Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-16

In some respects this Is an excellent sva-
tem providing the line IL composed Of Hef-
hculnEcrs, Beree. Glass. Browns, zieglers
and Mafwells but the ordinary strong line
player Is helpless with this style against
an opponent who charges In the low. saw.
nge manner that Folweil and Wharton have
drilled Into the Penn line men
Penn's line stretches across in basket
fashion with the ends closest 10 the scr,n,.
mage line. the tackles Just a trint back
and the guards and center slightly behind
the tackles The idea OF the bnsket.shnped
hne-rp and low charge Is 20 completely
envelope the opposing backs before thew
are under way. and to date Il has proved
very successful and should continue TO be,
Pcnn's line mon will make more tack,os
behind the line OF scrimmaTe thar ,hs
average line. and Il will take a mixhtv
iast back TO circle the END without cutting
straight across the field and out.sprintlng
,ne secondary defense. unless the ends and
backs are pulled in on a trick play
This system OF line play should enab,.
fenn TO hold any team In check within ia
twenty-yard line II the secondary defense
can take care OF forward passes satnr.
day forward pass beat Penn, but a NAV
such as Bush made could be pulled on an,,
secondary back field. as the Carnst Nh.
made wonderful catch while encIrcled hv
Penn men w
Tho most glaring weakness in Penn,s ni,v
was at the quarterback. II Bert Bell had
been able 70 hold up his end and had An
isneu as well as he started. Penn would
nave won with touchdown OF two to snare
but the local boy went completely 10 pieces
We asked Coach FoiwcIl a few days ago
why he figured upon Bell for uuarterhack
and he replied BELL has n great foothaIi
head and l want a general at quarterback.
1 dont care 30 much about his speed or Of
tenslVe ability II he is team director I
want good, smart. youngster who can run
Il
man"
Bad Judgment
All Of which goes to show how tho dope
can go wrong. Bells judgment on Saturday
was miserable. Whenever there were two
guesses the little fellow Invariably took the
wrong one. and at least two touchdowns
were lost because Of his poor generalship.
Bell also kicked poorly. and his handling Of
the ball was anything but good
In view Of the fact that he has shown
such excellent Judgment in the past and has
convinced Coach Folwell that he has the
head. Bell possibly deserves another chance.
Too much time cannot be spent upon him II
he fails again. however. and at any rate.
II behooves Coach Folwell 70 start develop
ing another quarterback because the team
will need one II Bell continues to crack un-
der fire.
While lamenting Penn's defeat and seek
lnB tuc causes TOT IL, 90 not OVERLOOK tno
fact that the Swarthmore team is a much
underrated eleven. 1t did not look like n
powerful offensive team on Saturday. be-
cause Pennsylvania presented an unusual
defense that broke up the Garnet's pet plays
early In the game. convincing Coach Bill
Roper that II would be folly 10 take foolish
chances on n wide-open game: but Swarth-
more had a well balanced. powerful and
smart eleven. II was composed Of men OF
experience, who fealized the importance of
teamwork and knew what style of play to
adopt after getting the lead.
While the Penn attack was stronger than
II has shown in two years, quite lot OF
the ground gained on the Garnet was due to
the fact that Swarthmore spread Its de-
fense. fearing trick plays, until Penn got
within striking distance of the goal That
Swarthmore had wonderful defensive
team was proved on three occasions, when
Penn was held for downs within the ten
yard line. Any time team can hold It's
opponents in check with the goal line threat
enod as Swarthmore did so many times Sat-
urday. II is a real football team
The savage taclkling of the little Quakers
also was In a large measure responsible for
the Penn fumbling. The Red and Blue
backs were not accustomed to such
tackling as that shown by Bush. Michaels
and Smith, and were Jared considerably on
many occasions. While admitting that Penn
beat itself do not overlook the fact that
Swarthmore has great team.
II the same teams were to meet later In
the season there Ia little doubt hut what
Penn would win as Folwell's team would
be further advanced and in better con-
dition, whereas Swarthmore was primed for
the Penn game. and probably will start to
baclxslide. or at least can hardly be any
better for the rest OF the season.