El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-26
football PAllIGE5NANT 5T5E5.
NONE STANDS out PERMANENTLY
In Former Years One Great Player Has Appeared Head
and Shoulders Above All Others Candidates For
Honors This Year Seem Evenly Bunched;
Possible All American Selections.
BY FRANK C. sIENKE.

an equal Nor has anyone come 10 the
fore in the Is years since he quit the
game who can drop kick with sucn
unerring accuracy or from such long
to score when he drop kicked from
within the so yard line and his, punts
used to average around so yards.
other Great Stars.
Walter EckersaT. the Chicago quar-
terback, second only to O'Dea IN KICK
ing proWess, is another whose memory
ever will be cherished in the 1ooIDah
world. Then there's Bulge HetIie-
finger, the giant Yale guard OF the
old DAYS, Snake" Ames, the greatest
quarterback that Princeton ever had,
Ted Coy, the great Yale fullback OF
few years ago, Sammy White OF
Princeton, who alone beat Yale ana
Harvard in one year.
Trafford, the old Harvard star, who
played in 1S89-1S90, is down in the
football records as having kicked
greater number Of goals, from long
range, than any man that ever played
football on an eastern gridiTCn. Bin
HolIenbach. of Pennsylvania, De Witt,
of Princeton, Tom Shevlin, Of 4ale'
Phil King, of Princeton, Frank Htnkey'
of Yale, are names that never will be
forgotten in the football world.
Many Likely Candidates Now.
Looking over the 1914 field of candi-
lean hOnOrs, one finds the greatest
collection of likely looking halfbacks
and fullbacks that ever came forth IN
one season to make a bid for the nom
ors. And one finds, too. that there
are at least a score of Inesmen who
seem qualified for the honors on either
the all-eastern, alI-western or all
American teams.
But not one man stands out much
stronger than another, and the task
81 all o
the all-team selections is harder this
year than it ever has been before.
For Quarterback Positions.
The selection of a quarterback must
be made from the wonderful Barrett,
of Cornell, and the equally wonderful
Chez, Of Dartmouth, Goodwin, OF
Washington &. jefferson, Russell OF
Chicago, and Hughitt, of Michigan. In
the fight for the center job, are Cruik-
shank, of W. & J.. Des Jardien, of Chi
cago, ROsenthal, of Minnesota, Cool, OF
Cornell, Peck, of Pittsburg, and Rayns-
ford, Of Michigan.
In the backfield there are more can
didates this year than ever before.
The field comprises Spiegel, of Wash
ington & Jefferson, Bradlee, Of Har-
ward, Knowles, Of Yale, lie Gore. of
Yale. Miller, Of Pittsburg, Maulbetsch,
worth, of Yale, Phillippi, of Cornell,
Whitney, of Dartmouth. Dry, Of Pitts
burg, Pogue, Of Illinois, Mahan, Of
Harvard, Francle, of Harvard, Scho-
binger, of Illinois, Scion, of Minnesota,
Chamberlain, of Nebraska. EichenIaub,
of Notre Dame, and about 81 others,
whose work has starred throughout
the season.
Candidates for Line.
The guard candidates include
Spears, the 242 pound husky from
Dartmouth, Mucke, the 265 FOUNDER
from Wisconsin, Shenk, of Princeton,
Chapman, Of Illinois, Smith, of Pitts
burg. Keefe, of Notre Dame, Stewart.
of Illinois, Routh, of Purdue, Eddie
Trenkman, Of Princeton. Pennock. OF
Harvard, Conroy, of Yale, Walden, the
245 FOUNDER also from Yale, Munsic, of
Cornell Reese, of Pittsburg. and
TOunkins, of w. & j.
At me tackle positions there's Balm.
OF Princeton. Talbot, OF Yale. HaIli-