The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-11
FARNSWORTH PICKS ALL-AMER|CAN TEAM Chooses Men for Three Whole AggregatiOns WHITE IS CHAMPION How Other Stars Measure Up With Princeton's Sammy-Tackles
 Were P0or-Some of the
 Stars Developed
WHITE IS CHAMPION
By ". $. rARNsMoRrH

NeW I 1OrK, DecefnDer l0.--tSpecldl.l-b be- cause of the new game it is harder than usual to select an All-American foot ball team this season. The writer not having witnessed any of the Western elevens in action this fall. is forced to pick his team from the Eastern colleges only. After going over the dope. thoroughly I have decided that the three following aggregations are the best:
 First Eleven
 Ends-White, Princeton; Smith, liar yard; Tackles-Hart, Princeton; Elcock, Dartmouth; Guards-Fisher, Harvard; Duff, Princeton; Center-Bluenthenthal Princeton; Quarterback-Howe, Yale; Halfbacks-Wendell, Harvard: Dalton, Navy; Fullhack-Mercer, Pennsylvania;
 Second Eleven
 Ends-Bomeisler, Yale. Daley, Dart mouth; Tackles-Scully, Yale; Littlejohn, Army; Guards-McDevitt Yale; Bebout, Pennsylvania State; Centre Ketcham, Yale; Quarterback-S -Sprackling, Brown; Halfbacks-Thrope, Carlisle; Camp, Yale; Fullback-Snow, Dartmouth.
 Third Eleven
 Ends--Ashbaugh, Brown: Very. Penn sylvania State; Tackles-Munk. Cornell; Kratz, Brown; Guards-Bennett, Dart mouth; Arnold. Army; Centre-Ayling, Syracuse; Quarterback-Miller. Pennsyl- vana State; Halfbacks - Pendleton, Princeton; Hogsett Dartmouth; Full back-Hudson, Trinity.
 Sammy White of Princeton, hero of the Princeton-H Harvard and Princeton ale games, earned the reputation of being the greatest player of the season. His abil- ity to follow the ball and ever be pre- pared for an opponents tumble puts him in the same class with Fitzpatrick and Poe as a wing men. It is tough job to select his running mate, but Smith, of Harvard, who was unanimous choice for the All-American eleven last season, played every bit as well this sea- son and therefore I give him the call over Bomeisler of Yale, Daley of Dartmouth, Ashbaugh of Brown, Very of Pennsyl- vania State Out west they proclaim Welles of Michigan to be the greatest ever. But I did not see him work and cannot put him on my teams.
 There was a comparative lack of finish ed tackles this sason, but Captain Eddie Hart, of Princeton. after being shifted from the back field to left tackle earned name for himself that will always be remembered by followers of the pigskin. He was by far the best defensive player of the year. On the offense he did not shine quite so brightly, however. In the Dartmouth game he showed weakness against straight-aiming. But his work in the Harvard and Yale games, both on the defense and offense. was immense.
 Elcock. of Dartmouth. was the next best tackle of the esson, although not in the same class with Hart, by long shot Littlejohn of the Army, Scully of Yale, Kratz of Brown. Munk of Cornell. Probst of Lafayette, played fairly con- sistent football.
 Fisher of Harvard and Duff of Princeton, were the two best guards These two men were far above any other pair of guards. and for that matter, either of them would have made a cred itable showing against the great Glass, who was the best guard that ever wore the moleskins. Duffs playing in the Harvard and Yale games was especially sensational. Fisher did not get into his true stride until late in the season, but against Princeton, Dartmouth and Yale he displayed all of his 1910 form.
 The other guards who did good work were: MeDevtt, Yale; Bebout, Pennsyl- vana State; Arnold, Army Bennett, Dartmouth.
 Bluenthenthal of Princeton was the centre of the year. He played tip-top football in all of Princeton's games; was most consistent in his passing and made no mistakes no matter how tight he was squeezed. Ketcham of Yale deserves second call but Bluenthenthal made the New Haven pivot look like counterfeit money in the Yale-Princeton battle. Ayling of Syracuse did exceptionally good work, as did Huntington of liar yard.
 The quarterback position was hotly con- tested, but Howe of Yale figures a trife better than Sprackling of Brown and Miller of Pennsylvania State. True, Howe's generalship in the Princeton game was severely criticized, but he more than made up for this weakness in his run ming back of kicks Against Harvard he was demon and got all that was pos sible out of his men. And his running back of punts was even more sensation al than in the game against the Tigers at New Haven.
 Sprackling did not live up to his 1910 record, although he was not favored by the same strong eleven that represented Brown twelve months ago. At that. Sprackling proved every bit as good as a man in broken field as the Yale cap tain. Miller of Pennsylvania State, while not as flashy a performer as eith- CT Howe or Sprackling proved consist ent worker and it is not likely that M both of the men I have placed ahead of him.
 Wendell of Harvard, Dalton of Navy, Mercer of Pennsylvania, form great backfeld. The Harvard back, as last year, was the greatest line plnnger of the season. He exhibited a greater ability to keep his feet than any other back .Daltons work in the Navy game earn ed him the other halfback position. Not only is he a great drop kicker but he is a fast man circling the ends and line plunger of nearly the same ability as Wendell ss
 Thorpe of Carlisle is sure to be select ed for the first team by many of the experts. The writer had to figure long time before he gave Dalton the call over the great Indian athlete, Camp, or Yale; Pendeton of Princeton. Hogsett of Dart mouth were right up near the top, too.
 Mercer was, without doubt, the great est fullback of the season and again de- serves the All American honor. He IS a good line plunger, but it was his defen- sive work that earned him the position Mercer was out of the game against the Indians and Pennsylvania State. but witf his return the team took a big brace.
 Snow of Dartmouth. Huntingdon o Harvard. Hudson of Trinity were th' next best.
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