Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
PENN STATE SQUAD
VERY LIKELY TO BE
SUCCESSFUL ONE
Sixty Candidates Are Out
for Five Vacancies On the
Eleven - Coach es and
Players Optimistic.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Sept. 15.-With
more than 60 eager candidates hghtlhs
| for five vacancies on Penn state Ioot.
| bail team. the outlook for successtul
| season Is most encouraging. determines W u
| to forget the disastrous CLOSING OF tne
1918 schedule, the coaches ana players
have taken on a\ most optlmlstlc III.
Thev are encouraged by the splendid
condition of the eight varsity men Oh
last years team and are sure that Two
halfbacks, two guards and tackle are
TO be developed readily from the strlns
of well-coached schoolboys VINO nave re-
ported for the preliminary prectlSe'
Coaches Harlow and HollenudoN
confronted by two problems-the sat,s-
Sontor,, daveionment Of left tackle,
around whom states offensive play Is
TO be constructed, and a quarterpack 10
euoceod Captain Shorty" Miller, Who
was graduated last June. BY sniluns
to left tackle Levi Lamb, Penn S'a.e
bulwark on the right wing. tne .,s.
puzzllng problem would be solved easlis.
put for the fear of weakening the rlgh'
.Idc Of the line by Lambs removal,
Coach Dick Harlow is reluctant TO fnake
the change. Should all other alterna-
tives fail, Lamb may play the leit "ins
position. <.- .ho
quarterback vacancy. His VIDE lootpsi
experience, and his adaptabiiity 10 pach- ,
field positions give him the FIRST can.
A. nresent he is playing the position
satisfactorily. He Is directing the eleVet,
With Judgment and handling Forward
ssses cleverly. Next to Tobin, bW'ns,
the ex-Pittsburgh Central High Schoos
star and ALL l-scholastic auarterpacN ~
western Pennsylvania, is faVoreu'
is a newcomer here, and his early % sIiow
ins has created profound impression
on Coach Bill Hollenback. Whehner
Ewing or Tobin play the position ae-
nends ,lpon the success In hndlnS naiL-
backs to succeed Tobin ana berr mai a.
Berryman is again in college, put IN
eligible. s
Two rare halfbacks are In the squao;
They are Welty, of the 1918 eiesel' e',u
milestone, the ex-West Philadelphla
High School back. Much is expected from
both of these men. Another possioility
,s Cubbage, from Philadelphia Central
High School. He played both In the pack
field and line last season on his school
eleven. Other likely looking recruits Tor
halfback places are: Yeager, of Belle
fonte High School; Fast, a former captain
of the Harrisburg High School team;
Yerger a sub -halfback here last year;
Dippe a substitute last season, and Gard
ner, of Harrisburg High School. The end
candidates are: Morris and Barron, both
rs" men: Higgins, of Pedde Institute.
to hold their Jobs; Schry, of Johnstown
High School, Thomas captain of last
years freshman team, and Seimon' OF
Allegheny High School
The following are asprants for the two
guard positions. made vacant by the
graduation of Vogel and Weston: Miller,
a substitute of last season; Locke
former Haverford College player, who
was ineligible last year; Kelly, of st.
Joseph's College, Philadelphia, and
Woertz. formerly OF Central Manual
Training School, Philadelphia. For
tackles there are: Mcdowell, who won
his letter last year; Lamb, the aggressive
linesman Parrish and Balbach, the two
heavyweights from Harry Hillman Acad-
emy; Swayne, of Belefonte Academy;
Sutton. OF Allegheny College, and Oberle,
a Philadelphia boy who came from Mer-
cersburg Academy. Wood is sure of the
job at centre The same holds true of Fl.
Clark at fullback. Both these men are
in the pink of condition and ready to go
into game this week.