Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-24
NEW FOOTBALL RULES PROVIDE
HEAVIER PENALTIES FOR ROUGHING
More Protection for Fuback and Bar on Interference
With Legs-New Forward Pass Provision-Out-
look Bright for Great Season

Washington and Jefferson on october %,
and Harvard will entertain Penn State at
Cambridge one week later. Notre Dame
plays the Army on November 6.
More attention will be paid to prelimi-
nary practice this year, and already many
aspirants for pigskin honors have started
work One OF the earliest teams to get
a flying start is the Rutgers eleven, which
worried many of the big colleges last
year. About a month ago a paragraph
crept into the papers stating that a farm
had been leased on the Delaware River
and many candidates had reported for
duty. Other teams. however, will not
begin work until next month, the day
after Labor Day being the popular selec-
ton of the majority for the grand OPEN
ing. PENIS candidates will report on
September Z, and Willie Crowell will in
vite squad of 30 or 40 men to Lafay-
ette's training camp at Delaware Water
Gap on the same day. Princeton, Yale,
Harvard and Cornell also will start in at
this time.
Penn coaches are pleased with this
years prospects. Although several vet
Grams are missing, their places will not
be hard to fill, save that of Journeay at
centre. Berry will be able to play and
streng that department.
Then there are many of last years
freshman team to draw from, including
Stack, Grant, Welsh, Bell, Reukaff and
Harry Ross.
Ross has put on considerable weight
during the summer and probably will be
shifted from the backfield to one of the
line positions. Jack Fluher, baseball
player, did not come out for football last
year, but promises to join the squad next
month. He is big and fast and should
put in strong bid for a place on the
team. Penn opens the season with the
University of West Virginia on septem-
Der 25.
If Penn State could use a few of her
coaches, the team this year would be a
wonder. In addition to Head Coach Har-
low' Charlie Brickley, Harvard's ex-cap-
tain and All-American halfback, Larry
whitney of Dartmouth, another ALL
American halfback, and Dutch" Herman
VIII assist in whipping the team into
shape
The procuring of Brickley and Whitney
Is part of Penn States system of indi-
Vldual coaching which will be inaugu-
rated this year. Harlow will instruct
the lnemen and give general supervision
TO the coaching system, while Whitney
VIII nave charge of the backfield and
serve as field coach.
Brickley will coach the kiclSers and II
Is confidently expected that he will
develop latent talent into reliable and
accurate performers. The ex-Haryard
star will remain at State until Septem-
per TO- at which time he goes to Johns
hopkins as head coach for the remainder
OF the season. States backfield men are
ordered to report on September / and a
week later the linemen will put in an
appearance. Second-string players will
snow up on September H.
Ihe receipts of the Yale-Harvard foot
pan game this year will be curtaiied
thousands of dollars unless Graduate
Manager of Athletics Moore and Building
commissioner O'Hearne, of Boston. can
come TO an agreement soon. Every year
temporary seats have been erected In the
stadium for the big game of the wear.
Dut oHearne insists that Harvard must
erect permanent steel seats or he will re-
use ause 70 grant building permit, as he
says the old wooden seats are unsafe
~ is out OF the question to think of
building a permanent steel stand as this
would make the Stadium unit for track
and baseball. 1t is generally believed that
some agreement will be reached betwean
Moore and O'Hearne, but IL the latter
should stick to his decision Harvard viii
De IN bad way. as 1t was estimated
.nat io'OOO temporary seats would be
erected, the sale OF which would bring IN
blily Crowell, athletic director nj Ia.
Iayette' mas drawn the greatest prize N
aaston collegiate athletic circles ir
Haps" Benfer, the giant from Albright
VINO mas decided to enter Lafayette Fx,
pert judges declare that Benfer outclasse,
any other athlete In the East In football
baseball and basketball. while severa
prominent football officials say that h,
was the best fullback In the East last fall
but was not picked for any of the myth
ical Al-American elevens because he wa,
'buried' In a small college.
Benfer has been offered major Learn,
baseball contracts, was sought bv thre,
eastern League basketball teams. ant
Penn has been after his matriculation 10,
two years for football. but he decided I,
complete his course at Albright befor,
taking up special work at Lafayette witt
him Crowell has a powerful plaver
around whom he will build his team
Howard Berry looked upon as a comm,
sensation at Penn, says that Benfer is b,
FAR the best football player he ever plavae
against. When Berry was at Muhlenbers
he and Benfer were the central figures o
an individual battle which was the treai
OF the season. according to Davidson, IN.
well-known Official.