Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-01
Making Up the AAmerican AIT ALStar Foot Ball Team
By MONTY

the game, we fear 20 venture into the
field OF prophecy Not yet having had
time 20 make a twenty four hour-s-day
study Of the new rules and conditions
we steer clear Of the '1ong-whiskered
stuff" So all that is left is the retro
spect, and we accordingly nominate our
unworthy self a "retrospectician" what
ever that is.
Let's get egotistic and essay TO pick
an Ail-Amerioan-All-Tim team A bold
sally this to be sure, but we jump at
the chance eagerly as a pleasure instead
Of a task ANY effort 10 add even in
feeble measure. one whit Of glory 10
those brave warriors Of the cleated shoe,
VINO fought. bled and died" on the CORY
and glorious gridiron, is never amlss
In picking an Ar-American- ALI Time
team. our efforts will be to select six men
who. given ample practice together, would
prove the strongest possible combination
under the present regime OF fast and
open play Each man Is considered &C
eordlng TO his ability when In his prime
Here is our selection:
Ends-Kilpatrick Yale; shevln. Yale.
Tackles-McKay, Harvard Hogan Yale.
Guards-Glsss, Yale; Dewitt, Prince
Observation-Disclosures. Yale.
Quarterback -Eckersall, Chicago.
Halfback-weekes, Columbia Heston,
Fuii6ack-coy. Yale.
For a second team, we hand 1t 20 these
Ends-Poe, Princeton; wauseka, Car
Tsckles-Kinney Yale; cooney, Prince.
ton.
Guards-Fisher. Harvard. Pickarski.
Pennsylvania.
Center Holt. Yale
Quarter-Sprackllng Brown
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Princeton Rob
inson. St Louis.
Fullback-Dibbles. Harvard.
Thus the first team II made up Of q
majority OF Yale mep-six Of them. The
other five are divided ono apiece between
Harvard Princeton. Chicago. Columbia
and Michigan. The second team contains
three Princeton, two Harvard. two Yale,
and one each from Pennsylvania. Car
lisle Indians Brown and ST, Louis, on
the first team there are two men from
1910 elevens-Kilpatriek and Mckay. The
second team has three last year mem
spracking, Pendelton and Fisher
A. 10 the individual merits OF each
man. Fitzpatrick and Shevlin OF Yale.
were two ends as alike in style as could
be found Both we're ten-second men
on the track ana both tipped the scale at
over 200 pounds. They were bulldogs
Of the highest type. Poe OF Princeton.
was q marvel but was so much smaller
than these two that he could hardl,'
be selected before them. wauseuka. n
Indian. Is given a place on the seco
team, because OF his remarkable We
IN running down under kicks.
In the tackle position, Mckay
Hogan seem supreme. Both built nei
the ground. powerful In holding sal
their spot In the line against the de
fensive tackle. fast runners on a tackle
around play. and hulwarks OF defense
Both attained note in breaking through
the opponent line and spelling plays be.
fore they were started. Kenney. who
was Hogan's side-partner at Yale. wal
much the same kind OF a man, but a
trifle slower. cooney. who captaineC
Princeton I'm one Of her greatest years
was OF the steady. dependable sort that
was always ready in a tight situation e
deliver the goods. but was net as spec.
tacular AZ the other three mentioned.
The guard position IL about the hardes
TO get a line on. II Is hard to observ,
the work OF these Woodworking men II
the middle OF the pile. But nevertheless
two men stand out above the rest ever
here. They are Glass. one Of the fiereest
biggest and strongest men that ever wore
the blue Of Eli and DEWITT the Prince
ton wonder. Dewitt would hardly ge
the place were II not for his celebrated
toe, with which he punted and place
kicked farther consistently than any othe
man who ever lived. For this reason
alone. he would have to be on the team
As a guard. pure and simple he wa
just as little above the average In tn,
major colleges. Fisher. Harvard's pres
emit captain. and PicksrSlSi. the Pennsyl
vania whirlwind OF 1904 both exeelle,
Dewitt in strict line play, but must giv,
way before his kicking proves.
At center there are two men who tow
cred head and shoulders above all others
These are Hsftelfingsr. OF the earl
pos, who was the strongest poin
In what was one OF the greatest line
Yale ever had. and Hclt OF Yale. 100:
old-timers will say; "Heffslfinger wa
guard" So he was. but records ais
tell US that on a few occasions he plAye
the pivotal position Heffelfnger. gian
that he was. and with his almost miraC
uious speed for q man OF his size. woul
probably make minoe-meat Of the avei
age line OF nowadays.
Quarterback Is probably the sasiel
position Of all 70 fill. There has bes
q wealth OF good men for the genera
ship Job. but Walter Eckersali OF Oh
cage. Is admitted supreme among the
all. In addition to being one OF the grea
est open field runners in history. he WI
. fierce ana certain tackler. and h
drop kicking won him such undying fan
that no more need be said about mir
spraekling OF Brown, who flashed aero
the foot ball armament like a comet la
year, has earned his right 20 secoT
choice. Before this season is over,
may loom up a. greater than "Eckie. %
Two halfbaeks that are cracks can
named by any followers of the game, al
supremacy in this position is probab
more disputed than in any other. Aft
considering half dozen who looked go,
enough. we name Harold weekes. Il
wonder OF the last team that ever fie
the colors Of Columbia. where the gar
IL no more. and Willie Heston OF Mic
iGan. Weekes would lose some OF
value because OF the rule barring hur
ling. but his dazzling end runs alo
would entitle him 10 a place Hast
was the best all-around halfoack IN
has trod a gridiron in recent years al
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