New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

/ Centre--Cooi, Cornell. Quarterback
/ Watson, Harvard. Halfbacks-Barrett,
/ Cornell, and 0liphsnt, Army. Fullbsck
-Mahan, Harvard.
/ Shelton a Wonderful End.
/ Shelton was by all odds the best end
/ seen this year. both Extensively and
/ defensiyely. Hardly n fault could he
( found with his work lie has plenty of
weight back Of his speed. and keen
brain for diagnosing plays and know
ing Just what TO do at the right time.
Soucey, Of Harvard, is not far behind
him in general all-sround effectiveness.
No hesitancy was felt in naming these
I two from lot Of strong candidates.
/ Gilman, Of Harvard, stood out at one
/ tackle. He had the happy faculty of
adapting himself readily 10 the loose
running game, or the hard charging
game, and was rarely az fault when il
came TO sizing up a play. Nash, Of
Rutgers. was selected as his running
mate because Of the central soundness
and consistency of his game, combined
with flashes Of great brilliancy. He
got the place only after careful consid-
Grafton in close competition with Cas-
tator, Of Trinity, a most capable and
heady player; Fenum. OF Brown. who
certainly ranks with the best; Mclean.
of Princeton, and Abel. Of Colgate.
Spear. of Dartmouth, is generally
conceded TO be the best guard Of recent
years. He has remarkable speed for
man of his bulk, and knows TO q nicely
the finer points Of this difficult posi-
tion. II was hard TO choose between
Hogg. Of Princeton; Henning. of Penn
sylvania. and Black. OF Yale. for the
other guard. The last named. in all
probability, is the equal of Spear. He
worked wonders against Harvard and
| Princeton, even when not in the best
condition because of a long lay-off on
account Of an injury to his ankle, but
/ Hogg could not be overlooked, because
Of his consistent work Henning was
the rock on which many a Cornell play
] split on Thanksgiving Day. His tack
ling and all-around sggressiveness
made him conspicuous.
Cool Preferred to McEwan.
Cool, Of Cornell. we'll deserves the
81 &c at centre. although McEwan, Of
the Army, was a close contender. Cool
has value apart from his skill in
passing and blocking and his efficiency
in rowing about. II lies in his inspiring
influence. He was the dominant man
in the Cornell line, and was a strong
factor in holding his team together
when Captain Barrett was injured early
IN the Harvard game.
Barrett. of Cornell. is moved from
quarterback TO halfback to make pl &c
for Watson, of Harvard, whose iudg-
ment and s-lection of plays against
both Princeton and Yale were so unerr-
ing as 70 stamp him a field iieneral
/ or rare excellence. Then. too. Barrett
! has had little or no experience in hand
ling the ball between centre and his
backs, as DR.. Sharpe depends entirely
on the direct pcss. Watson is an adept
IN this respect. and no all-star team
would be complete without a man to
vary this stvle Of play.
OF the other three backs, Barrett
and Mahan are accepted by common
consent. They are not only the two
best backs Of the season. but two Of
the greatest who ever PLAYED the game
They can do everything well-pass,
run, punt, drop kick. tackle and pro
vide Interference. In fact. both we're
superrnen when IT came to football.
Ohphsnt, OF the Army, is named for
the third place because of his remark
able work against the Navy. He com
bines the strength Of an OK with the
slipperiness Of an eel and il lust the
type 70 ~ in well with a running at
tac.; Quilt around Mahan and Barrett
IL was hard 10 leave Captain Click.
Of PrincetOn; Deetjen. Of WESLEYAN.
one D. the best punters Of the year and
a player who would have stood out on
any team in the country; Tslman. Of
Rutgers, one of the most capable all
around players in the game. and q
number Of others. In fact. the second
team herewith appended looks almost
as powerful and well equipped IS the
first.
Ends-Eckley. Cornell. and La
Plante, Williams. Tackles-Farnum.
Brown, and CastatOr, Trinity. Guards
Black, Yale, and Henning. Pennsyl-
vania. Centre-slcEwen. Army. Quar-
terback-Glick. Princeton. Hslfbscks
--Deetjen, Wesleyan. and TibbOtt,
Princeton. Fullback-Talman, Rutgers.
Abel. OF Colgate. and Mclean, of
B Princeton. could well be substituted at
tackle. Both are up TO the highest stand
ard. A good word also should be said
Tor such high class backs as briggs. OF
Princeton: Gilroy, or Georgetown; Ser
mon. OF Springfield; Scovil, Of Yale;
Bracher. OF Rutgers; Derr. of Penn
sylvania. and Rider, OF Amherst. An
derson. the Colgate quarterback, is an
other who deserves particular mention.
lie could we'll he iutrusted with the job
OF running either the first or second
( team.
Another Strong Eleven.
I Now for the All-Stars Heard OF, and
7 let il be said that from all accounts IT
( compares favorably with one or two
+ exceptions with the AllStsrs Seen.
I Here's the eleven:
Ends--Iiigglns. Penn State. and Saw.
tell, Lehigh. Tsckles-Withersp
Washington and Jefferson, and Webster.
/ University Of West Virginia. Guards
u Schlsehter. Syracuse, and Luhr, Lafa-
yette. Centre-Peck, Pittsburgh. Quar-
terback--W il!ianson. Pittsburgh. Half
bseks-John Barrett, Washington and
Lee, and Hastings, Pittsburgh. Full
haek-heGuekiE Yillanova.
Higgins has made a name for himself
these two years, and next 70 Shelton.
probably, IS the best end In the coun-
try. sol Metzger says that Wither-
spoon and Webster are two Of the best
thckles be has ever seen, and insists
that they would make any eleven, no
matter what the opposition.
Most Of the coaches whose teams
| have played against Syracuse tell me
| that Schlachter ~ slightly better
puard than his running mate but that