New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-18
PENNSYLVANIA OUT OF HER SLUMP.
THE UNIVERSITY HOPES THAT GRAVES
WILL NOT LOSE HIS PLACE,

Philadelphia Nov. II CspeciaD.-The University
Of Pennsylvania coaches have been laborins for
the last weeks TO bring the Quakers out OF
the football slump into which they fell as a result
Of the Harvard game For a time IL feared
that the present slump would end as disastrousy
that Of last season promised BY careful coach
ing however, this evil TO have been averted,
and the prospects At present are that the season
will be finished with credit 10 the team.
The first big shakeup IN the Pennsylvania team
came last week. 1t caused IN part by injuries
which some Of the received IN the Harvard
game and also by poor work, which has been done
hy some Of the regulars. The change which most
affects the team is that Of placing John Gardiner
at quarterback. in place OF Graves In the Har-
ward game Graves was seriously injured. and has
not been able 10 take part in the practice since
that time II thought for a time that he had
been permanently injured. but later examinations
have shown that such IS not the case II IS oeeVed
by some that Graves injuries are not such as 10
prevent his playing. that he is not allowed 20
play at his old position for the reason that Coach
Woodruff believes he Will lose his head. In The
Harvard game Graves was the first man TO become
nervous and his poor work on that occasion helped
Harvard game Graves had never been known 10
tumble. so that his poor work was q surprise 10
possibility that Graves viii be given another chance
the Harvard game stamps him as the best quarter
back which Pennsylvania has had Tor seyera- years
Every the university wishes that Graves
may have another chance. as II IS believed that ne
The second Important change is al the ends W.
Gardiner and Davidson have been playing these
places until the present week, but have never done
anything but mediocre work They have been re-
simple reason that Woodruff mas had who
could play these places better Bennett and Hodge
the substitute ends, We're given Cnance IN tA+
game with Lafayette, and played 4 rnucA su-
perior game either OF The older men For ms
reason the chances are that these TWO men VI!
be given these places for the rest OF the season
The transfer of J. Gardiner from hafback to quar-
terhack makes room for another man IN the back
field. The man VINO Will probably take GARDENERS
place al aalfbaCk IS DAVIDSON H has been trled at
this place several times. and has always SHOWN up
From now on all preparations vii be made for
The Cornell game, n Thanksgiving Day. tor ne
last ten years Cornell has come 70 PHllaGelphlA
annually for the purpose OF defeating Pennsyi-
vania. but has never Yet accomplished TINS pur-
pose. The strong showing which ne Ithacans
this year by defeating Princeton mas given an
added importance this game Although the
Tigers and the Quakers never meet in football or
any other branch IF athletics there is intense rival
" between The Two institutions Ihls tact VIII
Elur Pennsylvania on 10 DO all IN her power 10 de-
Feat the Ithacans by g good score me teams
are evenly matched this year and ne prospects are
that the game will be fine exhibition OF football