The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06

field. This instantly marshals in array the great halfbacks of the year. These are Edward w. Mahan of Harvard, C.. F. Hastings of Pittsburg, Wilkinson Of Syracuse, Elmer Q. Olphant of the Army, R. s. C. King of Harvard. R. H. Berriman of Pennsylvania State, J. A. Maulbetch of Michigan, Richard B. Ruth erford of Nebraska, F. E. Macomber, Of Illinois, M. c. Lewis of Washington, E, N. Mayer of Virginia, 1rvy Curry of Vanderbilt and D. M. Tibbott of Prince ton.
 Expert opinion, think, will be unani- nous in selecting Edward w. Mahan of Harvard, for the most important work behind our line The selection of his companion involves a suudiouS process Of elimination too elaborate to be detailed here, but which upon completion leaves E. N Mayer of Virginia as our choice for the other halfback position. In these days in which bunting is a substantial percentage of the offensive department of the game, the best team of the entire United States should possess in it's ranks the longest distance punter, particularly so since in Barrett and Mahan we have two superstandard field goal men.
 DRIGGS BEST PUNTER
 The premier punter of the year upon actual statistics of play is Edward H. Drlggs of Princeton. For practical pur- poses in estimating the value of a pun ter to his team the roll of the ball should be added to the punt, since the latter is the reward for overlooking the opposing backs or for accurately plac- ing the punt. In order to obtain a pro- portion, thereby appreciating the power of Driggs, let it be stated that the best record of Edward w. Mahan, punt plus the roll of the ball, is represented by an average of 50 yards for 14 punts against Yale and by an average of 48 3-5 yards for 21 punts against Prince ton and Yale With these figures as a standard it may now be asserted that Driggs against Yale averaged 62h yards upon each kick, punt plus the roll. Against both Harvard and Yale Driggs is credited with an average of 54 1-6 yards. Such an unparalleled per- formance wins for him the position of fullback of All-American
 In ends the east and the west divide the honors with Murray N. Shelton of Cornell, Gug Chamberlain of Nebraska, Robert A. Higgins of Penn State. E. w. Soucy of Harvard, H.. M. Lammerton of Princeton, c. c. Highley of Prince ton, Bastan of Minnesota, Thompson of Georgia and Cohen of Vanderbilt. Shelton earns his position by his ex- ceptionally brilliant work in every de- partment of end rush play. He has ably covered the longest kicks that Barrett or Shiverick could deliver, and one of these was S6 yards He has played as well while in the forward pass attack and defense and such has been his all important service as a defensive end against the running attack that the rec ords disclose that only four times throughout the season has it been nec- essary for a secondary defender to make a tackle on his end.
 Almost the same perfection of play may be restated in support of the choice of Guy B. Chamberlain of Nebraska for the other end. Chamberlain originally was halfback. He is besides a base ball pitcher and a sprinter. With rec ords of almost even time. With so many qualifications for an end he has set a pace this fall that has been un- equaled.
 The position of tackle summons up veritable army of brilliant young giants. They are Nash of Rutgers, A. J.. Gilman of Harvard, A. c. Weyand of the Army, E. C. Able of Colgate, w. Mclean of Princeton, Howard Buck of Wisconsin. Lawrence c. Shull of Chi cago, w. T. VandeGraaff of Alabama. and Joshua Cody of Vanderbilt. BULLY IS FIRST CHOICE Of these men the first choice goes to a southern hero, w. T.. VandeGraaff, l left tackle of the University of Ala | bama and known to every collegian l and schoolboy in the south as Fully.