Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16
Not the "Opening.

have moved him to quarterback, and
In his new position he promises to do
more spectacular work than at half
back last fall. in which position he was
quite ;nn, ~ unanimously picked for the myth
lcaI all-Amerfcan team. Pendleton is
undoubtedly one of the fastest men on
the gridiron today. and on the cinder
track he is reported to have done 1O15
seconds for 100 yards. Best of all, he
is quick starter and wonderful
dodger. He is receiving the best kind
of support from the other members of
the back field. Indeed. as it is now
composed this promises to be back
field of tremendous speed. In addition
| to Pendleton it contains another high
class sprinter in Sawyer. the captain
of the track team. Sawyer has done
49ts seconds for the quarter mile, and
he possesses sufficient weight and
strength to hold his own even with
Pendleton. Two other men who are
| displaying unexpected speed are Baker
and Penfeld. When the season opened
it was thought that Baker would be
the ultimate choice for quarterback
This was the position he played with
the freshmen last year but the unusu-
ally good work done by Pendleton in
the direction of the team will probably
result in his holding this important po-
sition. Baker is fast, and while not es-
sentially a line breaker he is doing his
share of the attack.
The worriment over the continued I'D.
somewhat by the splendid playing OF Pen
field at fullback. This youngster who is
not particularly heavy, has proven a
good line plunger. and in open field work
he is not much, If any. behind Pendleton
4; In addition to his speed he has developed
| unusual accuracy in drop kicking. and
| the coaches have intrusted this depart
ment to him instead Of to Pendleton, VINO
| is a frst-class drop kicker himself Capt.
Hart has not been playing with the team
g.. mo- of a6 a
! fall 1t was reported that he had been
seriously hurt in the game and had to
wear a steel brace on account of his
back. That was later denied by ply
stefan. who made an examination of him
and pronounced him in perfect physical
| condition. That, however, has not put
him on the team. A good many foot ball
| men have always thought that Hart was
| a much overrated player. and II the
coaches get a similar idea 1t may be
hard for Hart to make a place in the
| present backfeld. particularly If it con-
tinues to play the sort of foot ball it is
at present.
Anderson Is Ya1e's Star.
ON the Yale team there are few men
who stand out conspicuously above their
fellows. Instead of having one or two
shining lights the whole team seems to
shine with about the same luster. In the
| backfield, though. is one man, Fullback
Anderson, who is daily attracting the
attention Of the coaches. He learned
| most Of his foot ball at the University Of
Wisconsin, but is still eligible for the
Yale team. He has been used in all Of
the Ellis games to date and seems to be
the only man who can be depended upon
to gain consistently on line plunges. Two
other men who are displaying good
quarterback, and Philbin, the latter a
brother Of the Philbin who played SO we'll
| for the Ellis in 1909. Howe, in addition
to maintaining his high standard of d.
recting the team play. Is kicking field
goals in clever fashion.
At the University of Pennsylvania there
| is one man who Is outshining every other
player on the team. He is Capt. Mercer,
| last year the unanimous pick of the
critics for all-Amertcan fullback. 1t is
doubtful II there is a faster man in foot
| ball toys on the American gridiron than
| Mercer. This year he seems to be in
gets up his speed wonderfully. He has
Increased his value to the team nearly
80 per cent by mastering the use of the
straight arm In warding off tacklers.
| Mercer does this better than any man
| Pennsylvania ever had except Hollen-
back Of the 1908 team. Another member
| of the Quaker team who Is expected t.
press Mercer hard for honors is Marshall
the right end Marshall is the best sprin-
| ter on the track team, and has repeated
| ly done ten seconds for Trainer Mike
showed wonderful ability in catching the
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