Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-02
BROWN AND penn
EACH PLACE 7 MEN
ON ALL EAST TEAM

New York, Dec. 1.-{P)-Brown and
pennsylvania share major honors in
! the selection of all-eastern gridiron
stars for 1926, according to a con-
| census of coaches and newspaper
critics. compiled by The Associated
Press.
Each university placed two out
standing players on the first all
eastern team-Brown. with Boy Ran
Gan at quarterback and Captain
broda at end: Pennsylvania with
Jack Butler at center and Charley
Rogers at halfback.
The canvass found little difference
OF opinion on line positions, indicat-
ing that the layers chosen stood far
ahead OF their rivals in the estima-
ton of Atlantic seaboard critics,
Harry Connaughton. giant George
i town guard. polled the heaviest vote,
but he was not far ahead of Frank
Wickhorst. navy tackle and captain.
Vic Hanson, versatile Syracuse
captain, and Brod" were almost
unanimous choices for the winds, al
though the class of men in these po-
sitions was regarded as unusually
high this season. Butler had little
opposition for the pivotal position.
the poll showed, but there was
position with >pragr,. Army. barely
gaining a lead over such stars as
Cothran of Lafayette and Lassman
Of New York Univeri ty.
A wide difference of OPP lion pre-
vailed in picking backfield men. al
though Randall was :, strong favor
lite for quarterback, Rogers of Penn
sylvania, Kirkleski, lafayette cap
tain. and Amos of Washington and
Jefferson gained the first team posi-
tons as critics showed a disinclina-
ton to favor such stars as Noble of
Yale and Slagle of Princeton because
Of their inaction, due to injuries, and
to select Wilson of the Army be-
cause OF his long varsity experience.
The selections:
First team-End. Hanson. SYRIA
cuse: tackle, Wickhorst, Navy;
guard, Connaughton. Georgetown:
center, Butler, Penns. -lvania; guard,
Carey, Cornell: tackle, Sprague,
Army; end, Brod . Brown: quarter
back, Randall, Brown; halfback,
Rogers. Penn: halfback. Kirkleski.
Lafayette: fullback, Amos, Washing
ton and Jefferson.
Second Team-End, Born, Army:
tackle, Cothran, Lafayette; guard,
! Sturhahn, Yale; center. Davis, Dart
mouth: guard, Schmidt. Army; tao
kle, Lassman, New York University;
end. Hubbard. Geneva: quarterback,
Dooley. Dartmouth: halfback, Slagle,
Princeton; halfback, Wilson, Army;
fullback, Shaughnessy, Colgate.
Honorable mention:
Ends-Thayer, Penn: Archeska.
Syracuse: McGrath, Georgetown;
Timm. Colgate; Towle, Brown; Sal
tonstall, Harvard.
Tackles-Eddy, Navy: Hake, Penn
sylvania; Mankat, Colgate; Yoda,
Carnegie Tech; KEY crkian. Brown;
Cady, Harvard: Richards. Yale.
Guards, Smith, Brown; Davis,
Princeton; Farber, Grown; Pauly.
Washington and jefferson; Dumont,
Colgate: McHenry, West Virginia:
Lynn, Pittsburgh.
Centers-Daly, Army; Gamac che,
Harvard.
Quarterback Mehler. Colgate;
Caulkins, Princeton; Conner, New
York University: Harding, Army;
Harpster. Carnegie Tech.
Backs-Wilson. Lafayette; Dono-
hue, Carnegie Tech; Hamilton, Navy;
Mishel. and Lawrence. Brown; MUIR
rell, Army; Noble Yale; Carr, SYRIA
cuse; Cooke, Washington and Jeffer-
son; WEIGH, Pitt; Nork, Georgetown.
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