El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26
FOOTBALL STARS ARE PICKED;
BRICKLEY IS STILL GREATEST
It Is Unlikely That Any Gre alter Player Than Harvards
Drop Kicking Captain Will Be Developed, Is Belief;
Half Dozen Fast Players Are Candidates
for Second Ho nors, However.
BY MONTY.

YEW YORK. Sept. 25.-Hardly a foot
N | ball season passes without some one
or two. or three men being devel-
oped with admirers enthusiastic
enough to proclaim them the best perfor-
mers at their positions in the history Of the
game. 1t seems impossible that these claims
could be founded on truth yet II Is not
impossible II the general advancement OF
the game is great each succeeding year
as some students OF Il would have Us be-
ueve- II Is true that each 1ootbaA genera
1lou has the benefit OF its predecessors e1-
perience, that II can profit by mistakes
made in the past as well by successful
tactics evolved such wise football man
as coach Percy Haughton- OF the cham
pion Harvard team, admits that he has
learned something new each year
As for the best in history players, II Is
not likely that any new man VIII De
brought out who VIII outshine Charley
Brickley. Harvard's drOpkiCking captain In
that one respect the coming campaign re-
sembles very much the American leagues
baseball season this year, in which first
place was practically conceded to the Ath-
letics and the other teams were fighting for
second honors Buckley has played such
good football in an all around way for two
years. being about as good a oeIens-Fe
and offensive back IS he was q kicker. that
Il is hardly within the realms Of possibility
that he can slump sufficiently for any other
man TO outshine him He has demonstrated
his consistency
Half a Dozen Second Best.
In the fight for the honor Of being the
second greatest player Of 1914 there are
already at least half a dozen candidates IN
sight Harvard itself has not shown any
body in its practice thus far who threat
ems TO share the spotlight on anywhere
equal terms with Brickley- But each OF the
other prominent eastern universities has at
least one star youngster who IS likely TO
prove a sensation.
Princeton offers a pair Of spectacular back /
field men in Doolittle and briggs. both bull ]
varlzs OF the 1913 freshman team Doolittle I
has been used at fuIlback in most OF the /
scrimmaEes against the scrubs lately He I
is a good rnnner with the ball. but his I
chief value lies in his ability as a leader /
Of interference He has proved a crasher /
Of the Wendell type. Remember the Har- \
ward captain OF two years ago who could J
bowl over three men without batting an 4
eys2 This phase OF Do0Iittle's work IS Z
likely TO result in his earning q regular 4
position in the backfield, for capable in
terferers have been only too few during 4
the last several years
briggs Was a Sensation.
briggs was more OF a sensation on the ]
freshman team last year than was Doc
little but largely because Doolittle helped
him more in his runs than briggs helped
DOolirrle in his briggs, moreover, was the
punter OF the team. and corking one. He
Is the best punter Princeton has right now.
being able 20 shoot the ball out over so I
yards on nearly every kick also getting IL .
OF quick as lightning But this will not
help briggs very much, for Buzz Law. /
last years regular, IS only g few yards
short Of briggs in average, gets his kicks
high. and aims them more accurately, and