New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-06


terlonie, Boys High; Caddell, Bay
Ri -ge; Williams, COMMERCIAL; Zelcer,
De Witt Clinton; Medley, Erasmus
Hall; Murray. High School of Com
merce; Bronder, Poly Prep, and Sim
clair, Stuyvesant.
Bronder Best Tackle.
George Bronder, of Poly Prep, is to
my mind not only the greatest tackle
of the year, but one of the greatest OF
all time. He is a boy of exceptional
strength and wonderfully equipped
physically to fill the position. Yet he
did not rely on Drawn alone. He is a
keen student of football, and placed
hi lself in the rival quarterback posi-
tion constantly. BY doing this he was
frequently able to sense what play was
coming. His range was wide, and II was
quite as easy for him TO break up an
end run or a forward pass as 1t was TO
stop a plunge at his own position. He
is a puntee of exceptional ability, fast
as a streak and power on attack.
Eb. Williams. the negro tackle of
Commercial, is the other choice for the
position Williams played a remarkable
game all season. His plunging, speed
in covering punts and quickness IN di-
agnosing a play won him the regard
of all Like Bronder, he was hard
player, and at all times clean and
fair in his work.
Jlcauillard, of Adelphi, and Zelcer,
of De Witt Clinton, the second choices,
are possessed of great ability, but do
not measure up TO the standard set by
the first team men. Jack Murray, OF
Commerce, was one of the finds of the
season. He started with the Cubs, but
was drafted and played a wonderful
game against Clinton. Lack of expert
en- e, however, keeps him off the first
two elevens.
The guards who won notice are not
so numerous as the tackles. This is
no doubt due to the fact that much of
the good work done by any centre trio
is lost on the crowd. Their play is at
close quarters, and rarely do they get
into the open fields. Eight stood out
These are Mckenzie, of Adelphl;
Butch" HARRISON, Bay Ridge; O'Nelli,
Bay Ridge; Cole, Erasmus Hall; Ellis,
Of Morris; Hinch, of Manual Training,
and his team mate, Weller, and Pendle-
ton, Of Poly Prep.
! have taken a liberty, perhaps, in
shifting Weller, Of Manual Training,
over to a position at guard. The ae-
Ter played at tackle, and played as
tackles should. but did not surpass
either Bronder or Williams. He also
PLAYED at end, but failed to show TO
greater advantage than Foster or Fish
beck. He is entirely too valuable to
lose to the first team, however, and
has been shifted to brace centre trio,
which, with him in il, needs neither eX-
PLANTATION nor defence.
Weller of Ideal Build.
Weller is built as guards should be
built. He is of medium height, broad
of shoulder and deep of chest. He is
as strong as the Norman horse OF pro-
verb, and as fast as thoroughbred.
Aggressiveness has been one OF his
characteristics, and he tackles with
the force and certainty of Hardwick
or Talbot. 1t mattered little to him
which team had the ball. When called
on ne made the openings. When
charged at he repulsed the attacks.
Hugh Cole is a worthy mate for We'll
| Ter. He, too, is powerful, but speedy
and a furiously hard player.
Pendleton, of Poly Prep, and McKen-
zie, Of Adelphi, are the second choices.
| These "cupids," as their friends some
| times call them, are only a shade re-
| moved from the boys who received the
| first call Both have qualifications
which entitle them to consideration.
/ Pendleton is fast runner, and was
used in the Poly attack frequently. Nc
Kenzie is a good drop kicker, and won
the championship Of the city for his
team by scoring the goal which de-
feated Erasmus Hall.
The list of centres dwindles 10 half
demonstrating of Manual Train
ing; Nordstrum. Of Bay Ridge; Trean-
or, Of Morris; Halloran, of Boys High /;
| Mason, OF Commercial, and Brinn, of
Commerce. Firsching, Of Manual Train
/ ing. gets the call He played defensive
guard. and played it well. His passing
was clean and swift, and he got his
man every time. Treanor is second
/ choice, although he has little the best
/ Of Brinn, of Commerce, and Mason, OF
/ Commercial. Brinn played remark
able game against Clinton, although,
l like Murray, he started the season with
/ the cubs.
For the all-importsnt post at quar-
terback there are six candidates. Hal
Wittner, that wonder general of the
Commerce team; Malcom futile, OF
Erasmus Hall; Artie Heinsohn, of De
Witt Clinton; Don Afford, of Adelphi;
Tom Manley. Of Morris, and Eddie
FeuersteIn, Of Manual Training
Wittner Clever General.
In my opinion there is no quarter
back since the days of Larry Vorhis
who compares with Hal Wilmer He
Is one Of the keenest, cleverest gen
erals ever seen, and combines with his
skill in directing play exceptional abil-
ity as a running back. He could pick
the weak spots in an opponents line
by intuition, IL seemed, and chose his
plays with great cunning. Further
more, he was master Of the forward
pass. and he made all the passes for
his eleven. He caught punts cleverly
and was the equal, IL not the superior
OF any boy or the gridiron at tackling
and taking a man out. There was no
better broken field runner than Hal,
and, In short. he had no weakness.
There is little TO choose between
Heinsohn, Of Clinton: futile, Of Eras-
mus Hall, and Afford, Of Adelphi. or
the three, however, Heinsohn gets the
call for second team quarterback. He
Is remarkable field general, but is
overshadowed by the only Wittner.
Next in line come the half backs. Bill
Erwig. Of Morris, by his wonderful
work throughout the season has estab-
lished his right TO a place on the FIRST
team He is wonderful broken field
runner, bucks the line well, affords
hrst.elass interference, and In addition