New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

open field work Ketcham was In a class
/ by. himself. although he has set to mas
/ ter the finer arts OF making hylnS
tackle. lie appeared to be on the ball
every inmate. diagnosed plays with rare
Eeenness. while his passing was remark
ably true and accurate. Bluethenthal'
whom / placed over Ketcham year ago
gets the call for the second team al
though Parmenter and Mitchell were not
far behind him.
Quarterback Hard to Pick.
This disposes OF the forwards and leads
up to the ali important position OF quar-
terhack Rarely perhaps. have 50 many
good candidates demanded considerations
and | picked out Bacon, of Wesleyan
with the feeling almost that ! was WORK
ing a hardship on such other capable
p,ayers as Pazzetti. Lehigh: Crowthef'
Brown: Butler, Cornell. Miller, Ponnsyi-
vania state: Gardner Harvard; Lewis
, Williams: Rodes, Annapolis S'e"
Baker. Princeton. and Weich, carlisle.
ANY one Of these could be intrustcd WIN
the delicate and exacting task OF running
the all star team.
AS said before. ! did not see Pazzetti or
Lewis in action. and there IS hardly any
question about the former being one Oh
the greatest quarters OF all time. His re-
narl<able GOODNESS under fire and his
sound Judgment. 20 say nothing OF his
ability as an open field runner ard drop
kicker. were largely responsible for
arfx ('rOWfnTr.
OF Brown, Walter Camps choice
brilliant player and a worthy successor
IN Sprackling, and Rodcs. OF Annapolis
whom Sol Metzger favors. were others
hard to dispose OF. while Butler OF Cor
nell. is dropped only because he could not
show his true worth until the fennsyf
wanna game on account OF broken bone
In his foot. which kept him on the size
lines most OF the season.
In some respects Butler is more OF a
halfback than a quarterback out MS
work against PENNSYLVANIA was OF hish
order. A year ago he kicked eight goals
from the field, which shows his ABILITY IN
this direction, while on Thanksgiving Day
his punting was second only to that OK
FELTON,. I have rarely seen the ball
placed with such nicely, both with ana
against the wind but punting Is not nee
essarily one of the duties OF quarter
back. Gardner, OF Harvard, was STEADY
without being brilliant, while Stew
Baker, OF Princeton. VIII bear ciose
watching another year. Neither, how
aver was so valuable an all around man
az some OF the others mentioned.
Getting back 90 Bacon, | decided on
him for the post OF honor. because ne
seemed to possess all the qualities neces-
| sary for running team, while. In addl-
ton TO being a cool-headed, quick-thlnh-
ing player, he was a constant menace 10
an opposing team when free in the opeh'
an almost sure handler Of punts and a
drop kicker Of the Brickley type. He is
well deserving OF the place, even though
no mistake could have been made IN
choosing Crowther, Pazetu Lewis, But
Ter or Rodes. who perhaps rank next In
! order.
No End Of Good Halfbacks.
There was wealth OF good material
| from which to choose the halfbacks. The
honor role includes Bricklcy and Hard
wick. of Harvard: II. Baker. Waller and
Pendl4ton, OF Princeton; Captain Spald-
ing and Pumpelly, OF Yale: Whitney and
| Morev. OF Dartmouth; OConnor, Of Cor
| nell. CAPTAIN Collett. OF Trinity; Area ssa
and Thorpe. Of the Carlisle Indians; Har-
rington and Minds, OF Pennsylvania;
, Rerrvman. OF Pennsylvania State; Bene-
dict and Hobbs, Of West Point; Leonard.
OF Annapolis; Castle. of Syracuse, and
! Tenny, OF Brown.
or these, Thorpe will not be considered
! for the moment. as have decided TO use
| him at fullback Charley Brickley, OF
! Harvard, Is the outstanding star OF the
Others not only because OF his remark
able skill in goal kicking, but because of
| his ability 10 skirt the ends, hit the line
and back up his forwards on the sec
ondary line OF defence. He was power
on the Harvard team this year, and no
critic as yet has denied him first place
Mn the back6eld OF this mythical eleven.
"Hobey" Baker. Of Princeton, is picked
AS his running mate because OF his out
standing ability I'm running back punts.
OF ALI the open field runners none I'M
pressed me so forcibly because of Ills
speed and lodging as Baker
In some respects / would prefer TO have
Hardwick, OF Harvard, on the team, as
no player this year filed so many duties
and acquitted himself so well. He was
remarkably accurate in kicking goals
from touchdowns he was a natural end
In taking Felton's place and going down
under punts: he was hard, sure tackler.
both IN the open and in backing up his
forwards on the secondary line, and he
was hard. strong runner with the ball.