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

this writing the outlook at PennsvIvan,,
Is not very bright behind the line. Tboro
are plenty of candidates for each posltion
who show Individual skill, but four neu,
men VIII have to be welded together to
act as a unit, and II would be little short
of miraculous IL they should show
strength comparable to that of the Dart.
mouth backs. So far not a man la surs
of a position here. 1t will require several
days moro of signal drill and even soma
scrimmaglng for the coaches to select
even tentative backfield
Finding a good quarterback stIll ro.
mains Coach Brooke's big problem Hs
has been trying Ballou, Irwin and Mer-
rtll here and all give promise, though
Ballou is by far the most finished PLAYER
OF the lot. If the quarterback problem ia
solved soon It will be an easier matter 10
find three running mates for him.
To Pat Dwyer has been assigned the
task of finding n centre to succeed Smp.
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 Ia
new to Journeay, but there are so many
big men for guard and tackle and the
need of a centre so pressing, that Jour-
neay hopes to win the pivotal position BY
the time the first game Is played. What
Is speed, for the Pennsylvania style OF
playing this position requires man Of
great activity who can take care Of HIM
self and then lend hand wherever he 10
needed.
Coach Brook, OF Pennsylvania, has
picked n provisional team and plans to
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 Flanklng him for guards In the
present lineup will be Witherow and
Nowald; at tackles, Harris and Russell;
and ends, Carter and Rockefeller. Irwin
fullback. Gotwels and Jones will fll 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 a place.
Irwin at the pilot position. Vreeland did
NOT put III an appearance as ne is STUDY
ing for an examination. Mathews re-
lieved Moffet at intervals. He is big and
speedy and as consistent a drop kicker
as there Is on the field Gotwels at
half made n 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-Amerlcan 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 fullback 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, Swarthmore's
captain, was also morning visitor