New Britain herald., 1916-10-23
PENN SHOWS SKILL
 IN GRIDIRON TEST
FOlWelpS Good Coaching in EVl-
 denCo- Yale and Princeton Strong

&S4ASS AoAO ohA \ x12sSSCoA " CA n The football stock of Pennsylvania l and Pittsburgh received a big boost l on Saturday, when both elevens did better against their opponents than even their most ardent admirers ex- pected. Penn .outweighed by many pounds, showed flashes of real foot ball and disposed ot Penn state in impressive style. The coaching of Bob FoIwell is beginning to make it. self evident with the Quakers. Tho backfield, especially Fullback Howard Berry displayed promising offensive skill and Penn's defense was a great Improvement over anything it has shown this season. Folwell has promised to accomplish much with the material he has at Franklin Field this season and he bids fair to carry out his promise.
 Berry's work was the best indivld- ual exhibition that has been seen ic Philadelphia in a long time. He scored a touchdown and kicked two field goals Berry cleverly caught a forward pass and made a spectacular forty-yard run for his touchdown. The game was hard and rough and was an excellent tryout for Penn, for Penn State was an opponent all keyed up to win. It is quite evident that the Pennsylvania eleven is going to be better than any one imagined. The Quaker line charged in man. ner which offset the farmers attack and the burly mountaineers were skillfully handled by their lighter op- ponents This game, like the Pitts burgh-Syracuse game, showed that o1~ ie Of tia1 any more.
 Warmers Pupils Spring Surprise.
 Pittsburgh sprung the big surprise of the day when Glenn Warmers we'll schooled team gave the gigantic Syra- cuse eleven a beating which fairly car- ried them off their feet. The Syra- cuse line, which averages more than 200 pounds from tackle to tackle, was piled up in it's own way by the lighter Pittsburgh forwards. Cap tain Peck of Pittsburgh at center; although much lighter than the Hec- culean youngsters against him, played havoc with the lumbersome center men for whom Coach Bill Hollenback predicted so much.
 Warner, a past master at offense play has drilled his ~backfeld in a carefully organized system of inter ference. He used the same system on line plays that Harvard has used so successfully. Three men team in5o the opposing forwards. The first two open up the way and the third man comes through with the ball. The backs of Pitt charged with such fury that the big Syracuse players were bowled over time and again. Pitts burgh followed the ball all the time and had a far better repertoire of plays than Hollenback's charges. The Pittsburghers had good reason to en- certain high ambitions this season, for the team looks like the best that has ever represented Pitt. It is signifi- cant that this is the first year that Pittsburgh has rigidly observed the eligibility rules which have been rec ognized in other colleges for several years. In past seasons Pittsburgh's accomplishments on the gridiron were overlooked by many experts on ac- count of their lax eligibility code, but this seasons eleven is said to measure up to the recognized standards. The defense of Pitt was a big surprise, as this feature of the game has usually been Warmers only weak point The defense on Saturday was a decided improvement over the weak opposi- tio11 shown against the Navy week earlier. The tackling and blocking were hard and effective.
 Yale Looms Up Strong.
 The Yale organization shapes up at the present time just about as 1t will for the big games against Princeton and Harvard-Gates and Commer- ford, ends; Taft and Baldridge, tackles; Black and Gait, guards; M. Smith or Callahan, center; T. Smith, quarterback; Bingham and Legore, halfbacks; Jacques, fullback. Indi- vidual1y this is a formidable team. They are all proficient in the elements
 of the game, and with the coaching of the next few weeks, which aims at smoothness of execution and a per- fecting of scoring plays, there is every reason to believe that Yale will be 3 powerful contender for Eastern grid iron honors.
 The Lafayette eleven proved much weaker than Princeton substitutes on Saturday. In spite of fragrant errors In passing and handling the ball Princeton found victory easy. With the changes in the system of attack
 under the new rules, especially in the
 general use of the forward pass, ac-
 curate handling of the ball has be-
 come one of the most important
 things to teach the football player
 Tn almost every game of any conse- ouence this season, there has been
 disastrous fumbling While coach es seem able to install all other knowl- edge of the game into their pupils 1t is a difficult task to develop backs and ends to handle the ball cleanly
 Princeton fumbled badly on Satur-