The Washington times., 1911-12-02

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but mythical. with no possible chance
Of ever seeing than line up together
against an opponent. vet II is customary
to choose teams Of players whose per-
formances have been particularly good
season. Such q team IL this, an ALI
Eastern eleven made up Of those play
ers who. in the honest opinion Of the
writer, have surpassed ali others on the
gridirons OF 1911.
On the wings are found Bomeisler.
Yale's bright star, and Bud" Smith,
Harvard sure catcher Of forward passes.
These men are finished players. weak
In no department Of the game, and can
be depended upon for everything from
the beginning to the end. Both are fast
down the field. hard and accurate tack
lers, good on forward passes. and we'll
nigh impossible to deceive on defense.
White. Of Princeton. though winning
two big games by himself. Is hardly to
be classed with either of them as an all
around end. Captain Very. of Penn
State, and Gilchrist. Nays end who
played quarterback on offense, set high
| standards.
No team can be complete without
Eddie Hart, Princetons powerful cap
tain and tackle; He was. without
the year. He had no weak spots in his
makeup. and played excellent football
from the first day he appeared with the
Navy. In his big game ne was as fast
down the feld under Daiton's kicks,
ane OF
great game for Dartmouth all season.
being particularly strone In the Prince.
ton and Harvard games scuily. Of
Gardner. Of Harvard. were all: good
men in their positions. Gardiner looked
like All-America caliber. until his IN
jury In the Princeton game.
Neither Is Flashy.
| Fisher. Iiarvarti's captain, AMI Dun,
Of Princeton. were big. powerful guards
who could hold their own successfully
| against any opponents. Neither is
fiashy, but is always In tie play. Both
are practically perfect in defensive play.
and Dun set a high mark for his Of
| fensive playing. having the peculiar
ability OF breaking through fast enough,
to stop plays before they got fairly un-
der way. Arnold played good football
for the Army. but his proper place Is at
center. where he shines.
| DiCutncntnal, fTluCetOu = Center, OukS
to be the best man for the place Of all
teams in the East. His passing IL
smooth, adding much Of the speed that
marked the Princeton eleven all year.
ont Of the way on defense. weems.
Nays center. is another who did good
work all year long. though sometimes
in great danger Of being crowded on
wss BY 2.Ssr Soor Ssas er
backs but Howe. Yaie's captain. is a
little better than Miller. Of Penn State.
his tlo]est running mate. Howe dts
punt and drop-kick With the bsst. and
h a good man running with the ball
Miller's most amazing perfor'na noes
were seen in tho nnsylvania game
where no was was , easily The best man or o
Well, but finished poorly. dimrling his
4 reputation of 1910 Butler, of Cornell
Hyatt, of Army: Dannehower, Of Ia.
fayette; Pazzetti. OF Lehigh; and Pen
dleton. Of Princeton. were prominent
during tho year.
| No Particular Choice.
There is no particular choice smonl
the backfield positions. The best trio
seem TO be Wendell. Of Harvard: Tai
ton, of Navy. and Mercer, of Pennsyl
vania, Dalton is quite The best p,nte
OF the year. a good Kicker from place
MeHt, pOSeIIul unc-plunyGr, 1nt
strong on defense. Wendell is Har
wards plugging halfback. with no equa
on the gridiron. Mercer is a spiritct
falfback. fast on end runs, accurate ol
forward passes, and q fair punter. Thi
trio. arranged in any manner. combin,
all tn. necessary qualities of an all-stal
Thorpe, cariisle's great feld goa
kicker. set a nigh mark for himself, ant
might well find u place on The first team
J Of this mythical aquai. Ca".p. OF Yale
Is a good punter. a fast-running bacl
! on end plays, and fairly good at line
plungipg. Keyes. Of Army. added mi
TO the of fiensive strength OF his team
VT en- he entered the Navy game. Mac
Donald, another Army back. provc'
troublesome to his opponent. Dean
; Army's fuIlback, might have added I,
his reputation had he not been inca
!, pacitatej by injuries.
Vaughn, Baker. and Sawyer. o
Princeton, were good men. the after be
Ling particularly dangerous on a DR.!
field by his speed. Philbin. Of Yale. ha'
some good qualities. and SO did OCon
nax OF Cornell.
Thourn there are five captains ON thi
ucked eleven. II would not offend AM
OF the other fouri II the leadership wer
given &c Hart. of princetoB. He ha
SHOW n himself TO be well fitted with tn
qualities needed I'm Il sterling captain.
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