The Washington times., 1911-12-04

|, Eckendorf is a good all round foot
stronp sa paKer fast he
next to Captain Morris was the most
dreaded player on the Tech team.
Eckendorf would make a good end when
the other side had the ball and could
being yanked into formations that
would suit his style Of play.
1t is hard to leave player like Nc
Donough. of Central, off this team. but.
no fault of his own. McDonough. al
though outwelghed nearly fifty pounds,
proved that he could stop Morris and
played clever game all the way on
Friday. Zappone did not appear In the
regular lineup enough to afford line
on his work, but he Is a good player,
who must receive consideration even
though regular must get the prefer
played we'll at end for Western, and
had he been at either Central or Tech
with a strong team, might have been
among the chosen eleven.
1t Is proportionally as easy to name
the backs as it Is difficult to decide
on some of the forwards. Morris, OF
Tech, and Hamilton, Reuter-, and Van
Dyne. of Central. are the ones for the
places.
While he hardly did as much against
I Central as some seemed to think he
would, there Is no keeping the Tech
leader or an all-star team. Morris is a
versatile player who can run, tackle
and punt, and while, in the Judgment
Of the writer, he should not be troubled
with running his team he Is far in the
lead for the place at quarterback.
Wells, Of Eastern. is second man, be-
cause he showed he was a general in
handling a rather chaneeab'e attack
against heavy teams and because he
was strong in all-round work. Had
Schoenfeldt gone along all year as he
did in the second half on Friday he
would have made a strong bid for the
place. He is probably ordinarily the
best receiver Of kicks In the high
scohols and is of considerable assist
ance to runner.
At the Beginning.
At the beginning Of the year Captain
Hamilton, Van Dyne. and Reuter- were
the ones Central was to depend upon to
win title. They never got going right
until 1t came to the final showdown, but
against Tech they showed what they
could do in a way that attracted uni
versal attention among those at
Georgetown Field. In practically every
exchange Hamilton outpunted his op-
ponent, and, together with driving his
team, caught the form which he often
displayed in past years.
Van Dyne, after a rather mediocre ex-
hibition quite part of the season,
came to toward the end of the cam
paign and against Tech played a most
consistent game. He was slowed up
somewhat by a stiff muscle. but he was
all over that field Friday. showing all
the time that he was a real football
player Van Dyne is strong physically
and can stand lots Of work.
Reuter-, of Central. ended his high
school football career by a real exhi-
bition on Friday. Here Is player of a
rather peculiar temperament and hard
TO get in perfect shape. but he was
there when it came to decide the title
and did perhaps more than anyone lese
on his team to give Central the long
end of the score He was called upon to
carry the ball oftener than any man on
his team and usually 1t was a gain
while on the defense he was so active
that he finally copped a forward pass
and made Centrais second touchdown.
Other backs who were good at all
times were Captain Weaver, Cohill. and
Smith, of Eastern. and Howard and
McArdle, of Western.
Being in charge of the championship
team, Coach Thomas, of Central, would
be the man to instruct the picked team.
Not only. by his own individual work.
but by his disposition to work in har-
mony with any other coach in whom he
placed dependence, Thomas showed his
ability all year. Contrary to reports,
there was no trouble between the Gem
trail coaches. Each had personal opin-
ions as to how things should be done.
but when II came to the showdown, and
q vote was taken, they all accepted the
decision and worked along those lines