Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-03
Mahan Leads the Field and is Unan-
 inous Choice for Captain.


 In selecting an All-American foot ball team. certain formalities must be observed. This mythical eleven, which is selected by every expert" in the country who signs his stuff, is the cause of much discussion after the football season ends. These experts" always choose different teams and at the end we know just as much about it as before. That being the case, we take a chance at getting under the wire with the first selection, and allow the others to fight it out among them selves.
 Fourteen colleges are represented on the first and second teams, all of which the located in the east and south. An All-Eastern eleven probably would be brand of football is supposed to be played in the east, so we modestly include the entire country.
 It might be well to comment on the work of the various teams during the past season, but what's the use? Penn had the worst team in history, Cornell walloped everybody on the schedule. Yale hit the toboggan, looped the loop and allowed five opponents to chase the bulldog off the field before Tom Shev- lin shot some psychology stun into the players so they could trim Princeton. Harvard's enormous score over the res urrected Blue eleven also is fresh in the minds of all, and the records of Lafayette, Pittsburgh and State, not to forget Lehigh can be recited from memory. Also Michigan and Dartmouth landed in the steerage class, and Syra- cuse had one of the best teams in his tory. Outside of that, there is little use in further comment.
 Eddie Mahan, captain and fullback of Harvard, leads the field and will be the unanimous choice for fullback. He has been called the greatest player of all time, and if he isn't. our dope on | the stars that shone years ago is en- tirely wrong. Mahan proved that he is one of the best, if not the best, player that ever stepped on a gridiron | during the season just closed. He bucked the line, skirted the ends, | played a wonderful defensive game, punted as well as any one in the country scored many drop kicks from the field and could hurl the forward pass so as to deceive everybody but | the players on his own side. And if | this isn't enough, allow us to state that he could play any position in the than anyone else. Outside of that, nothing can be said of Mahan's play ing.
 He was an excellent field general knew the game and the football rules as we'll as some of the officials, and leader on the field. For that reason he is rendered the job of captain of this all-star crowd.
 Bergman of Penn State is next or the list, and though he is nearly out of the big league circuit he has proved himself the best halfback in the east in every game he has played. A player on a small college must go some to gain recognition over the men on Har- | yard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell and the others, but Bergman has delivered the goods and must be considered. He first pushed his way into the limelight when he tore through Penn and was the principal cause of the first defeat handed to the Red and Blue this sea- son. In the Harvard game he agair was the star and ripped the Crimson line into shreds while he scored touch downs that did not count. In fact, ir every game he showed class, and could not be overlooked any more shan Ma. han.
 There are many candidates for the other job as halfback, but Dave Tib- obtt seems to have the edge" Hr was the sensation of the early games and alone defeated Rutgers and Syra. cuSe. He scored all of the points against Harvard and, although his work was not up to the standard ir the Yale game, he acquitted himself creditably and demonstrated that ht was high-class player.
 1 Johnny Barrett of Washington ana Lee, is close to Tibbott. for his work in the Cornell game was the pest seer on the new field at Ithaca this year After the game pr. Al Sharpe saij that Barrett was ono of the best backs he ever saw, and you know Al. Canal of Lehigh; Weldon, of Lafayette; Thurman of Virginia; Maginnes, ot Lehigh; Guernsey, of Yale; Tasting. and Fry, of Pittsburgh; Bush, o Swarthmore and McCreight, Of Wash. ington and Jefferson, all are tirst-clas: players and deserve a place on thu honor roll. We are sorry there are DO enough teams to go around.
 It does not take many weeks o study to dope out the best quarter. back of the year. Charlie Barrett, .o r Cornell, wins without a murmur, anC hereby is allowed to shout the signal! and run the team. Bearing the nam, of Charlie" and playing quarterback those who never have seen him iI