaning
of the word fear and never knew when
TO quit until he had accomplished the
desired result.
PLAYING with a team which has been
one of the foremost football aggrega.
tions in this country since the game
has been played, Coy lived up to his
reputation in every game. and in many
of them he performed the unexpected
so many times that he was nicknamed
Ted, the phenom. When Il came
TO any department of the game there
was nothing that Coy did not know.
and know how to do well. He did not
lack anything that went to make up
football player. He possessed that
rare faculty, football intuition.
In the three years that he played
fullback for Yale, Coy was placed on
the All-American team for two years
and was selected for the second team