The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-13
CAMP PICKS OUT
HIS ALL-ANE2ICAt
ELEVEN FER YEAR

Walter Camps Al1-American foot
ball eleven will be published in Col
Ier's''e = of December IS, Three Har-
ward men are honored-Mahan, Gill
man and King,-w1iIe two Cornell
men found a place in the charmed
circ1e--Barrett and Shelton
Two Western players were recog-
nized in Baston, of Minnesota, at one
end, and Macomber, of Illinois, at one
halfback. Cupid Black is the only
Yale man mentioned, and the captain
elect of the Blue Eleven is named in
the second team at guard.
In telling of his selections, Mr..
Camp says:-
.~The oAlI-Anerica team this year
includes representative players from
over twenty different colleges. The
line selected is a heavy one. 1t has
been demonstrated pretty closely this
year that when men of this physique
can play football the power they
have, both in attack and defence, is
well nigh Overwhelming.
1--WE have the most agile and clever
centre of the year in Peck, of Pitts
burgh, weighing about IT'S pounds,
but backed up~by two guards so pow
erfuI that Peck gets a chance to dis
play his agility and not worry about
any weight that may be thrown
against the centre trio; the guards are
Sch1achter, of Syracuse, and Spears,
of Dartmouth tipping the scales be-
tween them close to 500 pounds, and
both extremely active as well. Schlach-
ter in the game where Syracuse des-
troyed Co1gate's hopes of an unde-
feated season by 9. tremendous score,
was Responsible largely for his whole
side of the line.
Eat tackles we have Abel, captain
of the Colgate team, another neayy
man and one of the best HneTnen that
has played the position in several
years. He was practically the only
man in the Colgate line who could
really stem the tide of the Syracuse
avalanche. For the other tackle we
have Gilman, of Harvard, a powerful
and thinking player, one of the pair
of men that made Harvards attack
so strong this year, and man ont
only good on the defensive, but a.
great opener of holes on offence.
2 ttOn the ends we have eBaston, of
Minnesota, and Shelton, of Cornell,
the former one of the best all around
men that the West has ever had,
good receiver of the forward pass,
fast in getting down the field and a.
good hacker. on the other end
stands Shelton, Of Cornell, one of the
mon who made Mahan's life SO niser-
able in the game against the Ithacans
that Cornell finally won the game, and
who throughout the season has played
fine football. Shelton and Boston
would make an ideal pair. well ball
arced in speed, but careful and pains
taking.
cat quarter. Barrett. of Cornell. is
pre- eminent in thS position, although
he could play haIfback or fullback
equally Well In fact, he is a star per-
former ali around Ate fulIback, Ma
han, as last year, is distinctly the
choice for the position, not alone on
his kicking, but for his running and
generally perfected performance. The
other two backfie1d positions are
made up of. King, of Harvard, and
Macomber. of Illinois.
AHad O1iphant played all tn seas
son as IN the Navy me. he might
have pushed Maeonber out for first
place The team would use the kick
Formation as its basic form of attack.
lust as did Harvard.
tsKing, Barrett and Mahan are so
srtonE and pow efful that they could
pound the line to pieces as well as
running the ends, while Macomber,
Barrett and Mahan/are all three ex-
cel1ent at forward passes, Macomber.
being one of the stars Of the Middle
west in this performances and, with
shelton and Baston to receive them,
thisa should be a. very strong play for
This team,