The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-14
STRONGEST ELEVEN
POSSIBLE Of ALL
AMERICAN PLAYERS

a different proposition. So many teams
shone their mates that there Is q re-
markable list to choose from. Proba-
bly, In no other year since modern
football" came into being have there
been quite an large q number of really
brilliant performers. Not that the
teams OF 1918, as a whole, were any
stronger than those of recent seasons,
The campaign was one in which nearly
every team possessed one or more
superIativs stars. with the rest of the
army only fair.
Accordingly 1t is possible for one
who has followed things closely to
select as many as dozen teams. with
full confidence that each would be a
capable aggregation and that each. II
coached competently throughout a
season. would be able to lick any outfit
that played together during the season
Just closed. A few instances of the
stars of last year, who have been out
shone by others this year. are Storer
and Hardwick, of Harvard; Hudson, of
Trinity. and Hobhey Baker. of Prince
the Au-American list than they were
last year.
1t may be possible IN few positions
to name players. who according to
general opinion are equal In ability
to some of those IN the lineup Of
fered herewith. but we challenge any
body to name q single man the su-
perior of any OF those selected.
At the ends are two men who stand
- 30 unr
of Pitesburs, and Fritz. of Cornell.
The former was the principal factor
In practically every victory won by
his team. being q typical Sammy
White. In his uncanny knack of al
ways being at the right place In the
right time when things broke" Fritz
was almost the entire Cornell team
on the day that Penn. was beaten. and
he played O. bangup game all through
the season Merriiat, of the Army,
who proved the Nemesis OF the Navy.
liz so close to Wagner and Fritz tina,
Ii ts too bad fellow can't have three
ends on his team.
8 BALM. of Prtncston, and Butler. of
Wisconsin. were> supreme az tackles
In the East and West respectively,
and Brown. OF the Navy, and Ketchana.
OF ate. stand CRIT 50 prominently az
two of the best guards of the decade.
that their selectton ia compulsory.
CARLOW, OF the sx.arlisie Indians. did
not make single bad pass during the
entire season, according to Glenn War
ner, HIS coach. and he also outolassed
all other centers he met In general
play, SO much that he Ia easily Arst
choice for the place In the middle
OF the line.
when the quarterback job is con-
sidered, the hardest problem OF all
arises Dorais, of Notre Dame; Co.'S
teIlo, Of Georgetown; Miller. Of Penn.
State: Dsetten OF Wesleyan; Hunt
ington. of Colgate. and WEIGH, of the
Indians. all were such great players
and generals that no big mistake could
be made by naming any one OF them.
All were good directors of En attack
and each was q master at doing his
part In q play when another member
OF the team was carrying the ball
They were all nashy. open field run
ners, too, both az running from po-
sttion and at catching kicks and speed
Ing up the field as well as being hard
and sure tacklers. Dorais. however.
starred so consistently In every game
he played that 1t is reasonable to
figure he had slight edge on his ri
walls In each OF the important attri-
butes and accordingly we award him
the place.
1t is hardly necessary 10 say SIN
gle word about any member OF the
baekfeld trio. Norgren, OF Chicago,
and Craig, OF Michigan. are the first
westsrners In eight years who seem
to outcIass all the halfbacks OF the
East-or since the days of the great
Willie Heston, Of Michigan, who was
everybody's Aii-American selection In
1908 and 1904. Since Heston's time,
not n single westerner has been named
as a halfback on an All-American line
up by an Eastern man. But this year
the West comes into IT'S own in the
hackneld. having the two best half
backs Of the year.
Craig, as anybody knows, who read
the accounts Of Michigan's big games
this year. was practically the entire
Ann Arbor machine He was one OF
the greatest offensive players the game
has ever known, and Hurry-up Yost
the coach of the team, says he Is
the equal of Heston--ths greatest
praise that can be bestowed on q
westerner.
Norgren was Just about as big q
part of the Chicago team az Craig
addition to his tremendous value as
n skirter OF ends. smasher of lines
and deadly tackier. was the best pun
ter in the west, and probably better
than any in the East. He and Craig
we're notable also for their ability as
| interferers for mate carrying the
ball, and the same may be said about
the fullhack nominee on this lineup,
whose name could be guessed IL the
tyepsetter should happen to leave II
| out.
1t seems almost criminal extrava-
~ance to use up all this Ink and paper
| speaking OF ten other members of an
all-star outft when the whole thing
could be disposed Of Mt one stroke by
naming one man and letting him stand
| az an All-American team. Charles e..
| Brickley either his full name should
\ be giye~ or he should be called Mr..
| RrickIey--either his full name should
| fame that no man can challenge. Az
| n field goal manufacturer he dominates
the entire history of the game. More
over. even had he been unable to make
a single kick, he yet would have been
| by far the greatest football player
| on the Harvard team, which many
| would have us believe WAS the best In
| the country. For fuliback he is the
! ideal man. and any little All-Ameri-
| can INSTRUMENTATION he Is in New
York, or Oshkosh. or Timbuctoo--who
| would leave this paragon OF his team,
would be lynched within ten seconds
and his body fed to the fishes.
| Two strictly new features are no.
ticed in this All-American lineup
First. not a single team has more