Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

old Yale centre. But Rutgers also had
good material. and since Sanford is at
New Brunswick once more Rutgers will
be disappointed not to hold Princeton to
a close score again.
Dartmouth found the Massachusetts
Agricultural College an unusually active
antagonist last year ana was able to
win by a score OF only 13 to g. Dart
mouth opens with the same eleven Sat
urday, and the wearers of the Green
hope to roll up more respectable score
They ought to do 1t, too, because their
wonderful backiield of last year is in
tact and they have had the advantage
OF more than three weeks OF practice
Because of the prominent place Dart
mouth holds on Pennsylvania's schedule
this year the Quakers will match their
work with great deal of interest. Dart
mouth has the same coach this year.
Frank Cavanaugh, the old end, a man
DR. Carl Williams pronounces to be one
If the best in the country.
The game on Franklin Field will be
the first of the season. not only for
PENNSYLVANIA, but for Gettysburg as we'll.
LAST year Penn beat the men from the
amous battlefield by the score of SO
o 0. There will be a goOdly number of
experiments in the Quaker eleven this
year. and for that reason it need not
he expected that Saturdays scor will
equal the 1913 figures. Gettysburg has
the same coach as last year, the man
m charge being Mauthe the old Penn
state fullback. If Mauthe has the ma
'erial and can develop 1t 10 play as Well
us he played himself -tysburg would
He much feared. for Mauthe was one OF
he best fullbacks that ever stepped on
'ranklin Field.
There will be a lot OF speculation all
his week TO learn what men Head Coach
Brooke will pick for his initial lineup.
Probably Brooke himself won't know un-
I'll the day before the game. The sitting
process Is still going on. and the merits
and demerits OF every player are being
carefully analysed not, only by Brooke,
but by his assistants. But the chances
are that the first eleven men to line up
'or Pennsylvania will be last years reg
ulars or substitutes as far as that is
possible There are some new men who
in practice promise TO be much better
than the 1913 regulars but for the most
part they will not get into the rfay until
the game is well under way.
The Quaker coaches have reason to feel
well pleased with the results of their
6rst weeks work, for they have accom-
Dlished more than any one, thought pos
Vible i'm SO short time. Not only have
hey taught the rudiments Of the game
fairly we'll to a big squad of candidates
but they have carefully studied and tested
the merits of all the men and sorted them
out until they have gotten all the can
dldates working for the positions for
which they seem hest fitted.
From tackle TO tackle Pennsylvania has
available line which will average close
to 2lO pounds per man. As far as weight
and strength are concerned. the men re-
ferTed to are about all that could be de-
sired. But these qualifications are only
about One-half of what will be required.
In addition 10 weight an dstrenFth, they
must display speed and football sense.
enough and strong enough TO push a
house over may have 10 be discarded
vet for men weighing 20 or % pounds less.
because modern football requires men of
speed and cleyerneas. About all that can
he said of most o fthis quad of linemen
Is that they are making progress. It Is
imnossibla n, be much more specific now.
An odd situation exists as far as the
ends and backs are concerned. The quail
flies necessary 10 plsv on the ends or in
the hackfeld are much the same Ever
since the practice opened the coaches
have been in doubt concernins some Of
the men. whether they would be hotter
on the ends or in the back field Al any
time thav might be shifted back and
forth. and II IL TO he hoped that when
these shifts are made they WITH be made
with the same intuition or luck as when
Roy Merosr hrst came out for football.
when he arrived the coaches resolved to
make an end out OF him, but a train OF