Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-24

lutoack There were any number Of
soruos lot over from the previous season,
noweVer' and soon practice was under way
with the squad numbering forty.
Lightest and Youngest Team
Il was not a husky flock OF athletes. nor
would II take many prizes In a contest for
he aged Il was the lghtest and the
youngest bunch Of players that ever rep
resented the college. and the team now
looks like high school organization--ln
appearance, but not when in play. The
backs and ends average below 1856 and tho
line about 17s II Is said that the team is
very fast. and we hope such is the case.
puny crowd like that must be fast for
self-preservation.
Guy, a new man. has been selected 10
play center, and Captain wimberly and
Drew the guards. wmberly is the heaviest
OF the trio, tipping the beam at lsO. Guy
weighs l75 and Drew i72. Henry. the left
tackle, is said 10 be the best in the East.
ana Carroll, who plays on the other side, Is
fast and aggressive, despite his 16s pounds
The ends are Tressel. i60: Moore. $50 I;
Whitehill, 15s. and wickerham, $50. Isn't
that formidable rush line to send against
Yale
In the baclSfleld stobbs 1872. takes care
Of quarter and McCreight, 1853, is full
back. The halfback positions are being
fought for by Ruble. 1877; Gurley. 1853 !;
Crawford, $50, and Nuss, 1872 Nuss has
not been used very much because OF In
juries, and is not in shape for scrimmage.
Big Job for Metzger
Metzger had quite task on his hands
at the beginning of the season, first, be-
cause he was new man, and, second,
because he had very poor material to
mold into team. IL was prophesed on
all sides that he would meet with disaster
in one of the early games but nothing like
hof hau mn a
successful season. despite the fact that
Yale and Pitt are on the schedule. But
the saner followers of the Red and Black
do not look for a victory over these teams.
All they want is a small score.
Sol played on Penn and once coached
the team. He was at the University OF
West Virginia during the last two years
and had quite a little success In 1918. HIS
first year was unlucxy for Metzger, as he
broke his leg early In the season and was
laid up the entire year. His leg still was
weak last year, but he took charge Of the
team and had such success that he was
asked to coach Washington and Jefferson
when Folwell resigned.
Metzger is a good coach. He knows foot
ball and can teach II to the men. His sys-
TEN ds different from that OF Folwells. II
being more fashy. Sol believes in the for.
ward pass and open football but he varies
his passing attack with many end runs
and trick plays. McCreight, at fullback,
is one of the best forward passers in the
country and a good punter as well. When
he Is back on punt formation the opponents
do not know whether he will pass kick or
punt, all of which tends to strengthen the
attack.
Sol Is Philosophical
Sol was at the Syracuse-Pitt game last
Saturday. and we asked him what chance
he had to beat Yale and Pitt
''The team is awfully light and young,
he said " but never saw a bunch Of play
ers with so much nerve They are fighting
all of the time and no one will overwhelm
them. II they had more weight I would
stack them against any eleven In the coun-
try but as things are now, 1t can't be ex-
pected as a human possibility that my team
can cope against such elevens Yale. Pitt
and Washington and Lee. 1 have found
that you can't get any better results with
1865 pounds against 1856 than you can with
SI65 as compared with $1.s5. However
we haven't been licked yet and won't be
until the final whistle blows"
"And when we think of how Tufts beat
Harvard, Swarthmore triumphed over Penn
and Georgetown walloped Dartmouth. We
can see that Soils team is not yet out OF
the running Anything is likely TO happen
in football and as we haven't had a surprise
for a week, it's about time for one to occur