The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Grid Season Closes
Without Real Wonder
Of the Brilliant Players Of the Year None Stood Out as the
Peer of All Each College Has Had
Its Famous Ones

New York. Dec. 5.-The 1914 foot
ball season has brought to the fore
many wonderful players. yet from out
of the lot not one has risen who can
be called the peer of all those who play
his position-nOt one stands out un-
challenged as the greatest football
player of the year.
In other years il was different. Nearly
every season uncovered. at least one
player who stood Observation-Disclosures
above every other man in the game.
Last year it was Charles Brickley. the
marvellous Harvard full back. The 1913
season developed a number of great full
backs and half backs. yet not one could
compare with Brickley.
Glance back through the years and
you will find that each brought out at
least one player whose fame is undying.
Heston the great Michigan half back,
never will be forgotten as long as foot
ball is played. The fame of the Poe
boys. of Princeton, will live as long as
Princeton remains a college. Who ever
will forget about Pat ODea. the old
Wisconsin player, whose 62-yard drop
kick against Northwestern in 1898 still
stands as the longest ever made? O'Dea,
as a punter, never had known an equal.
Nor has any one come to the fore in
the fifteen years since he quit the game
who can drop kick with such unerring
IS O'Dea. He rarely failed to score
when he drop-kicked from within the
5O-yard line and his punts used to
average around so yards.
Walter Eckcrsall. the Chicago quarter
hack second only to O'Dea IN kicking
Prowcss, is another whose memory ever
will be cherished I'm the football world.
Then there's Bulge" Hrffleringer. thr
giant Yale guard of the old days:
Snake" Ames, the greatest quarter back
that Princeton ever had. Ted Coy, the
great Yale full back OF few years ag1;
Sammy White. of Princeton. who alone
bCat Val and Harvard in one year.
Trafford, the old Harvard star, WHO
played in lSS9-lS9O. is down in the foot
hail records as having kicked a greater
number of goals. from long range, than
any man that ever played football on
An Eastern gridiron. Bill HOllenbach, OF
Pennsylvania; De Witt, of Princeton;
Tom Shevlin. Of Yale; Phil King, of
Princeton; - Frank HiRkey. of Yale. are
names that never will be forgotten by the
football world
Looking over the 1914 field of candi-
dates that presents itself for All-Ameri-
can hOnOrs. one finds the greatest collec-
tion OF likely looking half backs and full
hacks that ever came forth i'm one season
10 make L bid for the honors And one
a
Of linesmen who seem qualified for the
honOrs on either the All-Eastern, All
Western. or All-American teams.
But not one man stands out much
stronger than another, and the task that
Ccnfronts those who made the African
selections was harder this year than it
ever had been before because there was
a fight.
The selection Of a quarter back must
he made from the wonderful Barrett. OF
Cornell. and the equally wonderful Ghee
of Dartmouth: Goodwin. of Washington
and Jefferson; Russell, of Chicago, and
Hughitt of Michigan. In the fight for
the center job are Cruikshank, of Wash
lngtOn and jefferson: Des Jardien, of
Chicago: ROsenthal, of Minnesota; Cool
Of Cornell; Peck, of Pittsburgh, and
Raynsford. of Michigan.
In the back field there are more candi-
dates this year than ever before. The
field comprises Spiegel, of Washington
and Jefferson: Bradlee. of Harvard;
Knowles. Of Yale; LeGore. OF Yale: Mil
Ter. of Pittsburgh: Maulbetsch, of Michi-
gan; Gray. of Chicago; Ainsworth, of
Yale; Phillippi, of Cornell; Whitney, of
Dartmouth; Dry. of Pittsburgh; Pngue,
of Illinois; Mahan. of Harvard; FranCke,
Of Harvard; SchObinger. of Illinois; Solon.
of Minnesota; Chamberlain, of Nebraska:
L1iS4ASAA4oob' VI -NOATe DdLlSs anu ABOUT
hfty-seven others, whose work has starred
throughout the season.
The guard candidates include Spears,
the A2-pound husky from Dartmouth;
Mucke, the 165-pOunder, from Wisconsin:
Shenk, of Princeton; Chapman, of Illinois:
Smith, of Pittsburgh; Keefe, of Notre
Dame; Stewart, of Illinois; Routh of Pur-
due; Eddie Trenkman, of Princeton; Fen
mock, of Harvard; Conroy. of Yale; Wal
den, the 245-pounder, also from Yale;
Munsic, of Cornell, and Reese, of Pitts
bUTgh, and Mountius, Of Washington and
Jefferson.
At the tackle positions there's BalIin,
Of Princeton; Talbot, of Yale; Halligan
Of Nebraska; Keeler, of Wisconsin; Arm
strong, of Illinois; Shull, Of Chicago; !
Parsons, Of Harvard; Cochrane Of Michi- |
gan; Pudrish, of Dartmouth, and about
3S6 others.
The business Of selecting a pair of ends |
was easiest Of all. There are very few |
first-class ends in the business this year. |
Hardwick, of Harvard, is the best end |
in the game today. Merrillatt Of the |
Army, an AIl-American end. in 1913, looks |
like a repeater. Bowl, of Washington |
and Jefferson, is runner-up. Huntington, |
Of Chicago, is almighty good man. Others |
who are good are Teller, of Dartmouth; /
Stillman, Of Yale; Carlson. Of Pittsburgh; |
SQuier, OF Illinois, and Howard of /
Nebraska.
Tigers to Have Range.
A rihe range which rivals that Of any university
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