The Washington herald., 1916-12-05
'oDard, Legore, Berry and
Shiverick on Second Team.
Gilroy Not Mentioned.
THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS
SERVICE ALL-AMERICAN
FOOTBALL SELECTIONS
Rv JACK YEIOCK.

Anderson, Oogafe.....0 ...-.-ShiEerick, Cornell
aastings. Pittsburgh.. Pollard Brown
Harley Ohio Stats....H. LeEure. Yale
Ohpoant ArmJ.........F. B...-.........Perry. Penn
By JACK vEIOCK.
Sporting Editor. international News Service.
New York. Dec. 4.-Picking mythical
football elevens from the horde of sturdy
sons Of the lime hnese this year has been
one Of the most strenuous of our best
little indoor sports. There are several
reasons for this.
In the first place, there were dozens
Of good hnesmen, but few of these play
ers stood out in bold relief from the
many. For another thing. quarterbacks
of the scintillating variety were conspicu-
Gus because of their absence. Baekfeld
men, aside from those playing the pivot
positions, were plentiful. and it is to be
expected that the many all-American
elevens which will be picked by the ex-
porting folks will vary so far as the COM
plexion Of the back fields is concerned. .
First of all. the season of 1916 has been
more or less of an of year, particularly
in the East. So far. as the big teams of
the country are concerned, the same ap-
plies to the west, with the exception of
Ohio State and Minnesota. Eastern uni
versities of the major league" class
showed very poorly in comparison to the
standard set in other years, and the
smaller colleges found. their chance to
shine as they have not shone for years,
OF the many Eastern elevens Pitts
burgh and the Army stand undefeated,
with sentiment in general conceding
Pittsburgh the right to lay claim to the
Eastern title. Colgate's defeat of Brown
upset the dope bucket as the season
came to close, and Oolgate's achieve
ment stands out as the most notable fea-
ture of Eastern football not excepting
Yale's sensational victory over Harvard.
In aaf
schedule without a defeat, and stands at
the head Of the column of title aspirants
alone. But there was another great
eleven In the Big Nine-Minnesota. Coach
Williams football machine has been rated
as one of the greatest that ever repre-
sented the Gopher State, and when it Is
remembered that it steam-rolled South
Dakota, Wisconsin. and Chicago by over
whelming scores, its strength is apparent
The selections offered here have not
been made without careful study of the
merits of the players, and although other
combinations of players might be made
that would stack up on a par with the
ones we have to offer. it is our belief that
no better team could be picked from the
gridirons of the country this year.
As we have previously mentioned, there
has been little to choose between the bet
ter hnesmen who have played throughout
The-nnen selected represent different Sec
tions Of the country, and both played
brilliantly throughout the season. Bas-
ton. of Minnesota, was by far the best
end in the West.
COmerfo.d. of Yale, was as good an end
as the East could offer. Both Of these
players are fast men, good openGfield
runners, capable of picking holes through
a broken field and adopts in handling the
forward pass. Each has the necessary
facultyof boxing opponents, and each has
proved himself a whirlwind in the art of
shattering interference
Heron, of Pittsburgh, and Harte, Of
Harvard, are placed on the second eleven,
and there Is little to choose between
them.
West, of Colgate, big, powerful, fast for
his size, and strong on both offensive and
defensive, is awarded one of the tackle
positions. In the Brown game Vests,
work was one OF the features. The other
tackle position goes to Hauser, of Mime
sofa, a linesman of unusual ability and
easily the best tackle who played in the
Western conference.
Capt. Black, of Yale, is perhaps the
most aggressive guard who played on an
American gridiron this year, and to him
We have awarded guard position. Thorn
hill, Pitts, giant forward, is given the
other guarding berth. Both Black and
Thornton are highly experienced players
who, like Hauser and West, can be de-
pended upon to open big gaps IN the
enemy's line, and who showed the ability
to smother plays directed against them.
The center position has been more or
less a toss-up between Peck, Of Pitts
burgh, sand McEwan, OF the Army. Both
men are powerful linesmen, adopts in
passing the ball, stars in offensive as
we'll as defensive playing-in fact, the
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sitions. Peck, according to most foot
ball authorities, has the slightest sort of
q bulge on McEwan, and he Is awarded
the position on the first team.
The selection Of a quarter back was
perhaps the most puzzling duty which
fell upon the shoulders of the experts this
year, but after the Colgate-Brown game,
A struggle between two Of the best foot
ball teams Of the East. the exporting fel-
low found Anderson, of Colgate, standing
out as a brilliant star. Anderson is field
general Of admitted ability.
Half backs were plentiful this year in
both the East and the West, but the
men who stood out above all others, both
for consistency and brilliancy In all
games in which they played, are Hast
Ings, Of Pittsburgh, and Harley OF Ohio
State Fast as a fash, wonderful open
field runners, good line smashers, stars
in the use Of the forward pass-these
two can scarcely be denied the first con-
sideration-
Fred Pollard. the wonderful negro half
back Of Brown, a player who looked sure
Of an all-American berth on the nrst
eleven, lost some of his brtlliancy In the
Colgate game. Pollard had been depend
ed upon for too much work by Brown
and Colgate stopped him. One Of the best
open-held runners the East has ever
seen, Pollard cannot be denied recognt-
ton. and he is placed on the second
eleven with Harry Legore, of Yale. Le-
gore played great football for Yale this
year, and there seems to be no question
that aside from the players placed above
him. no others can boast Of more bril-
liant work.
And now we come to the one position
Of the first eleven that was easy to fill
that OF fullback- 1t is hardly necessary
to mention the name of Elmer Oliphant,
Of the Army, for the whole football world
knows Of Ofphant's wonderfully playing.
Mohawks to Practice.
In order to be in good shape for the
game against Koogle's All-Star team