Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-08

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Halfback-olIphant ......... Army
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Poor old Walter Camp is going to
have the time Of hts life this fall
Years ago Walter wished upon him.
self the Job OF picking the AlI-Ameri
can football team, the II players who
were the best in the country. AS long
as he simply disregarded the world
other than New England, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania all went well, but
as he gradually discovered the rest
Of the United States his self-imposed
job approached madness.
But this year, it's q shame Any
choice that he makes viii not be as
official in the older days and no man
In the country can select q representa-
tive team by watching the teams in
action. It used to be easy. Camp
would look over the first four teams,
that Is. Princeton, Pennsylvania, Har-
ward and Yale, and then make a se-
lection.
Heetcn and Eckerssll.
Camp took notion one day to pick
a team that was not entirely COM
posed OF the big four and he went
west He selected Billie Heston and
waiter EcKefssil, and did IT because
these two players were so far ahead
Of the stars in the East that there
was no comparison. Camp kept to
the East in picking out the stars. but
occasionally looked to the West, as
was the case when he picked Schulz,
Benbrook, Wells, Craig and Maui
betsch Of Michigan, Steffen and Des
Jardien of Chicago, Dorias Of Notre
Dame and Chapman OF Illinois.
Finally the Yale authority brahcheds
out and picked Englehorn Of Dart
mouth, O'Hearn of Cornell and others.
Colgate got representation when Hunt.
ington was selected as quarterback.
This year he has worlds to cover He
has Pittsburg, Cornell, Illinois, Wash
ingtoR, Minnesota, Nebraska and
washington State to remember. These:
teams are indicated this year. Then
the Yale football man must recognize
many OF the stars on the other teams
playing the game this year.
Pacific Coast Neglected.
Camp has never selected q man
from the coast on his mythical eleyen.
There have been many stars in the
Pacific Northwest thoroughly up to
the standard Of the playing in the
East Englehorn OF Dartmouth was
never q big star in the Pacific North
west, but still made the. team while
at Hanover. Dudley Clarke Of Ore
gon, Borleske of whitman, Wolff sof
the Oregon Angles, Mucklestore of
Washington and many other stars arc
players who would have made great
regulations on eastern teams. I
In reality, selecting an All-American'
eleven this season is difficult task
As one man said last year, you've
got to cover too much territory" And
they will have to cover territory this
year. The Pacific Northwest has
forced public opinion to take a new
twist. and the teams picked by the
newspapers Of the country from the
press reports are certain to be as rep
resentative as the selection of Camp.
Camp will have to take the stories in
the newspapers this year il he expects
to select team anywhere nearsa rep4
didate this year, and we are not pull
didat this year, and we are not pull
ing for any one team or PLAYER, but
there are many critics in this city
who know that the football in the
Northwest is fully up to the standard
of that in the East
Well Qualified.
In selecting an AlEAmerican team
this year, the writer has one of the
best qualifications to advance. He has
not Witnessed a big clash this year.
But taking the press reports on the
all-around play Of the players OF the
year il might be interesting to find an
eleven that would be representative.
The mythical eleven win no doubt
contain many of the stars that Camp
has picked, nevertheless a story of
the leading stars of the year may be
in order
There is a dearth of good ends this
season. The stars of last year have
graduated. Hardwick, o'Hearn, Me-
rillat and Scion are out of 1t this
year and new crop has come UP.
Higgins of Penn State has been one