Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-02

defense against forward passes. and t.
were made against the team
McEwan is an excellent player. but 4.
easily fooled on cross bucks N n split MAJ
IL used he follows the first back thai hl,.i
tile line, and In that way has been out ~
almost every play Of that character Thi,
Is his one failing. but II Is enough to Keen
him Off the first team. However. he IA AZ
excellent interfcrer and always preceded
Oliphant on the halfback's runs. Ollphant.
waits for Mac and have seen the center
knock on three men. one after the other
while Elmer was making one OF his bril-
liant runs Lud Wray, OF Penn; Don.
nelly, Of Swarthmore. and Pierotti. OF Wash.
ington and Lee are good players.
De Hart, Field General
The principal requisite Of ouarterbast
Is Eeneralship. We have had many brilliant
runners with the ball. great taoklers ard
interferers, but the man with the head" h
most important He must carry out the in
structions of his coach. look over the op-
posing team for any weaknesses and select
the proper plays. To my mind, the greatest
field general we have had for some tins
Is Jimmy De Hart, of Pittsburgh. He is
slated as halfback on the team. but az.
Warner uses three halfbacks and no quar-
terback, he can be placed in that position.
De Hart calls the signals and uses exeel-
Iept judgment in selecting plays Several
times have seen him change n signal when
he noticed an opposing tackle or end moye
out OF his position In addition to that the
runs well with the ball and In n good man
at catching punts in the backheld "Sacksp
Bagley. Of Washington and Lee. should b
awarded the second place because OF hls
grit, II nothing else. lie weighs only 120
pounds. but IL the coolest man the field
| He stands up. looks over the opponents
| gives his signals and selects the right plays
David VS.. Goliath
In the Rutgers game he flung his pigniy
| form at big Hazel, the 200-pound fullback
| and stopped him when touchdown seemed
| certain. Bagey also catches punts, and
hasn't missed one this year Other good
| duarterbacks are Shverick, OF Cornell:
Bell. OF Penn: Murray. of Harvard Tad
| Smith, of Yale who would have starred
had he not been taken ill Robinson, Of
Harvard, and La Roche. OF Yale.
After the Colgate game II Is possible
| that Pollard will be left out OF many all
| star teams, but the dusky wondeRs deserves
| a place, just the same. ON Thursday the
game was played in a driving rainstOrm
| which made the field slippery and muddy
| Pollard was unable to get started, and his
| effectiveness lost Against Yale and Har-
| ward, however, he showed his true worth
not only as player. but in his ability o.
| take punishment. Pollard was n marked
| man in every game. and II Is mystery
| how he ever stood the knocks he received.
| lie is only five feet six, inches tall ana
| weighs 15i pounds. He first played foot
| ball in Chicago.
The HoOser HOwitzer
OlIphant is Pollard's running mate he
| work standing out above that of the otherS
| The Hoosier Howitzer defeated the Nav
unaided, and his work all season has been
| of the highest standard, There are NAM
| other good backs and il seems unfair %
leave them Off the first team Red Hast
| ings, of Pitt Is n wonderful player and
can make any team in the country. Hub
bell of Colgate. also is good, are Ney.
| lille, OF Yale; Gilroy, of Georgetown; Ma
gnnis OF Lehigh Casey, of Harvard Speif
GER of Colgate, and Weldon. of Lafayette
Howard Berry. of Pennsylvania. beeauss
| OF his individual work in the big games 4
the logical man for fullback. lie defeated
| Penn State, but played a miserable gapF
| against Pitt He quickly got back lnp
shape. however, and was responsible ~
the victories over Michigan and cornel
and the tie game with Dartmouth. Hos-
ween. OF Harvard; Legore, OF Yale; NC
Creght, of Washington and Jeffersoi
| Clio, OF Colgate, and Young, OF Washing
ton and Lee. deserve special mentlon.