Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
PENN STATE SQUAD
VERY LIKELY TO BE
SUCCESSFUL ONE
Sixty Candidates Are Out
for Five. Vacancies On the
Eleven Coach es and
Players Optimistic.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Sept. b.--Witn
| more than 60 eager candidates hsntlns
for Ave vacancies on Penn Stetes Loot
bail team, the outlook for successIu
season is most encouraging. De'eri,i',,e .,' =
TO forget the disastrous closing Oh .nu
1918 schedule, the coaches ana pi"s
have taken on most optiii'is.lS al;
They are encouraged by the spleho.u
condition of the eight varsity men Vi
last vear,s team. and are sure that two
halfbacks, two guards and tackie nie
to be developed readily from the strilIs
of well-coached schoolboys VINO nsNe S
ported for the preliminary practe -o
Coaches Harlow and Hollenback are
,onfronted by two problems-the eaI,s t,s
factory development OF iel' 4,
around whom States offensive pray 80
to be constructed. and au,,, ,,hn
succeed Captain Shorty Mhler. % wio
was graduated last June. BY shit,ns
to left tackle Levi Lamb. Penn s'a.e
by,1wnrk on tho right wing, the n,nN
puzsling problem would be solved eess
rut for the fear of weakening the rls'
aide of the line by Lambs rernoVsh
Coach Dick Harlow is reluctant TO lilaN'
tbe change. Should all other ai'erne
tives fail, Lamb may play the lei' "Ns
position. so- th.
ouerterbecIs vacancy. His wide footpani
experience anG his adaptsbility 10 oaon- ,,
feld positions give him the nret s eaa,
Al present he ts playing the posiuoh
satisfectorily, He is directing the eleven
with Judgment and handllng i~o.We,e ~
passes cleverly. Ncrt to Topin' Ews
the ex-Pittsburgh Central Hign e.hoot
atnr and all-scholastlc ouarterpach
weatern Pennsylvania. Is favored nc
4, n newcomer here. and his early snow
inv has created a profound impression
on Coach Bill Hollenback' Whether
Ewing or Tobin play the positloi'
nends upon the success in finding naiL-
backs to succeed Tobin and berry'ii az
Bergman Is again In college, pu' III
eligible. 49, roraa
Thev are welty, of the 1918 eleven, and
Jvhetstone. the ex-west Philadelphia
High School back. Much is expected from
both of these men. Another possiolh'y
ia Cubbage, from Philadelphia Central
High School, He played both In the back
field and line last season on his scnool
eleven. Other likely looking recruits TOT
fonte High School: Fast former captain
of the Harrisburg High School team;
Yerger, a sub halfback here last year;
Dippe. a substitute last season. and Gard
ner. of Harrisburg High School, The end
candidates are: Morris and Barron, both
rs" men; Higgins, OF Peddie lnstltute,
who is forcing the veterans to the INIT
to hold their jobs; Schry, of Johnstown
High School; Thomas. captain of last
years freshman team. and Seimon, OF
Allegheny High School
The following are aspirants for the two
guard positions, made vacant by the
graduation OF Vogel and Weston: Miller.
a substitute OF last season; Locke.
former Haverford College player. who
was ineligible last year: Kelly. of st.
Josephs College, Philadelphia, and
Woertz. formerly of Central Manual
Training School, Philadelphia. For
tackles there are: MacDowell, who won
his letter last year; Lamb. the aggressive
linesman; Parrish and Balbach, the two
heavyweights from Harry Hillman Acad-
envy; Swayne. of Bellefonte Academy;
Sutton. of Allegheny College. and Oberle.
Philadelphia boy who came from Mer-
cersburg Academy Wood is sure OF the
job at centre. The same holds true of H.
Clark at fullback. Both these men are
In the pink of condition and ready to go
into a game this week.