The Washington times., 1911-11-27
AH-Easteyn Team

The picking of an All-America team Is
task which no one student of football
form can do with entire justice, for no
one man can by personal observation
follow the course and record of all the
players who annually strive for foot
ball honors. Consequently, The Times
has accepted the Judgment. of Walter
H. Eckersall, one of the most famous
football players the West has ever
produced, and himself an All-America
selection of Mr.. Camps, who has picked
the All-Western team for the. Chicago
Tribune. and so far as the All-Eastern
elevens are concerned. I have made the
choice of players which appears in the
tabulation above.
In some ways the present rules con-
tribute an element OF certainty in pick
ing players who stand out above their
fellows, and in some other ways 1t Is
harder to decide on contesting merits
than under the old code.
Among the ends which have appeared
on Eastern gridirons. the best adver-
tised individual Is undoubtedly Mr..
White, of Princeton. Despite the promi-
nence which two splendidly alert plays
have given him, do not Judge him,
from what have seen of his game, the
equal OF either Bomeisler, of Yale, or
Smith, of Harvard.
Englehorn and Hart.
or the Eastern tackles. Englehorn, Of
Dartmouth and Hart of Princeton, ap-
pealed to me In the games which
saw as being the most effective men In
their positions on the big eleven. To
my mind. Hart Is the most efficient and
valuable football player on any Eastern
team this year. and were an all Eastern
team to play together, I should select
Hart as it's captain. He ras an almost
uncanny ability to diagnose the play of
his opponents. to fgure out where and
In what form the attack is to be made,
point where that attack eliminates. He
has. on occasion, been criticised for
talking on the field. but very much OF
that talk was for the purpose Of inform
| Ing his own players as to what play
was coming off. and where It was to be
directed. So keen has been his tudg-
| ment that he has often been accused OF
having gained knowledge of his oppon-
ents' signals. a charge which, / have
never known of being we'll substantial
ted.
Englehorn, of Dartmouth. who played
| opposite Hart In the Dartmouth Prince.
| ton game, gave him more trouble than
! any man who has faced him this year
/ and in the Harvard Dartmouth game
Storer, of Harvard, who showed proml.
nently against Yale on Saturday, was
horns style Of play. He is fast and
| active, whether on offense or defense
he Is down the field with his ends. and
is hard and sure tackler.
| Two Stand Out.
| For the Eastern guards, there are
| two men who stand out SO prominently
| that there Is little or no question re.
garding their award Of first place. These
men are Fisher, of Harvard. and Ar
mold, of Army. Both of these men, ir
their Saturdays game. the big gam.
Of the year for each, were aggressive
sharp, and sure In their work, keen ir
following the ball. and performed al
the functions of the guard position
both in offense and defense, In a mos
creditable manner.
There are two football positions IL
which this year has not produced an
en- Of surprising and unusual ability
These positions are those of center ar
It is quite true that no football playe
should be condemned for one misplay
or given unusual honors for one 90
clay. and yet II an individual fails II
the crucial moment. he lessons his valu
to his team by just the amount whicl
steadiness and accuracy at that tim
would have gained. Ketcham. of Yale
nullified a great deal Of good cente
goal goal from f the 'a field. i When N Yale. in NJ tn
first few minutes of its battle witt
Harvard had an opportunity to score
A good pass from Ketcham at tina
time would very likely have won tn
game for Yale. since Howe was in a
easy position for kicking the goal. In
stead of that, the ball was passed a,o-
the ground, and Howe was not give
Parmenter. Harvards center, did not &
Saturdays game. suffer especially b
comparison with Ketcham. and Harvar
has not looked upon Parmenter as bein
a great center.
Of Extreme Value.
On the other hand, Weems. of Navy
whom I have picked for the pivots
position, was. in his crucial gam
against Army Of extreme value to hi
team, both in offensive and defensiv
play. His passing was of very hig
character, and he was often foun
down the field along with the rest {
his supposedly more active companion
Weems. while not a superlatively grea
center. is, 1t seems to me, the best this
the year has produced.
In the quarterback position there ar
undoubtedly. on some OF the smalle
and less prominent football eleyens {
this year quarterbacks who, could the
have had the advantage of the trainin
and coaching which quarters on tn
more prominent elevens have had, woul
outshine in generalship and individus
play, any of the men who have bee
prominent in the bigger games. of tn
year. Sprackling. of Brown, who wa
last years All-America selection b
| MIR, Camp has ben handicapped tn
wear by having to play pretty nearly tn
whole game every time the Brown teal
has appeared. This has told In the moi
! unfavorable way on his years recor,
| and has diminished by a large pc
centage his last years efficiency. PEI
dieton, who has been in and out of II
quarterback position for Princeton, hs
| | at no time shown marked ability; Po
| fer of Harvard. of whom much was e,