The Detroit times., 1912-12-03
Only Three Men Had Been Con-
ceded Positions by
Critics
BUTLER, OF WISCONSIN,
ONE WESTERNER CHOSEN
Michigan Gets Only Slight Con-
sideration of Thorn
son
sy RALPH L. yoNKER.

Ndiici lamp AlrAulciiSau bNo''
bs usual contains several surprises.
There are All-Americans and ALL
americans, but Walter Camps con,
lnues to be the last word This is so
Tor two reasons: First, 1t was he who
|irst brought into prominence this Ali
american idea in football; second,
Walter Camp has better opportunity
T gather Information concerning the
| ig teams OF the country than any
bther one man.
| Hence his annual selections are
Watched with much interest
This year there we're three men,
|yho, il was conceded, could not be
,ept of the team. In the first place
here was Brickley, whom Camp gives
job at half. with the comment that
he Harvard mans line-plunging and
Iirop-klcking merited him place.
rhen there was Thorpe, the Carlisle
indian, called the greatest athlete In
he world and certainly one OF the
greatest football players. He was
giyen job at half FELTON,. the Har'
Yard man who gets job at end, was
lso conceded the position.
The rest OF the positions were never
uite assured, however. The west
ears comparatively little about the
2stern men in the. center OF the line
3nless they are prominent, or unless
hey are pre-eminerit, or unless they
ire spectacular, like Brown, the Navy
uard who kicked two goals from
lacement in the Army game and won
pr the Mlddies.
II was interesting to note. there
pre-, that western tackle, Butler, Of
Wisconsin, had beaten out the east
rners for a job. He was the only
esterner to get a position.
The fight for center position be.
ween Ketcham, OF Yale, apd Bluthen-
hal. of Princeton, WAS evidently not
lken as seriously by Camp as by the
opesters. II was thought that
kluthenthal would crowd Ketch-
m for the job, but he landed berth
nly away down in. the third team,
lille, Parmenter. OF Harvard, was
iven the position In the second string.
Bomeisler, the wonderful Yale end,
AS almost sure Of his selection.
|omeisler, however, was injured dur
lg part of the season, and II was
hought that this might have kept him
lt of the running. His work during
he game with Harvard, however,
rought him back. He is big, heavy
IAN, fast withal.
The choice Of Mercer for the full
ack position was surprising 10 many.
lasmuct as Wendell seemed to be the
bgical choice. Mercer was apparent
not as good this year as last, but
lamp evidently thought that Wendell
adn't been good enough to oust the
ennsy captain, for he put Wendell In
be second eleven.
The east was admittedly weak In
uarter backs end field generals this
ear, hut that did not aid the west In
bpping out places Gillette, OF Wis
Dnsin. was looked upon as the best
the west, but he was not given a
lace even in tie third team. Grow.
,er. OF Brown. was the mainstay OF
Is rather weak eleven.
II is rather remarkable that not a
uarterback on any OF the bigger uni
ersities OF the east was taken into
ccount. The three men chosen were
ON the moro modest schools. espe-
tally Pazzetti, of Lehigh, and Bacon,
Wesleyan.
or Michigan's eastern opponents,
My two men got into the map. There
as Mercer at fullback on the first
.am and Probst, OF Syracuse, at q
ackle Cornell got nothing.
Camp evidently agrees with many
rites who say that the Carlisle In
ians were a one-man team, for he
Ives Thorpe the only place held by
redskin.
The Penn State team. which wens
trough the season without n defeat
hd only one tie didn't rank very well
Very at end on the second team
as on the only Penn Slater to draw
job.
Brown, the Navy guard, who broke
TO the headlines Saturday was
laced on the third team. Devore, the
rmy man who got first team posi-.
on last year, was set back to the
1ird string. Harry Huthill, the Army
rainer, says that Devore didn't find
imself until the Navy game, which
robably received scant attention al
be hands OF Camp.
Hobey Baker, of Princeton, called
he best offensive half in the east, was
INT away down In the third team, be
bw Norgren. OF Chicago, who got a
bb as half on the second team.
II will pleasN those who contended
hat Yale's second string OF backs
|ere better than their first TO know
bat Camp gave To Harold -Pumpelly
he drop-kicker, the only back posi-
on held by an Ell. fullback job or
te third team.
The Michigan men considered were
homson. Craig and Pontius. None
these men were successful In land
hg position. however.
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