Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-17

THE Humphrles brothers owen ana
J. Collyn. aided by splendid team WorN
and a great hghting spirit, led the haVeI
ford School football team 20 It's seconu SUE
cesslve victory Of the season. delea''Hs
Episcopal Academy yesterday afternoon AT
rIaverford IA 10 8. The local team was
saved from a whitewash by sehs"'.o'o'
field goal by Captain Johnny Earp IT, LE
uaysrforda award line in the closing
y,Inutes ~ play' Coach McCartys punCn
played lfor all that was in them, .uoo out s,,,9
was not enough as the Main Line aebus-
CATION outweighed them almost ten pou"N'
to a man. ....,,.it,,
The game was marked by an unuspauy
largo nv,,hsr of hunts. These exchanges OF
kicks brought to light two OF the pest 7
schoolboy punters In this section Gwen
Humphries and Johnny carp Inc l1snS
breeze which blew across the playing rl neIu
had no bearing whatever on the u's'""0''
Of the oval. =, -.
sented I'm the punting line, and 1t can oe
safely said that this year Is no eHceptlon
Two years ago the sensational bo"ls "h'cn
received their departure from the Toes ol
Jimmy Moore attracted the attention OF the
leading football experts throughout the
Fast. II both boys continue to punt as they
did Yesterday they surely will bring tane 70
the institution which they chose as their
alma mater.
Had An of Day
After yesterdays game Resident Coach
Palmer said that Humphries was in a slump
and that he had had an of day in regard
to his punting What chance will HaVer-
ford's future opponents have II on an on
day Humphreys boots only travel approx
mately fifty yards?
But as great as Humphriess work in the
L. inc If,a
the sensational punting and drop-kcking
OF carp. Last year carp was an all-lnter-
academic selection. -Four times Throughout
Yesterdays struggle Johnnys boots saved
his men from total disaster by driving the
pigslSin from the shadows Of his goal iar
into his opponents territory. In the nrst
period failing to gain, Johnny dropped
back to his 3O-yard line and after the oVal
finished twisting through the atmosphere
and stopped taking funny hops along the
ground 1t was finally captured by Fullpach
HUMPHREYS on his own 1O-yard line III
the third period carp was on his 35-yard
line and he drove another Of his twisters OUT
of boBnds on the Main Line teams 4-yard
line. Sc much for his punting.
In the fourth period, with the possibill-
ties OF not getting closer to Haverford
goal line, Captain carp dropped back 10
Haverford's 43-yard line In a kick torma-
ton The spectators thought It would be a
fake kick turning into a forward pass, Tor
IL he punted it would travel over the goal
line and therefore Haverford would have
the ball on their 20-yard line.
The rooters of both elevens gasped as
Johnny let the pigskin drop and touch the
earth. The next moment the ball was In
full flight. 1t twisted and twirled through
the 43 yards and just passed over the
crossbar. It was so close that many
thought that it had fallen short of its mark
uun,nhr;as,s E;cLinU
owen Humphries used a different style
of aerial attack. Instead of sending
twisting boots down the field, the bal
would gradually rise I'm the air and float
for a while and then slowly begin its
descent. This gave his ends an opportunity
to get down the field. Haverford's wing
men, c.. Humphrles and r. Young, were
waiting for the Episcopal backfield men u
catch the oval nine out of every ten kicks
No attempt was made to count the mum
ber Of kicks Hemphries made, but onlJ
on three occasions was the runner capable
to advance more than four yards. over
Humphrles has been attending the Mair
Line school for nine years. At HaverforC
the school authorities allow the boys pas
ten years to organize teams and coache,
teach them the Haverford system. Hum
phries has been member OF eVory tear
from the sixth grade to the first, excluding
the second. lie Is eighteen years old. Last
y
playing fullback.
During the daily workouts he would kick
with the rest of the fellows, but never took
any great interest in this art until Morry
Crossman, the sensational kicker of last
years Haverford College team, took him in
hand. Morry saw probabilities of a wonder
full punter in owen and gave him some ex-
pert advice, Even with this tutoring, Hum
phries was unable 20 win tlG job as punter
on last years team. 1t has been through
his daily practicing that he is now attract
ing such attention as booter During the
last two weeks his punts have been averag-
ing fifty-hVe yards. Besides being a star
punter he is an exceptionally fast man and
can either skirt the ends. throw a forward
pass or kick from kick formation,
owen is also a member of the baseball
and basketball teams. He expects TO finish
at Haverford this June and will try TO OBJ
tain an appointment TO Annapolis. His
brother. Colyn. Is one year his junior, and
is also an all-around athlete. being captain
OF the soccer and baseball teams, and will
most likely be elected leader of the basket
ball five. The brothers inherit their athletlU
prowess from their father. who was WELL
known sportsman, being captain and catcher
in his senior year at Princeton.
HaveTford took the field yesterday with
out having an official captain. The two
Humphries boys though that IT would be