Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
PENN SQUAD TO
START PRACTICE
ON NEXT MONDAY
Captain Neil Mathews Now
Here Ready to Begin the
Seasons Grind
LEADER IN FINE SHAPE
By NELSON M. MATHEWS
(Cnptaln 1919 Penn Foothnll Team.l

The 1916 football season. which has been
| n phantom since last November, looms UP
| now very strong. A little moro than three
| weeks from today the gridiron at Franklin
| Field will see West Virginia and Pennsyl-
Vanla. For 20 reasons l believe IL Will be
| Penn that will triumph. These 90 reasons
| leave for Langhorne, Pa, next Monday to
prepare for n strenuous season. 1 haven't
been In town long enough to get all the
dope, but from all I gathered at Beaston's
and around the training house things look
good, They tell me some of the boys have
been practlclng at Franklin Field all sum-
mer and that tho out-of-town boys have
been going through all sorts of stunts to
get in shape for a hard season.
Thanks to the kindness of tho University
of Chicago authorities and to Martin Della
ney, of the Chicago Athletic Club, 1 myself
have worked all summer and am in better
physical shape than ever before. l think
BY Dickson will find that can run my two
or three laps around the golf course and
have enough breath left to walk to the
showers. Last year at Tome, Unk Russell,
Charlie Henning and myself made daily
trip around the golf course at Tome School
at By's request, which next to the Spanish
InquisItlon was the worst form of torture
ever conceived. But to get back TO the
original story:
FOlwell Inspires
Never has a coach inspired more conf
ueilCo III GenNbylNanla men than mas bod
Folwell. Every alumnus in Chicago will
look for great things and so 1t is every
where else. The men on the squad feel
that confidence. The coach feels confidence
in his men. The majority of the men have
experience and are developed. All that
remains Is to get all these forces working
together and Old Penn will have a team
1t may well be proud OF.
With the exception of Russell our line
will be intact. We lost Hopkins at end, but
In nfn aV,1 NN..A.-
freshman team, we have two big fast men
for this position. Miller is in great shape
and should come through big this year.
We have large squad of hrst-class back
field material, but lack a good punter; that
Is, We have not found one as yet. under
stand Berry is unable to get out of the
army. 1 am sorry for that, as 1 expected
mig" to have big year Loucks, Bryant
and Bell look good for the pilots position,
and with Williams, Ross, Derr, Quigley and
Light to pick the rest of the backield from
things look far from gloomy. 1 could go
on writing about prospects indefinitely, but
now just word about the schedule and
I'll stop.
Hard Game
We meet West Virginia. a first-class
small college team. September 80. three
weeks from Saturday. We defeated them
last year, TO, but only after a big battle.
The following week Franklin and Marshall
oTy of once having licked us. This always
makes a team hard 10 beat
hen comes SwarthmOre which has always
prsVen a stumbling block. Penn State, Pitts
burEh and Lafayette complete the early
schedule, All three OF them defeated US
last year. They all have equally as strong
teams this year, SO the football enthusiasts
will be treated TO some good battles
Dartmouth then comes TO Franklin Field.
Every one remembers how Dartmouth beat
US last year with one minute 10 play. They
say prospects at Dartmouth are Al this year.
although they suffer big loss In Spears,
their star linesman.
Then comes the long tiresome trip to
Ann Arbor, where the Michigan rooters
cheer SO loudly the signals have to be re-
peated over and over. Yost will have some-
thing at Michigan this year We have
never had two bad seasons in succession
since he has been there. l understand he
had a fine freshman team last year, so
we can look for no "cinch" in that direc-
tion-
AS regards the Cornell game. nothing
need be said except one thing-BarTett has
graduated