The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Aldrich of Yale Sh0ne
Brightest in Big Three
Owen, Keck, Lourie and Brown
Also Get Major Football
HOnOrS.
BY DANIEL.

Expert opinion seems to agree that
was represented by really great foot
ball team this year. That may be very
true. but there always is the danger of
regarding the rise of the once "lowly
outsiders as a sign OF Big Three deca-
dence. AS matter of fact, in football
technique the H.-Y.-P. combination is
little exclusive company no longer, but
n member of a large and growing fam
lily. Greatness in the great game no
longer is exclusive with any select trio,
any selected section. First class foot
ball is national
If you desire any proof this year gaze
upon the records. which show Harvard
defeated by Centre OF Kentucky, to 0 !;
Princeton dovned by Chicago, 9 to 0 :;
the Tigers beaten by the Navy, Navy
beaten by Penn State, Georgia close to
victory over the Crimson, Notre Dame
triumphant over the Army. and out on
the Pacific coast a California eleven VIC
tor over Washington, 72 to 3. and STAN
ford. AZ to z, and perhaps the greatest
of all our football teams. Verify, the
days of the Yale steam roller, of Har-
wards smashing flying wedge. OF the
Princeton team Of the bloody angle"
seem legendary.
Another factor which without doubt
hampers all those who pass judgment
on players and teams of the present is
the halo which time has cast over great
ones Of the past. Forty years ago
cholera epidemics were wont to make
New York their playground. Sanitation
was in its primary stage. Yet we hear
men refer to those times as "the good
old days"
As for the Old Stars.
Many years ago beef was a prime
requisite in football The players of
that time had speed. But did they have
greater speed and versatility than the
players Of the present? We find some
critics telling us that so and so Of this
season Is a great back or great
tackle-'but oh. for the good old days
of Heffelfinger, of Thorne, Cumnock
Hinkey. Lee. Hare, Poe, Heston, Weeks
and rafferty, The great of the past
truly were great, but the present no
doubt has greats of its own.
All of which is rather roundabout
way Of getting down to the selection of
an All Big Three team. The all-some-
thing or other team is the great tempta-
ton which besets the football critic as
the season wanes and passes. And as
the Big Three series is a thing of the
past it may be of some interest to make
resume of individual achievement in
the form of the selection of an eleven
composed of the best of those who took
part in the trio OF classics.
Even with choice narrowed down to
three teams, the selection is by no means
an easy one. Some men stood up bril-
liantly in one game, but fell down in the
other.
The Case of Mallory.
Then there is the dilemma of attack
and defence. Mallory of Yale was the
greatest defensive back of the season.
and yet it is q question whether he
should be placed on the team in prefer
ence to Ralph Gilroy of Princeton. who
starred on attack, and on defence, too.
In the Big Three bacllf1elds the leading
light was Malcolmn Aldrich. the Yale
captain--a versatile player, great
kicker and runner, n fine defensive man
and a remarkable fighter. There isn't
anything which may be done with foot
ball that Aldrich did not do--except kick
q goal from placement. George Owen Of
Harvard and Donald Lourie. the Prince
ton quarterback, were second to the Eli
leader.
Lourie without doubt was the best