Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-11

Versity Of West Virginia on September 40.
captain Nell Mathews and a number of
veterans reported and are ready for work.
Ihey are Lud wray, center: Nelll and
Henntng, guards Little and Dunlap. tack
les Heinie Miller and Urduhart ends; Bell
and Loucks, quarterbacks Gravy williams
Quigley Ross, Derr and Dougherty, back
neld men. In addition, there are a number
OF last years substitutes and freshmen
stars, including Reukauff and Eble, centers :
Witherow. Robinson, wirkman and Thomas
llnemen; Weiser and Hawley, ends Bryant
quarterback, and Light and Ertresvaag,
fullbacks.
Looking over the list, IL can be seen
that eleven veterans will be on hand TO
start right in on the varsity. Virtually the
same team that hit the skids last year is
on the job, with the exception Of Captain
Harris, INK Russell and Hopkins These
three positions already have been filled.
and Hopkins is the only man who really
will be missed
How can Folwell take the same team
that lost so many games last year and turn
II into good winning team this year
This question has been going the rounds
since last January, but the answer is SIM
pie. Folwell will teach the players some
modern football He will use his system
Of offense that defeated Yale two years in
succession and put Washington and JEFF
ferson in the front rank among the eastern
colleges. He will bring out his defense.
which was good enough to stop the plays
Of the best teams in the country,
Material Is Good
The material at Penn this year is excep-
tlonally good. Just because the Red and
Blue lost the big games last year II need
not be said that the players were mediocre
Under the Penn system last year the best
team in the world would have looked like
of 1lata
was popular in 1896 was the chief asset
with an occasional forward pass that would
deceive everybody except the opposing
players and the spectators in the stands.
In one game we noticed that Penn had
two playa line buck and another line
buck. Williams and Harry Ross would
carry the ball down the field, getting from
three to ten yards on each play. but as
soon as the goal line hove in sight the other
team braced, Williams and Ross were tired
out and the ball was lost on downs 1t was
sad spectacle. but nothing like that will
happen this year.
Folwell knows modern football He has
introduced more new plays than any other
coach in the country and revolutionized the
game last year with his baseball pass "
which was used In the Yale game. This is
just short throw, but the ball travels
so fast that II is almost impossible to inter
cept It, Bob also has other new plays up
his sleeve, and when he gets through with
Penn this fall the Red and Blue cohorts
will not be ashamed of their team
Based on Past Performances
This is not the usual delerious hip, hip
hooray early season dope which gives the
home team the championship before a game
is played. Nor is it a slam at the coaching
system used last year. Using past perform
ances as a basis, am convinced that Fol.
xxrolI fQ hat fIan
has stepped on Franklin Field in years
and through his coaching alone he will
develop a flrst-class big college football
team.
His road will be a hard one II he makes
good he will get all of the credit he de-
serves But IL he fiivs-Wowi The annual
meeting of the Anvil Chorus will be jammed
to the doors