Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-30
BY WILLIAM BRAUCHER
NEA Service Sports Writer

Here are two All-Eastern football
teams without either Barry Wood.
who passed Harvard to victory over
Yale. or Able Booth. the slippery
hipped elf Of New Haven.
If you think they both ought to
o. on there, pick yourself an ALL
Eastern team and put them there.
II this be treason make the most OF
II, we have Just begun TO fight and
you can lead a horse to water.
"A great number of coaches have
tclc me that Able Booth and Barry
Wood probably would be picked
on the all-star teams but I could
name a dozen halfbacks in the East
who are better than either Of them"
These claims I have tried to verify
personally and I guess the coaches
arc right. Publicity doesn't make
one football player better than an
other, and u game does not make
q season.
Shall We pick our stars by tradi-
ton or performance?
But where did YOU get the names
OF all those strangers in the back
tleld?" is the question that Is going
ID be asked by certain people. 1t
Just goes to show that the world Is
a big place. and not a small place,
after all There are lots and lots Of
football teams.
Ben Tlcknor Of Harvard. OF course
belongs. He Is one Of the finest
football players Of the wear. I'm
aoubtedly he viii be the first choice
On the AH-American eleven at CEN
ter.
But Ticknor has honestly earned
his honor. Probably there are pet
ter backs than the mel named above
but the backs I have chosen, like
Ilfknor. have won their positions
by work both enduring and bril-
liant.
Crossman of Rutgers? Is he bet
tor than Booth or Wood? The ONLY
answer ] know is that l think he Is.
ard II ! must hire q lawyer to de-
Tend myself. I will. I also think
Eddie Baker OF Pitt Is the smartest
quarterback in the east. Jock Suth-
erland calls him the best all-around
pack ne has coached at Pitt in IS
years. He passes, receives, punts.
r!ace-kicks and runs and he is the
whole show on defense. He is con-
siStelt.
Hart and Macaluso of Colgate
Old more and better work, in nv
opinion than Booth and Wood. Hart
Is a strong runner, a triple-threat
performer, splendid or defense and
a sparkplug for the best team Coz
gate has had IN years. He is not
only a star individually. according to
Andy Kerr. but a fine team PLAYER
as well. Likewise the deeds Of Mac
aluso stand out. II you don't be-
lieve 1t. see the scores.
I wonder if sentiment should plav
any part in these selections? Col
umbia rose from the depth to tow
ering heights and Hewitt was the
che man without whom victory could
not have been attained. kim NJ
Navy is the star OF a team that has
been bruised around. but his work
tor that reason seems all the bright
Ct. Eyth was great IN the game
against Notre Dame but 10 better
than he has been In half a dozen
other games. During the last three
years his defensive work has been
consistently good. Bartrug of West
Virginia? Must we repeat?
There may be a few quarrels over
tire line selections, too, but Their
wise I think the team ought 70 w
received peacefully. i haven't add
ed up all the bruises and fractures
Inflicted by each Of these hnemen.
IT several Of the selections 7 have
heen guided alone by coaches adj
vice.
And IL the coaches Of three schools
other than Dartmouth tell me the
best mot TO mention the most VIC
icus) end they have seen is Yudicky
Of Dartmouth. what IS a man to do2