The Washington herald., 1920-11-28
The Answer.

The Answer.
When darkness settles on the field
And shadows end the fray.
When we have hung the sword and
shield
Upon the wall to stay.
1t is enough to know we've fought
The best fight that We knew.
To know that we have eVAr sought
The right goal and the true.
For some must fall beside the way
Before their course Is run:
And some must leave the open fray
Before the fight is done.
But after all, the answer stands
When out across the night
They'll take US with the phantom
OF those who fought the fight.
Concerning Ends.
In the batch of letters from
collegiate institutions and from va
rious Old Grads boosting this or
that football star on some favorite
team, practically no one has had q
end
There have been good ends, OF
course, but very few who might be
picked from the mass without any
delay.
One of the best ends we've seen
this season is Legendre, of Prince
ton, a fast. aggressive. hard tack
ling type, who was on top of the
job in every play. Princeton prob
ably had the best supply of ends in
the country. with Stinson and Shad
Davis around to help out Legendre.
Weston. of Wisconsin. was one of
the best ends in the West. but even
in the West very few ends have re-
ceIved any glowing tributes TO
speak of.
A Flock Of Good Backs.
The bulk of praise has been given
a large flock of fine backs. The
battle for all-stardom here is ex-
tremely hectic.
Take the East alone. There are
Lourie and Garrity, OF Princeton
Way, Haines and Killinger, of Penn
State; Davies, of Pittsburgh; Rob-
ertson, of Dartmouth; Fitzpatrick,
of Boston College; Gagnon, of Holy
Cross: Owen, of Harvard; French
of West Point; Poynton. OF WILL
iams-just for a good starter.
Princeton and Georgia each had
two of the best backfields in the
country for all-around value.
Considering the rushing, end run
ming. kicking and passing game
Princeton had a wonderful combina-
tion with Scheerer and Murrey to
punt and drop kick; Clarity to hit
n Ne Nil ~
broken field work.
ech, with Barron, Harlan and
Flowers, had three stars possessing
both speed and power upon attack
And Penn State, with Way
Haines and killinger, had its share.
The Tackler Incarnate.
AS you have doubtless read before
the product of this pen,
A dash through tackle or through
guard is all right now and then,
But hurdling old Doc Calculus is
something else again.
In behalf of several communica-
tions we are glad to make mention
of Springfield Colleges very fine
team. This machine came near stop
ping both Brown and Boston Col
lege in stubborn fights and then
wound up by beating the strong De-
troit University eleven a week ago
And Detroit had no easy team tC
stop.
A Boost for GaGnon.
Dear sir: Being a constant reader
of your column and noting the dis
cussions Of the stars of this football
season, / would like to call to your
attention the name of Chic Gag
non. left halfback' Of the Holy Cross
eleven.
Tn every game Gagnon has taken
part in this year he has stood out
as the individual star. In the Har-
ward game, which was won by the
Crimson 80. Gagnon was admitted
by practically every newspaper critic
present to be the best back on the
field. AS one prominent writer put
il, There was only one Chic" on
the field In the Dartmouth game
he showed the same football. despite
the fact that both Gagnon and the
team had played the fast Springfield
College team three days before the
Dartmouth game. In the Syracuse
game, which he won Gagnon was
head and shoulders over any back
on the field.
This is not Gagnon's first year as
star. as last year he was also
the star OF our team. and the pre-
ceding year he defeated Harvard.