New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-07

wears this all-star eleven was picked al
ter establishing what may be called al
honor roll which in a measure is FAR
more satisfying than naming eleven play
crs. and thus working a hardship on men
who are equally deserving
Many Stars Among the Ends. So
To begin with, players on the honor
roll from which the ends were named
were reduced to sixteen from long iist
and include:
Merrillat and Markoe. West Point; Fritz
O'Hearne and shelton. Cornell; Captain Gil
Dartmouth: O'Brien. Hardwick and Dana,
Harvard; shea. Princeton; Red Brann.
Yale; SETON, Colgate; Wagner. Pittsburgh,
and Hilhnger. Syracuse.
Merrillat and Fritz were picked from
this lot Of real stars for the reason
that both have a value apart from the
usual qualifications for end play. I hes
itated long between Fritz and Hard
wick the Harvard man, who. in my
opinion. has proved himself one Of the
greatest halfbacks in the history OF
football. Fritz, however, seemed to be
little bit faster and surer in tackling
down the field under punts and was
almost quite as useful in the running
attack from a halfback position. No
ends this year, with the possible excep-
ton of the Dartmouth pair, covered
kicks with such sureness as did Fritz
and Shelton. of Cornell. against Penn
sylvania. Their play was almost a rev.
elation, and the argument can hardly be
advanced of weak opposition, as few
ends are blocked off these days in get
ting down under punts.
AS a defensive end / do not think
that OHearne, of Cornell, who was IN
jured in the Harvard game. had an
equal. while OBren, of the Crimson,
was not far behind him in this respect,
and was conspicuous in practically
every game he played for his consistent
and at times brilliant work They are
named for the second eleven, as Hog
sett, Of Dartmouth. is too light for
what may be called the standard type.
The Tackles ar Even Lot.
The tackles this year were an even
| lot. and the candidates for recognition
| far more numerous than usual. The
honor roll for this position. In my opin-
| ion. should be made up as follows:
BALM and Phillips, Prnceton; Talbot
and Warren. Yale; Gilman and storer, iiar-
ward; Williamson, Cornell; Weyand. West
Point; Redman Annapolis. and this in spite
Of the fact that he did not get into the
| original lineup; Brooks and Abel Colgate;
and Jefferson; Bartlett. Brown: Kimbaii,
Amherst; McAuiine, Dartmouthi Toohey and
Nash, Rutgers; Lookaround, Carlisle, and
PrObst, syracuse.
! OF these Balm, Of Princeton, and Tai
bolt, of Yale. appeal to me most strongly
because of the uniform consistency OF
their tackling. their speed and sureness
in following the ball, their sharpness in
charging and their skill In piling up plays
or picking out the man with the ball.
| Williamson. Of Cornell, was handicapped
with a stiff arm. but was almost as good
others with two. Personally. | liked Gil
, mans general work far better than Cap
tain Storer's, and while ! did not sec
Brooks, OF Colgate, who began the sea
son at guard, good judges tell me that he
had no equal. Walker, Of Williams, TOO,
was close 10 being a star Toohoy, Of
| Rutgers. was outplayed at West Point,
but in that game was suffering from a
slight hip injury. In every other game
he stood out, and could easily have made
any team in the country, and would have
been a credit to il. too. Still. two men
for the second eleven must be marked.