New Britain herald., 1927-11-10
REVISE CHOICES
 FOR ALL.AMERICA
Bruce Caldwell Removed From
 Place on Mythical Eleven
By tLe Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 New York, Nov. 10 Rl-The ab- rupt and sensational removal of Bruce Caldwell, Yale's tlashy half back, from the gridiron picture forces a revision of all-Amerlcan backfcld prospects for 1927.
 Until ineligibility put the Ell star out of the running, he seemed al most certainty for any all-Amerl- can quartet of ball-carriers selected. The east already has put forward a number of candidates but Cald- well, on his all-around perform ances, seemed to most experts to head the list and merit the distinc- tion of a place in the mythical all- star cast.
 1 It had seemed to some critics that an entirely capable and rep rcscntativc all-American backfield, besides Caldwell, might also include | Morley Drury of Southern Cali | fornia, Bill Spears of Vanderbilt and Herb Jocsting of Minnesota. based on what has taken place so far. But it would be difficult to overlook such other aces as Gilbert of Mich ican. Flanagan of Notre Dame, l WelCh of Pittsburgh, Wittmer of Princeton, McCrary of Georgia or Marstcrs of Dartmouth.
 There would be no difficulty flll- | ing Caldwcll's prospective post from this array.
 Marsters and Wittmer may be passed over by the experts because they are only sophOmores and therefore considered not quite ripe" but that would be about the only ground on which they could be left out of consideration. Both have starred consistently in all thoir big games so far.
 The case of Caldwell recalls the equally tragic episode of Jim Thorpe, the great Carlisle Indian athlete, who was stripped of his
 Olympic honors and medals in 1911
 after discovery that he played 6
 few games of semi-pro baseball fol
 an insignificant money return. No
 that there has been any suggestion
 of pro" connection by Caldwell bu
 that the downfall of both camt
 from seemingly trivial causes.
 The transfer rule" of Yale, liar
 ward and Princeton which bars al
 athlete from any sport at thes,
 colleges if he has played so mucl as 80 seconds in that sport for an.
 other college is one of the mos
 drastic in the amateur code. Its ob icct is to prevent the possibility 0
 any bidding for the services of nl , athletic star in another college o
 to provide an inducemont for hin , 10 transfer from a small to a large field of athletic stardom.
 , Other sports are less particula
 about transfer athletes" For in stance, Willie Ittola, the Finnis
 distance runner. developed his ski = in the United States as a residen
 here but, needing the call of hi native land he went back to repre-
 sHnt Finland in the 1924 Olympic.
 Only last summer, Mexico was rep resented in Davis cup tennis com petition by Robert kinsey, a Cali , fornian and former America , doubles champion, who ocean
 eligible 10 represent Mexico by
 comparatively short residence | F Mexico City.
 , Among outstanding college eleven [ neither beaten nor tied, only one , the University of Georgia. Is any
 thing like favorite to keep it l slate clean this Saturday. Tn ] Georgia Bulldog should have littl , trouble keeping q winning strid , against Clemson college. but fo Princeton and Tennessee there