The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-30
Pv NORMAN E. BROWN.

The choosing of an All-Eastern
eleven for 1921 must be an unsatis-
factory business. due to the fact that,
to my mind at least, only four players
stand out pre-eminently in their re-
spective positions. These men are
Snively. Of Princeton, and Munns, of
Cornell, at the ends Lightner, OF Penn
State, at one OF the halves. and Gulick,
of Syracuse. at tackle. For the other
positions it is almost a toss-up be-
tween from two to half a dozen can
didates.
other ends in the East who ranks
next to the two stars mentioned.
There are four or five who might well
appear on such a lineup without draw
ing adverse criticism. Next to Gulick.
Hanson. of Cornell, and Stanley Keck,
Of Princeton. are the most efficient
tackles. Into. of Yale: Davidson, of
the Army, and Parnell, Of Colgate.
must be reckoned with, however.
At the guard positions I believe
Sack, Of Pittsburgh, and Guernsey. Of
Yale, have the edge. Baker. Of Prince
ton; Hubbard, of Harvard. and Bar
rett, Of Brown. rank at the top. too.
At center. Larson, Navy leader, has
the call by a scant margin. Baer. Of
Penn State; Greene, Army captain,
and Wittmer. of Princeton. might chal-
lenge his supremacy.
For the quarterback honors the
game Lourie, of Princeton; O'Hearn,
of Yale; Killinger, of Penn State,
and Charlie Buell., great drop kick
err of the Crimson, deserve consid-
GRAFTON. OF the wealth of good
quarters this year these four men
are the best. To give the honor to
Lourie is not meant to detrac. from
the great showing of the others. l
believe, however, that Lourie's
dashing spirit, his generaiship and
his all-around playing total up a
fraction above the ability of the
other men.
And now We come to the half
backs again. There will come years
when the coaches will cry out for
one or two backs as good as the
men who cavorted in goodly nuic-
bers back of the lines this past sou
son. 1 recall the playing of Aid
rich, Lightner, Gilroy and Clarity
of Princeton; Kaw, of Cornell /;
owen, of Harvard; Robertson, of
Dartmouth; Drummer, of Lafayette,
and Erickson, of w. and ].
Any two of these men would be
stars on any mythical eleven. ALL
rich's all-around playing in addi-
ton to his punting and forward
passing ability and Lightner's great
running and passing. give them The
call, however. Gilroy and Clarity
might be placed third and fourth if
a second team were chosen. l hesi-
tate, however, to choose a second
team. To relegate many of these
stars to third choice by leaving
them Off a second team would be
unfair to them.
Harry West. powerful negro full
back Of w. and j.. stands out this
year as did Pollard of Brown in his
day. Jordan of Yale, Paasche of
Brown and Sanford of Colgate are
other men who starred at full. AS
l remarked before, had Owen of
Harvard played the entire season at
full he would have furnished these
men competition.
In view Of Lafayette's feat in GO
ing through the season undefeated
one of four teams to keep their
states clean-my failure to place
one or that team on. the all-star
aggregation may be criticised.
Lafayette had great team, a
strong line and weIl-balanceo
oack1eld But the question is:
outside Of Drummer have they a
man who ought to replace one of
the eleven men named? We be-
iieve not. 1 cannot conscientiously
place a Harvard man on the team
either. Owen and Buell. are great
players, but I cannot rate them
ABOVE Lourie, Aldrich or Lightner.