The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Ochsenreiter Selects Players for First and Second
AllEigh Mythical Eleven on AlRound Merits
But One Shift Is Made In
Placing Men, Which Will
Strengthen Team.
DORWICH THE REAL STAR
Business and Technical Have Four on
the First Eleven, Western Two.
and Central One.
BY EUGENE oCHsENREITER,
Captain Of Technical Hish Team.

BY EUGENE oCHsENRETTER,
Captain Of Technical High Team
No matter what players are named
on any mythical eleven there is always
some kick being registered. In making
the selections of the first and second
all-high school mythical teams I have
picked the players on their actual merits
both on the offense and defense and but
one shift Is made in an attempt to bolster
up the strength of the first elevens.
The players named for the first string
team appear to me to be the best eleven
that could be selected from the players
who participated in the ten championship
games. The team selected has the two
best hsnkers in the series while the
tackles proved to have something on
the other players The shift made in the
lineup Of the first team finds Young, Of
Technical, in q guard position This IL
the only switch made in the selection,
as Young proved to be among the
best Of the tackles in the series and
earns the place at right guard.
The center named has something Of
the edge on the others while the back
field will compare with any aIl-scholastic
team In the country. On the team there
are two punters of no mean ability al
though they did not prove to be the best
in the series.
Left end on the AIl-Hgh eleven
goes to Saxon, of Central. The first
thing an end has to learn il the
smashing up of interference and II the
man cannot pick out the runner with
the ball he should spill his interfer-
ence. If the end smashes up the in
ference there is seldom a gain made
around his end On the offense the
end should know how to pick on the
rachle SO as to give the back carrying
the ball a chance to get started. He
should be able to get down the field
under the punts and be ready to drop
the man catching the ball in his
tracks. These are the principles upon
which a man is picked to play these
positions on this mythical team The
man who fulflls all these require
ments to the best of his ability is none
other than Johnny Saxon. of Central.
He is without doubt the best end de-
veIoped in the schools this year. He
smashed up play after play and often
got the man carrying the ball. He
also was always down under punts
and on the offense Saxon gets his man
out of the play, which is the most i'm
portant factor.
To prove that a man who has these
characteristics is the man for the po-
sition, take for instance Frank Hink-
ey. of Yale, who for four years played
end on the Yale varsity eleven. Dur
ing all that time, il is said by the
best critics in the North. that never
an inch was gained around Hinkeys
end. This was because he was always
smashing I'D the interference Of all
pIays directed around his end, and
often got the runner as well This
was the big fact that caused Walter
Camp to pick Hinkey for his ALI
American team for four years. Saxon
having fulfilled most of these re-
quirements in a high-school grading
deserves the position on end.
The man who holds down the other
end is Capt. Machal, of Western
Machan. broke up the interference
and got the runner carrying the ball
many a time. Machall was always
down under Peck's long boots and
nailed the runner with the ball. The
things that are true of Saxon are also
true of MachalPs performance
Other ends who are good. but are
not good both on the offense and de-
Tense, places Toots Wise next in line
He was excelled by none on recover
ing the forward pass, but he was at
fault on the defense. He Is given nrst
call on the second team, but following
close on wise's heels is German. OF
Eastern, who looked good on the de-
Tense, but not good enough to be put
the end position on the second squad
Taylor, of Tech, played well at end.
but was not in the game long enough
to show his real worth Williams, OF
Tech, also deserves credit for his hne
showing, but he was not eligible dur
ing early season. which was his draw
bac.. The other ends were fairly good,
but did not measure up to the standard
Of the men chosen
There were some good men to pick
from for the tackle position. Gray
SON. of Western, and Macdonald, OF
Business, have the call on all the other
tacklers. Grayson has proven himself
steady all the year. and on the de-
Tense he was in every play, as not
much ground was gained through his
Mitch He had the opposing men wonder
ing which way he was going.
His running mate on this mythical
eleven, Macdonald, Of Business, showed
q natural instinct to figure out plays.
It was very seldom he was not in the
play and getting the runner. There
were men who were good, but did not
prove as efficient as these two men.
Men who deserve creditable mention
for their showing are Hume. of West
ern; Hart and Young. Of Tech; Tabor.
of Central. and Capt Lanahan. of
Eastern.
Hart, of Tech. and Tabor, of Central.
are given second choice.
The guards were not of a very high
caliber, but Chase. Of Tech. was picked
for one guard because of his fine work
on leading the interference and of his
defensive work. Young. who played
tackle for Tech, was shifted to the
other guard because of his aggressive
ness. Young was in every play, get
ting the runner from behind many a
time. These two guards are very fast
and would prove a help to apy team.
Jones. OF Control. who has been play
ing great offensive game all season, and
Mslloff. Of Business. look to be the next
best in the gua=d positions.
The center position seems to be the
on this mythical eleven. A trio Of the
best snapper backs have been developed
in the series that has shown in a long
while. Prefer. Of the Manual Trainers. IL
given the preference over Wassman. of
Business. because of his all round ability
which this position requires. Wassman
has shown some brilliant form on the
defense. but his spiral passes all season
have not been any too good and on
number of occasions he has delayed his
backs In receiving the ball Graves, at
Eastern. deserves more than creditable
mentioning as at all times he proved to
be q great defensive player, while his
work on the offense during the last two
games was not up to the high standard
which he set last year
At the quarter back position there Is