Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-14

lin and Marshall TO have losing team.
For several years it ranked near the top OF
the minor college class winning from
Swarthmore Haverford, Dickinson ana
even Penn, in the annual combats Last
year only two games were lost, Penn win
ming by the score of 10 to and Gettysburg
taking the final game, l3 to g. All OF the
other elevens trailed behind on the snort
end Of big scores acting the same as the
Lancasterians this year, However col
lege cannot win all of the time and reVerses
will come no matter how large the college
may be f. and NJ has been sliding down
the slippery toboggan for six weeks put
there is a reason and a mighty good one.
Only Three Veterans Return
When the season began II was decided too
change coaches, and o. w Saylor one OF
the best players who ever attended the
school, was placed i'm charge Saylor knows
football and can teach II, If there is any one
on the field to teach lie ran into snags
from the start however, and took raw
green material to mold into his varsity
eleven. only three of the regulars were
back, Captain Hook" Myin, Jesse
James" Williams and Kessler Musser'
sub lineman last year, also put in an ap-
pearance, leaving only seven places 70 NIL
After the call for candidates had been
Issued twenty-five aspiring athletes re-
ported to the new coach One-hat OF
them were too light for college team, but
Saylor, appreciating their college spirit,
kept them on the squad: lie selected Lo-
bach. husky young person who weighs all
of l46 pounds, for center and started in to
teach him the game Lobach, despite ms
dlmniutve stature, has proved to be star
and outplayed all OF his opponents thus
far He is a senior and is playing his first
year on the team.
For guards the Forstberg brothers, Frank
and Bob were first selected, but injuries
| kept Frank on the side lines in the last two
! games However, the hard luck uncovered
a hero in the perspn Of Waugaman VINO
| scored the only touchdown against Urslnus
| last Saturday. Waugie' blocked punt
! and fell on the ball behind the goal line
| amid cheers OF his teammates. This act
| OF heroism cost Waugaman three perfectly
| good teeth but he cares nothing of the alb
! sent molars. He scored a touchdown and
that was enough glory for one day.
Introducing Mr.. Rue
There is another guard at Franklin and
Marshall muscular young person named
| Rue When Mr.. Rue steps on the scales
| thev groan and creak until the l35-pound
| mark As reached and then the groaning and
creaking cease, Rue however is a very
| AGGRESSIVE player and will be a good man
| I'M a couple of years. Prien, who weighs
| 165 and Musser, 100. are the regular
tackles, with Sykes. $50, the best and only
| substitute.
Everything looked lovely for the end posi-
| ttons until Mr. Hard Luck stepped In and
| nut Mcpherson on the sidelines with an In
| iured leg Mac was playing a sensational
game until the accident occurred and now
he must watch the battles from the side
| lines Meyer manager Of the team last
| vear plays the other end and Is noted for his
/ slill al catching the forward pass. Baluta.
another ls5-pounder, has taken McPher-
sons place and Is doing we'll His de-