Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-10
GLOOM in PENN
FOOTBALL CAMP
OVER PROSPECTS
hearth of New Material
Puts Great Task on
the Coaches
line is WEAKEST SPOT

TOME SCHOOb, NO. sept lU-lne
..-,..rs,ty Of Pennsylvania football team
!. s,arted practice for the 1915 season
-.h the most gloomy prospects II has
..,fronted i'm years. Twenty candidates,
q. nck Of the Red and Blue squad. have
.,.n practicing here since Tuesday, and
..t few have shown real varsity cali
~. These athletes are supposed to be
A., nucIeus around which this years
.,,ysn IL 70 be built and the coaches
.,rsadv realize that they have mans
.,e lob on their hands to whip the men
Il ,hape to make showing in the com
ing games
peforA the one-year rule was put into
.rect there was opportunity to take a
chance on the freshman class in the hope
.,s, some stars would be uncovered. Con-
s,,,o,s have changed, however, and now
.na coaches know what men they will
have on next years squad as soon as the
season is over, provided, of course. the
faculty will deal kindly with the pros
poets.
Already Penn has lost three men-Peo-
MES, Norwald and Dewhurst. Borie and
that they have decided not to try for the
team this year. Mike Dorizas is some
where in the West, and 1t is not known
when he will join the squad Several let
ters have been sent to him. but no reply
has been received. Derr freshman tackle
on last years team; Witherow, varsity
ruard. and Raffetto, scrub tackle, are
expected to report in the near future.
All OF the lost and missing candidates
are line men, and this is the place where
Penn is extremely weak. When the squad
lined up for first signal drill on Tome
School Field yesterday afternoon, ii was
found that there were only four line men
TO hn five positions. A quick shift was
made and two men from the backfeld
were used.
Wray was tried out at centre and
Mathews went in a. guard Both Of these
men have had no experience on the rusn
lne. and they must be developed into
varsity players In two weeks.
From tackle to tackle, Penn will be
vulnerable. Captain Harris is sure of
his job, but the others will have to fight
hard for their places should any real
competition develop. But 1t looks as If
this will not happen. OF course so or 60
other candidates are expected to try for
the team when practice starts on Frank
lin Field but the best players have been
D.,
and II is feared that the annual fall crop
will not yield many real stars
Ihis Is rather early to point out the
weaknesses OF team, but II is easy to
nsure out that where there is a dearth of
material the best results cannot be ac-
compished. Instead of having 20 or 80
candidates for the line positions, there
are six at present. and two never have
Played there before. When all of the
squad gets together there probably will
pe dozen men trying for the rush line,
none OF whom can be called a star This
means that the older men have first call:
there VIII be little competition and in
ease Of injuries-and this is bound TO han.
pen-where will be gotten first-cIass sub
stitutes?
IN modern football, one of the most inn
portant positions on the team is centre.
Last year Journeay filed the position rs
wen as any player In the East. He play
@ IN every game, and there was little
resu lor substitute. However, Journeay
y not with the team this year, and he
mas left gap that will be hard to All
Eble. freshman centre last year. is irwin :
Ior the place, but II is feared that he IS
nol neaVy enough to go through a strenu-
vus season For this reason Wray has
nau cnance. and the coaches are work
.hs hard TO teach him the fine points be.
,ofe the first game, which is two weeks
tHom saturday.
me guard positions also are weak
true, Dorizas will return, but his work
.sst year was not up to the standard. and
s,, sns only hope is that he will improve
nllherow Is about the same. Mathews
nas speed and weight and might prove
valuable asset. to the team, but can ns
warn 10 play the position in two weeks
me outlook behind the line is mucI
olshter' With Berry in shape and Welsh
euisley' Dougherty. Ross williams, Bell
ant % ana Murdock to fill in the Other
pvsluons Penn should have one of the
.as'eft oackfields in the East. But II
'ess ue remembered that the speediest
oaekheld IN the world will not be able tc
oomphsh much II the linemen ar,
ahosed back and the opponents breaL
,,lough' Everything depends upon tn,
s n ana II this is strengthened Penn
Asso nave no fear OF disastrous season
a.,ssV Dickinson has charge of the bacl,
csrk work and training of the team, ant
Brooke is coaching the kicker,
Nv acung In an advisory capacity. DR.
III, anFs wharton on whom the hard worl
~ iall is working strenuously with hi,
hne men In the hopes OF getting
sssI sle one to show something before IN,
ans anst,nAslng begins. DIR. Carl William,
~ az ~ Bob Torrey are expected some