The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-06
WEST AND EAST
DIFFER IN IDEAS
The Western Colleges Select
Linernen to Lead Football
Elevens

OttentlmeS when the American
game Of football is discussed in its
varied phases the question arises as
to whether Or not the backfield man
or the chap in the line makes the best
captain. the most available leader.
In its elemental form this query IL
open to discussion by those connected
with the game and the laity without
the precincts Of football. Naturally
one would believe that the student
playing on the team. the man who has
peculiar intimate knowledge Of the
situation, would be the best Judge of
which type Of player Is adapted to
leadership.
Without giving a personal answer to
this academic question, the writer will
allow the student bodies Of the vari-
Gus educational Institutions Of the
higher grade in the country to reply,
Etghty-four universities and col
lagos where football Is played have
CHOSEN their captains for the coming
season. These are scattered over the
length and breadth of the country, SO
that no particular section dominates
In the answer.
The colleges in Maine and the in
situations along the Pacific coast are
involved in the matter.
Eighty-fOur Elect CAPTAINS.
In the elections of captains in these
eighty-four institutions a strange
situation exists-the choice Is almost
evenly divided between backield men
and line men, with q slight majority
favoring the former.
In other words. forty-seven leaders
halves and the fullbacks. while thir-
ty-seven came from the centers, the
guards. the tackles and the ends.
Strangely enough, there is another
striking feature to these elections.
me east was apparently strong for
chieftatns chosen from the backfield,
while the west leaned a trifle toward
the sturdy bullock in the line.
of course, there r exceptions to
the general rule In both cases. But
as a generality this applied. Look
over the eastern institutions. Begin.
ming with Princeton, admitted eastern
collegiate champion, and we find the
Orange and Black going into the
backf1eld for its leader.
He Is Talbot Taylor Pendelton, Jr.,
and he has been a stellar halfback and
quarterback. too. during the two years
he has been varsity material.
Big Three for Backfeld.
Penn has Reelected Mercer, the
great fullback. Yale has taken Jesse
Spalding. n OF last seasons half
backs. while Harvard honored her
fine fullback. Percy Wendell. by chos-
Ing him to the captaincy. Penn State
took Lester Mauthe. the fullback, and
Cornell, also chose a backfeld man.
Edward Butler, her star quarterback
for two years. =
Dartmouth and Brown proved the
exceptions In the east to the general
nett, a guard. to lead her forces next
season., while Brown placed the man.
tie laid aside by Earl Sprackling on
Russell D. Ashbaugh. one Of the best
ends he Providence institution has
ever had In her history.
And now to the west.
Lnesmen for West.
Minnesota. acknowledged champion
OF the western conference. starts the
ball rolling. The Gophers will be cap
tanned next season by Clifford Nor.
rell. who has been a sturdy center for
two years. Chicago, the sensation Of
the conference. also likes the snap
back to lead, as the Windy City in
stitutton has taken Lawrence Whiting
for the 1912 chief. Hoeffel Is another
lineman chosen. He is the star end
Of the Wisconsin eleven.
North Dakota is also in line, having
chosen Mcknight. star tackle. to cap
tain the eleven of 1912.
Iowa has H. D. Hanson, a guard;
Indiana leans toward the lineman. too,
as witness the election of Floyd Flem-
ing. Kansas Is In line: her leader for
next fall is Harold Bowles.
Michigan and Illinois are the <
ceptions. The Wolverines have given
Bottles" Thompson. admittedly the
best fullback in the west, the reins of
government for the ensuing year.
Illinois also likes a fullback to have
charge Of the playing situation. The
Illinois eleven will be headed by w.
H. Woolson. These statistics Of
course, may mean nothing, and may
mean much.
But that they are interesting il
proving at least the contention that it
Is the man and not the position that
is chosen seems to be a matter that
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