Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-29
TWO CAMP STARS
IN EL|-T|GER GAME
Captain Balm, of Princeton,
Will Play Against Captain
Talbot, Of Yale.
SHOULD BE RARE NOVELTY

A precedent OF eighteen years
standing will be broken at Princeton
on November IA when Captain Tai
bot, of Yale, lines up face to face
against Captain Balm, of the Orange
and Black. 1t will be the first time
since 1896 that two All-American men
have played directly opposite each
other.
Since 1896 there have been a num-
Der of cases of stars colliding in line
play and then being selected for the
All-American team of their year. But
only once since All-American teams
have been picked by Walter Camp
have two men met in personal en-
counter at the time they bore All
American tags. This memorable
clash In 1896, was between two won
derful ends, Cabot, of Harvard, and
Colbert. of Pennsylvania And the
game was one that will live long in
the memory of all who saw 1t. On
the Pennsylvania team were such
famous players as Wharton and
Woodruff, both of whom are ranked
among the greatest guards of all
time, Just barely under the grade OF
the wonderful Heffelfinger, of Yale.
Camp picked both of them for his
Hypothetical champion eleven of the
season, a rare honor, for only once
or twice since then has any college
provided both the right and the left
side of the All-American line with
players of the same position.
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Made Great Match.
Cabot shared the stardom OF the
Harvard team with Wrightington. a
halfback, whose name will never be
forgotten by the veteran followers OF
the game. The battle of these teams
was about as furious as a conflict or
the gridiron can be, and through ii
all stood out the struggle of the two
great ends. Cabot held his own on
the whole with Colbert, and even pos
sibly outplayed his rival a bit, but
the chief honors of the day went to
the latter when he won the game by
throwing Harvard man back be.
hind his own goal line for d safety
which made the total score to Ir
favor of Pennsylvania. ToHchdowns
counted flve points in those days ant
a goal after touchdown one. Each
side had MAGE a touchdown and 6
goal, and the score stood to wher
the denouement came.
Those old boys, Cabot and Colbert
had fought toe to toe the previous
year, when both were picked for thu
All-American team for the first time
That was another fearful battle, il
which Penn also nosed out the Grim
son, that time by score of II to IA
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What VIII Talbot and BALM Dor
The men put up such a brilliant
I.sk AI.s AlAx
were ranked nearly equals, If not this
equals Of Hinkey, Trenchard, Halo
well, Hartwell, Warren, CumnoclS
Stagg and other great ends who an
| tedated them. Cabot and Colbert were
! almost unanimous selections as thu
! best ends of last year, ~.'' ~ald theii
honors bravely through the following
| season, when Camp selected them fol
/ the second time.
VIII Talbot and BALM put UP suci
| a great game this year that they vii
be selected agdin for their high pos
of honor? That remains for the fu
ture to tell, or rather for November
IA to tell.
At Princeton they are touting Bal.
lin to show up Talbot when the two
meet. But will he? BALM Is greai
tackle, particularly on defense but
at New Haven they say he will have
his hands full and then some when
he assails Talbot. There they ex-
pect Captain Talbot to show ur
Balm.
The difference in style between the
two men is slight. Talbot Is trifie
taller than Ballin. but the latter is q
bit more stocky. BALM is regarded
by non-partisan observers as some
what faster than Talbot, but not
quite as greatly endowed in brute
strength.