New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
Harvard Leads, with Three
Players on The Tribune'S
AII-EaStern Eleven.
PLENTY OF GOOD MATERIAL
Thorpe, Brickley, Il. Baker and
Bacon Make Up Speedy
Backfield That Would
Be Hard to Equal.
Bv Herbert.

All-star football eleveDs are not easy to
build. not only because of the riches at
hand. but because Of the difficulty that
faces critic in gathering together and
passing judgment on material that is so
widely scattered. As has been pointed
cut before in The Tribune, there is some
excuse beyond that OF precedent 1or
building one Of these mythical teams and
this excuse lies in the fact that the ma
iority of those interested in any branch OF
sport love a ranking and welcome the OPP
portunity for comparison which ranking
gives.
For a number Of years it has been my
pleasure TO name an AllEastern football
team for The Tribune, but this season the
task appears even more delicate than
usual. for the reason, perhaps that the
field is broader and the candidates, be-
cause of the general excellence oil their
work., harder to sift. Three or four play
ers stand out above their fellows, notably
Brickley, OF Harvard; Thorpe, of Car
Isle, and Bomeisler and Ketcham, OF
. Yale, but otherwise the competition for
places has been so keen that it is mighty
hard to sacrifice one for another
OF necessity the men who were partcu-
larry prominent in the more important
games OF the year are the ones who get
the call, although it does not follow that
the combination could be welded into the
best and strongest team. The purpose,
however, 10 to pick out the men who
proved most valuable to their, teams, re-
membering at the same time that the
IL. NTH .lox~ WI
would make up finished whole and VINO
would provide all the weapons necessary
for an ideal football machine. For this
reason / have decided to make two changes
In the tentative eleven suggested In my
comment last Monday. "Hobey' Baker, OF
Princeton, has been substituted for Hard
wick, of Harvard. as one halfback, while
Englehorn, Of Dartmouth, is now preferred
30 Phillips, of Princeton, at one tackle.
No effort has been made to pick an ALL
America team for the reason that / am
in no way familiar with the Western
players. Further than that. I would en-
phasize at this point that while saw
most Of the elevens in action this fan, II
was impossible to see all, and regret to
say that Lehigh and Williams were among
those L missed. The regret comes largely
IN the fact that each team boasted OF
leading candidate for quarterback that I
felt forced TO pass over even in the face
OF opinions that respect. Here, then. Is
The Tribune's ALL Eastern team for 1872;
Ends-BomeisIer, Yale; FELTON,, Har-
ward. Tsckies--Storer, Harvard; En-
oIehorn, Dartmouth. Guards-Shenk,
Princeton; Munns, Cornell. Centre
Ketcham, Yale. Quarterbaek-Baoor,
Wesleyan. MISUNDERSTANDING, tiaT-
ward; n. Baker, Princeton. Fu!losc''-
Thorpe Carlisle.
Harvard, which went through the sea-
son without a defeat and easily earned
the so-called championship. gets three
places on the team, while Yale gets two,
Princeton two, and Dartmouth, Cornell,
wesleyan and Carlisle one each.
These players have been picked after
establishing, as is the case in the last
two years, what may be called an honor
roll. which In a measure IS far more
satisfying than picking an all-star team
and thus working, perhaps, p hardship
on players who are quite as deserving
Tut who are accorded places only ON
second OF third eleven.
plenty Of Capable Ends.
l will begin with the ends. and the
honor roll for these all-important posi-
lions is made up Of: Bomeisler, Yale;
FELTON, and O'Brien. Harvard; Eyrich and
O'Hearn, Cornell; Very. Pennsylvania
state; Ashbaugh. Brown; Gilchrist. An
napolls: Jordan, BucknelL Merrillat, Hoge
and Markoe, West Point; Dunlap. Prince
ton. and Eustis, Wesleyan.
Bomeisler was the outstanding star. In
my opinion, and gets place In spite OF
his rather poor condition. which slowed
rim IN materially In the latter part Of
both the Princeton and Harvard games.
For a time, at least, he was In class by
himself, and 1t does not seem fair to
deprive him OF the honor because of a
partial physical disability His speed at
getting down the field under punts, his
ksepness IN diagnosing plays, his deadly
tackling, his wide range, and his gem
eral aptitude stamped him this year, as
last az one of the greatest ends OF all
time. and In the same class with Hinkey,
Campbell, Tom shevlin and Fitzpatrick
FELTON, is named for the other end be-