El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-25
BEST BAGKFIELDs
IN THE BIC FOUR.
Yale and Princeton Have
Far the Strongest, and
Have Good Ends
CBy W. S. Farnsworth.)

powerful ground gaining team Penn
sy's back field is a one-man affair,
Mercer alone being a firstclass player,
and Harvard-s has 1been forced to rely
entirely on Wendell.
Yale's back field in the big games
showed marked improvement in every
line When the season first started
every critic roasted the men behind
the line at New Haven to a turn, but
they developed fast and today are much
peter than the combinations at Cam
bridge and Philadelphia 1t is toss
up whether the Tigers are any stronger.
Fale's BACK Field Different.
But, as I said before, Yale's back
Held is so different from Princeton's
that IL is hard TO compare them. The
Tigers possess the ground gamers
while the Bulldog has G secondary de-
fence that is the equal If not superior
OF any eleven that ever wore the mole
skins.
In Pendleton. Sawyer, Baker. Pen
field. vaughan and Dewitt the Jungle
town college has the most powerful
backfield in either the east or west.
Ihey have adapted themselves more for
last end running than line plunging.
The open field running Of all Of these
proved a big factor in the Harvard
Dartmouth and Yale games.
In the matter Of defence, the Prince
ton backs lack the strength displayed
by the New HaTenites Reilly Ander-
son. Freeman. Camp and SDa1dine are
all corking defensive backs. Reilly per
haps IS the greatest defensive back IN
the country.
Vaughan's Work.
NaughanS work in the Harvard and
JartInouLn games in backing up his
line called much praise from the Prince
ton coaches, but Dewitt Sawyer and
PendlerOn all showed a tendency to Be
sucked IN by the opposing backs.
especially On the delayed passes as
worked on them by the big Dartmouth
team.
In the matter Of kicking both back
fields have displayed more than Ordin-
airy aulLlrE. he IS lit. the TfEnrzf hast
bOOter, under the coaching Of his great
brother. is the best man in the country
today with his toe. he gets more dis
lance than any man in the east and his
spirals are hard TO clutch. Early in the
season princeton didn't give this young
man much OF a tumble. but once he
was put IN as a regular his HOSTS
saved the Tigers IN both the Harvard
and Dartmouth games
Baker Pendleton and Chrystie have
proFe9 eorklng good field goal kickers-
Eor Yale, captain Howe and Walter
camp, Jr.. have been called on 70 IN
hold this department. OF the game and
have made good. Howe IS a very con-
sistent kicker. who Is good for 40 or
90 yards at any time He can also hold
ms own with any man in the east at
Camp can get better distance than
MS captain. but is not anywhere near as
accurate OF SO fast In getting the ball
70 rush matters he would be even bet
ter than Dewitt and Howe
Both Have Good Ends
Both Yale and Princeton have shown
crack ends It Is q toss up which has
the better wing men In BOmeisler yale
mas an end that has DISPLAYED wonder
NJ FORM N all Departments He weighs
6uouL $50 pounds IS over SIX feet tail
and has a Whirl OF speed in getting
down the gr1diron under hoists Averv
MS running mate. while not equal 10
Bomeisler, is above the average. Re
has one fault that needs correcting
paqlyi he doesn't follow the ball as
ven as ends should On the defence at
Ilnes ne has allowed the man with the
ball 10 get outside OF him 10
Avery has another fault. also. and
that is his eagerness to set IN and
started This has proved very costly
at times this fall. But Il shows that he
has the fighting spirit and he can be
Dunlap. the Tiers wing man also
has the same fault He is a hard man
70 circle, but he IS over anxious at
times.
Opposite Dunlap. Princeton has
White, whose great work IN the Har-
ward and Dartmouth contests has mao
ueally assured him OF a position on
Walter Camps All-American team. This
player follows the BAH at all times. as
an end should and has been boxed but
rev times this season He is an 11-sec-
ond man and covers his kicker's HOSTS
perfectly.
The Forwards.
w nile comparing the Yale and Prince
we'll to speak of their best Forwards
Captain Hart of the Tigers has de-
Feloped into the best tackle in the
country. Coach Roper should hava
placed him in the line long before this
season. While he was a good back. he
Us not paying MS proper position
Tackle is his right berth.
Harvard, Dartmouth and Yale all
found him the hardest playing tackle
they faced all year. He is a fast sure
and hard charger and raised havoc with
Ia
The big captains ability to check his
man on punts and then get down the
field is remarkable.
In Scully, Yale has a bear tackle al
so. Paul was the star Of the New Haven
combination last fall. but he has not
come up to the same form this season.
Scully. however, has shown big i'm
proVemenE he IS a player OF the same
STYLE as Hart. He Is a charger who is
playing just as hard at the final Whis-
tie as he is at the opening OF the first
period He possesses one asset that no
other tackle in the east can boast Of
That is ability TO charge an opponent
and. going through, pick cut man In
the secondary defence.
At guards and center yale has about
the most finished trio In the country
in McDevitt Francis and Ketchum.
Francis is charger who never fails
to get into the opponents territory. He
IS quick to sDOt the play and Is a stone
wall 10 hit. McDev1tt, the other guard.
only trifle over five feet IS
a scrapper who has developed wonder
fully this year. As for Ketchum all
say is that he is the best pivot man
Of the season in this section Of the foot
ball world.
Wilson. Duff and Bluenthenthal are
2 cOrking good combination and
Princeton has been we'll taken care OF
in the middle OF the line. Duff is the
star OF the trio. His work IN the Har-
ward game was sensational. Coach
Haughton, OF Harvard, was strong IN
his praise Of this yOungster.
ROSE QUEEN WINS EASFLT
on MUDDY JAMESTOWN TRACK
jamestown. Va. Nov. 25.-The fea-
ture OF tcday's races was the handicap
in which Rose Queen. at s to I, was
an easy winner She showed fash
Of her old time form and won by sew
eral lengths from a good field. The
track was sea OF mud and many sur
orises were furnished by the defeat OF
favOrites.
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