The Detroit times., 1912-10-18
PENNSY TAKES
COURAGE AFTER
BAD DEFEAT
Are Determined To Make Good
Showing Against
Brown
LACK OF CLASS IN
SCRUBS WORRIES EN-
No Substitutes For Regulars
Last Saturday Brought
Defeat

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1S.-tSpe
cial) The defeat that Swarthmore
handed to Old Penn. last Saturday.
was a sad blow to the losers. The
Red and Blue had been going at a
championship gait and the students
and Alumni are most enthusiastic In
their support OF the team. f
AS things stand now, Pennsyivanis
is not despairing, and she still ex'
poets her team to be victorious In Its
remaining games. The game was lost
simply because Swarthmore was more
fully developed than Penn. II is one
lof the difficulties which attaches,
when a big university. meets a strong
welI-coached team with unusually
brilliant stars upon 1t. early in the
season.
Swarthmore had a much greater
variety OF plays than Pennsylvania.
and their men were trained TO the
minute. The absence of "Tacks
Harrington from his position at right
half-back probably had much TO do
with the loss OF the game. Harring-
tom was substituted after Swarthmore
had scored her touchdown, but al
though he greatly strengthened
Penn's lineup, he was unable to take
his turn at running with the ball.
Two unfortunate blunders were also
directly responsible for the defeat. A
muffed forward pass, beautifully dc
livered by Minds. TO Jourdette, while
the latter was crossing the goal line,
cost Penn a score, while an error ic
Judgment on which the end was tiled
when the signal called for a line
plunge. robbed Penn OF another
probable score.
The most glaring weakness which
was revealed on Saturday Is one
which the coaches have realized 70.
second string men dc
not compare with the regulars. With
a substitute who sized up to Harring-
ton. TO put in right half-back. the re
suit OF the game would have been
different. Dillon was forced to play
during the entire game with an in
jured ankle, simply because there
was not a competent substitute fo-
him. Grifith. who started the game
at right-guard, failed TO show the
strength that the coaces had observ.
ed in i'm In practice.
WHIT ennsylvania intends 10 do now
is to forget Saturdays game until
next year There are the games with
Brown, State, Lafayette, Carlisle,
Michigan and Cornell. yet TO be play
ed, and there will be opportunity
enough to make amends for Satur
days disaster. The coaches will turn
their efforts this week to developing
plays for the Brown game which viii
be played in Providence. tomorrow.
This is the only game scheduled II
be played away from Franklin field.
The three M's-Mercer, Minds and
Marshall. are combination OF fas'
backfeld men, that have few equals
among the college ranks, and In spite
OF Saturdays defeat, and with Har-
rington in condition, they will again
.plow through their opponents.
Journeay played the best game for
the linemen on Saturday, although
Howard Mccall showed brilliant
flashes at center
An urgent call for big men has
been issued. Sturdy guards and
tackles we're never so much In de-
mand as they are now One big fe..
low who will report Is Bloom, who
played tackle on last years scrus'
team and substitute center on tn
basket ball team. He weighs about
I1S5 pounds and is very fast and a
hard. conscientious player.