Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06
Bud Hopper Only Quaker
on Walter Camps "Var.
sity" Eleuen Since Mer.
Ger Landed Post in 1912
3 HONOR MEN IN 1904
BY EDWIN J. POLLOCK

DCD HOPPER, who surprised the
- football folk with his brilliant play
ing at right end for Penn last fall holds
'he unique distinction of being the first
Red and Blue representative to be Sc
iected by Walter Camp for the ALI
American team in a half dozen years.
The last Penn man 10 be awarded
the honor was Roy Mercer, who was the
fullback choice on the 1912 eleven. Since
1912 two Quakers have been givA sec
ond eleven berths, but none was placed
OH the first aggregation until Hopper
upset the dope.
Camp was urged TO find room for
Howard Berry and 1ieine Miller. who
played remarkable bail for the Red and
Blue, on the 1916 team, but the best
they received were assignments on the
second set.
Shone at Pit
When Hopper first reported for foot
Dali at Penn, he did not cause anybody
TO sit up and take notice. For a while,
1t was believed that he would not make
the team. His playing in the first few
games and in the scrimmages was not Of
such high caliber as to deserve es-
pecial mention, but near the middle Of
the season he began to reach his best
form and in the Pittsburgh game which
was contested in the Smoky City he
blossomed out,
Against the heavier Pitt battlers, Hop
per showed that he was able 10 stand
the gar. He was down the field under
punts and lie made the majority of the
Penn tackles. although it must be ad.
mtted that there was not whole lot
Of tackling done by the Quakers against
the Panrhers.
Hopper reached his height in the
dartmouth tilt on Thanksgiving Day. He
roamcd all over Franklin Field. making
tackles snatching forward passes or
knocking them down and blocking kicks
1t was in the Pittsburgh game that
Camp saw Hopper in action, and the fact
that his work stood out so prominently
against more powerful foe convinced
the Yale authority that the Penn man
was entitled to the position.
Few Penn Choices
In ten seasons. Penn has been awarded
only four all-American selections Be-
sides Hopper in 1918 and Mercer in 1912.
the only other players 10 receive the
honor We're Hunter Scarlet and Big Bill
Hollenback. end and halfback respec-
lively on the 1908 combination.
Two of the other players on the 1908
team, which was cap,aincd by Holon-
back, were placed on the third All-Ameri-
can, They were Draper, a tackle, and
Allie Miller, quarterback and brother
of Heine Miller, the 1917 captain.
1t was back in 1904 when Penn re-
ceived the greatest attention from Camp
in picking the All-.tmerican. Three Of
the 1904 men were listed on the first
eleven, two on the second and two on
the third. The 1904 team was the one
which beat Harvard and set up a record
in football circles, being heralded as the
champion team of the season.
Three in 1904
Vincent Stevenson, the neyer-to- be-for-
gotten quarterback; Pickarslli, the big
guard. and Andy Smith, the bulldog"
fullback were the 1904 trio on the first
team; Weede. an end, and Reynolds a
halfback. were on the second team. and
ButkiewicZ a tackle, and Torrey, tine
center. were on the third eleven.
Hopper has brought Penn back to ALL
American and it Is hoped that he will
gain the post again next season. He is
a first-year man at the University and
were It not for the fact that the athlet-
les were run by the students army train
ing corps he would not have been eligible
last fall. In the season of 1917 he
played with the Syracuse freshman
eleven. lie is also q basketball and base