You could write a convenience method:
public PrintStream print(String format, Object... arguments) {
return System.out.format(format, arguments);
}
But as you can see, you've simply just renamed format (or printf).
Here's how you could use it:
private void printScores(Player... players) {
for (int i = 0; i < players.length; ++i) {
Player player = players[i];
String name = player.getName();
int score = player.getScore();
// Print name and score followed by a newline
System.out.format("%s: %d%n", name, score);
}
}
// Print a single player, 3 players, and all players
printScores(player1);
System.out.println();
printScores(player2, player3, player4);
System.out.println();
printScores(playersArray);
// Output
Abe: 11
Bob: 22
Cal: 33
Dan: 44
Abe: 11
Bob: 22
Cal: 33
Dan: 44
Note there's also the similar System.out.printf method that behaves the same way, but if you peek at the implementation, printf just calls format, so you might as well use format directly.