New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21
PENN FOOTBALL LINE
PLEASES THE COACHES
All Are Experienced, Active
and of Unusually
High Weight.
IBy Telegraph 10 The tribune. J


Philadelphia. Sept. 20-At the end Of the
first week Of football practice the Unit
versity OF Pennsylvania promises to have
an unusually good line. with more ac-
tivity and weight than any bunch Of for
wards in the last half dozen years.
The situation in the back field is not so
bright. but 1t is improving daily. and II
some of the new men make good this
quartet will be able TO gain ground
consistently enough. the coaches think.
In order to make beginning, Head
Coach Brooke selected a preliminary line
in the middle OF the week and began the
drilling for the first game, with Gettys-
burg College next Saturday.
To the surprise of the student body, Mr..
Brooke was able TO get line OF expert
enced men which from end to end aver
age lSS pounds. Not one Of the forwards,
however. weighs 200 pounds. Captain
Young. the only veteran end on the squad,
reported for work weighing lS5 pounds.
He seems TO be in unusually fine condi-
ton He is a certainty for one end I'M
less the coaches decide to try him in the
back field.
on the other end Setback, a substitute
of last year. has been doing the best work
and seems 10 be more highly. thought Of
than Rooms. who was first substitute END
last year He weighs l75 pounds. Jour
neay and Carter were Brooke's first
choice at tackle Journeay played the
position last year and earned the reputa-
ton of being a very steady man. Carter
was a member OF the scrub, not being eli
gible for the varsity He gives promise
of being one OF the best tackles Pennsyl-
vania has had in recent years.
Russell, who played guard on his fresh
man team, now looks the most promising
OF all the candidates for this position.
He weighs 1876 pounds and is very strong
and active The coaches have already
taken a fancy to Dutton for the other
guard. Dutton tried for the team two
years ago and was rapidly making
name for himself when he had some
trouble with Smith, who was then the
head coach. AS a result. Dutton left the
team, and only returned this fall when
new head coach was secured lie is now
IN his senior year and Ideally built for
the position.
Simpson. who played fine game at
centre last year. has this petition at rs
mercy as soon as he passes off one or two
examinations. He is one of the best cer-
tres the Quakers have had since the days
OF Captain Torrey. During his absence
from practice the coaches have been Try
ing To make a centre out of Harris. who
played i'm the freshman back field last
year Harris weighs $50 pounds and is
rapidly learning how to play the new
position.
In the back field there arc now only two
men certain Of position They are
Minds and Marshall both members Il
last years varsity. Minds has been Sc
lected to be the field general. Marshall
was tried at giving signals last year and
the year before. but did not measure up
TO requirements. He is the fastest man
on the squad. besides being a splendid
drop kicker. Tighe. OF last years fresh
man team, and Hill. the 1912 substitute
for the varsity team, seem 10 have The
call for the other two positions at pres
ent.
II is likely that the coaches will decide
on one or two changes before the came
with Gettysburg. That game will be-
used to try out a great many candidates.
After II has been played the coaches Will
have a more definite idea of the worth Of
their material.
one OF the things which characterized
the work OF the team during the last
week was the businesslike manner IN
which Coach Brooke handled the situa-
ton Every man on the squad had some
thing to do. and nearly every man also
had the benefit OF expert coaching In
addition to developing Marshall as
drop kicker the coaches are trying TO
make a place kicker out of Minds.