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Show Thorp Selects All American I Team From Season's Elevens M West Is Well Represented in Expert's Lineup; J H Brickley of Harvard Is Pronounced Greatest I Player in Game Today. I H All-American football team. , Position First Team Second Team Third Team ' Right end CBrion, Harvard Wagnor,Pittsb 'g Offstie, Chicago .' Jtight tackle PontluB, Michigan Storor, Harvard Talbot, Yale Eight guard Ponnock, Harvard Munns, Cornell Howe, Navr i Center. Ketcham. Yale Des Jardien, Chi 'go barlow, Indians J Left guard Browno,ftavy .lournoay, Penn. Keoler, Wisconsin ' fc Loft tackle Ballln, Princeton Butler, Wisconsin Aboil, Colgato Loft ond -Avery, Yale Gilchrist. Navy O'Hcarn, Cornell Quarter Dorats, Notre Dame Wilson, Ynlo Uussell. Chicago i Bight halfback ... Oraig, Michigan JiTahnn, Harvnrd AVh?.'.!f7. Danm'th ' I Left halfback .... Gu'on, IndianB Oliphant, Purdue YoungPenn i :i Fullback Brickley, Harvard Eichenlaub. N. D. Taudborg, Wis. H By TOM THOBP, All American Team Member and Famous Fa-mous Captain of Columbia, 1903. NEW YORK, Not. 2d. The All-Alnoricnn All-Alnoricnn football loam for the season of 1913 presents an ng-" ng-" gregatiou of remarkable stvcugtb wlioti you take into consideration considera-tion the caliber of the men who make up tho personnel of tho llrst cloven and tho unusual number of avnilablo substitutes, sub-stitutes, ready to take the place of any of the first striug men without detracting detract-ing one iota from the playing strength of tho llrst combination. The westerners as well as the easterners east-erners have by their consilient performances per-formances earned places of honor. In fact, the brand ol offensive football displayed "by our western brothers during dur-ing ihe past season has oponod the oyes of football experts to the great possibilities pos-sibilities of tho new, open stylo game-The game-The west excelled at offense, while the cast showed a superior defense. Ends Only Ordinary. The onda of tho past season were only of ordinary class. Seldom if-ever bewjre has footbnll seen such a dearth of high-class extremity men. O'Brien of Harvard is tho first selection. se-lection. Ho has bceu more consistent in hia playing than any of his rivals.. Of good height and weight, he possesses a whirl of apced in covering kicks and ucver misses a tackle once he has left his feet. Always alert and nover allowing al-lowing the opposing backs lo box htm in or fool Mjim by a delayed pass or crisscross play, he has porformed on the defense only as a high-class end man cau. Iji assisting his tackle in disposing of tho opposing tackle ho is without a poor. At the other extremity is placed Avery of Yale. Not playing the early season game that he was capable of, ho nevertheless showed his true "caliber when put to the" crucial test in his championship cham-pionship battle. Strong aud with an abundance of football sense, Avery was a plnvcr who would only put his supreme su-preme effort in his work when ho thought it necessary. His ability to cxceF in open field play, combined with that natural ability always to be closo to the ball, is what has earned for him tho place of honor. Some From West. Wagner of Pittsburg is a plaver who could assume all tho responsibilities ot the ond position and portorm iu ft masterful mas-terful war. As an opon field player and closo folfower of the pigsjun he is a closo second to Avory or O'Bnon, but lacks a little of their experience. Gilchrist of tho Navy is another who showed real class in a'll of his games. He excols ae a receiver of forward imOffstie .of Chicago and.O'Hearn of Cornoll. ne. well as Eocke" of Notre Dame. Lilidon of Dartmouth, Markoo of West Point, Hammond of Princeton, Prince-ton, Pratt' of Carlisle, "Vntnwink of Chicago. RaynBford of Miohigan and Vylesworth of Minnesota nro ends who deserve a groat amount of credit for thoir excellont work. 4 Hardwick of Harvard is given, epe-ctal epe-ctal montion. Hardwick is n playor who was sacrificed for the good of his team. Poescssing remarkable ability as a backfiold man, ho was sent at the-last the-last moment to tho oxtremity of his rush Uno to add much-needed strength and has covered himself with a great amount of glory by the wuy ho performed. per-formed. Ho did not play the position long enough to bo considered a an All-American All-American candidate. Afnong the Tackles. At the tacklo position an unusual number of plnvors must be taken under consideration ijeforo n selection can bo mado. More strength was shown , at .( this position during tho past season i' than it has been the good fortune of k the game to experience m a great many , jH years. ' . Pontius of Michigan is a player who . : VM embodies all of the requirements of an i ideal tackle. Possessing .remarkable Jj strength and agility, ho proved to be .H ono of the moat difficult men for op- poncuts to concentrnte their attack (11 upon. Ho wils not one of those station- , l arj' tackles whom a quart or delights jn U finding in an opposing rush lino, bul 'A ho was constantly changinf his post- ; tion nnd would never play tho same any two times during a game. Stnnding , sir foot in height and built in propor tion, he was enabled to play a ''stand- j ing up' game and was never buried b J making the initial charge in too low , a position. His use of his hands on i defoiiso was ono of his best qualities. ' Ballin of Princeton as a playing mate , .would leave the defensivo strength of the eleven unquestionable. Ballin in a ' Ilorcules in size who has a wonderful- ; lv quick change nnd carries his of- ; forts through at all times. The remark- , able defense shown by tho Tigers un j' dor the shadow of fbeir own goal posts ) was due to n great extent to tho al most superhuman efforts of Ballin. In ft jH speed and aggressiveness he would prove a leader on nnr aggregation in the country today. Time and time 2 again when his ends would be spilled bv the opposing backs going down ua- " der lacks, ho broke through and sped down the field and made the tackle al-most al-most as fooii as tho ball was raught. In opening holes for his backs ho was ri without an equal. Worthy Competitors. j.j Closely cuntesting tho positions with these two cusatioual players are Storer j) of Harvard, Butler of "VisconBin, Tnl- I bot of Vale and Abell of Colgate. , tM Storer and Butler, All-American ?e- J lections for last year, did not put the ft same amount of effort into their game ' as they wore capable of doing. Storer y probab'ly was handicapnod to a great dogrec by the respousinility of .being captain and also of being switched ' about during the season; he is an ox- ; coptional man and deserves a great .amount of credit- Butler played on an . aggregation that did not come up to jj the standard and wrs no doubt handi- J capped with mediocre side partners. ' Among tho other tacklet: whoso worK stood out promincntlv wore Phillips of Princeton, (lilman of Harvard Blocker 'n jH of Irdue, Wvnn of West Point, War- jf rcn of Ynke. Kirk of Towa and Qifford jj jH of tho Michigan "Aggies." ff, Tho guards wore only of average is ability. Perhaps the "hesitating guard v! (lofeuso" taught the mon by thrt t i IH couches during tho past season had JM much to do vrith the moro or less aver- J age ability displayed by them. Never- 1 thelees tho slashing, fighting guard of the Glaes and Sanford tjpo woro mis- t sing. i Brown for Guard. , Brown of fte Navy came closer to , !' perfection at tho position than ay . othor plaver. Standing six feet in height and built in proportion, Browao was a bulwark on defense On offense l his gamo did not suffer in comparison. t Possessing speed, and abilitr to chock j JH nl of his opponents, he always found , time to chargo through' and pick ofr J, jH one of the secondary defense, when his tcum had the ball. His ability to kiek fi Souls from, placement added greatly to is efficiency. , . . V Pennock of Harvard, big. tall and j massive, yet in no way clumsy, is Placed at tho othor guard position. This player was moro of a consistent 1 nerformor. wbofsc work was more ap- nrociatcd bv tho conch on the sideltnei :V than tho spectator in the stands. Of the (Continued on Following Pagej TOM THORP PICKS MEM TEAM (Continued from Proceding Page.) Gordon Brown typo, bo wis a steady charger who novor failed to do hia own work, in a proper manner, but was always al-ways willing to lend a helping hand to the man wuo played on either side of him. On defense ho pvCvod as immovable im-movable as the rock of Gibraltar. Munii of Cornell was a playor who suffered because of the Jack of ability of his teammates and. on a stronger team lie would have stood out more prominently, Journeaj- of Pennsylvania proved his worth at all times and deserves considerable credit for his consistent showinir. 0: How"" of tho '.Navy, Keelor of Wisconsin. Wis-consin. Bobout of Pcnn State. Gelein of Wisconsin, Pendleton of Yale, Brooks of Colgate, Buch of Carlisle. Almindingor of Michigan, "Rosenthal of Minnesota, Carter of Virginia and Beers of Dartmouth arc all players of more than average ability. At the Pivot Place. At- the pivot positions were men of only a little moro than average ability. The passing of most of the center men during the past season called for severe se-vere criticism. Time and time again would the chances of thoir respective teams bo jeopardized by some abominable abomin-able pass 'by one of the center mon. This was more true in tho case of some of the larger teams than the smaller ones. To offset this the work of the nivot men on. defense when thoy would no allowod to pla' a "roving' game their work stood out very prominently and called for much praise. Kctcham of Yale, the greatest of tho "roving" style pivot mon in the country coun-try today, is given tho preference over his closest rivals. Although not playing play-ing the position the entire season, ho shines so brightly over the other slafs in this position that ho ronld go in and outpla.y anyone clso who might be picked by a large margin. Ketclidin's wonderful speed in covering cover-ing kicks is another qualification that would add considerable to his team strength. His ability to put his team-niatcs team-niatcs together at critical stages of a game, as well as his offensive game, would no doubt tell in any contest. Dos .Tardicn of Chicago', one of tho greatest centers . that the west has ever produced, would prove a close rival to the New Haven captain. J lis passing was more consistent, but . on defense he did not show tho ability of his rival." Garlow of Carlisle, Simpson of Pennsylvania, "Batterson of Michigan, Trumbull of Harvard, E. Trencknian of Princeton. Powell of Wisconsin, McEwan of West Point, Peterson of Colgate and Cruikshank of Washington Washing-ton and Jefferson are all center men that would shine on any squad. Stars at Quarter. At quarterback the material for All-Amcrican All-Amcrican honors is exceptional. Tho generalship and all-around ability of the men occupying this position during the pnst season was one of the most pleasing factors in a season that will long bo remembered by its many reversals of form. Moro credit is duo these players for tho quality of bnll played by their teams than to any other issue. In this new style game, where the ability to size up an opposing eleven in the early stages of a contest and hurl an attack at them in such a manner man-ner that their defense spreads out to such a degree that a forward pass can be resorted to without any appreciable danger, is a requirement in which western quarters excel. Dorais of Notre Dame is a man who sizes up to tho situation in much better bet-ter shape than any other. He is a star of the highest magnitude. Excelling' Ex-celling' in opou field play in running back punts, and in running with the ball from his position, ho has displayed ability as u general that only few quarters have ever equaled. His hurling of the pigskin into the hands of out? of his ends or backs is a quality that has won for him his place. Wilson of Valo is another player that has shown real ability as" a quarter, but he docs not come up to tho liigh standard set by his western west-ern rival. Russell of Chicago, heralded as a second Walter Echorsall, stood out very prominently all season. Welch of i Carlisle, Marshall of Pennsylvania, Huntington of Colgate, Barrett of Cornell, Click of Princeton, Shee of Dartmouth, llughitt of Michi- fan, Dictgen of Wcsleyan, Poguc of llinois and Costcllo of Georgetown nro all players that could supplant any of tho above-nninod players and' not weaken the backfield combination. Backs Are Numerous. Backs nro as plentiful as thoy have over been; in fact, the qualft' of game played by the backs this season taken as a whole is without doubt the best seen in many years. Craig of Michigau, Guyon of Carlisle. Car-lisle. Malmn of Harvard, Oliphant of Purdue, Whitney of Dartmouth and Young of Pennsylvania make a string of .backs from which it is difficult to select the. best. Craig and Guyon, because of their speed and strength, are given the preference. Both men are exceptional open field runners as well as fierce lino plungers. Baker of Princeton, McAlmon of Minnesota, McRcavy of Annapolis. Fleming of Washington and Ainsworth of Yalo. Morgan of, Gait of Michigan, .BrauTeo QfMkir Julian of Michigan, Hobbs An Point, Bracklin of Carlisle amMN of Yalo are men from whom ia hard to make. J At fullback Brickley otB, stands head and shoulders oK; pononts. He is the most vakjjRlrn m football togs today. Ex$m? all requirements of the gameMpw placed on the team because otrt: nomeual ability to score ?yp: routo from almost any uisjAIJ angle of tho field. M ' Eichenlaub of Notre DameJ.Bg" of Wisconsin, Minds o'f Pennjg Calac of Carfislo, ShaughnessjB nesota, Strcit of Princeton, fwij, (Michigan, Angclt of Tufts, allow Dickinson, Hudson of Trinitybl out of Colgate and McGwwiaL. are also men who could sflE amount of punishment and aK!: form in a creditnble mapner. n; With tho above-named teamjM Dorias to general. nnd'Guyonlwe rias to punt, Brickley to Mr drops and Brown tho place0?! 1 team would not bo wanting partment. . jfU . |