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, 1913 Ouarets are Intact

this writing the outlook at Pennsvlvan,o
is not very bright behind the line. There
are plenty of candidates for each posItion
who show Individual skill. but four new
men will have to be welded together Ia
act as unit, and It would be little short
of miraculous IL they should show
strength comparable to that of the Dart
mouth backs. So far not a man is s,,rs
of position here. 1t will require several
days more of signal drill and even some
scrimmaging for the coaches to select
even a tentative backfield.
Finding good quarterback still re-
mains Coach Brooke's big problem. He
has been trying Ballou. Irwin and Mer-
rill here and all give promise, though
Ballou is by far the most finished player
of the lot. If the quarterback problem Is
solved soon 1t will be an easier matter to
find three running mates for him.
To Pat Dwyer has been assigned the
task of finding a centre to succeed Simp.
son, of last years team. He is now con-
sidering three men for the position Cap-
tain Journeay, Borie, of last years fresh-
man team, and Butler, who played the
position on the scrubs. The position Is
new to Journeay, but there are so many
big men for guard and tackle and the
need of centre so pressing. that Jour-
neay hopes to win the pivotal position by
the time the first game is played. What
Journeay needs more than anything else
Is speed, for the Pennsylvania style Of
playing this position requires a man OF
great activity who can take care of him
self and then lend hand wherever he is
needed
Coach Brook, of Pennsylvania, has
picked a provisional team and plans to
send them through 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. Flanking him for guards in the
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 fill in
This combination will be shifted fire.
quently. Murdock 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-
lieved 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.
OF last years team. Crane Simpson,
Marshall and Peden We're out. Mercer,
the old American fulback of two years
ago, was also present. Among the older
graduates were noticed DR.. Robert Tory.
Davisson Kennedy. Bill Young and Char .
lie Corson. Ben Cline, Swarthmores
captain, was also a morning visitor.