New-York tribune., 1911-12-03

value. He led all other players in dropping
eight goals from the field, for while But
ler OF Cornell. also kicked eight field goals
they were made from placement. Sprack-
ling, Of Brown. was not far behind Howe,
and a year ago was placed above him Tor
the reason that his drop kicking In 1910
was more dependable and his running In a
broken field more brilliant or the Others
Captain Hyatt, OF West Point. impressed
me most. although O'Connor. Of Cornell,
deserves particular credit for his work in
the Pennsylvania game after being moved
from hafback 10 succeed Butler on the
eve of the struggle, as was exclusively
told in The Tribune the day before the
game Miller of PENNSYLVANIA state, was
Handicapped by his size. but his work
against Cornell and Pennsylvania was lit
tie short Of remarkable.
Lots Of Good HsIfbacks.
There was a wealth of good material
from which TO choose the halfbacks. The
honor roll includes Dalton, Annapolis; Wen
dell, Harvard; Thorpe, Carlisle Indians;
Camp and Spllding Yale; De Witt and
Baker. Princeton Morey. Dartmouth;
Whyte and Butler. Cornell: Tenney. Brown;
SilflEtit ibdIdN tilft shbbl'f +N'N '''h '.'''-
versity: Ainslie. Williams; Macdonald, West
Point; Campbell. Harvard. and Collctt the
newly elected Trinity captain or these.
Dalton and Wendell are selected for the
first team, with Thorpe and De Witt for
the second The two first named have the
faculty Of picking their openings with rare
precision and OF running so strongly tha,
they are hard to stop. Both also are good
defensive backs, and a better combination
would be hard 10 find. Dalton is needed
on the first team also for his punting, as
he. with FELTON, and De Witt, stand out
above all others in this respect for the
season.
Thorpe has been a power for the Carlisle
Indians. and almost single handed brought
about the defeat OF Harvard by his accu-
rate goal kicking. He. like De Witt, or
Princeton. who did 80 much for the Tigers
this year by his consistent and we'll placed
punting. is a strong runner IN carrying
the ball Whyte, of Cornell was considered
strongly, as I liked the way he sliced
through the line at Pennsylvania, but But
Ter is really a more valuable man because
OF his place kicking ability from scrimmage
formation: and finally. both were dropped
I'm favor Of Thorpe and De Witt. It was
hard, also. to dispose of Camp and Spald-
ing the Yale pair, as both impressed me
strongly In the Princeton game. particu-
larly Camp. who proved his ability as "A
ground gaining back and good punter in
a mighty short space OF time.
Mercer and Hudson Shine.
| have no hesitancy in saying that Mer-
Ger. Of Pennsylvania, and Hudson. OF Trim
ity. are in class by themselves among
the fullbacks Of the season. No others Were
considered, although Huntington. Harvard
Keyes, West Point; Rodes. Annapolis; Snow,
Dartmouth, and Vaughan. Princeton. were
all good men. Captain Sprackling. of
Brown. who played against Pennsylvania.
Yale and Harvard this year. has expressed
the opinion that Hudson Is by al odds the
Rest fullback OF the season. ! saw him only
once. end, while struck by his speed fer
sucb n big man. and his powerful running,
cannot give him the preference over Cap
,,in Mercer, OF PENNSYLVANIA, than whom /
,.,.a never seen a back so uniformly strong
=, hitting the line. circng the ends, run
,,rc hack kicks or supporting his forwards
=. defensive work. His use Of the straight
, too IN v--''ug off tacklers cannot