Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-23
PECULIAR KICKS
GAVE WOLVERINES
AGGIES' CONTEST
Dutch Sommer's Team Was
Beaten by Sparks's
Quick Thinking
SYRACUSE IN MOURNING

'Dutch" sommer's hop-stcp-snd-3u
formation evidently was not IN working
order or Mich gan refused to fan Cor II.
as the Wolverines won the big game IN
Ann Arbor Saturday. touchdown and
field goal did the trick but II was the
field goal that ruined the hopes OF the
Aggies. IL was an unusual boot and should
80 down In history as one OF the freakiest
OF freak plays. Here IL how II happened:
In the FIRST half Michigauworked the ball
20 the SS-yard line and wien the ArNica'
limo held. a place kick was called for. Cap
tain Mauibctsch dropped back and Clfford
Sparks, the quarterback. knelt on one knee
TO get tho ball from the center. The ball
was passed high. however, and Sparks had
to jump for H. In the meantime. the op-
posing forwards were breaking through.
Mauibstsch was back too far 70 do any
good. so Sparks quickly cropped the ball
and kicked Il himself Tho pigskin sailed
gracefully over the crossbar and registered
the first score Of the game.
SYRACUSE WAS IN MOURNING after
the Pitt game Saturday night but the
strangcst part OF II was that the Orange
and Blue followers were not feeling 80
badly about the team. They wene worried
about Bill Hollenbaek. The sentiment OF
the entire college was voiced by Graduate
Manager Smith. who said:
''of course we feel badly over the show
ing Of the team. but our real grief goes 10
Bin Hollenbaok Bnl's heart and soul are
In that football team. and he win kcenly
feel the terrible defeat Bill is good
coach, and we know Il. and he win have
n first-class eleven at Syracuse In a short
time. But right now he Is working betwccn
two systems, his own and the one used ~
Buck ONeili last year. II takes time to
install new system and we have every
confidence that Bill will produce results II
given time"
This Is a very fair way OF looking at
things, and other colleges not 80 very far
from here should follow suit. IL IL almost
impossible for new coach 20 turn out n
winning team in his first year. Give Kim
two years and then begin to knock. syra-
cuse has the right idea and II will help
HollenbaclS considerably. II is much easier
TO get results when you know the student
body Al alumni are back OF you. Incl
dentally. the attitude of Syracuse elbows
Bus popularity up In New York State.
MEEHAN. QUARTERBACK on syracuse
is one OF the real stars OF the year He
played twice as well as any man on the team,
Saturday and kept the score down by his
wonderful work. Meehan Is said to be the
equal OF Shorty Miller, the old Penn State
quarter. and he lived up 20 the reputation
forced upon him He mado most OF tho
gains for his team and showed excellent
generalship the few times Syracuse had the
| ball.
WARRINGTON AND LEE TRIUnfpHEu
over Roanoke College. 80 TO o. and ''Cy.'A
Young. the captain. was the star OF this
game. He made three touchdowns ani
kicked the goals Virginia lost another
| game, Georgia Tech winning by .lis score.
o. Is to 7. Virginia had hard luck. how
ever. as the Anal whistle prevented a touch
| down. just as time was Ap, Warf the
right tackie. picked up n tumble and raced
| TO Georgia's S-yard line, where he was
MA 49, a
have resulted In score.
Georgia has one OF the strongest teams
| In the South this year and win play WASH
ington and Lee in Atlanta next Saturday.
The game probably will decide the cham
| pionshp OF the South.
EVERY TIME PITT baclsfieid man
| skirted the end In the Syracuse game there
were so many interferers around him that
one would think that Warner sent In all
OF his substitutes from the sdelinea 10 get
INTO the play. Il was the greatest inter
ference seen this year.
WILLIE CROwELL is HAVING hard
luck at Lafayette this year, His team has
lost three games. tied one and scored but
one touchdown all season.
THE SYRACUSE LINE - meaning the
center trio-was a failure against Pitt for
three excellent reasons: Captain Peck.
Sutherland and Sizes.
WONDER III THEY WILL ALLOW Billy
/ NELL 10 play with Penn again this YEAR,
The faculty committee Is investigating his
| case
Is AN UNUSUAL FOOTBALL SCORE was
made In Elizabeth n. j.. Saturday when
| South High defeated Battin High. 10 o..
Two safeties won the game.
SUITS TO ORDER