New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

Syracuse; Robertson. of Dartmouth:
Anderson, Of Colgate! Weldon, of Lafa-
yette; Braden, of Yale; Harrick and
Hite, of West Virginia.; Weston, Scott
and Elliot, of Wisconsin. and battal
ION or so of others who are just about
as valuable football players as ever
drew on a cleated shoe
But, as l have mentioned, the roster
assembled should be eminently salts
factory. We claim that this outfit as
whole possesses the capabilities to run
with the speed Of a scout plane engine,
to bump the line with the calm deter
mnatlon Of a moving tank annoyed by
some slight obstruction. to pass with
the east Of seasoned crops shooter
and to kick with the grace and flaency
Of doughboy voicing an cncomium Of
his rations.
First, taking UP the ends, Higgins
was q member of the championship
89th Division team, Miller started out
III the cavalry and Meyers and Brown
were aviators. Meyers. by the way,
was captain of aviation and was
credited with four enemy machines.
All of these men could cover kicks
| like a circus tent. could break up and
get through interference, could receive
forward passes and could do anything
else required Of them. When they were
doing sentry duty on the wings nobody
got by without the password, and the
only persons who had the word were
the umpire and referee.
For tackles we have material i'm
possible to beat and hard to tie. All
four were army men. West, late of
the 307th Field Artillery, and previ-
ously and later of Colgate. was 200
FOUNDER who could not only play his
position in a manner to bring grief
to his opponents but could also punt
and kick field goals from placement.
Cody weighed 21o pounds and carried
that weight over the chalk marks with
remarkable velocity. He made more
tackles from down field than did the
Vanderbilt ends. and some of the men
he tackled in all open field later de-
clared that they must inadvertently
have stepped in front of a locomotive
that was going sixty miles an hour.
Cody was also good drop kicker.
Henry was SO good on the defense that
the opposing team usually pointed it's
attack as far away from him as pos
slble. Cubbage rounds ous a most
efficient quartet.
McGraw Loses Finger
Among the guards, Youngstrom was
in the navy and the other three in the
army. McGraw finished the war minus
finger. Youngstrom probably blocked
more kicks this year than any line man
in the game. He certainly was a kick
destroyer, and whenever he loomed in
the otting opposing punters prepared to
submcrge. Alexander and McGraw were
both great men on the defense and Bar
ton was as steady and reliable line
man as he was sergeant of the A. E. F.
At center Callahan, of Yale, was as
tine defensive player as the season
showed, and Carpenter was a shifty
dangerous lineman with the speed of
an end. There would be no weakness
in the middle of the line with these
men there.
Williams owed most of it's effective-
ness this season to the help of God
and one marine. With a larger COLLEGE
Berry Boynton would have been hailed
as star OF the first magnitude. His
versatility was remarkable. There was
nothing that could be asked of a quar-
'terback that he could not do. Stinch-
comb, Of Ohio State, was another GRE I
quarterback and did his full share
with Harley toward his teams success
He was deadly tackler a fine opcn
field runner and had plenty of stuff
above the shoulders. He was in the
navy.
Nobody will deny Eddie Casey. of
Harvard, place on any team. It was
Casey who proved the salvation Of
his team in both the Princeton and
Yale games. He can forward pass and he
can grab for forward pass as if his
fingers wore anointed with glue. He is
faster than II Broadway spcndthrift
and as elusive as the shadow of a
dream.
Four coaches from other colleges
nave called Erickson. of Washington