The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04

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Carnegie Tech, Colgate. Columbis
Harvard, Holy Cross, Lafayette,
Princeton, Pittsbureh, Penn Stat
Jefferson, Williams and Yals. Il
representative tsams In the East. /
all Eastern team from the men col
I have less difficulty In selecting
the center rush than any other posi-
ton on the rush line. And this ID
not because OF any dearth Of mate
rial. either. In my opinion. Wittmer,
Of Princeton. is the outstanding line
ter rush-that has over stood In the
center Of q Princeton line. Prior to
this fall Wittmer played fuflback, Az
q defensive hack he had few equals.
At tho end OF the 1920 season II
seemed best to utilize his great de-
fensive qualities by playing him Gen.
ter rush the following year.
Under modern conditions the de-
fensive center plays out of the line
as much as In 1t. Soon az he beard
OF the shift Wittmer got hold OF a
football and taught himself to pass.
He rracticed all winter and summer.
Az a result he passed beautifully in
every game OF the season, His de-
fensive work was of even higher or
der than anticipated. while he made
more tackles down the field than the
ends.
Played Though Hurt.
In the FIRST few minutes Of the
Harvard game Wittmer tore the liga-
ments of his right knee very badly.
Any ordinary man would have left
NIB A. "A tvrf. -
ceived. And no one possibly could
have blamed him for 30 doing. witt
mer is made OF different stuff and
played through the entire game. A
week later he got out of bed and
played sixty minutes against Yale. 4
Football IL certainly q great school
in which to develop character and
grit. but. never in my football cxy,s-
rience have seen greater exhibit
ton OF pluck and determination than
shown by H. L. Wittmer In these two
games. j believe he will 30 down a.
one Of the greatest centers OF the
game. Clarke, of Harvard: Larsen,
Of Navy, and Stein, Of Pittsburgh.
played mighty fine games at center.
but none of them, in my opinion,
equal Wittmer In all-around ability.
Brown, of Harvard; Schwab, of La
fayette; Cruikshank, of Yale; Welsh,
jefferson; Garbisch. Of the Army;
Bedenk and Baer, OF Penn State. look
to me like the best guards in the East.
Brown and Schwab are my final
choice. Both are strong and fast, and
equally good on offense and defense.
Brown was q tower of strength in the
Harvard line all fall, while little. II
any. distance was Tads through
Welsh. of Colgate deserves more
credit than he has received, while
Cruikshank is very hard, aggressive
player. {.
ton, and Stein, Of Washington and JEFF
ferson, with King. of the Navy; Into.
Of Yale, and Dodge. of Cornell. next
because Of their wonderful offensive
play. Stein alternated between end
and tackle. but his real position 10
tackle. Keck was handicapped by in
juries and was hardly up to his last
years form on the defense. He 10
the best offensive tackle I have ever
seen, and q wonderful interferer.
Keck In also q very accurate place
kicker. Any team with these two men
on the line Of scrimmaee il going to
gain ground at or near tackle.
McCollum. Penn State. and Sturm.
Yale, are my selections for end. They
are both good defensive men and sure
in boxing q tackle. "A good end must
vary his defense to meet each situa-
ton that he faces. / like to see an
end able and willing to smash inter-
ference or come In high. using his
hands and waiting for the runner or
crowding him In for the tackle. Nc
Collum and Sturm are able to vary
their play effectively.
Unfortunately Ed. Stinson, Of
Princeton, was injured in the first
play Of the Yale game. Had he been
able to stay in this game, and had he
put up the same game he played
against Harvard, I would have seri-
ously considered him for one of the
end positions. Stinson 10 q great Of
fensive end. And the best man taking
a tackle I have ever seen.
Munns, Cornell: Macombsr. Hay
ward; Taylor. Navy; Kopf. Washington
and jefferson, and Williams, Pitts
burgh, deserve honorable mention.
Blair. Of Yale, IL a great end. Unfor-
tunately injuries kept him out Of the
final games.
BRAINS ana bfSWn.
The winning team Is always built
around q man. who has brains to
think with and uses them principally
for that purpose. The man who comes
nearest to filling this description Is
the rfyht man for the quarterback
position. / would much prefer 3 man
with brains for quarterback even
though he may have fewer physical
qualifications. But when you get a
combination of both / prefer, Of
course, TO use the man who can iii
the double bill.
There are three men in \ class by
themselves for the position OF quarter
back, Killinger. of Penn State: Lourie,
Princeton. and Buell.. Harvard. Kill
niger is very hard running back
a rare punt catcher and good inter
ferer. Jourie is Just as good as Kill
niger when he is In shape.
Both Killinger and Lourie are little
Inferior to Buell. In field generalship