Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-30
TWENTY-SX PENN MEN
GO TO TRAINING CAMP
FOR FOOTBALL WORK
Squad Leaves for Port Deposit
in One Week for Practice
Prior to College Season.
How Lineup Looks

On Tuesday September Just one week
from tomorrow-26 husky young men Will
journey to Port Deposit, Md, where they
will mngle with the tall grass and go
through the parts they hope to play on
the University of Pennsylvania football
team this fall. According to an official
statement issued by the board of strategy
at army HEADQUARTERS at Franklin Field
these gridiron aspirants will remain on
rural soil feTsgWo weeks, just long enough
to get the kinks out of their systems and
get in shape for the real grind on the
home grounds
The following men will make the trip:
Captain Ned Harris, Pepper, Witherow
Henning, Russell, Borie, Eble. Wray
Urquhart. Hopkins, Miller, Stack. Berry
Grant Fuher, Murdock, Welch, Ross,
Quigley, Mathews, Gotwals, Rockefeller,
Williams. Dougherty, Lundberg and Tighe.
Mike Dorizas, the giant guard, has been
notified, but as yet the coaches have re-
ceived no reply. Mike is out in Chicago
attending the university there and will re-
turn to Philadelphia in a week or so. The
Greek athlete has been training all sum-
mer and will be In good condition when he
dons the moleskns. Other candidates for
the team will take light workouts on
Franklin Field, and when the Port Deposit
squad return there should be nearly 100
others ready to try their luck.
1t looks as If Penn will be shy of line
material this year and Doctor Wharton
will have his hands full from the start.
Journeay, the best player among the for
wards last year. is missing and will leave
a big hole to hll at centre.
The other linemen are still in college,
but their work of last year can be i'm
proved upon In the backfield however,
the coaches will have more men than
they know what to do with. Several Of
the varsity players have left school, but
their loss will not weaken the team. Sew
eral of last years scrubs and freshmen
are on the job, and they should more
than fill the vacant shoes.
Penn's decision to leave the city for a
couple of weeks at the beginning of the
season comes after last years experiment,
which failed TO take. The men did all
of their early work on Franklin Field,
and the results were far from satisfac-
tory. In the preliminary games the play
ers showed a lack of condition and they
began their losing streak on their second
appearance before the public. OF course,
this might not be a perfectly good albi,
but II helped considerably to put the team
out of the running. The team was not
up 10 the usual Red and Blue standard
and something must be blamed.
Physical condition is the most impon-
tant asset of a football player. II is
necessary 10 De III BoOu hnhpt 10 RO
through a grueling contest, especially in
the early season, for IL is then that the
athletes are put TO the most severe test.
IL is not an unusual thing for a small col
lege from up the country to take one of
the "big league" eleVens by surprise at
the beginning OF the season and emerge
victorious after hard game. 1t was
done last year and the same thing will
happen this fall so prepare for a num-
Der of surprises.
II is not superior knowledge OF the
game that wins for these minor college
teams. II is their excellent condition,
for they get an early start and train
harder at the beginning OF the season
The teams from the country have an ad-
vantage over those in big city. The air
is purer, they have opportunities 10 take
long cross-country runs and climb hills
ali af which aids I'm setting the men In
shape quicker than anything else. Frank
lin Field is not an ideal spot 10 train
Situated near the railroad, a heavy cloud
of smoke from passing locomotives is
constantly hanging over the gridiron, and
this, with the dust OF the city, clogs the
lungs OF the athletes and makes II diff
cult 70 do any real hard work.
The PLAYERS should be greatly benefited
by their trip to Pert Deposit. They will
have 10 climb all kinds OF hills, which is
lust as hard as going through serimmage
practice, and. best of all, they will have
pure air. The players win work out on
the Tome Institute grounds, which Is re-
garded as the best In that part Of the
country