New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
FOOTBALL GIANTS
AS ALL-STAR TEAM


tons for that position in marked way
against Yale and Princeton. and because
II would be a football wrong to rob ar
all-star team of his remarkable punt
ing. / agree with Percy ID. Haughton,
the Harvard coach, that Feltons twist
ing punts are to football what Matty's
famous "fade-away" is TO baseball. The
ball from his left-footed drive comes
down in such a puzzlng way that backs
| can be excused for fumbling even as
batsmen can be excused for swinging
wildly at the deceptive ''fade-away.' A
/ loose ball provides many an opening In
latter day football, hence my selection of
I FELTON,.
/ ON the strict merits of end play. which
! includes as one Of its strongest requisites
! the covering of punts. l would prefer
Butch Eyrich of Cornell. Gilchrist OF
Annapolis, Very of Pennsylvania State.
! and Ashbaugh OF Brown but so brilliant
as these four were, the margin was not
| enough to make me sacrifice the great
est punter OF the year. The last four
mentioned are finished players. making
il hard to pick ana choose, but Eyrich
and Ashbaugh are named for the second
/ team Personally. I had great liking
( for the play of Dunlap of Princeton. but
! an injury to his shoulder robbed him of a
/ chance to shine.
! Tackles an Even Lot.
! The tackles this year were a fairly even
/ lot. but the candidates were fewer than
usual. In my opinion, those who must be
considered are Storer and Hitchcock, Of
/ Harvard: Englehorn, of Dartmouth; De
wore, Of West Point; Probst, of Syracuse ;
! Warren, Gallauer and Talbot, Of Yale ;
| Murphy and Kratz, of Brown; Guyan. Of
/ Carlisle; Phillips, of Princeton, and Jor-
dan, of Bucknell. OF these Storer, Engle-
horn and Phillips appeal TO me as the
most consistent because Of their tacklinS,
their speed and sureness in following the
ball, their quiclSness in charging and In
breaking through and their skill In piling
UP plays or picking out the man with the
| ball. Storer Is my first choice, and Engle-
horn is named as his running mate on
the all-star team, but only after careful
comparison Of his work with Phillips I'm
! three Of the more important games.
Captain Devore of West Point did not
play up to his form Of a year ago, due no
doubt TO the fact that he was out Of the
game for two or three weeks with an
injury. Murphy. of Brown, stood out in
the Yale game. but Gallauers play against
/ Harvard appealed to me so strongly that
have placed him with Phillips, on the
second eleven. The Yale coaches tried to
make an end Of Gallauer, but shifted him
TO his old place at tackle for the last and
all important game OF the season. where,
so far as could Judge. he was more con-
spicuous than either Warren or Talbot,
who were generally considered well up to
the Yale standard. Guyon, Of Carlisle,
would be my next choice.
Shenk and Munns for Guards.
There appears to be quite difference OF
opinion among those who have been build
ing teams Of this kind over the guards OF
/ the season. Those whom I consider
worthy OF particular mention are Shenk
and Logan. OF Princeton Munns and
Champaign, OF Cornell; Pennock, OF Har-
ward Captain Bennett. Of Dartmouth
Brown, OF Annapolis: Cooney and Pen
dleton, Of Yale Captain Michael, OF VIII
Jams Kulp. Of Brown; Bebout, Of Penn
/ syivanla state. and Journey of Pennsyl-
vania
Brown, OF the Navy, was the most
snowy guard Of the year and mighty
good one, too. Further than that he was
an added value to his team, because Of
his ability to kick goals from placement,
but all things considered, I prefer Shenk,
| of Princeton, and Munns Of Cornell, not
only because Of their wide range and clean
work in the open, but because they COM
blned with this an ability to open holes
| for their backs on the offence. In this last
mentioned particular Pennock, Of Har-
ward, and Logan, OF Princeton, were the
best Of the year, and ] can well under
stand why they were chosen by Walter
Camp for his all-America team, A care
full study OF the games shows that the Har"
ward backs gained much ground through
and over Pennock and that the Princeton
backs depended largely upon Logan to
provide openings. but this good point,
strong as it is, does not overbalance In
my opinion the outstanding work Of Shenk
and Munns defensively and I'm the open.
Captain Bennett OF Dartmouth was an
other guard that closely approached the
/ StdnQdFu DOIi DiltISlNtil anu ufitiloiN'i'i
and, while Il is hard to overlook Pennock.
give Bennett and Brown the places on the
second eleven Captain Michael of Will
Jams is deserving of special mention. and
am sorry that did not see him play,
while journey. Of Pennsylvania, although
he only earned place at the last minute,
proved himself in no uncertain way.
ketcham Alone at Centre.
I At centre rush Ketcham. OF Yale, stood
out above all rivals. The honor role for
this position is small, others of the first
rank being Bluethenthal. Princeton; Par
menter. Harvard; Mitchell Brown;
Bsnson, star OF the Lafayette team;
Dergle. Carlisle, and J. 3. White, Cornell.
on his play against Pennsylvania. In