New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
Princeton Gets Four Players
on The Tribune'S ALL
Eastern Team.
HOWE. NAMED AS CAPTAIN
Mercer, Dalton and Wendell
Make Up Backfield with
Yales Heady and
Clever General.

and In picking out the players WHO aic
qualified for a place on an Al-Eastern or
All-America team. as the case may oe' the
purpose Is served. Every year the critics
are confronted with delicate task as II
Is not possible TO see all the players in
action when at their best. OF necessity
the players who stood out above their fell
lows in the more important games OF the
season are the ones who get the call. al
though IT does not follow that the COM
binations could be welded into the best
team The purpose. however, is to pick
out the stars. the men who proved most
valuable 20 their teams in the stress OF
conflict not only in conjunction with the
general scheme Of attack and defence nut
as individuals.
To this end I have built an Al-Eastern
team for the Tribune. as in the past. after
carefully considering the qualities so neces-
cary for playing the various positions and
sitter going over the list OF candidates with
SIS much care as is possible. Some players
who deserve mention may he sighted
though not Intentionally. as 7 am free to
confess that some who may be worthy
hsve not been seen by myself or by some
good Judge in whose opinion l have con-
hdence.
No effort has been made 10 pick an AN
America team because of the fact that J
am in no way familiar with the Western
PLAYERS This must be left % Walter Camp
Ysle's strategist and football mentor
whose ranking each year is accepted az
the last word. The Tribune's All-Eastern
team follows.
Ends-White. Princeton. and Bomeisler'
Yale Tackles-Hart Princeton. and FL
cock. Dartmouth. Guards--Duff, Princeton
and Fisher. Harvard, Centre-Bluethenthal'
Princeton. Quarterback Howe, l ale
Standardization, United States Naval
Academy. and Wendell. Harvard. Fullback
Mercer. PENNSYLVANIA.
Princeton. which went through the sea-
son without defeat. beating Yale, Har'
ward and Dartmouth among others gets
four places on the team. while Yale gets
two Harvard two and Dartmouth, Fenn-
svlvania and the Navy one each.
These PLAYERS have been picked after eS-
tahlishing. as was the case year ago,
what may he called an honor roll. IN
,rutn. the problem this year was harder
of solution than usual. as there was an
abundance Of riches for every position eX-
cent tackle Under the circumstances ]
would not hesitate 10 match my second
Team feTSNlIN suUIlllltN dSoiiiNN 'Ai' 'i''.N'
and would not he surprised II my judg-
ment in some cases was confounded A
third team even could be named which
would hold IT'S own. so that IT seems al
most like working hardship TO pick out
eleven men from such mass Of good
material
No Lack OF Capable Ends.
In spjte of the fact that the duties Of
he
rules. capable players for the wing post
tions were plentiful In fact ] would Ike
70 pick out six men instead Of two for
the AI-Star team. The most conspicuous.
IN M opinion. we're as follows: Bomeisler
and Avery. Vale. Smith. FELTON, and
O.Brien. Harvard: White Princeton; Ey-
rich and Fritz Cornell; Captain Madden,
Amherst. Ashhaugh and Adams. Brown;
Daley and Dana, Dartmouth: Hamilton,
Annapolis. Cook. West Point: Captain
Very, PENNSYLVANIA State, Spruance and
JorIrdet. PENNSYLVANIA; Vela. Lehgh, and
Ahern Trinity.
Roreisler. White Evrich Smith, FELTON,,
because Of his additional usefulness as
punter and Ashbaugh are i'm my opinion
the outstanding stars Bomeisler is
picked for one place because Of his re-
lfSTkdIi~ pay NJ tue iiil''A'fl eoIii' INV
host have seen this year. His speed IN
getting down the field under punts, his
surepess and hardness in tackling. his
sharpness in diagnosing plays his power
IN providing interference and his general
aptitude stamp him as a second Kilpat-
rick Sam White Of Princeton gets the
Other place for the reason that Just such
keen. alert and vigilant player is needed
above al others I'm the new game when
loose hall is the rule rather than the
exception White was not far behind
Pomelslor. either i'm tackling. and he had
quite as much speed and the same apt
tude in solving PLAYS. More than that. he
had no equal this wear in following the
hall and was amazingly accurate in snap
ping it UP Or falling on II. as the quick
working Of his brain suggested The part
he PLAYED i'm defeating both Yale and
Harvard need not be recalled 80 empha-
size these facts
Smith, Of Harvard was on my All-East-
orn team a year ago His play this season
was well up to the standard. but he did not
shine against Princeton and Dartmouth as
did Romeisler and White. Eyrich, OF
Cornell. was Handicapped against Penn
svlvania. because Of the fact that he had
heen I'm onls one scrmmage since the
chicago struggle. when he was injured. In
snitA Of this he played a dsshng. forceful
game, even though boxed up II times, and
like Sam White, was keen and sharp
enough TO recover loose ball and run for
touchdown. Eyiich is Of All-America
caiibre and finished player combining in
addition TO the qualities that go 10 make
an end rush the ability 20 drop kick. make
forward passes. and. il necessary, run with
the ball. He would shine on any team in
the country and with Smith. is placed on
the second eleven.
Ashbaugh was one Of Browns strongest
assets while Captain Madden, Of Amherst,
because Of his all around ability scored no
less than "a of the % points credited 10 his
team this year Avery. Of Yale showed
amazing ability for his first season. and
according 10 Cne good judge had slightly
the better Of all the ends in the Yale-Har-
ward game. which. unfortunately. did not
see Captain Daley and Dana Of Dart
mouth. also deserve particular mention be-
cause Of their uniformly strong and con
sistent work in the Princeton and Harvard
games.
Hart King Of All Tackles.
The tackles this year were either well
matched or else they did not come up to
the standard. Captain Hart. Of Prince
Ton. was one exception, in my opinion. and
hi place on the All-Star team cannot ne
disputed He stood out head and shoulders
sbove the others because Of hi remark
able tackling, his speed and sureness in
following the ball. his quickness in charg-
ing and breaking through and his skill IN
either piling up plays or of picking out the
man with the ball with deadly accuracy.