The Washington herald., 1910-12-11

Michigan man should reach him with
the stiffened arm it would mean a
touchdown. But instead OF meeting
him squarely Eckersall turned and ran
parallel with him, Heston doing his
utmost to reach him with his jabbing
arm. while the great quarterback
worked in behind him, put on more
speed. tackled Heston. and touchdown
was saved. II viii be many years. IL
ever, before Eckersalrs equal as &
quarterback VIII be found
Next to Eckersall the most remark
able quarterback was DAILY. the All
American man of the Harvard teams
in 1898 and 1899 and the West Point
selection in 1901. DAILY was a remark
able player In many ways. He was a
great dodger. kicker and runner and
could fill in at any position in the back
field. Other quarterback stars who
have shone resplendently on the grid
iron during their careers were Poe
(1sS9) of Princeton. King 1s91-3) OF
Princeton, Mccormick (1ss2) OF Yale,
De Saules Q89D OF Yale, Stevenson OF
Penn. Johnson QsGS) of Carlisle. Tad
Jones (leO7) of Yale, stenens (eOs) OF
Chicago and McGovern (1s0s-10) of
Minnesota
Many Great Haifbacks.
Coming TO halfbacks, one finds long
list Of scintillating stars. Occupying
conspicuous places are such stars as
Heston of Michigan, Brooke and Nc
Cracker Of Penn, Brewer. Herman and
Dibblee of Harvard. Weekes of Column
bia and McClung Of Yale.
Heston and Weekes are the selections
for halfbacks. The latter in his day
was a wonderful runner. There wers
few ends that he could not circle. The
remarkable football instinct he pos
sessed enabled him TO know when, how
and where to run at the right moment.
He was also a great line slasher. It
was he who scored on Yale.
Heston was the greatest halfback the
west ever produced. He was thiekset
and remarkably fast and could use
right or left arm In warding of tack
Iers, and he ran with phenomenal
| speed ard power Even when tackled
there was always a fair chance that
Heston would tear loose, and If he had
| his man in front Of him his deadly
straight arm would push him over.
Heston was very strong In plays OFF
tackle. and he was a grand line bucker.
Coy Greatest of All Fullbaeks.
For fuIlback and captain Of the team
Ted Coy (s03 and 1909 Yale team is
the selection. Coy represents all that
is speed, power, brain and skill on the
| gridiron. He has the most remarkable
combination of qualities that have been
gathered together in any player on the
! gridiron1 There was no line OF duty
that Coy could not Ill in a game. His
splendid physique. strength and speed
would qualify him 10 play center,
quarter, guard, tackle or end. And he
! could master all positions. His Often
sive powers were not less than his de-
/ fensive. As q punter he had tremen-
| dous power and was q drop kicker OF
/ great ability. In one game against
Princeton he kicked from midfeld,
with no favoring wind. and nearly
reached the goal.
Other fullbacks who helped to create
football history were Hirschberger OF
| Chicago. Graydon Of Harvard, Hollen-
bach Of Penn, Romans and Snake"
Ames Of Princeton. The last named
was wonderful all around back field
man.
Eieyen Would Be InvincibIe.
The selections as made above con-
stitute an invincible eleven. The line
would be powerful, alert, fast and ag-
gressiYe from end TO end. Working in
unison, this line would be q potent
factor in attack and show an impreg-
nable defense. Back of the line, with
Coy acting as captain and Eckersau
running the team, ii is impossible to
conceive OF a more ideal union OF
strategic ability for an All American
of Al American elevens. Coy would
do the punting for distance, ably as
sisted by Eckersall in quarterback
kick. De Witt would undoubtedly do
the drop kicking and kick goals from
touchdowns, specialties in which ha
was never excelled by any man on tha
gridiron.
Summed up, this eleven would con-
tain every element OF strong varied at
tack. well equipped with two expert
drop kickers and one Of the strongest
punters ever known and a defense that
could successfully meet the most CONS
posite or open attack.