New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

YALE.
process and because Of his steady and at
times brilliant playing against the Tigers
| Devore. who looked like an All-America
| tackle on the day that the Army defeated
Yale. was not conspicuous in the Navy
! game. although II is safe TO say that he
has few. If any equals in the position
| Stin. as said before, il is individuality that
counts chiefly in the building of an an-staT
team. / hestated some time between bl-
| cock and Captain Munk Of Cornell Inc
! latter. in my opinion, would have made
! place on any team in the country, but the
! trouble is that he Is not SO SNOWY as some
others although steadier. and consequently
equally. If not more. effective. Paul ana
| Scullv. Of Vale did not impress me as they
did last season. while Brown, Of Annapolis
did not appear so good tackle as he was
/ a guard a year ago. when he made place
| on The Tribunes Al-Eastern team. VIII
! hanson. CorneITs substitute tackle, proVed
! himself bove the average when he went in
! for Champaign against Pennsylvania. Gar
diner. of Harvard and Perry, of Yale. gave
indications Of being the best tackles of the
wear. but both suffered from injuries which
| kent them off the field the greater part of
| the season.
Three Guards on Par.
| The leading guards include Captain
Fisher and Leslie. Harvard Duff, Prince
! ton: Francis and McDevitt Yale: Arnold
West Point: Howe Annapolis; Farnham
and Whitmore. Dartmouth; Kelly. Lafay-
| ette: O'Rourke and Munns, Cornell. ana
! Kulr. Brown. OF these. Fisher is named
without reservation. while IL is mighty
| hard 20 decide between Duff and Arnold.
What is true Of one is true Of the other
two. and all three seem TO combine those
oualities which are so necessary 1or those
uhose duty II is 10 hold up the centre OF
! tho line. Fisher was not quite SO snowy
nlaver as Duff or Arnold hut all three had
/ remarkable speed and did far more tack
ling in the open than is usually expected or
( Guards Duf's work against Yale when
! seriously Handicapped with bad leg was
| brilliant TO a degree. Toward the ehd OF
! tho second half he reported to captain mart
| that he was slowing up. thinking perhaps
| that q would be better TO substitute fresh
man. Captain Harris answer was charac-
! +orietic. .'NVell. YOU can play on one leg II
|
vou can't use two. can't your To when
| my renIied Sure and he continued 10
do az we'll with one leg and hall as Ihos'
/ r1a,ers do with two. IT was this ability 10
! chino in the face Of a handicap that nnal'S
! ,,,ade mo give him the preference over
Arnold although the latter. in my opinion
| 60 ono of the greatest guards in the history
| ~ tho game. Arnold's work against the
Navy was consistently strong from pes.h-
ming 10 end. OF course, he Is nrst cnoioe
for tho second eleven. with Francis OF
vale as his running mate. as II strikes me
mat because Of his place kicking the latter
is eighty more valuable than MeDevitt or
anv Of the others.
BIuethenthal Gets the Call
| Tho centres who seem most worthy VI
mention were Blucthcnthal, Frihce'o"'
Ketcbam. Yale: Weems, Annapolis; sic
hort West Point; Bleecker Trinity' ana
Morris Pennsylvania. Here again u Is
hard 70 make a decision between the TWO
first named. as both were well up 10 tne
standard. Ny choice is Bluethenthal' Tor
,bo eir,nIe reason that his steady and ac-
curate passing was factor that counted
! materially in Princeton's scheme OF
kicking attack. In open field work he'ch-
on, y.as one Of the most remarkable cen
.-oe ~ recent Years ] did not see him IN
tho Yale-Harvard game, but from all ac-
counts his work in following the ball and
! tackling in the open was little snort OF
amazing II must be remembered now
ever. that he was opposed by more or less
! of a green man in Parmenter and II must
be remembered. also that his bad pass to
Howe prevented the Yale captain from
making a try at goal by drop Kick from
the coward line. In the Nale-Princeton
game there was little 10 choose between
! Ketcbam and Bluethenthal, although the
former again showed his aptitude for tack
ling in the open and following a loose ball.
! Inasmuch, however as the chief requisite
for a good centre is accurate passing
! Rluethcnthal whom a Princeton man tells
me went through the season without more
than one or two poor passes gets the call.
Howe Best Of the Quarterbacks.
/ This leads up to the quarterback and the
ust from which Captain Howe OF Yale,
was chosen included Sprackling, Brown;
Potter and Gardner Harvard; Miller.
PENNSYLVANIA State. Lewellyn, Dartmouth;
! OConnor, Cornell; Captain Hyatt West
/ Point Pendleton, Princeton Captain Dan
| nehOWeT. Lafayette, tOOk, IIlnltg MlnuF,
Pennsylvania Bacon, Wesleyan: Fits.
Amherst and Gilchrist. Annapolis. They
were good lot. but Howe. OF Yale, in my
opinion. was easily the best Of the year.
! The duties of the position are altogether
too exacting under the game as now de-
yeloped but Howe on the whole filled these
duties with credit 10 himself and his team.
| AS was the case a year ago / have rarely
seen such cool-headed. quick thinking
nlayer In this addition to this he proved
! himself one Of the best backs OF the season
| in running through a broken field while
his ability as drop kicker lends an added