Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-09
TWO FRESHMEN IN OLD PENN
LINEUP FOR OPENING MATCH
OF THE SEASON WITH URSINUS
Captain McNichol Will Play at Guard Camden
One-Sided Favorite in Game With De Ner
Trenton Plays Reading
BY sP1cK HAIL

| MTHEN Coach Lon Jourdets University oi
w Pennsylvania basketball team takes th'
floor tonight at welghtman Hall IN ths
| opening game Of the local collegiate season
| AGAINST the UrsInus quintet there viii be
two freshmen IN the lineup. These first
year men who will bc given a thorough try.
out on tho Red and Blue varsity team are
Johnny bavRn and Emery. Lavan comes
from So Joe's and was formerly one Of the
stars OF that i've.
Jourdet has been giving oil Of his ma
teriai long tryouts trying to select the fast
est and best players from the great mass
OF candidates and believes he has succeeded
In getting together another winning combi'
nation. Last year. with material which
looked extremely poor on paper. largely due
10 the lack OF weight. Jourdet developed one
Of the best teams that ever represented
Penn with these men he won the lntercol-
lsgiate Championship The season ended In
n tie with Princeton. but In the play.off the
Red and Blue trounocd the orange and
Black deciaively, so well did 1ourdet have
his men primed for that final tilt Of the
year.
Ursinus Is an "X"
Little is known OF the strength OF the
Ursinus team. Coach Thompson, as late MS
this morning. had not decided exactly how
he would line his team up against Penn,
but the men who will take part In the con-
fiict will be chosen from these: Carling,
Grove. Captain Schaub. Harvard. VIII
West, Mellinger, Handy and Vedder.
Against this array OF unknown talent
Joirdet will lire his team up with Connolly
and Lavan at the forward position, Jefrord
jumping center and Captain Eddie McNich-
OIL and Emery at guard The Penn Hubsti-
tutes will include Clark, Ivory, Williams
and Robinson.
II is expected by the members OF the Penn
team and Coach Jourdet that Ursinus will
be rather easy picking for the Red and
Blue. III such proves to be tho case II Ia
likely that all of the substitutes will be
given chance to play a few minutes In the
game, Just to show what they can do under
foreign fire.
The Varsity game Is not scheduled to
begin until after the freshman five has fin-
ished with Williamson Trade School. This
preliminary event is scheduled to begin at
O'Clock The Penn freshmen this year
have u very fast team, and they know
lot OF basketball, because they have been
taught the game by Lou Sugarman. the fast
little forward OF the Greystock Eastern
League club. The freshmen team that win
start the game is composed OF Stannnrd,
Sweeney, Davis. Hedelt and Michel
Eastern League Games
Although the Camden team tonight will
be without the services of Roy Steele, who
was sent TO the hospital yesterday, threat
ened with pneumonia, the Jerseymen should
have no trouble In winning from the dis
organized De Neri team The other game In
the Eastern League this evening will be be-
tween Trenton and Reading. In the latters
cage, This will be Trentons third contest
OF the week. Jasper only had one
game scheduled. This arrangement OF the
schedule was necessary because of the holt
day dates.
DE Neris revised lineup goes into action
for the first time tonight, when the South.
wark five entertalns Camden at Musical
Fund Hall. In the recent deal made with
Trenton whereby Newman and Kinkaide