The Washington times., 1913-11-30
0es Jardiens, Chicago Center,
Only Western Man Selected
for Honors.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

| Futile as Ii Inay be, selecting star
football players and grouping them
into mythical lineup is the custom OF
the sporting world. The annual All
| American elevens'' must duly appear
/ In print before the campaign i9des
! away into the memory of the lovers of
our great American college sport. No
| one has ever seen one of these teams
playing together. Inded. seldom has
more than four or five ever been on the
same varsity eleven. In the land be-
yond. maybe, these famous All-Amer-
lean elevens will get together and make
records. They will never be seen to-
gether on this side of the dark river.
During the season ending yesterday
many marvels have cavorted upon the
iturf. The greatest of all, perhaps, was
Charlie Brickley, the phenomenal drop
kicker Of the Harvard eleven. When a
man can score eighty-one points for
his team in a single campaign, he Is
entitled to all praise possible. For two
seasons in succession he defeated
Princeton and Yale by his own indi-
vidual efforts. No greater kicking back
has ever been developed than this big
fellow at Cambridge, and he will prob
dDly De SelSCleu lOT every dll-Sbe1i tCdih
in the country.
Erickley is of ideal build for football.
He Is chunky without being sluggish.
He weighs in the neighborhood of ls0
pounds, yet Is fast enough on his feet
to go down the field under punts with
his ends and tackles. As a line smash
er pure, and simple, Brickley ranks
with the best, though not of the same
laundering force Of Wendell, another
Harvard hero of a few seasons gone.
Indeed. as a plain bruising line,breaker
EicAenlaub, Notre Danes fullback, is
better than Brickley. Nevertheless.
Brickley's ability to knife through in
side of tackle, his speed on his feet in
getting into the play, his bulk, and his
football sense are sufficient to give him
premier honors for fullback. without
considering too deeply his kicking abil-
i>y. AS a defensive player he is excel
lent, no weakness showing up in this
department whatever. Yes, and he
shows great skill in shooting the for
ward pass.
Coming to Brickley's kicking, one |
needs go no farther. Here is the great I
est kicker of field goals in the land. |
No matter where the bayy may be, no !
matter how difficult the angle or how !
a field goal He has kicked field goals !
from the 2o-yard line and then come
right across with others from the 35- (
yard line or even the 45-yard line. He
skill and speed. He needs but little
time to boot the ball. and he is careless
as to distance or the angle. He is the
greatest star of the 1913 All-American
eleven, and is entitled to the highest
honors among fullbacks.
Eichenlaub. the 2l5-pound bludgeon
behind the Notre Dame line, looks like
the second best fullback of the year:
His work for two years has been of
high caliber. but the East was ignorant
o. his existence until this year, when
he tore the lines Of the Army and Penn
State apart and cleaved through for
many yards He Is powerful defen-
sive player and rightly earns second
place for the all-star aggregation.
Calac, Carlisle"s fullback, was one
of the stars of the year. Lack of poun-
dage. however, keeps him from supreme
Tandberg. OF Wisconsin;
of Minnesota: McGinnis.
of Iowa: Pulia. of Michigan Aggles,
and Ammons, of Pittsburgh, played
strong football at all times, particular
ly on the defense. Dunn. Of Yale;
promised well for a while, but frittered
away and didn't even get into the mar
ward game. Murdock was generaS
Regular man. would have made fight
for highest honors, had he not been m
iured and out of the game most OF the
season. Chester Minds. of Penn. was an
excellent man when in conditions
A great field of halfbacks was de- ,
veloped during the season: Ihere were
running backs, line-smashlng backs and {
,icking backs backs whose forte was
the forward pass, others who shone
1nIv ON the defense. OF the whole lot
Joe Guyon. Carlisle's great halfback'
was the best This young indian.
'yeigbing only about 100 pounds, was
,mong the fleetest runners behind any 5
ne, He excelled in split plays and his {