Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-16
"PENN WILL SINK OR SWIM
WITH BERT BELL DIRECTING
TEAM, COACH BOB FOLWELL
Red and Blue Mentor Declares New Varsity
Quarterback Is Much Better General Than
Bryant Victory Over Wolverines
BY CHANDLER d. RICHTER

,xryE ARE going to sink or swim with
Wpert Bell At the helm" declared Coach
- rsolvvell OF the Penn eleven Just before
ss.s,rq the Red and Blue special for Ann
Arbor with his team AT noon to9ay
49, ,hat I am going TO be criticized "
~ lie. and Bell plays n poor game, but
ts going TO play quarterback And
All h going 20 make good. II he fails
ia Of people will say that favorltism
- sboyn in placing him In the lineup,
t..nso he is not as flashy or as graceful
. most big college quarterbaclts, but
80, bs is the best man 1 have for the
position"
5,,is was Folwell's comeback when he
.r,as asked II Bell was being sent into the
Michigan game on the strength OF
what he has shown to date In regular con-
q tests.
,e an, tllseIy TO do n lot Of things that
~, bring forth criticism" continued Fol-
i au tb,it that does not worry me. For
Ia : ,,y,e was rather at sea, not knowing my
Z. -,sn and their possibilities, but now know
them and every time make change do
- because feel that IL will strengthen the
team.
..ro the outsider there was nothing wrong
I'm Rryant's work against Dartmouth,
hut ~ did not suit me. Jimmy was ner-
voua He did not run the plays of smooth
Iv failed to call for plays that would have
been sure ground gamers and lost too much
Ina
aprvant handles punts better than Bell,
.rd nrobably has better natural football
.hitv hut I am going to stake every
,h,ns ON Bell against Michigan because
know he will run the team the way want
h, directed Bell is not fiashy player,
but he has great head ana ID soihB 10 sur
prise every one.
~ don't expect him to play brilliant
,rd,vidual Samo and hope that he don't.
wa have tried out several quarterbacks
this season and each has had chance 10
show what he could do to strengthen the
onranze through plays that were built for
than. They all failed, 30 far as showing
snouTh 10 warrant placing confidence In
thern being able to carry more than their
share of the offensive burden. Now want
general and Bell is the best man 1 have.
Therefore he Will play
Work Well Together
another reason why want Bell in the
game IL that he can get more out OF berEy
and works with him better than Bryant
Rel and Berry work together better thah
anv pair Of backs / have, and as much OF
NV offenss will be built around the latter
whom he enters the game, Bells presence at
quarterback iB necessary.
u suppose 1 also will be criticized IL I
Son't start Berry, but that also does not
matter. Berry is the regular fullback from
now on, but 1t Is a question In my nina
whether It is advisable to start him. l
ARure that Berry needs few minutes on
4 the sidellnes 10 steady him down, and un-
less change my mind, he Will not enter
thu, game until about five minutes have been
played. That will give him n chance to
steady himself, as you know he Is high
strung youngster and may be overanxlous.
one of my reasons for keeping Berry
out Of the game at the start Is that l could
ssEd another back in there to pound the
line and off tackle until the Wolverines
. q RarTV WOnlH.
b doubly effective in dashes of tackle in
this event
what are we going to do? Well I'll
tell you that II we don't win will be the
most surprised man in the United States.
Ny team Is just beginning to find itself |
don't think that we have shown as much
a. we should have in our recent games but
there has been steady Improvement and
psrhaps ! am expecting too much of the
men.
Penn will he strong as any team In
the country by Thanksgiving Day, and |
think 1t will be almost as good on Sat
urday II Michigan beats us 1t will have
to play better football than II has shown
% date Perhaps / should be playing 1t
safe and handing out bear stories about
hard luck, poor FORM etc, but don't be-
neve In them l say what l think, and
think Penn will win with something TO
spare And i might add that you can look
Tor the Bell-Berry combination to play an
important part in the victory"
Bryants Many Mistakes
Folwell went on to point out many mis-
takes made by Bryant in directing the team
iest saturday against Dartmouth. He
hAftrlbutes Bryants failure to run the team
s as speedily he did against Lafayette and
mis- poor selection OF the plays TO nervous
ness. He feels that II Bryant was affected
~ nerves" playing on his home field and
before partisan crowd, he surely will 20
W pieces II started against Michigan.
Howard Berry is in very much the same
Position, according to Folwell, but he Is not
worried about Howard being attacked by
stage fright" However, he fears that his
sensational fullback will be overanNious II
ne starts the game and TO guard against
.his has decided TO keep the all-round ath-
lste on the bench until about five minutes
nave been played
All traces of nervousness and over
anxiety shown by high-strung athlete van
lah as soon as contest is under way
Everything else is forgotten, and II is this
Vpe OF player who arises to an emergency
Just as Berry did against State and Dart
mouth but IL he is allowed to line up for
me nrst Kickoff and makes a misplay be-
sSese he is overanxious he is not likely
70 strike his stride again
IL Is possible that Folwell will switch
als plans, 80 far as Berry is concerned, II
spending entirely on the mental and physi-
eAl codition OF the brilliant fullback.
VIII be remembered that Bert Bell was
ne regular quarterback until the SwaTth-
more game, which was lost because OF the
Door direction of the team and general in
lsHor play OF the quarterback. Since that
lme Bell has improved wonderfully and is
ssserVins OF another chance.
The swaTthmore game was the first in