The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05
First Eleven.
BY WILLIAM ". HOLLEN BACK,
All American Back and Captain
Of lOOs Pcnnaylxania Eleven.

OF tVOS Pennsylvanl0 EieSen.
In picking an ali Eastern football
team the principles TO be followed lie
I'm selecting men who could be formed
into a combination that could defeat any
eleven in the country. For this reason
I must overlook many individual stars
who were Of great aid TO their respective
teams during the past season.
The backHeld shown in my first selec-
tion Is especially powerful. All van Kick.
pass. catch pun,s. interfere, and as for
speed they are about tho fastest and
most versatile SGT that has ever gracel
the gridiron. Put any one Of these
men back on kick formations n give
him q little interference and the oppo-
nents would took like dray horses in q
two minute trottins race.
Capt Barrett OF Cornell u head and
shoulders above any quarterback who
played thb season. He a do anything
In football. and do It we'll. He practt-
caliy won the e game single handed.
not only this year. but also by turning
the trick in 1914. Barrett comes from
a family Of football players. all Of whom
were good. but he Is the best of the lot.
To AL sharpe great credit should be
given for rounding out the 1915 cham
plons. but his success In principally due
to the Individual b%rilliancy of Charley
Barrett. the premier quarterback Of the
season and the greatest man who ever
represented Cornell in that position.
Another prominent quarterback was
Williamson OF Pitt. the Oklahoma Jack
Rabbit, who runs a lot like Eddie Mahan.
and is very hard to stop. He used won-
derful Judgment and did not have to take
a back reat for any one as a punter.
Watson of Harvard. though not a brill
ian player. was the best general of the
year. His selection Of plays in the
Princeton and Yale games has never
been surpassed in fact. II was perfec-
ton itself. Anderson OF Colgate was
also a very reliable man. as was Click
of Princeton and bert Bell Of Pennsyl-
vania- The last named. I am sure. II
given the proper confidence, wiz prove
to be as great n football general "a
Watson. Rell's kicking will also be a
a.. | factor.
l. Oliphant. the West Point haifback and
orner Purdue star, showed in the Army
; Navy gam. that ne was a player Of the
first MAGNITUDE. The Middies simply
could not stop him. He Is feet o: foot
and runs similarly to Shorty Miller,
who was a marvel at Penn state. Time
after time II looked as hough pliphant
wa 80 fAN a'' F@h F'f'' h'F
course. tear his feet loose and plough
on ten yards farther. Andy Smith. at
! present coaching Purdue and formerly OF
Pennsylvania, saws thar IN bliphant
the game has one Of the greatest backs
ever developed. He has two years more
AZ West Point. which means that the
Navy has It's work cut out II the mid
shipmen are to win IN the next two an
. nual service games.
bergman Of Penn state Is selected
for the other half-baCk position. over
Hastings Of Pittsburg. King of Harvard
and Wilkinson Of Syracuse on account
Of his all around work. A. offensive
: backs the three last named are Berry
mans equal. bur one of them "a1
touch him on the defence, There is
. not a more deadlier tacklcr IN foot
ball today than bergman. and besides
he can interfere as well as any man
the writer has seen In some time, lie
; has played his fourth year. and his
cool judgment and reliability under fire
have always been one OF states great
est assets.
As for MaNan. at fullhaok, he IL n
shade better than the other backs. which
, il saying something, A a matter Of
+, fact. I consider him. with Jim Thorpe,
I, the greatest two backs that have ever
F, been developed in my football eNpe-
/, rience, Mahan's play against Yale this
year was simply marvellous, AID those
/. who witnessed the treat will never for
= get II. Yale and Princeton can now
breathe easier, az they can feel that
{ their chances Of defeating the Crimson
are much improved since the removal
. of Mahan, the human cyclone, Eddie
/. will be graduated next June Hastings
Of Pitt and King of Harvard were great
backfeld men and are just N shade
behind the first two chosen They were
particularly good on the offence. Hast
ings is also one of the best drop kick
. ers in college ranks. while Kings runs
in the games with Princeton and Val,
were thrillers.
= Tilhott and Briggs of Princeton Were
=. sensations up Until tho games with Yale
and Harvard. when they fell down. anc
, their work suffered when compared with
!, that of other stars In big games. How
1 ever, they were above the average back
field men. Ross. Derr. berry. Williams
Rockefeller, Tigbe and Quigley OF Penn
sylyania played consistent football, ant
I next year, with the experience they hav'
e gained, should develop into shining
stars.
wilkinson OF Syracuse did phenomena
work for Buck O'Neill's team. III
started in all the games. and was {
clever man In the open field. Capt vii
son OF Yale did yeoman work under
! most dlscouraginE c!rcumstan noes. III
p was in the thick OF every play. and to,
much praise cannot he heaped upon hin
for the game fights he put up. Nc
Cre!ght OF w. and !. was probably III,
best forward passer of the year. II,