Evening star., 1922-12-26

VIC nave ends VINO Can DloSh td1hi
their guards and then clean up til
holes, can take part i'll further mt
steady in his passing. and still lnsta
We have ends specially adept in
taking Il forward pass without check-
tnG their stride. taking il in almost
any angle ari instantly sensing the
position of the opponents and dndS-
ing or getting away. All four OF tht.
beckfeld men can throw the pass OF
so through and receive II ana Inc!
are strong enough on their feet not
10 be bumped or unsteadled III lhls
part of the play.
Great Defensive Eleven.
Turning now to the defense, the
ends can cover any Kicks ana pre-
vent their back. The backs are
Iickers. and one of them the pest III
the country to place the punt, ac-
cordiug to conditions. Hence. us-
fcusively. this team is able to trans
fer the play for the full distance Oh
tine Kick and hold the opponents it
the spot. No one j. likely to get
a ruu-back ON these men. And Dear
in mind that this run hitch WaS III tue
deciding factor in the Harvard ! tile
and Amy Navy games this year as
well as the HarvardIal" game In
1921 When it comes /" the srfllh-
mage. il would he indeed u powerful
offeuse which should penetrate me
have throughout the season cut Il
wide swath in preventing plays COM
ing over their positions, While oi.
ends have both been partlcula arlS
noted for driving plays in toward the
tackles and guards as well as slttihs
through the interference and getting
the runner if he tried TO come to the
outside.
AS to the forward passing game.
our linemen are adopts in hurryIng
..rN1 all our. KIN
have made regulations as inter
cepters of passes. so that the sue
throwing them, instead or rea/lhs
gains. has in a good man" cases not
only lost the ball. but lost consit
able yardage at the same time.
Proved Worth in Pinches.
Finally. every player on this team
has been through grief and proved
himself adaptable to conditions. espe-
cially in tight pinches. Moro thah
half of them have never known de-
feat this season, and the others Win
only a single exception IN pitnea,S
fought-out contests. where the mar
gin WAS small and the issue In DOUBT
And in all these cases the particular
players we have selected stood out
both in victory and defeat. an
Taylor of the Navy shone. all
through the season. but particularly
in the Penn State and Army games.
His catching of passes is uncanny,
and his driving in of plays sent in his
direction is strikingly good. lie IS
remarkably fast down the field, can
not be checked and slows down nicely
to meet his man. He has more power
than one would suppose. is quite COM
petent to handle the tackle. and, IN
addition. makes Il lot of trouble LOT
the secondary defense. Always on
the move. he is an extremely DIM
cult man for the interference to clean
out of the pathway. and even when
reached he is hard to put out.
Muller of California is the most
deft man in the country in the ART o.
sitting through interference and lind
:ag the man with the ball. Although
he begins by forcing the play TO turn
In. owing to his weight and power
he is not content with that, but, If ne
sees his chance, shoots through the
protectors and snaps his man. Not
only is he one of the greatest 1or-
ward passers of the country. but ne
is also star receiver. His method
of getting away with jump upon
receiving the forward pass shows the
speed and dexterity of back-field
man.
Treat Is of Heady Type.
Treat of Princeton is of that rangy,
nowerful type essential in the mod
ern game. But he is also particularly
strong in diagnosing the play quickly
and in never being drawn too tar out
IL.
extremely fast down the field and has
plenty Of endurance. His heady play
in the Harvard game was the psycho-
logical factor for Princeton. and his
hard charging is of the type taught
nv Cayanaugh. II was also his work
that counted the most in the few
plays which enabled Princeton to get
IN to the goal in both the Harvard
and Yale games.
Thurman of Pcnnsy ylvauia. like
intense fighting spirit developed To
the extreme by the fact that he has
had to he tho hulwark of an eccentric
line and stand up against heaEy
nounding ON the attack he has been
Obliged to do great deal OF the
work himself in preparing the way
for his back field. But one feature
of the Pennsylvania game has peeh
of especial advantage to him in max
ing him such a strong all-around
man. and that Is that his team mas
heen forced by circumstances INTO
using a variety Of play, ranging from
the ordinary and regular to the spec
.tacular and unexpected. Inls Is
is 81 adaptable to conditions. HIS
defensive work was the great 1actor
In holding down the Cornell scoring
machine.
The Bnckfeld Has Punch.
Schwab of Lafayette was. as OF
old, the same exceptional comolnation
OF power and speed He Is a guard
who is never anchored and one or the
cl,yerest Iinesmen in the country IN
drawing his opponents out OF posi-
tion and in deceiving them as TO tne
point of attack. His work., potn OIL
fensively and defensively, has peeh
Lafayette's greatest asset in the last
two years.
Hubbard of Harvard was the out
standing mon on the Harvard Spe
this year. and he is patterned some.
what after Sohwab OF Lafayette. but
has not had as great experience. ne
has a strong charge, with his teet
we'll under him, a keen eye when ne
gets set, and he Is particularly clever
on the offense in working with his
center and tackle in making open
ings. He stopped up decisively the
plays which came at or near his po-
sition in all his games and was OF
the old pennock type. which Harvard
and her opponents remember so We'll
tiarbisch of West Point is an ideaf
center in /. field OF good men. and
the added asset of his drop-kickinG
is the factor in his finally supplant-
ing all others; that marvellous 45-yard
kick. partly across the wind and at
a difficult. angle, in the Navy game,
made the three points that eventually.