The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-15

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.Norgren, Chicago
Whitney, Dartmouth
cuarcy, and, above all. GOODNESS, and
an excellent judgment for plays. This
man, Huntington Of Colgate, by his
work in the quarterback position, was
a large factor in Colgate's successful
season. He Is one of the best hand ::
lers Of the ball on the gridiron, both
in feeding his backs and moving into
the most advantageous positions for
them to execute their plays. He is an
accurate passer, cool and steady. On
Colgate's slight shift in which the
backfeld has moved a little to one
side or the other, the work OF Hunt
ington in putting himself in position
so that the back might most easily
a the ball, was not excelled by
anybody for years. He Is fast, strong
and cool-three excellent requisites
for the position. He can cover 100
yards in close to 10 1-5 seconds and Is
an expert forward passer.
Wilson of Yale Is above any of them
in his determined attacks upon the OPP
ponent'sponent's line, individually,
and in the power with which he comes
back up he field after a kick through
Would-be tacklers, but, as a quarter
pure n simple, Huntington has the
place as Wilson does not yet under
stand getting all his plays into use.
He was the surest of all catchers Of
punts. -.
Miller of Penn State has been we'll
known as a first-class quarter for a
long time. Pritchard of the Army did
good work in his final game. both with
his hands n head.
WEIGH of the Indians, Hughitt of
Michigan, Russell, of Chicago, Dorais of
Notre Dame, Hfghtower of North
western Chez n Llewellyn of Dart,
gave fine exhibitions of work in this
position.
When it m to the ha1fbacks and
fullbacks. there is again a pleathora of
candidates, with Brickley, of course,
the star. This man needs very little
B further description as deserving his
place this year. His drop kick in the
Princeton game, which won the game,
willie it was a short one, was really
very remarkable, from the fact that the
ball was heavy and greasy, the field
thick with mud recurring an unusual
drive to get the ball over he bar.
Brickley showed in that game also
some remarkable running, not alone in
iine breaking. but after he got through
the line. He followed this up with FIVE
goals from the field in the Yale game,
thus monopolizlng all the scoring of
MS side i'll that contest as we'll as do
ing some excellent line plunging. Al
together, he kept undiminished his last
seasons reputation, and added a few
more laurels.
Mahan of Harvard is one of the best
al1-around backfeld men to enter the
universities in a long time. He is a
good kicker and fine forward passer,
but his greatest forte lies in his end
runs, either from kick formation or
running back In the open. He has that
deceptive change of pace which must
always characterize q runner who is to
be successful in this line. He is also
to almost reach him and then4shp him.
On the whole, he is one of the greatest
assets that a team could possess for
backfeld material: His accuracy in
he can get off q quick kick from short
distance behing his line, placing it with
certainty and dispatch.
Craig of Michigan came to his own
: with a vengeance and would fill out
this back field in ideal fashion.
Brickley and Mahan are both rather
inclined to take the shortest distance to
. the point they wish to reach while
, Craig is rather more faciIe at slipping
the would-be tackler and finding an
opening. He was the man who brought
his team from a very mediocre begin
, ming to the fruition of a complete sue
| cess for Yost.
l Yet the string Of men on the second
: eleven. Spiegel of Washington and JET
: fHrson, Guyon Of the Indians and
; ty well replace the first string halves
, II necessary, while Norgren of Chicago
, Whitney of Dartmouth, and Baker OF
y ! ( 4lCSboI SSVAu d1loS eIIler TOO SOOQ &c
, be left out. Hardwick of Harvard is
a remarkable all-around man but was
shifted to end. Behind them are Young
= Of Pennsylvania, Westcott of Tufts
Hudson Of Trinity (already commented
, upon and mentioned in my formar All.
! American teamsl: Oliphant of Purdue
5 ~Shaughnessy Oikes Talman a kicker)
McAlmon of Minnesota, Gray of Chi.
!. cago, Fisher of sOberlin, McGinnis OF
4 Iowa, Julian of the Michigan Aggies
:. Army, Ainsworth and knowles of Yale
! Gas runners), and Guernsey Of Yale tai
: a kicker); McGay OF Amherst "a stal
in himself); STREET. of Princeton e
n great line plunger); Curtis of Dart
f mouth Gone of the best long-distanc'
= kickers), and poor Minds of Pennsyl
q vania (ncapacitated for his final gam
= by injuries). In fact, there never wa
> a season when SO many frst-class back
g field men were available.