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Show I! ALL-WESTERN TEAM CHOSEN Chicago Expert Names Strong Eleven. II 1 I Aggregate Weight of Team Is 2108 Pounds, Average ! t Poundage 191 7-11. ' i ) Average Ago of Players 22 Years; j Average Height 6 1-5 Inches ( Who They Are. I I 1 In tho accompanying table arc the Chicago Chi-cago Trlbuno selections for positions on the all-"Vcstcrn football eleven of 1901. Of tho eleven men chosen, four are taken from the Chicago team, three from Michigan, thrco from Illinois, while Minnesota Min-nesota furnishes tho remaining man. .With clthor Coach Yost or Coach Stage L i In charge of this combination of players H the result would bo us perfect a machine B as ever has been supplied by Western T The West this year has developed play- H era of the highest class for every posl- H lion except center. There Is an abund- k ancc of good ends, good halves, and good 1 quarterbacks. Three fullbacks stand out V prominently, two of whom would be of H cnllbcr to play on any college team. H There hns been a .sufficiency of good H tninrds and tackles, leaving the pivotal H jHislUon of the line the only position H whjch Is even slightly weak. J At Center. i Iui me uiuereni centers, iiazeiwoou nns beep doing the most consistently good Work of the year. The exclusion of Strnt-Hyin Strnt-Hyin on account of his Ineligibility has ! taken the" best center from tho cloven. SU'ond to UazcLwood. and only slljrhtly inferior to him, are Romp of Wisconsin 'iirid Borg of Nebraska. Tin Illinois cen-j cen-j ter. however, has bcn doing the best work of tin- three. In defensive work he hits been founil strong uy ovcrv team that has played against the Illinois this year, and on tho offense his work, io- gcthor with that of his teammate, I'alr-I I'alr-I weather, bus been Ir.stiumental In help- " big the runner with the ball. Uepeatedlv i in the Chicago and Northwestern con- n-ts lie opened large holes through the opposing lh-.e. In passing the ball lie has been uniformly accurate, never making a poor pans In any of the bier games. Hi-rrip, while doing conslstentlv good work, hns been a decided hindrance to his coacho because of his repeated refusal re-fusal to obey his leaders. IIIb defensive work has always been good enough to meet the demands Qf the occasion, but in opening holes in tho Hue he -has not shown himself the equal of the Illinois center. I3org, it Is claimed bv Western authorities, has beun playing high-class fcotboll for the Cornhuskcrs. Guards. t-.01" tn0 suard positions Thorpo and L Falrweathcr have dosorvedly won rccog- Hk nltion as Uic greatest guards In the 1 West this year. The performance pf the ilnnesotan in the Northwestern game, j when he played throughout the entire 1 contest with a torn tendon, Is ono of the greatest exhibitions of pluck of the Hi 5.casn- Aside from this, however, tho 1 Gopher guard has proved himself one of j tho mainstays of Dr. Williams squad. He la easily tho best ground gainer on the Minnesota team. He gots into the play well on offensive work, opening holes in tho Sine and helping tho runner through with great effect. On the defense ho has been found a stone wall by hie opponents, and has outpointed every player who has j opposed him. Falrweathcr is a good mate for tho , MInncsotan. Tall and lanky, without a Hl pound of superfluous fiesh, the giant guard has been a wonderful aid to his team. Like Thorpe, ho has been one of thu strongest ground gainers on hhr eluven. Whenever a yard haa beon nced- M, cd the Illinois captain has proved equal to the ta8k. IIo follows tho ball closely ncpa the runner well, and has been a tower of strength in disposing of his op- Hl I poncnt when his own backs have held tho ' Closo bohlnd these two come the giant I Carter of Michigan .and Smith of Mlnno- !l vBon lmve donc sood work HL I throughput tho entire season, the former m, ln JD line and tho latter both in his j position and as a runner with tho ball. x ,ot T-onenan's gains In the Chlcngo-Michigan Chlcngo-Michigan game were made posslblo by Hr tho sp ondid work of Carter In disposing fl weight, he has been practically lmmov- able on the defense, though showing fair Hi ' ' Pcd and quickness on the attack. To- f ' J"n of, Chicago and Deanor of Illinois liave alpo done commendablo work. i I Tackles. H-' '. Curtis of Michigan has been the sta Jm' ,, tackle of "o year. Weighing 230 pounds, l ' strong, active he has outplayed every W, ! y opponent. Seldom hgs he been "boxed In" l Vy end of tncklo plays, and in getting down tho field under punts he hal of en , f preceded his ends. On tho offense ho has ' developed into one of tho best ground E,aln.0rs0n.,l0?t 8 cloven, and has been I most effective in disposing of his oppon- tnts when his team has had jwsscsslon 1 , of tlie ball. For the other tackle, Parry I Chicago. Brush of Minnesota, and , Moynlhan of Illinois have all done good ' Th0 moon tackle, however al- though prevented by injuries from nlay-1 nlay-1 "'S the greater part of tho Michigan games, and all of the games with WIs- ?nln' t1?"?..81.'0" ablIll' of tho highest form. Until taken out of the Michigan Game ho was used to great advantage In ndvandlng tho ball, and ln the earlier ( ??tC3H?J, ti3. season he seemed irresls- 4' hls youth and magnlOcent ftJe28th" ,U,ls nla'or has one of the l brightest futures before him of any player n the country. His only drawback has P 1 " , bccn at times a slowness to size up tho K I ' opponent's play, but at that he haa always i ' Proc" , than equal to the occasion f It . Although not as strong as Curtis, he has i Hcen th? ?tro"Kest point on the maroon 1 I line, and has not been run over for any 1 Kieat gains this season. Uriah ami , Moynlhan are two other tackles whoso l I work has been of high order1: Both are exceptionally: good In advancing the ball nnd hnvo bcen formidable to all their on-L on-L ponents. Nbrthwestcp's two tackles, Kafer and Allen, have also performed creditably. Tho former for his weight. is one of tho beat tackles In tho West. Tho purplo captain, while hampered by his poor condition In the earlier games, played strong football against Minnesota and Illinois. Ends. There have bcen so mnny goods ends ln tho West this year that a seloctlon of any la a hard matter. In Rothgeb the Illinois coaches have developed an end at least tho equal of any in the. country. Fewer men have got away from him than from any other end in the West, ln getting get-ting down the field under punts ho haa usually been found waiting when the ball descended, while in preventing hla opponent oppon-ent from getting clear he has been a hard proposition. In running with the ball ho is the only man on any largo team who has Huccoded In getting away from his position In several yearn. Owing to his great speed and strength ho has made moro long runs than any other man on tho State eleven. For tho other pomtlon there is a close rcce with Kennedy ind Spolk of Chicago and Bush of Wisconsin as tho contestants. On offensive work thcro hns bcen little, to choose among them, but on the defeneo Kennedy has tho draw. In every gamo during tho season, both when used at end and as defensive half, ho has performed with the greatest brilliancy, bpclk haa played equally good football In certain games, notably the gamo with tho Wolverines, Wol-verines, but In consistently fierce tackling tack-ling Kennedy haa shown himself tho peer of any. Althought weighing only ISO pounds he hns been one of tho hardest ends to run over In the West. He Is quicker to starl and can get up moro steam In six feet than anv other man In the West. When he hits his man he hits hard, and even when flat on his back It scorns he in able to reach up and pull tho runner down. Although Kckcrsall'B punts are longer than thoso of any other kicker In the country, Kennedy Is always well down upon the opposing defensive full back, and never overturns his man as Spelk and Bush both do occasionally. Tho Wisconsin Wis-consin cajUnln has performed exceptionally exception-ally well all season with little assistance and deserves credit for his work throughout. through-out. Quarterback. In the quarterback position, one player stands out above all tho rest. Eckcrsall 1 Position. Player. Weight. Height. Agc.Bxp. Left end Kennedy Chicago ISO G IL UVi In. 21 2 Left tacklo ....v Curtis Michigan 230 0 ft.lt In. 23 2 Left guard Falrwcather . Illinois 1W C ft 2V In. 28 -i Center Ilazelwood ...Illinois 2.il C ft. 2 In. 23 2 Bight guard ."...Thorpo Minnesota 19fl 6 ft. 2& ln. 22 4 JRIght tackle Parry Chicago 20.1 C ft. lVb In. IS 2 Hlght end Bothgcb Illinois 191 fi ft. l: In. 24 4 , Quarterback Eckcrsall ....Chicago 141! 5 ft. 6 In. 21 2 Lft halfback Heaton Michigan ISO 5 ft. S In. 24 4 Klght halfback Hammond ...Michigan 192 C ft. 1 In. 20 2 Fullback Bczdck Chicago 170 5 ft. 7 In. 20 3 ' Substitutes: Ends, Bush, Wisconsin, nnd Spell:, Chicago; tackles. Brush, Mlnne-J Mlnne-J sota; Moynlhan. Illinois; guards, Carter, Michigan, nnd Smith, Minnesota; center, I Romp, Wisconsin: quarterback, Harris. Minnesota; halfbacks, Vanderboom. WIs-t WIs-t consln; Catlln. Chicago; Davlcs Minnesota, and Bender, Nebraska; fullbacks. Longman, Michigan, and Current, Mlnnoeota I Total weight of team, 210S pounds. Average weight of team. 1917-11 pounds. Total weight of line. 1417 pounds. Average weight of line, 202 3-7. pounds. Total weight of backfleld, G91 pounds. Average weight of backfkld. l72-y4 pounds. Aver-1 Aver-1 age age of players, 22 years. Average height, C ft. 1 -5 in. In his work this season has become ono of tho lights cf the gridiron whoso name will go down ln the history of Western football. In point of speed and cleverness clever-ness ln dodging he Is the superior of any man In the football world today. In handling the ball his work Is snappv, clean and sure He has made errors In Judgment Both In the Michigan and Wisconsin Wis-consin games his hendwork could have bcen Improved upon. But other quarters quar-ters havo shown tho same trouble. Harris Har-ris and Norcross have both, perhnps, shown as good Judgment In tho selection of plays, and the latter has run with the ball well behind splendid Interference. Johnson, tho Northwestern candidate, no w;i.i seiccieci as mo Ail-Amcrlcan quarterback by Walter Camp last year, has failed to show to great advantage this season. Ills failure Is partly owing to lack of opportunity, however. In tho games ngalnst Illinois and Minnesota ho directed his team with raro judgment, but In tho only other big contest of the yr-ar. the game with Chicago, his team failed to give him an opportunity. But tho brilliant performances of the maroon quarter have been such that no aIM estcrn eleven could bo chosen VI th-out th-out him. Another point In Eckersall's play Is his punting. The maroon Is the only punter in the West who has done consistently con-sistently good work this season. Blair ?, -'-lhwestern showed rare form ln tho Minnesota game, Harris has done somo good work, and Taylor of Illinois punted well In tho game with Chicago. But to Eckcrsall belongs the credit of doing tho only consistently good work lor the year. Bjglnnlng with the Indiana In-diana game the maroon quarter has booted the ball a total of 2H0 yards In fcriy-elght punts. Including one punt of seven yards and one blocked kick, both In tho Wisconsin game, when his line gave him poor suppbrt. Tho average distance dis-tance of his punts was nearly fifty-one yards for the season. Such continued good work la exceptional In. the records of the best punters the gamo has produced, pro-duced, and makes Eckcrsall doubly necessary nec-essary to the eleven. HnJfbacks. For halfoack, Heston Is generally recognized rec-ognized as tho greatest player of the year- He haa made more ground than any other runner. Even ln the Chlcagt game, when ho wns met by two of tho best tacklers in the West ho was good foi mnny gains of from ten to twelve yr.rds. nnd sovoral times broke away en-tl'ely en-tl'ely for long runs. As a defensive player play-er he has had small opportunity to show his worth, though In the Wisconsin and Chicago games he was fully equal to the 'occasion. For the other halfback position Tom Hammond has been doing the most of-lcctlvc of-lcctlvc work. Catlln or Chicago. Davfes or Minnesota, Vanderboom of Wisconsin, and Bender of cbrnska have all been doing work of tho highest order. Vanderboom Van-derboom especially, as the only good ground gainer on a poor team, has dono good work, but he failed to make as much ground against the Chicago eleven as Hammond did in his gamo, and the maroon lino on Thanksgiving dav was not tho lino of November 12. Cntliri. both because of his ability as a defensive player and as a ground gainer, must be 1?tu"P , .h,R,h- But Tom- Hammond In straight playing has been moro effective than o ther the Badger or maroon half His splendid work has bcen overlooked to a largo extent because of the brll-laney brll-laney of his teammate, Heston. But n lino bucking and plays of tackles ho has always been good for substantial Ka' Without him Michigan would bo SS:A & ,mich i r'owcr on offensive H?AhV,e,s and P0,"051" havc nIso been doing high-class wOrk, the latter havlnir made more points than tho rest of the Iscbraska eleven combined. Fullback. In tho fullback position Bezdok of Chicago Chi-cago and Longman of Michigan are nar- Xnu a pa uBoth. arc ,,no buckcrs of ability, each haa done wonders for his eleven. In tho Chicago-Michigan game when they wore pitted against each fi"T ""tu fh?. maroon sprained his knee, there was little to choose between their work. Bezdek, however, ban the bettor ?L Hcoin,frlson-1 Lonsmnn hits the line like a stono shot from a catapult Bezdek Is no less fast, but after rcach-ng rcach-ng the line keeps on plowing through It In a. wny that Longmnn has failed to do Tho maroon fullback is the best man In the West to keep his fceL u is This 2f Ur &if P.,a t0P?thcr with his spir t ?Lri5.ht' w.hlch makes him superior to Longman, though tho latter play.s -i Wine. In a comparison of tho two it must be remembered that Longman has had tho advantage of a hiavlcr and superior line than his opponent op-ponent to open holes for him. Had I Tier-n? Tier-n? m Ji'onCTnnn changed teams before the Michigan game, it is doubtful If Longman could havo carried tho in through the Michigan lino as J Bezdok Current of Minnesota has plaved n cot-slitently cot-slitently strong gamo all season. His llna bucking has been ono of the strong features fea-tures of the Oophor offense. 5 Charges Against Bezdek. Charges of professionalism have been made frequently against Bezdek during the. season. These have been Indignantly denied by both the player In question mid Coach Stagg. Should such aKo MmPT! ,ntZ(I would, of couracT So eliminated from consideration, but until substantiated full credit must bo given him for his work. mm For captain there Is no reason why Heston .should not retain the title ho has borne at Michigan. For four years tho Michigan lender hos played on teams lh.it have, never bcen beaten and tltd only once. He has always been foremost nmong players ln tho Weat and deserves tho honor. |
