The sun., 1916-12-03
AhDE COLGATE

Though ne was one Of the stars Of The
West he came to West Poiat rather
crude. Western players are invs iabiy
short on fundamentals. for the coaches
there nave no time to teach such things.
Their task Is made all the harder by
the fact that they rarely get ~ stars
of the ~schoolboy teams. but must build
from the rawcst kind of material.
PO1lar ri SECOND Rest.
Charley DAILY worked hard with OIL
phant and finally brought nut a player
Of an age. Stiii Oliphant is not perfect.
lie IL "a rather poor interferer, but with
his style IL In doubtful II he will ever
eradicate that fault. We are inclined
to believe that II would be "A mistake to
try very hard to coach Oliphant to over
come the weakness. for II might injure
his all around efficiency.
u IL "A dangerous thing to overcoach
natural athletes. even though certain
weaknesses stand out. We have IL that
Harry lie Gore. the Yale back. was hurt
in that way. Especially did he suffer
In his punting after certain coaches tried
to have him change his natural style
and kick according to tenets long estab-
lltncu AZ new raven.
New Workers had heard a lot Of OIL
plant and wondered II he were truly rs
great as reports had il. Oliphant imme-
distely gave convincing testimony when
the Army lined up against the Navy at
the Polo Grounds. Receiving the open
ing kickon. the nl"nh streak ran ~" g
han eighty yards for n touchdown. New
York was more than impressed.
Second to Oliphant In the backfield IL
Fred Pollard. the modern Mercury In
bronze Pollard too has a weakness
he Is inclined to tumble owing to the
peculiar way In which he carries the
ball. but he Is nevertheless a wonderful
football player. lie possesses more
speed than Oiiphant and holds titles
over the hurdles. Pollard's best exhibit
lions came In the Brown victories over
Yale and Harvard. In both games he
was the major factor in Brown scoring.
Harvard tested his nerve and sand and
did not md him wanting,
GiIroy Third Choice.
Not only is Pollard a great offensive
pla ger but he is a sure tackler and q
fine all around defensive man. Among
Brown backs of all time he is to ba
rated behind only Davy Richardson n
Mayhem.
Our third choice for the backheld Is
| Gilroy. the artfui dodger from George
town. the %condueror Of Dartmouth. the
leading scorer In the East and ono of
the greatest players yet developed al
the Washington university-and II has
brought out quite a galaxy. Gilroy
, operates very much after the manner
% Mahan. and IN some ways he In even
better than the Harvard star OF 1915.
DO not get me as saying that Gilroy
is a second Mahan. but there are Ger
tain ways developed in Gilroy by Al
Exendine that remind one very much
of the willy Indian. He is modelled after
Frank Mount Pleasant, one OF Glenn
Warmers great players al Carlisle, Gil
roy can kick. can pass and do every
thing else that re might he called upon
to do. The backfeld named Is thor-
oughiy versatile and a wonder in the
passing game.
For the second backield trio we have
named MacI.aren Of Pittsburs, De Hart
Of the same team and Hubbell Of Col
gate. We will concede one thing right
here--the second back field has more
p,unging power than the irst. but II
does not come up to the premier selec-
ton In all around ability. Hubbeil wo,tld
do the Kicking for the seconds. Mac
I.aren and DE Hart nave established AN
enviable reputation at Pittsburg this
year and were prime movers in the adj
vance that felied teams like Syracuse.
PENNSYLVANIA and the Navy.
Plethora Of Other Greats.
There is "A world OF backfeid material
for the honorable mention list. II may he
that we have somebody on thai list who
really merits a place on the second team.
Those who deserve to he rated with the
best--not necessarily in the order
~named--are Casey OF Harvard, lie Gore
Of Yale. Hastings Of Pittsburg. Westco,t
Of Tufts, Gerrish and Thieischer OF Dart
mouth. Braden OF Yale, McCreight Of
Washington and Jefferson. Beck and
Iiobb Of Penn State. Deetjen Of Wes-
leyan, toward cam OF New YORK Uni
yersily. Andy IemI~sy Of F0rdhs u
Mueller Of Cornell. berry VI P~ehnSyIvs-
MIA, fillo and Sneu"er Of Colgate. COnroy
and H%illhouse OF Brown. Vidal Of the
Army. Moore Of Princeton. Jloberts and
ingram Of the Navy. Horween Of Har-
ward. Goodrich Of Amherst. DOaue OF
Tufts. Wal, Of G%sorEetown. Wittpsnu Of
Rutgers, Hslsted Of I.ehiEh, Mst5ueklD
Of villanova and Weldon o JAfaystts..
Now for ths rating Of 4sartevbarks
The season was Ret ssmous TOR It's Osn.