Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-27

the stiffened arm 1t would mean q
touchdown. But instead OF meeting
him squarely Eckersall turned and ran
parallel with him, Heston doing his :
utmost to reach him with his jabbina
arm, while the great quarterback
worked In behind him, put on more
speed, tackled Heston, and q touchdown
was saved. 1t will be many years, II
ever. before Eekersalrs equal as >
quarterback will be found.
Next to Eckersali the most remark
able quarterback was DAILY. the All
American man of the Harvard teams
In 1898 and 1899 and the West Point
selection In 1901. DAILY was a remark
able player in many ways. He was q
great -dedgcr. kicker and runner and
could fill In at any position in the back
ield. Other quarterback stars who
have shone r~esplendently on the grid
iron during their careers were Poe
(1SS9) Of Princeton, King (1S91-31 OF
Princeton, Mccormick (fSe2) of Yale,
De Saules G8s7) of Yale, Stevenson Of
Penn, johnson {1s03) OF Carlisle. Tad
Jones (1s07) of Yale, Steffens t1s0S) OF
Chicago and McGoyern (1s0s-10) OF
! Minnesota.
Many Great Halfbaoks.
Coming to ~halfbacks, one finds a long
list Of scintillating stars. Occupying
conspicuous places are such stars as
Heston of Michigan, Brooke and Nc
Cracker Of Penn, Brewer, Herman and
Dibblee Of Harvard, Weekes of Colum7 :
bia and McClung of Yale.
Heston and Weekes are the selections
| for halfbacks. The latter in his day
--,c = vr1n 1.F ~, r-favn ra
| few ends that he could not circle. The
| remarkable football instinct he pos
| eessed enabled him to know when how
| and where to run at the right moment.
He was also a great line slasher. II
| was he who scored on Yale.
Heston was the greatest halfback tho
west sven produced. TIe was thickset
| and remarkably fast and could use
| right or left arm In warding off tack
| lers, and he ran with phenomenal
!, speed and power. Even when tackled
| there was always q fafr chance that
| Heston would tear loose, and ii he had
| his man In front of him his deadly
straight arm would push him oyer.
| Heston was very strong In plays OF
Coy Greatest Of All Fullbaeks.
For fullback and captain OF the team
TED Coy (1so8 and 1909 Yale team is
hi selection. Coy represents all that
is speed. power. brain and skill on tho
grfdfron. He has the most remarkable
combination Of qualities that have been
gathered together In any. player on the
gridiron. There was no line Of duty
tiSSf coy oui moi Ill IN yEeuas. TsziA
sp4andid physique. strengtA and spec;
would qualify him to play center
quarter, guard, tackle or end. And he
could master All positions. His often
sive powers were not less than his de-
fensivc. As q punter ne had trenen-
dous power and was d drop kicker OF
great ability. In one game against
Princeton he Kicked from midf1eld,
vita no ravoring wind. and nearly
reached the goal,
Other fuIIbacks who helped TO Greats
football history were H~irschberger Of
Chicaso. Graydon + Harvard, Hoilen-
bach Of Penn, Homans and Snake"
Ames OF Princeton. The last named
was = wonderful all around back field
man.
Eleven Would Be ~lnvineibIs.
The selections as made above con-
~stitute an invincible eleven. hi line
would he powerful, alert, fast and aK-
gressive from end to end. Working in
unison, this line would be a potent
factor in attack and show an fmpreg-
nabIe defense. Back OF the line. with
ICoy acting as captain and Eckersail
running the team, 1t Is impossible to
conceive of a more Ideal union OF
strategic ability for an All American
of All American afavanq Gov mn,1IdA