New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Ten Colleges Represented
Among Stars of Gridir0n
Rodgers, of West Virginia, Chosen to Lead Team
From Position of Fullback; Davis, Pittsburgh;
Trimble. Princeton; Casey, Harvard, Other Backs
By Ray Mccarthy

to pick sn All-American eleven for the
,a1s season is well-nigh impossible.
!. is hard enough TO figure out an ALI
SECTIONAL team that will prove suitable
ven to your relations, let alane the
aeral sporting public. However, no
ssson would be quite complete with
oyt its selections of all-star teams.
So with promonition of lurking
jangers we put forth our choices with
ne hope that others will like them as
cell as we.
Looking back over the seasons per-
furmances. the thing that strikes US as
being one of the outstanding features
q the years doings in regard to in
3iv;duais. is the number of backfeld
stars. Some colleges had a rather
DISASTROUS season. but there was hardly
= team which finished without cisplav-
ing at least one backfie' luminary.
Seme eievens had two or three. while
others depended solely on their back
led to win rames All of which. of
course. only increases the difficulty Of
picking out the best three or four.
OF good ends and centers too. there
we're quite few. aid the dooesters
vii have little difficulty in DIGGING up
crouch stars to fill three .elevent.
reweverf o. star tackles and guards
'Isre fas seen quite scarcity ttis fan
Some Of the leading teams appeared to
hsve a mo0oro'v IN good Iine~eY
hitch vas one Of tNe reasons whv tNev
werH amone the leaders It is . well
lnown axiom in football +hot team is
generally a stTc"~ as It's line.
Stars Well Sp~i7kled
Another u-rsl'al feature o. the sas-
on was the 4'--o~sitv IF tAA sta~s. No
ere raer cou'd he sad to havr nd 3
r"noro'v o- great nlavers tNis fall
Sore teams lad several hut al CO..
le-es rad some. and whe n,ve had
irs''v cor"r'e'eS out tie lit I'D had
gla-c-d ov~r = re were not 4 l:+-'o su~-
or;sed r. f-d lat no taero with +ba
svcent'or o. Yale had more than one
plprer or the frst all-s+ar c~,r hina-
M. Tine was wNen To1e Horvard
ard P~'-ceton ~a- orally nd most o.
The store. hrt hat t;mo has p,ssed
ana VII vrmaiN passe for A lengthy
s7e'f JUDGING rom tie results this
zoos
Aho''t tha on'v thirr OF which wa
ara positive in this 'i~erp IS the pair.
- erfs selected + there is a better
Hair o. WINS. n .he business This
season than Bob Hi~~ins the Penn
'-'te c~''ei's and whir'wi0d. and
F'i~ie Ni'er Of Pennsylvania thev
have vet to shine forth And of this
oair Rig9'~is IS hv far the better. 1t
IS goi5p likely that he will he one OF
The very few chosen unanimously for
any a'lster tram
hi9Tins IS GREAT because lie can do
50 many things and do them well He
Is about the hest tack'er of any end
hat has y aged in the last decade.
Fhether Il be in scrimmaoe or in The
laen. fou rarely see team attempt to
're'e the end Of the State marvel be-
cause after one or two tries it al are
convinced Il cant he done As soon as
ne pay starts Nigrins generally is IN
and often he VII nail arunner from be-
and who Is headed for the other end.
he can pint and he is veritable bear
cat At pping by opposing backs TO
crab forward pass.
helHle Mi ler's best forte is his tack
ing although he is also very adept AT
recelying forward passes. But on the
4-r+iit e-'N avs Slt-0US Olr. IN
me gan @eainst Pitt Heinz egot down
he fed Just as HASTINGS was receiv-
ing punt, but Davies was on hand to
Dock MIN Off. However, the Red and
6lle star made desperate lunge and
though partly blocked he managed to
Town both Hastings and Davies.
West and Henry the Tackles
4ptain West Of the Colgate eleven,
40 big, smiling Bill Henry. of Wash
ns-on and Jefferson. have been Sc
ec'ed for the tackle POSITIONS They
,1and out as being about the best pair
n the seasons play. Henry is ex-
esphonaily good, and it was due to his
nae NO the line that Wa hington
ana JEFFERSON was able to beat SYRIA
eUse. There has been some objection
'alsed to placing Henry on the all-star
cam, on the ground that he was in
shgible TO compete in intercollegiate
contests this year. It is true he was
barred from the Pitt team, but ne ap-
pea ed IN all other contests.
Wet played the gest game Of his
iargeiy because of his nifty line work
mat COLGATE was able to make such a
me showing this season. West was
lie bulwark of his teams line. He
supported the others exceedingly we'll
and pulled them along at faster clip
nan they would have Travelled had he
been absent.
The guard positions have been
awarded. to Gait Of Yale and Young
slrom of Dartmouth, two sturdy young
men who more than held their own
against all opponents who faced them
ms year Youngstown was big fac
or IN the victory of the Green over
fenn State and Penn. He saved the
ssne for Dartmouth against Colgate
% breaking through in the last few
MINUTES and blocking punt. which he
picked up and carried over for a touch
DOWN Previously in the same game he
aad blocked other punts La the Cor
nell game he blocked g punt which
put the Hanoverians in scoring DO
eition.
Can any other guard show such q
record Younrs;rom is also extremely
iast and frequently gets down the field
under punts as quickly as his ends.
Tim Callahan at Center
Gait, with Tim Callahan who has
feN picked for the center position
imeo an impregnable barrier to any
sam that tried to gain thro Ugh that
art OF the Yale team. While Gait
saone especially on the defense dur
.ag the seasons fray, he was good
s'sa en- offensive play. Callahan, de-
spi,e his b1lkiness. is extremely fast
ma roves all over the field Often he
se's down the field in time to tackle
e receiver of punts. He did this in
as Yale Princeton game, as did his
fother Mike.