Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-28
QUAKER ATTACK
PREPARING FOR
CORNELL FRAY
Penn Would Rather Beat
Ithacans Than Any
Team on Earth
COACHES NEW PURPOSE
BY EDWARD R. BUSHNELL

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It's a long way to the Cornell game on
Pennsylvania's football schedule. but that
is the one great contest to which the Qua
kers are now looking forward. II IL GER
tainiy new experience for Pennsyiva-
mia men to yearn for victory over Cor
nell to boost them into football fame.
Usually, or at least until Al sharpe took
charge Of things at Cornell and Pennsyi-
vania at the same moment started to go
down hill, the Quakers prepared to
slaughter Cornell on Thanksgiving Day.
because they had nothing better to do
Now, behold the changel They would
rather beat Cornell than Harvard, Prince
ton or Yale. And certainly such a victory
would do their prestige more good,
The Quakers still have Lafayette. Dart
mouth and Michigan to meet before the
Cornell game But every player and
every coach also has an eye ON Cornell
II Is assumed on Franklin Field that
Cornell will beat Michigan and come here
undefeated. II Harvard beats Princeton
on November s Cornell would have only
the Pennsylvania game between her and
the intercollegiate Championship The
Ithacans would then be the undisputed
gridiron titleholders for the first time in
their history. But II Pennsylvania can
beat Cornell the Quakers, provided they
also win from Dartmouth and Michigan,
will have at least as good a claim upon
first place as any other one of the big
Six"
by" DICKsoN's FORECAST,
Pennsylvania's football season has
worked out about as the coaches ex-
| pected Before single game was played
| Field Coach by" Dickson summed up
the situation for the writer in the follow
ing words:
I'VE know that we have a lot of green
| players out of which we have TO con-
1 81 lee. Ina taaf n lr.f
of people think we've got a great bunch
| of star players from last years fresh
! man eleven and they will expect great
| things from the team. We are not that
! optimistic Because man was great as
schoolboy or freshman player Is no
sign that he will star on a varsity team
Our job for the month Of October Is TO
test this entire squad, and we will be
| satisfied II by the end of the month we
know absolutely who's who and lay the
foundation FOR the Pennsylvania system
of defense. Then and not until then we
| will begin TO make progress. some time
| during November we ought to have a
fair team, and next year the team ought
to be really good"
Dickson's words were prophetic as far
as the season has gone. What he did not
foresee was that the october games
y would prove too hard to insure an even
development of this plan without result
ing in defeats. The coaches predicted the
State defeat in advance. and privately
hey did not see how II was humanity
possible for the team to beat Pittsburgh.
Now they are beginning to see light ahead
They were we'll pleased with the showing
/ of their team on Saturday, but they have
not been handing out any eXtravagani
praise as though their team had scored
a great victory.
They feel that the foundation has now
been laid for the defense. 1t still needs
a lot of remodeling and will receive its
share of attention for the remainder OF
the season. The system tho coaches are
following is the old Woodruff system.
further perfected by DR.. Carl Williams
from 1902 to 1906.
! Doctor williams idea is that with q
line that can hold ends will go in under
interference and backs can play with the
secondary defense no team can gain
against 1t. 1t takes a splendid team to
| play this defense, and il Is question
whether or not the present one can really
play 1t against team of Cornells cal
ibre
But with the defense on a Arm basis
! the coaches are now building up the at
tack and teaching Howard Berry and the
other quarterbacks offensive strategy.
This will be the program for the next few
weeks. The coaches were well satisfied
with the defensive play of Berry, put
look for improvemeN in his generalship.
They feel confident that Berry will justify
their expectations in him as good quar-
terback, just as he is beginning to satisfy
them as a defensive player