Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
BACK FIELD DEVEL LOPMENT
TASK FOR PENN COACHES
Football Experts Concentrating all Thought and Energy
Along Those Lines-Harvard, Dartmouth and Cornell
Favored in This Respect as 1913 Ouartets are Intact

this writing the outlook at Pennsv,v,,.,.
Is not very bright behind the line. The
are plenty OF candidates for each noe,i,a
who show individual skill, but four nsw
act as a unit, and It would be little .ho !. y.
of miraculous II they should shon
strength comparable to that of tho Dav,
mouth backs. So far not man is 80.
OF position here. II will require sevor.,
days more Of signal drill and even sonoo
scrimmaging for the coaches TO seioc,
even tentative backfeld
Finding good quarterback still =.
mains Coach Brooke's big problem ~.
has been trying Ballou, Irwin and Msr.
rill here and all give promise, thoueh
Ballou Is by far the most finished nIovs.
of the lot. II the quarterback problem h,
solved soon 1t will be an easier matter "a
find three running mates for him.
To Pat Dwyer has been assigned th.
task OF finding centre to succeed Simn.
son, OF last years team. He is now con-.
sidering three men for the position, Can.
tain Journeay, Borie, of last years fresh.
man team, and Butler, who PLAYED m.
position on the scrubs. The position 4,
new to Journeay. but there are so manv
big men for guard and tackle and ths
need Of a centre so pressing. that Jour.
neay hopes to win the pivotal position bv
the time the first game is played. What
is speed. for the Pennsylvania style ~
playing this position requires a man Of
great activity who can take care Of him.
self and then lend hand wherever he n
needed.
Coach Brook Of Pennsylvania. ha,
picked a provisional team and plans Ia
send them through a few simple forma-
tions today The lineup of yesterday
gives some indication Of the probable
makeup of the team today CAPTAIN
Journeay, as was predicted is to play
centre. He Is the only man definitely
placed. F'lanking him for guards In ths
present lineup will be witherow and
Nowald; at tackles, Harris and Russell:
and ends Carter and Rockefeller Irwin
is to start out at quarter and Moffet at
fullback. Gotwels and Jones will hlI In
This combination will be shifted fire..
quently. Murdoch and Tucker alternated
with Carter and Rockefeller at end YES.
terday. Mike Dorizas continues to i'm
prove and is pretty sure to make place.
Bailou and Merrill had turns with Doc"
Irwin at the pilot position. Vreeland did
not put In an appearance. as he Is study
ing for an examination. Mathews re-
lievcd Moffet at intervals. He Is big and
speedy and as consistent drop kicker
as there is on the field Gotwels at
half made a good impression. He is a
little light, but his wonderful speed makes
up for that deficiency. Hughes is likely
to be a dark horse. Although in school
last year, he did not play. He caught
on the freshman baseball team last year.
Jack Dalton, all-American quarterback
on the Navy team, was out today to
assist coaching.
or last years team, Crane, Simpson,
Marshall and Peden were out. Mercer,
the old American fullback of two years
ago, was also present. Among tse older
graduates were noticed DR.. Robert TORY,
Davisson Kennedy, Bill Young and Char
lie Corson. Ben Cline. Swarthmores
captain, was also a morning visitor.