With the close of each football season is has become customary for recognized critics of the game to name what has been called an AllAmerican eleven, the personnel of which consists of the best individual college players in their respective positions. With due deference to the recognized ability of prominent Eastern critics, yet it must be admitted that when a selection is made by one person alone, it is narrow in at least two respects: first, it represents the ideal of that particular individual; secondly, his field of observation is necessarily limited. Thus it is that many who are deserving are overlooked, and especially the Western men, whose ability and knowledge of the game Eastern critics are slow to recognize. It was in the hope that these faults might in a way be overcome that the INLANDER undertook the present method of naming the honorary team. prominent coaches, of the West as well as the East, were requested to name those whom they considered entitled to places, and from the returns thus received the tabulation reveals the following results: Ends, Hallowell and Campbell, of Harvard; tackles, left, Stillman, Yale, and Lawrence, Harvard; right, Stillman and Bloomer, Yale; guards, Hare, Pennsylvania, and Brown, Yale; center, Olcott, Yale; quarter, Daly, Harvard; right half, Reiter, Princeton; left half, Sharpe, Yale, and Weekes, Columbia; fullback, Hale, Yale. A comparison with the team named by Caspar Whitney shows the selection for the ends to be the same; Stillman

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and Bloomer are named for tackles, but Lawrence is relegated to the second eleven. Hare and Brown find equal favor, while Olcott is placed second to Wright of Columbia. Behind the line Daly is the unanimous choice. of all. Reiter, on the other hand, while placed at right half by vote of the coaches, is not even mentioned among the eligibles for the second eleven by Whitney, Weekes, of Columbia, proved a favorite, Sharpe in the present selection sharing honors with him but being named a half on the second eleven of the Eastern critic. Hale is considered as lawfully entitled to fullback.

From the accompanying diagram it will be seen that Olcott, of Yale, is the choice for the center position of Dibblie, of Harvard; Captain Pell, of Princeton; Warren, of Carlisle; Robinson, of Brown; King, of Wisconsin, and Horne, of Indiana. The teams of the first four men met defeat at the hands of the Yale eleven. Woodruff alone, of the big Eastern coaches, gives him a place second to that of Bachman, of Lafayette. Yet that he considers the two on an equality is evidenced by the fact that in the Chicago Tribune, cago Tribune, December 9, he placed the Yale man at the center position, paying him a deserved compliment. His playing is, perhaps, best characterized by the words of Phil King, who says that he places Olcott at center for his steadiness in passing the ball, as well as for his ability in opening holes in the offense, and his good defensive playing, Bachman, however, is deserving of great credit for

his work, which in a way has not attracted the attention it might have done done had he played on one of the "big four." Whenever he has been mentioned by Eastern critics it has been with the utmost favorable comment. No one knew his worth better than Coach Newton, who says of him :

"Bachman will be put at center by several of the Eastern authorities and deserves it if any man ever did. He has not made a wild pass to quarter or fullback in the two years he has been playing the position. He is capable of stopping plays directed at the center and is out at the ends stopping plays there; gets down the field under kicks ahead of the ends and has secured several fumbled punts, on one of which he made a touchdown. He is a reliable man in fumbles which have taken place in scrimmages and in this way has secured the ball or recovered it many times, scoring a touchdown once in this way also. He has never been outplayed in the two years, save by Overfield in '99, in what was his sixth game in the position, and he has met the best men there are. He is 20 years old, six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds stripped. His speed is far greater than one could expect from his build and weight." Honors are equally divided between Hare, of Pennsylvania, and Brown, of Yale, the former having been the choice of four for right guard and the latter the choice of the same number for left guard. Coaches Dibblie, of Harvard, and Woodruff, of Pennsylvania agree upon Sheldon and Brown as guards and Hare as one of the halves, the former placing him at right and the Quaker coach at left half. There is a striking coincidence in the selection of these two men, in that both have

played four years on the 'Varsity, captaining their respective teams this year, and both are especially strong in carrying the ball. In the famous guards-back of Pennsylvania, Hare was the most effective ground gainer, while in defense he covered more territory than perhaps any man on the gridiron today. On the other hand, the work of Gordon Brown, both in defensive and offensive in the Harvard-Yale game will be recalled by all who read of that remarkable battle. Phil King is alone in placing McCracken, of Pennsylvania, in the guard's position, assigning as his reason, strong defensive work.

In the tackle positions Stillman, of Yale, is looked upon with greatestest favor, sharing with Lawrence, of Harvard, on the selection. of Captain Pell and Coaches Eckstorm and Horne, the honors of right tackle; while at left, through Coaches Dibblie, Warner, King and Robinson he is given equal credit with Bloomer. Neither Coach Woodruff, of Pennsylvania, nor Newton, of Lafayette, regard him as entitled to first rank, the former giving Bloomer and Wallace, of Pennsylvania, and the latter Lawrence and Bloomer preference. Wallace also numbers among his supporters Captain Pell, of Princeton, and Coach Robinson, of Brown.

Curtis, of Wisconsin, is the only Western man to be mentioned, and he by Phil King, the Wisconsin coach, though he is regarded by all in the West who make a pretense to knowledge on the subject, as one of the greatest tackles of the day. Keene Fitzpatrick is one of the Wisconsin man's admirers. According to the majority of Eastern critics, Blomer deserves the distinction of being the most effective tackle in carrying the ball, although

Stillman proved one of the most effective men in that respect in the Harvard-Yale game, being fast and aggressive and strong on defense. Lawrence, the big Harvard tackle, on the other hand, has been but casually mentioned in the criticisms of the year.

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Hallowell, of of Harvard, proved the favorite of the year with Eastern coaches for right end, while Campbell, also of the crimson team, is given the other end position, but not with the same unanimity. Coach Woodruff displaces Hallowell at right end with Coy, of Yale, and then in turn places Hallowell at left end, while Phil King gives the latter position to Coy for his work in the Harvard and Princeton games, and the right end to Snow, of Michigan. As with Curtis, of Wisconsin, Snow labored under the disadvantage of playing on a Western team and a losing one at that. Of his work, however, Professor Stagg has remarked that he considered Snow one of the best ends he ever saw, and Professor Stagg ought to know what are the necessary qualities to such distinction, as he himself once won a place at end on the All-American. Phil King, of Wisconsin, perhaps best characterized the playing of Snow when he said: "Snow, without doubt is the best end in the country. He is a whirlwind on defense and always close to the ball, wherever it happens to be."

The left end, in the opinion of Eastern critics, goes to Campbell, of Harvard, for his steadiness and cool-headed work, though Smith, of West Point, has found considerable favor with Coach Warner, of the Indians, and Captain Pell, of Princton, Gould, of Yale, is alone mentioned by Coach Newton.

The unanimous selection of Captain Daly, of the defeated Harvard

team, is a great compliment to his ability and one that seldom comes to man in this day of advanced science, when there is such a wide divergence of opinion as to the relative ability of players. His ability as a general and the remarkable influence of his personality was conspicuous in the Harvard-Yale game, where, until the very last, he urged with success his already defeated team to fight as never before. In addition, he possessed marked ability as a kicker and in carrying back the ball, and always proved a dangerous man in a broken field. His work on defense is best evidenced by his last game.

So commendable has been the work of a number of Eastern halves this year that greater difficulty was evidently entertained in settling upon the most deserving than in the case of the line men. For the right position, however, Reiter leads with the commendation of Coaches Warner and Robinson, and Captain Pell, while Chadwick, the father of the well-known Yale guard, follows a close second in the selection of Coaches Newton and Horne. Horne. Hare, of Pennsy, is given the place by Coach Dibblie for his remarkable ability in advancing the ball, while the same work has caused the favorable mention of Weekes, of Columbia, by Coach Woodruff. Kendall, of Harvard, is alone the choice of Coach Eckstorm, as is also Larson, of Wisconsin, by Phil King. Both Sharpe, of Yale, and Weekes, of Columbia, meet with equal favor for the other half, the former because of his drop kicking, without question the best in the East, and his work on offense and defense. In physical build he ranks above the average, standing 6 feet 1 inch and weighing, stripped, 190 pounds. Weekes, his competitor for the honor,

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