Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-28
2 THANKSGIVING DAY BATTLES
THOSE OUT TO PICK ALL-STAR
TEAM WILL FIND THIS YEAR
ONE OF HARDEST ON RECORD
Never Was Season in Athletics Before Where
There Were SO Many First Class Players
About Equal Value
BY GRANTLAND RICE
IIrHArEvER its other aehIevemenl

| WHATEVER its other achievements, 1915
| w will be entered as the toughest year
on record for those out to gather in all-star
| teams
There never has been season before
| where there were as few who stood wen
above the crowd and where there were so
many first-class players of about equal
value
Even in the East alone II will be some
| thing more than a complex job to round
| up eleven men who range beyond the rest
| Of the field.
AS suggested before. figure out the task
of selecting three backs from Pollard, lie
Gore. Casey, Berry, ollphant, Vidal, Hast
ings, McLaren and Garish.
At the Seasons End
when have crossed the ttoiIioht goal,
Across the final tChite.chdtk blend.
say not for me"He spriated far
To Uictory around tho end"
But rather say "that doWn the field
He fought his tCdU OIL yard by yard;
He fopndered on and held his feet
He hit the Hne-dud hit 10 hard"
when I hare left the field for good
ont Chcre the Ghosts Of Players stay,
Say not for me "Ho kicked the goal
From dJtD-seven yards dWdy";
III feel trife better there
n QUO can SAP that "Ydrd by yard
He Hourdered ontUdrd day BIZ day
He hit the Hne-dnd htt u hard"
Considerable Achievement
Sir-Can you recall a greater achieve
ment by any one eleven than that recently
accomplished by Brown? Brown beat Yale
and Harvard on successive Saturdays.
That Is one thing. In addition Brown ran
up AZ points against 6 ; Brown scored six
touchdowns and held its own goal line un-
crossed.
For team upon successive Saturdays
tn hnn ta a,,I o at,11
six touchdowns to none-seems TO me to he
Gar and away the leading achievement of
the last five. years FAIR PLAY.
One hears very little from Brown rooters
this season for this reason-Brown's record
speaks too eloquently for itself without
needing any outside aid.
Why They Give Thanks
Harvard-That Brown didn't get n shot
at her regulars
Princeton-That the season ended ten
days ago.
The National League That John Nc
Graw didn't collect his team until August.
Brooklyn-For that one victory.
The Red Sox-That Speaker wasn't on
hand to cut down the division of world
series receipts.
The Golf Carnival
Not all golf battles are to be fought in
the South this winter. For within a week
in golfdom promises to start the keenest
campaign the old game ever has known.
The double lineup now is getting ready
for the charge.
on one side is the United States Golf As
sociatlon, planning to carry through its
legislation and to enforce the rule against
amateur golfers selling golf supplies or SINH
lar occupations.
on the other side are any number of
golfers and golf clubs who believe the rule
Is unjust, barring it does such contend
ers as Francis Ouimet and others who were
in the business long before they attained
any golf fame
The decisive battle will be fought out in
January at the annual meeting. Since both
sides have considerable logic back of their
debates, 1t is matter that should be sifted
thoroughly within the next few weeks in
order that fair, friendly and lasting ar
rangement can be brought about that will
protect both the game and the players.
We have gathered all the material we