Evening star., 1921-12-11

fore the other and give therefor a
shat personal opinion might dictate.
just as capable on offense and pos
sessed the experience which made
him a valuable adjunct. He also
was particularly good in handling the
forward pass. Florence fell little
short of being as good as Humewood.
the latter's greater experience prob
ably accounting for his slight supe-
riority. The physical nature of these
two ends-Homewood. lS5. and Flor
ence, 1yS-would enable them to
stand up under any kind ot batter
ing. The next best ends in the see
Lynch of Catholic University. Will
son OF Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute, Branner of Maryland. Ptak and
Shaw of George Washington and
Davis of Virginia also were good.
Pair Of Great Tackles.
Experience. weight and physical
strength probably count for more in
the tackle positions than any other
factor. Two men naturally fall into
this category. Moore of Washington
and Lee and Weathers of North Caro-
lima State. Both were playing their
las year OF college foot bail. each
t;pl the scales at more than 200
and versatility seldom found in such
heavy linemen. T:ison of v. p. /. and
Potts of Washington and Lee were
the next best. Nisbet of Maryland was
good as a tackle. but really should
have been playing guard.
As guard N!sbet would have been
one of the best men in the east. He
has weight, physical strength and in
telliGence. and moved with an agility
that is surprising in one of his avoir-
dupois. Undoubtedly the best guard
was Comstock Of Georgetown. His
work in al the games played by the
BlTe and Gray was far better than
was shown by any other man Hall
Carolina University were the next
best. However, Clark of Virginia is
moved from tackle to play guard on
the second team.
No quarterback got more out Of his
team than Lowe Of North Carolina
and that fact is the main requisite
for determining good pilot. ON the:
alone Lowe should get .he position.
In addition. the Tarhee. general WAS
The cleverest thrower of the forward
well at critical moments. as was
shown by his 30-yard run for a touch
down which beat Virginia on Thanks
giving day. Other good men were
witt Of Virginia. Semler of MARYLAND
and DuFour of Georgetown. How
ever, Oppleman of Virginia is shifted
from halfback 10 play quarter on the
second team. as the next best man
TO Lowe.
Plenty Of Good Backs.
McQuade of Georgetown and Brew
er of Maryland are chosen as best
ha'fbacks. because they embodied all
or the things that should be required.
McQuade probably was the most con-
sistent ground-gainer OF all the backs
that played in this section. He was
hard. powerful runner who could
either break a line, shoot through a
Brewers speed alone made him ::
dangerous factor at all times. and his
kicking stood out among the best
that the country offered: an excel
lent punter. he also was likely to
drop-kick successfully from anywhere
within the 40-yard line. Brewer also
was an exceptionally good safety man.
Flavin Of Georgetown and Johnson
of North Carolina University were
brilliant men in carrying the ball.
Flavin was excellent on defense, sur
passing by good deal Johnson Ia
this respect. Sutton of V. i. I. and
lthinehart of Virginia were the next
hest players. Pugh Of Maryland
probably would have stood up among
the best had he not been out during
the greater part of the season be-
cause of injuries.
Good lin.-breaking fullbacks wnro
mainly noticeable by their absence
from most of the teams. However.
one man in particular filled this bill
=" perfection-Hess of v. =. I. P.r-
haps there was no back in the section
who was SO valuable to his team as
Hess. and not only was he a splendid
offensive player. both in carrying the
ball and in moving the defense out OF
the way, but he WED with Brewer as
kicker. Kenyon of Georgetown
also was a fullback of experience,
and. despite an injured shoulder, was
a star in most of his games.
! Make Powerful Team.
The. men on the first team stand
out, and It is questionable IL even one
could have been left off without crit
icism. The team lines up with one
end weighing 1913 pounds and QUO
1s5 pounds, the center weighing 1sS
pounds and the two tackles and two
guards each over 200 pounds. This
would give a set Of forwards of such
weights that the aggressive and agile
style Of play to which the men were
accustomed would make them staI.c
backs embody ability to run tho brok-
en- field. hard line plunginR. brilliant
punting and drop kicking. and spler-
did defensive capabilities
Impossible to Rank 1eama.
While it is impossible to give q cor
rect rating for the schools in this
section because of the closeness of the
OF the writer that Georgetown had the
strongest eleven. And yet George
town could not be given q champion
ship. because it played only one game
in the section and that with the weak
est team. When II is considered that
North Carolina State beat North Caro-
lima University 10, that North Caro-
lima University beat Virginia and
Maryland 7-3 and 1877, respectively.
that washington and Lee beat v. P.
~
lima State 7-3. that Maryland defeated
Y. P. I. 1917 and tied North Carolina
state 6-6. 1t takes no further evil
dence to show how impossible II would
be to name an order Of standing for
these teams.
Maryland. with all its strength OH
the field. probably could have beaten
any team in the section except George
town. but unfortunately for the 'Old
Line men they played few games In
L xrhich they did mt haYA aeYefal Raau=