Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

The All AIi-Nmerirnn FOOT
Hail Tcnm---An All Ameri-
can oC the AH-Nmcricnns.
White, princeton ...,........ Left end
Kart, Princeton ........... Left tackle
Fisher, Harvard ........., Lott Tu&rd
Bluthenthal, Princeton, ........ center
Duff, Princeton. .......... Right guard
Devoro, west Point ... SiahS JRokle
aomsisler, Yale. ,'.''''.' hieht enc
aowe, xaie SsN psifbSoS
Thorpe, Carlisle ..... Right ha!fbaok
Dalton, West Point ........,. .fullbaok
ny CLYDE &c. ELLIOTr.
A season Of unsatisfactory results.
such was the foot ball term which just
closed with Princeton champions OF the
east and Minnesota title holders Of the
west And such seasonl Princeton
victor by virtue of freak goal and two
sensational runs by an alert end. and
Dartmouth. an eleven that played the
Tigers to almost tie, without man ON
the All-American selection made by the
dean of our foot ball crlticsl 1t also was
the season In which no man in the west.
displayed enough stellar work to win
recognition from those men OF the east to
whom the task OF selecting an all-star
team falls each autumn.
truly. was Il b season OF miracles. as
Mr.. Walter CAMP has said. a season OF
miracles the like OF which no other fail
has seen. It is astounding how all the
east has accorded Princeton the cham
plonship. without even accreditlng the
navy eleven with a. first-class right TO
dispute that teams position.
How IL Looks in West.
The western college man will declare
the season OF 1911 one Of the most salts
factory in recent gridiron history, and
his reason for so doing viii be that the
grade of foot ball In this section was not
OF the class which attracted attention in
the east. When Camps An-American
eleven was published last week cry im-
mediately went up from the college men
OF tho west that the eastern prejudice was
again asserting itself. There is some
justification for this cry, but less this fall
than In any OF the recent autumns. The
west had only one really great foot bail
lplayer In the big Eight" Some college
men outside OF the conference fold are OF
the opinion that certain players on their
elevens deserved TO be ranked above the
lChlcago conference players. For in
stance, Captain shonRa Of Nebraska, it
will be said. should be rated with the
best in the western organization. Prob
ably that is true. but how would he COM
pare with the tackles and forwards Of
the eastern college teams?
In practically ignoring the western
players this fall the eastern critics have
been nearly right All followers OF the
game in this section win contend, how
ever that Rosenwald OF Minnesota should
be placed on the first All-American
eleven. supplanting Wendell OF Harvard,
, the man to whom Camp gave halfbacls
|. berth.
Why Wendell In On.
Wendell was an All-Amerioan selection
In 1912, but his work this fall has been
, much inferior TO that OF the previous
seneon. Even Camp, In naming the Har-
ward back, says that Wendell did not
/ display the power OF the season before.
! and really seems to wish TO say that
, Wendell is given a place this fall because
the east had no other man who was his
superior. Very good reason for a man
selecting an All-Eastern eleven, but not
5 Tor a critic who picks u team for the
official foot BAH guide OF the country.
should Camp have visited the west this
l tall, as any man picking an All-Ameri-
) can team should do, he would have been
t deeply impressed by the play OF Rosen-
{ valid In the hnlfback position for the
| Gophers, and no doubt would have given
this Minnesotan the place 10 which he
assigned thos Harvard back.
From all that can be learned of Wen
dell's play through accounts by various
: critics II is Judged that he PLAYED very,
( poorly In several games. Rosenwald was
! powerful factor IN the Minnesota At
tack and played by far the finest ball OF
any back In the western conference. He
ripped through the line for big gains. and
/ was wonder In the secondary defense
That lie never failed to gain when given
] the right kind Of help shows that he
E played hard. consistent ball. Could Ia
) havo been pitted against Wendell. PLAYING
. the leading halfback position on an
, eleven opposed to the one on which Wen
deu was playing, there is little doubt
? that he wsuld have proved his superiority.
RosenwnId on Camps SECOND.
Even Cramp had heard enough OF
Rosenwald's playing TO give the Gopher
a position on the second eleven. He could
not place him on the first team because
the selection OF one westerner would
spoil the pretty picture OF an AlI-Amerl-
can team that could at the same time
answer for an AIl-Eastern eleven. Indeed
that is what all the All-Americans are
this fall-All-Eastern elevens.
The team picked Is taken from the
selections made by several eastern critics
J this fall. IL viii be noticed that Roseu-
J valid IS slipped out OF the second Gang
I tSleven and placedfon the first team. the
, place where he beIongsSby an fair jade-
ment 40, iCamp iisits,i the west last
fall ahd vas dad enough 20 place three
p western playesFa on ihfs fist eleven. This
autumn no ,dlA rot S;ons west ana the
. rrst eleven weht Eiithont nsdn'f from this
! region. ms gtlmt M Odd NOT come ives,
E and tht fli4t tvSn went without men
from tnss taibhs Ghls rAcr should suEges,