Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-16

or the foregoing six teams Dartmouth
and Cornell have developed the best scor-
ing machines, while. Dartmouth's defense
has been broken down for the smallest
score Dartmouth's total scores were run
UP to s12 points as the result of the Penn
sylvanla game. The weakness Of the
Pennsylvania team is shown by the fact
that the opponents scores overtop total
the Ouakers have made by margin or
20 points. Princeton has managed to keep
ahead by making 81 points, and holding
the opposite to 65. The large number OF
points scored by all their opponents fea-
ture the work of all the big colleges this
year.
Taking up the Pennsylvania Dartmouth
game on Saturday the writer wishes It under
stood that he yedsb S ibs 10 mT
eleven, the alertness Of Its defense, the sus-
% dsnea @ pSgSeT pSSgaSa % 'he paeTs especay Gapta
whitney and Ghee. Having said this. sun
touehdowns' l' difference % between en- the football
ability OF the two elcvens Dartmouth, or
won BY even margin OF 2i-o. The Green s
remaining three touchdowns were scored on
the ouakers, rather than their Inherent weak
ness, was principally responsible for them:
I ANY one who has had an opportunity to
in games and the daily practice knows that
they are green and inexperienced. No coach
team a years time from green players.
No one With common sense had a right to
expect team in which eight Of the eleven
mon were green to bo n consistent winner.
But the disappointment Of Pennsylvania men
by Michigan and Dartmouth is very KEEN
and when the Cornell game Is over the season
i have been asked scores OF time TO give
an opinion OF the cause of the teams poor
showing. But whether my diagnosis would
be correct, whether the players simply haven't
the ability to play good football or whether
the doaehlng hasn't htted the needs even the
nT EfNnl ,lVnNn
would hardly bo fair to the team or the
coaches. The players fine lot OF
, undergraduates I have ever seen playing
} for any university. and all the coaches
nave been thinking and dreaming of little but
training and a genuine desire to do their best
nave, ectunted both tho team and the coaches.
tor the football committee to discover.
NEED A TRAINER.
But have no hesitancy in saying that what
the team does need instantly what H needed
last year and this fall, is professional trainer
able to do something besides binding up
woupds, The 1913 season was ruined because
OF the poor physical condition OF the players
injuries the men have mot been lenit
together with that hghting spirit which char hSf
acterized every team Mike Murphy trained.
an athlete Is mt" or "on edge" he ia
srahihs ser nm Eat, at the leash. He has an appetite
and and he doesn't easily become demoraiized
Ps1,I,,s,S s1 presence & Of Mike Murphy would give
Cornell There isn't a Mike MErpby nro,',,I UweI
now but II the football committee has a dom
s1tt!dRRs a1n5RRs rersonality II can inject into the
from the wreck. i''''"e
The Fundamental strength of the Dartmouth
team lay In the magnificent plunrin1 ~ itg
"a, tt,aeknsid' particularly OF Captain whitney. nnS
ne, nS sAiiI OF Suarter6aek Ghee In running bacl;
hlcks' dartmouth did considerable exec,ttion
ts Glssr the fGrWard var pass but the success Of the
green pxssfn Win thls play was due principally To
aandi aand tho demoralization It worked in the
Qnakers as the game progressed " "'0
Pennsylvania, on the other hand b,J -
Sttaek Sc.t!aek worthy the name. Only once could the
This was in the second period, when TS,cls,.. tl.