Evening star., 1923-12-09
White n Great Player.

White n Great Player.
White played great foot bali all
season and is wonderful gridman.
He Is a brilliant puntcr. can throw Il
forward pass better than any otnc-'
player in the south ard can run with
the ball as we'll as anybody in the
section. lie i said 10 be about the
best all-around player the section
has produced in the last ten years.
AIcQuade was the same type of player.
but could not carry the ball as well
and did not compare with White as
a punter.
McQuade surpassed White on de-
fenSe, probably being the best all
around defensive back in the section.
In fact, Yale and Pennsylvania did
not produce in their backfields any
man who had the instinct to diagnose
plays and who surpassed McQuade
generally as a defensive back.
With Cameron picked to fill one of
the halfback positions, 1t is much a
question who should go into the
other place. Flory Of Y. p. ]. was a
brilliant player. and everybody in the
section knows how dangerous Ruther-
ford is to an opposing team with his
drop kicking ability. Also Ryder of
Virginia Military Institute and Cald-
Wen Of the same team were excellent
players. Ryder was cAceptionally
good at catching forward passes.
Pugh of Maryland and Hamilton of
Washington and Lee were the steady
type of backs that are a coach's de-
light, and both we're mainStays of
their teams backfields. Turnbull of
Hopkins was a hard playing back,
and could place-kick field goals Nth
North Carolina State and Reds"
L&sSiter of the same. school were
capable men. and Hegafty of George
town was brilliant in many of mis-
games.
However, for the other halfback's s
position Arnold of Virginia is chosen.
He not only was an excellent man
to carry the ball on lodging runs, but
could forward pass and punt well.
He would make fine type of player
to work in a backfield with White
to cover the latter's efforts Also
Arnold is older and more experienced
than the average college player,
which counts for much.
Groves Gets Berth.
Three auarterbacks stood out dur
ing the year, and all three undoubt-
edly will be picked on the various
teams. Mcdonald of North Carolina
Faulkner of V. NJ l. and Groves of
Maryland Were the best men in the
position. though Frew of Washing
ton and Lee probably was not far
behind them. The writer did not see
Faulkner play, but has been told that
the V. NJ. j. man was the most de-
pendable field general in the section.
1t is unfortunate that there was not
an opportunity to get a direct COM
parison between him and Groves of
Maryland.
In the game in which Groves played
against Mcdonald of North Carolina
he did better work than his rival
carrying his team for twenty tw O
first downs against five. Against Nc
Donald, Faulkner, despite the fact
that he had in his backfield the most
brilliant player of the section and two
other fine backs, did not do nearly so
well. Also Faulkner could not run
with the ball as well as Groves, and
could not receive forward passes with
anything like the dexterity. In fact
II ever any player at any time could
catch a foot ball better than Groves
that gridman has not shown his wares
in this part of the world. For these
reasons Groves is given preference
for the quarterback's job.
Trio Of Clever Centers.
Too much credit for their teams
success could not be given to three
centers, Baker of V.,P. L., Pollock OF
Maryland and Bethel of Richmond
OF these Baker stood out because OF
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