Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12

/ back, will be used at quartefpdek' win
! Bergin, Bard and Chrystle as suostl-
tues. The backfield viii have num-
Der of stars, if the eligibility ban
doesn't step in.
Eddie Hart, the star captain of the
freshman eleven, whose fame dates
back to Exeter, If eligible, will be a
powerful ground gamer. Read and
/ Cunningham, veteran backs, viii be
assisted by White. Mccormick and De
Vito of the freshman team. as well as
Bard, Ballin and Feigenspann.
Pennsy's Men Called
Field Coach Andy Smith has issued
a call for all candidates for the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania football team
to report for practice on Franklin
field on September Is, just ten days
before the opening game of the -oa-
son with Gettysburg. Not since 1902
have the Pennsylvania prospects been
so much up in the air as they are this
year With seven of the strongest
members of last years team missing
this years success depends almost en-
tirely on new men. The most dis
couraging feature is the backfield. Hol-
lenback, Manier, Keinath and Means
will all be missing. TO start a team
on a season with an entirely new back
field is a tremendous handicap-one
that the red and blue team has not
had to face since 1900. In 1901 they
had Davidson as a veteran; In 1902
Bill Gardiner. Howard and Dale; in
1903 Bennett, while Smith was man
of such well-known ability that he
might also be counted a tried man;
in 1904, Smith and Reynolds; in 1905,
Folwen, Greene, Shoble and Steven
son; in 1906, Folwell, Greene and Hol-
lenback; in 1907, Folwell, Greene and
Hollenbeck and Keinath.
Each year they had men of tried
ability as a nucleus. This year they
have only Capt. Miller, and he was but
a substitute last year. To add to the
uncertainty of the outlook one of the
most promising candidates Harcourt,
will surely not be back in the univer-
sity, while Ramsdell may also be miss
ing, and Hutchinson is in such precari-
Gus scholastic standing that he cannot
be counted on with any degree of GER
tainty
Marks will surely be taken from
center and played in the backfield,
probably at fullback, where he always
played before coming to Pennsylvania
Marks is a remarkably fast man, cap
able of running 100 yards in 10 1-5 Sec
onds, and seems sure to make good. If
Ramsdell returns-and ii seems about
an even bet whether he will or not-he
will likely play front halfback, and he
used to crash into the line, where his
weight and strength will count. For
the other halfback Hutchinson Is prob
ably the best man. He displayed great
ability running with the ball on last
years freshman team, and Is an ex-
pert with the forward pass, which he
has been practicing steadily all sum-
mer. With Capt Miller at quarterback
this would make q baci1field bril-
liant in individual play, but no two of
whom have played together before, and
therefore uncertain as to its team work,
the feature on which all backfields
must stand or fall 1t would be one
of the fastest backfields that ever
played football. Ramsdell and Marks
are both sprinters of exceptional speed,
while Hutchinson is close after them
and Miller by no means slow.
BackfieId Is Uncertain
But if Ramsdell does not return, or
Hutchinson does not get off his condi-
tions or fails to show the form ex-
pected of him. for he is still an untried
man, or if injury robs the team of one
or more of this baclSfield, where will all
Pennsylvania be then? Sommer and
Young, last years substitutes, are fair
players, but hardly of the class for a
tiptop varsity backfeld. Heilman and
Van Housen of last years freshmen
are also wanting in ability The loss
of any one of these men would damage
this backfield tremendously. There is
none in prospect who on past form
seems capable of taking their places.
In this tentative backfield there is no
kicker Marks and Ramsdell have both
been coached, but neither has the abil-
ity. In these days of new football any
team without a capable kicker is great
Iy handicapped. In the university are
two brothers, Alec and Ed Trayer who
can kick better than any Pennsylvania
man since Marshall Reynolds Ed
Thayer played on last years freshman
team, but he seems too young, light
and inexperienced for a varsity man.
Alec has not played football since COM
ing to Pennsylvania.
Cornell's football practice will begin
at Percy field September 20, and the
first game will be played October 2.
A greater efforts than ever before has
been made by the field committee to
provide for the presence during the
season of a numerous staff of graduate
coaches. 1t is expected to have Daniel
A. Reed, '9S. at Percy field through
out the season. Reed was one of the
strongest of Cornell guards, and he has
been one of the most effective of Cor
nells line coaches since his graduation.
The permanent coaching staff this sea-
son Will lQcIuue +. II. Lair Gs n.
Walder and B. j. O'Rourke. Larkin
will, as last year, give special instruc-
tion to the ends. Walder, captain of
last years eleven and all-Ameriean
fullback, will have charge of the backs.
O'Rourke, with his experience at tackle,
will round out the staff.
When the members of the football
squad return to Percy field they will
find that numerous improvements have
been made at the field during the sum-
mer. About $4,000 is being expended by
the athletic association, chiefly in in
stalling a new heating plant and new
plumbing in the club house. For the
heating plant a one-story addition has
been built on the north side The en-
tire club house has been thoroughly
cleaned and renovated. The stell grand
stand has been moved into position on
the north side of the gridiron and
painted. The big freshman bleacher
west of the covered stand has been cut
down by FIVE tiers of seats and re-
inforced.
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