The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
Bob Fowel Says He Will Coach Pennsy for Nothing if
He Is Given Chance to Bring Quakers Out of Long Sum
Startling Offer Follows
Bitter Attack On
Present Regime

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec O.
Bob Folwell. the football coach who
has made Washington and Jefferson
famous on The grldiron aud who de-
veloped John Speigel. BRIT Patter'
son and Reginald Roville. Of Detroit,
into football players OF national
prominence. has thrown monkey
wrench into the tangled athletic
maehisery at the University OF
Pennsylycnia that has stirred up
things more thrn two years OF quer-
uious criticism OF Quaker football
affairs. Folwell has declared that
there is nothing wrong with foot
ball at Pennsy except the coaching.
and has V, lunteered 10 become mead
coach. al Pennsylvania without a
salary.
Folwell has only 800 students at
Wash and JEFF, yet he has made
that team factor i'll American
football. In four years. he has won
two games from Yale. tied another
and lost one by a low score. Pennsy
students believe that either Fol-
we'll or Bifi Hollenbeek. who
coaches at Penn State, could bring
the Quaker eleven back 20 its old
prestige, and Folwells sensational
offer has given added impetus to
the revolt against the present
regime.
Folwell's offer followed visit 10
the Pennsy campus last week. lie
was questioned regarding the rumor
that he might be head coach here
next year.
I'll take the job fer nothing II
u-ey want me-" was Folwelis start
ling reply.
II have not been approached by
anyone In authority at Penn in re-
gard to the position and don't know
w.ethar ! will be. but | am ? loyal
Pennsylvania At heart, and Will
take the position for nothing IL they
want me to bring Penn out OF the
rut." continued Fclwell. II don't
take any stock in the annual alibis
taht the material is poor and mex
perienced. because know better.
There Is something wrong with
the coaching System. Penn has
been falling back gradually. We
have not had good team In years,
and I know II is no. the material.
had a green" eleven this season
with a 1i0-pound halfback and IL
year-old tackle. but We beat Yale
and lost onlv 10 Pitt.
ANY college is likely to run into
n poor year. particularly after II
has lost an entire team by gradua-
tion, but to hand out an alibi year
after year that the material IL not
there, Is too much for nae. / have
secn enough TO convince me That
the material is as good at Penn as
any other place IN the country. and
nothing would please ne better
than TO be given chance 10 prove
X.
"I have not signed contract with
washington and Jefferson. but have
taken their offer 80 return under
consideration and will let them
hear from me shortly. | viii give
Penn a chance II she wants me and
won't argne about what kind OF a
contract will get. but want to
run the team according TO my
ideas
Carl Williams made his reputa-
ton as a coach OF the Penn teams
Of 1904 and 1905. was member
OF that team and know Just how
much football brains there was on
il. AS far as greenness was con
cerned there were several OF uc
who were as green as they make
'em. never had played much foot
ball, nor had Stevenson and others
The success Of that team made VII
liarus famous.
They have no. had real good
team here for years. and II Is be-
cause the coaching has not been up
to the standard. am not boosting
myself for he job. because they
want me TO come TO Washington
and jefferson, and that Is probably
what will do, but I know that IL
am made head coach. will turn
,ut a winning Team Give me the
same material they had here this
season---that's all I ask"