The Washington herald., 1919-01-02
After Lapse Of Year Noted
Gridiron Authority Again
Selects College Stars.

Camp has revived his annual custom
Of naming the All-America football
teams. His intercollegiate selections,
which are to be followed by his ALL
Service elevens. are made in the cur
rent number Of Golfers Weekly and
show a profound study Of the situa-
ton in a season that made the selec-
ton of stars even more onerous
task than usual.
MT. Camp reviews the intercollegiate
season in detail. and then digs right
into the job of naming his stars. He
has the following to say:
eAs to the All-America team. there
was a very fair field from which to
pick, and the teams selected would
bear favorable comparison with those
of any year when war and influenza
ma de less inroads upon time. Inc
.-eason for this is twofold: First, II
really does not take as many hours
day 10 make a man ft to play foot
bali as some of the old task-masters
believed: and, second, we had a goodly
number Of natural football players.
s.Now, to study the team in detail
sAows this There never was more
serviceabIe end. both in attack and de-
fsnxe.- than Robson, the Ho-pound
giant. at Rutgers. The deadly tack
line Hopper of Pennsylvania makes
good mate for him. Tackle nateriai
was plentiful. and no more active
poyerfuI and aggressive pair ever
came on = field than Hilty. OF Pitts
hnrgh. and Usher. of Syracuse. AS
rus-ds. Perry. OF Annapolis. fitted in
we'll with Do5ie's attack and defense.
and Alexander. of Syracuse, was
x5flvind with weight.
The run of centers was not so good
IN: nupnbers. but Day, of Georgia Teen
was -ffrst-class both in handling the
ball and in defensive work. Quarter
hacks Of quality were numerous, out
Murray. Of Princeton. showed bet
ter offensive strategy than RoDb or
Hackley and that generalship earned
him the position. He is a natural
general and. more than that. he is an
attacking general. AS for back
field. neither the first nor second
string need ask favor OF the backs Of
any previous season.
.Davics. of Pittsburgh. is a star
runner in any combination. a good
interferer. and very clever with his
hands Roberts Is a hard hitter, and
Steketee. Of Michigan. is the man who
Ann Arbor team what il is. The sec
oud string. Frisch. Of Fordham; Nc
Laren. OF Pittsburgh, and Flowers. of
Georgia Tech. would be more brilliant
than the first. il not quite as steady.
''DefensiveIy this first team is re-
marllably strong. with Robeson and
Alexander backing up the line as sec
ondary defense; taking turns at this,
they would be employed in line of
work to which they are thoroughly
accustomed and in which they have
had no peers in many years. Then
Hilty and Usher are the most active
and powerful defensive tackIers we
have had since 1915 Day and Perry
are tight men for the middle Of the
line and Hopper is a hard man TO
fool or circle.
The backs are adept at knocking
down or intercepting a forward pass
and demons at tackling any man.
breaking clean, while speedy enough
to- support the ends on wide runs. On
attack We have weight and drive
enough to pound the center while
with Robson driving in on tackle and
Hilty cleaning up for Davies or Rob
erts coming with the ball the life of
the opposing tackle would be a mis-
erable one.
FISHER. Hopper and HiIty would all
be down under kicks. and woe betide
the back who thought he could come
up the field with the ball through
these men. Murray handles the ball
well and cleanIy: he knows how to
find the weakness of his opponent.
and i should expect him to get the
utmost out of his machine. besides
doing a fair amount of work himself
IN running az we'll rs in drop kick
Ing Steketee is one of Yost's best
results as baCkfield man, with
speed and Judgment and plenty of
cool courage.
The second team is one that has
few weaknesses. and while il might
not be as steady every day as the
first. il would. rs stated, offer the
greatest possibilities of brilliancy.
With Flowers and Frisch for the fire.
{ works and McLaren to hit hard and
often with that ged
drive Of his. and Robb to feed them
the ball. this back field might get
going any minute for big game.
Henry was. as ever, the star of
Washington and JeffersOn's line. and
Ripley was the best tackle In the
South and in a class by himself.
Fincher and Weeks are experienced
ends and Depler a first clas center in
a. year when good pivot men were
scarce And there are men on the
third line for general replacement
who would not need assistance from
their mates II called upon to go in.
So. on the whole. the squad is a we'll
balanced one and one that any coach
could feel would not betray his con-
idence.
"A few others deserve mention: In
the back field Gougler and yesterday
of Pittsburgh; Eckman of Washing
ton: Dempsey Of Princeton; Canapary
and Shaw Of Columbia: Barsa and
Ewina Of Syracuse: GeiCes Of Swarth-
more Sprott of California; Reed and
L>ofrrrssn of Iowa: Wysocki Of Lehigh
snd Peyton Of Northwestern. In the
line there are Larkin Of Swarthmore: +:
Even of Annapolis; Wilson of Ore
zon:. Wschter Of Washington; Mervis
Of. Pittsburgh: Majors of California
Insuersen of Illinois; Murray Of An
? napolis; Mantz OF Oregon: and Barnes
Of California.