Crimson Revives Old Institution, and Picks Star Football Team From Foes

Trembling with fright for fear of venturing on round where even the angels disagree, the CRIMSON revives an institution of yesteryear and presents to its readers for their disapproval, an All-Stadium football team composed of the best players that the enemy have been able to field. Harvard gridsters have been omitted out of courtesy to our visitors and because it was felt that our opinion might be prejudiced in favor of Crimson players. So that the result is not truly an All-Stadium team, but rather a mythical eleven that would represent the strongest opposition that Harvard could have run up against in her eight combatants.

Army Leads Others

The first difficulty that had to be faced was the repression of an instinct to pick the whole of the West Point team and let it go at that. For it is no mean task to find a team better than that which represented the Army mule, except, of course Notre Dame. It is doubtful whether the Army struck up as fast a pace as it did against Harvard but after all, the judging is done on the basis of games played here and with that in mind it is difficult to imagine a much smoother running machine than the Cadet eleven. But the unity of the team lent glamour to the individuals and after reflection it is possible to find instances where other players might fit in better.

Kopcsak at Right End

When the Army wins a place on our "All" team, it does it without leaving any question in the mind as to the justice of the award. And so it is at right end where big Pete Kopcsak stands head and shoulders (literally and figuratively) above the other candidates. You have got to ask us something harder than to pick the best left tackle that has trod the Stadium sod this fall because Buzz Harvey wins without much competition. Hutchison of the Army and Kilcullen of Yale get honorable mention in this class and it looks like Hutchison for the second team.

Yale Fills Right Tackle

At left guard our betters have been picking the scholar-athlete of Hanover, Michelet, and in spite of the Army's Gooch, the Indian seems to be the best that opponents have brought to the Stadium. The pivot post is another snag with Bucknam (Army), Morandos (Holy Cross), McKiniry (New Hampshire) and Malin (Yale), all in the running. But the order in which they have been set down seems to be a fair enough rating of their abilities and so Bucknam is first and Morandos second. Right guard goes without much question to Captain Jablonsky of the Army and is slated to work with Clare Curtin of Yale who will hold down the mythical right tackle niche. On the second team at right guard we find that Jimmy DeAngelis of Yale takes the cake and at right tackle, Captain Phil Glazer of Dartmouth has beaten out the others. Perhaps the toughest stumbling block is in the berth at left end. There is Burlingame of the Army; there is Captain Reiss of Holy Cross; there is Maury Caito of Brown and there is Camp of Dartmouth. Now which shall it be? The decision seems to rest between Burlingame and Caito and since an All-Army team is to be avoided, Caito has been given the turkey.

Hardest Choice is Backfield

At this point the judges entered the hardest division of all and at the same time the situation simplified itself in short order. This department is the backfield. The choices leave the secondary with a decided military tinge. But the Army backfield seems to be about the best that has appeared here this fall and although Sebastian is relegated to the second team, his vicious blocking and sturdy line-bucking earn him equal honors with the first-stringer, Britt of the Crusaders. Britt had a punch through the line that caused Harvard plenty of trouble. The second backfield almost explains itself although Morris of Holy Cross should rate almost even with Karaban of Brown in the fullback berth. There was some hesitation on the part of the judges, since so many backfield candidates came to light, and it looked for a while as if there should be a third backfield but the final decision was two and no more. Captain Buonanno of Brown deserves a place in the lineup but on account of his injury at the time of the game and muddy field on which the game was played he was forced to give way to the others.