El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-05
nr eEoReE r. HoLsIEs.

sorm. The little feners- licked the
( big fellers." and they IN turn were
/ scundly spanked by other -big
I fellers," who had not been figured
50 good. A team that looked like a
Z world beater one Saturday would 20
Z out the next and be Wauoped By
{ another aggregation which hadn't
I been figured in the running. There
I was the devil 70 pay generally among
+ the followers Of form and tradition
But who DID They Play.
Only two teams went through the
Z season In the east without q defeat
[ Harvard and Stevens. harvard was
tied once by Princeton. and with the
I exception OF the Yale game the rest
Of the Crimson schedule was a
galaxy OF setups." So the Cambridge
clan can hardly swell Up on that ac-
count Stevens was unbeaten, but
Stevens met no such opponents as
syracuse, Colgate, Princeton, ". and
j. and other tartars.
some coaches and experts blame
the hnphazlrd season on the war.
The war hns been the goat for all
the Ills Of mankind for five years
and a. well able to bear the blame.
They say thar the two years
layod put everybody coaches and
players, ont Of touch generally
and made them TASTY. Sounds
reasonable.
But in spite Of the queer season
there was a lot Of good football seen
on eastern gridirons. and there was
lot Of rafting good football mate
rial uncovered Hardly a team but
had one player or more who stood
out above the rest and bid for rec
ognition on there annual and
mythical al star eleveus-
BackfieId Strong.
Three teams have been selected
above as representative Of the best
football disclosed on eastern grid
irons. They do not by any means rep
resent all the good football talent In
this section The men given places
on the teams are men who have
proved their worth ia contest. men
who have stood out a bit above the
others and. with reference particu-
larry TO the baelzfields. men Who have
written their names in touchdoWns.
goals and point scoring.
The teams have been labelled first
second and third But that is more
for convenience sake than beng IN
dicative Of their relative merit There
IS hardly any difference in any Of the
three elevens Il Is not improbable
that should series OF games be
played the end OF IL would Find the
percentages about even It Is quite
possible that the second team would
beat the first and the third both OF
them. or vice versa
The hneIfie1d OF the first
eleven, composed Of AekIey Of
Syracuse. Casey OF Harvard,
Irimhie Of Princeton and Rodgers
Of West Virginia, has scored an
Aggregate Of pa points for their
respective alma matters this sea
son. OF that total the big cap
tain OF the Eountalneers aIone nc
counted for 140 points, He made
10 touchdoFns against stiff op-
position and kicked 81 goals
which followed his own and other
touchdown. He cannot be denied
place on uuyone'E eaiI -1
eleven.
Casey IS easily one Of the best
backs in years. he was the Harvard
team He scored the Crimsou's only
touchdoWns against Yale and Prince
ton Irimble, OF Princeton. IS an
ideal running mate for the tricky
Irishman. being fast. headv and
dependable kicker. Ackley. Of syria
cuse, IS one Of the best quarters in
the business, and he Is a kicker OF
considerable ability.
Makes some More Points.
The backfield OF the second team
scored a total OF 200 points FOR their
respective teams Anderson, Way, Z
Hastings and Braden are names 10
consider IN football
Braden. % Yale. at fun. was the
JIG ANA aNlAA AAA AAaa most
season yale mas suffered 81 over 20
years. His toe scored the only points Z
Yale made against Princeton and
AGAINST Harvard suppose these
points should have eiVen the Blue
Victory-what a hero Jim Braden Z
would have baenl AS q was he was {
merely a fulloack on 3 mediocre
team
Individually Taless eleven fhfs
season was perhaps a. good NJ
any On the east. Poor coopcru-
ton. no cohesion and a system
and style that were Impossible
combined in Eule's downfall yale &
was beaten badly, but no team
ever was able to do much with
the Yale line. TaIe's opponents
made their points around end and
overhead and gave the Els line a
tide birth, so several good line
men who wore the Blue are rep
resented on the above teams.
Jimmy Wide. the English ny
weight champion. IS g years old. 8