The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-08

Mercer. Pennsylvania, halfback.
Hudson. Trinity, fullback.
Chicago, Dec. 8.-For the first time
since 1902 and despite the fact that
the west was victorious over the east
In W o great intersectional struggles,
Walter Camp in his selection of an
All-America football eleven has failed
to place a western mar on the first
team. The honorary eleven, which
appears in the current issue of Col
hers Weekly, ts made up of eastern
players only, while two western men
have been placed on the second team
and three on the third eleven.
Scruby of Chicago is placed at
guard on h second team and Rosen-
valid of Minnesota is awarded the
fullback position on the same eleven.
back of the third eleven: Wells of
Michigan is halfback, and Buser of
Wisconsin q tackle. Little mention is
made Of western football or it's play
ers, most of the article dealing with
the rules and changes which may be
helpful to the sport. In reviewing
the season, Camp says:
The football season of 1911 will go
down in history as one of miracles.
In fact. aside from the sudden trans
formation OF the teams from losing
teams to victorious teams. and vice
versa. even the ball finally began to
take part in the extraordinary hap
day of the Princeton-Dartmouth and
.Andover-EXeter games, in each of
which games the ball performed what
would seem to be a miracle, namely.
running along the ground for a con-
siderable distance and then bounding
over h cross bar.
In the case of the Princeton-Dart
mnI1f ora mo fhic hall xlyoo 5to ~ Cd I,, .,
partially missed drop kick, and thus
went over forty yards. hitting the
ground occasionally before it struck
on its end on some ~irregularity and
leaped over the goal bar.
Then. too. the favorites in very
games We're returned eventually as
the losers; o was there any con-
sistency about these upsets, but they
came in the most unexpected ways
and upon extraordinary occasions.
Not only were teams inconsistent in
their work. but also individuals.
Discusses Western Football.
Discussing western football, the
Yale mentor writes:
Wisconsin tied Minnesota, Capron
scoring Minnesota's touchdown by
running back the initial KICKOFF. and
Moll later running half the length of
the field for a touchdown for Wiscon-
SIN. True ~ 10 tndt Oh TWO important
Saturdays the weather was atrocious
and the fields in wretched condition.
Usually for the important games of
late years the conditions have been
good.
Certainly there have been as many
strange happenings in the football
world "a as among the individual play.
have been inconsistent. Minnesota
showed the greatest strength, as we'll
as the greatest consistency. but was
tied by Wisconsin. Michigan has had
many upsets. the most depressing
having been the defeat by Cornell.
Chicago, after being defeated by Min:
about and defeated Cornell. while
Syracuse defeated decisively by Yale.
checked the Carlisle Indians: who had
defeated Pennsylvania and Harvard.
In other words. in the two greatest
divisions in general football, the asst
and the middle west. there was such a
forcibly home the question whether
quality can be developed under the
present methods to an extent that may
give some reasonable assurance Of
success. Games were played in both
these sections. as we'll as at the south
there Is some truth in the statement Of
a very successful coach that II you
threw the ball around enough you
could beat anybody"
Effect Of Forward Pass.
AS to the effect of the forward pass
and the onside kick. Camp has this to
say:
1.-The forward pass has taken no
more prominent position than Of old;
in fact. in late games considerably
less. 1t has resulted in disaster on
n or two occasions in contests that
meant a good deal. 1t has not been
productive of n spectacular plays.
The onside kick has been, as al
ways a matter of luck: that is. II tho
ball bounds straight the defensive
side secures possession of 1t easily
and the side on the attack has lost
several yards on the kick. That is
the difference between the long kick
and the short one. II. on the other
hand. the ball performs a freak antic
and either Jumps sidewise or hits on
the n and hounds clear over the de-
fensive mans head. the play results in
Il fine gain for the kicker's side. pos
sibly eve in a touchdown at very lit
tie expenditure of effort"