Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-05
FUMBLING AND POORJUDGMENT
ON FORWARD PASS PLAYS GLARING
FAULTS OF PENN AGAINST MAROON
Quakers Get Away With 270 Triumph Because of
Weakness of Lafayette Eleven-P. M. C.
and Dartmouth Games This Week

.,sven on Saturday gas 27 points. NO one
q. endinR fault with the $40 score penn
.urpor,ers are perfectly satisfied with the
orures, for It was the worst beating that
psd and Blue football combination has par
.s,ed out TO an Eastonian eleven since
1905 when the Maroon and Whi'e was
trimmed s4-4. .-,,.. ,,,,. In such
,rcIdenta had the fighters Of Folwell played
IN 10 snuff and had taken advantage OIL
avery opportunity which was open 70 tl'eI,.
the margin of triumph would nave peeh az
ieast fifty points. Few would question tne
fact that there was nifty points dulerehce
a. tbs ability of the two teams However,
the ouakers deserved no more points than
were credited to them for they were as
sxtravagant with chances as Butcn NC
Dewitt was with dollars when he was
millionaire for day.
Endemic of Fumbling
The one great sin of the Penn players
mas fumbllng. Next in line was tine
,rsouencv OF the forward pass play. These
two errors cost the Red and Blue at ieast
four touchdowns There was an epluem'c
Of fumblng in the first, third and tourth
quarters. The forward pass was USED con
slstentiy but with poor judgment sew
sraI times the Quakers advanced far into
the territory of the Maroon, only to lose
the ball on an intercepted aerial toss otten
on the second and third downs.
get away from Penn. This was the mac
curacy of Howard Berry at drop-kickihg
The Red and Blue marvel had no fewer
than three opportunities to add three points
TO Penn's total, but his aim was tar from
the mark on all occasions. However,
Berry's deficiency in this department Is
clouded out by his wonderful playing ex-
elusive OF booting.
Action in Second Period
From the above facts one would gleal
the opinion that Penns play was miserabls
against the Lafayette aggregation 1t was
with the exception of one period. the second
when the Folwell machine rolled Into action
and scored all of its twenty-seven points
Outside of the second period the work of the
Quaker machine was mediocre, to put IL
mildly.
The faults of the Penn team probably
were due to the fact that the players did
not seem to care after they got lead on
the Eastonlans They knew the Lafayette
eleven was woefully weak they knew that
there was no danger of defeat, and that
spirit will produce carelessness In any
camp.
Penn could play reckessly against La
fayette and get away with It. but they
won't get away with It against Pennsyl-
vania Military College tomorrow, much less
egnnst the Dartmouth Mountaineers at
Boston next Saturday. These faults must
be corrected, and soon, too
Berry High Scorer
As usual, Joseph Howard Berry was the
hero of the contest The pentathon cham
plon p aged the best game of his career. for
he consistent as sensational His
run Of so yards, after picking up a punt
which he had fumbled produced the great
est thrill Of the afternoons entertainment
In all. Berry tailed fifteen points. getting
two touchdowns and three goals from
touchdown.
The Red and Blue has scored 1876 points
this season against six foes and of these
counters fifty-eight are credited to Berry.
The Quaker idol amassed twenty-five in the
Bucknell game, four against Swarthmore
fourteen in the Bucknell battle and fifteen
on Saturday He has made six touchdowns
sixteen goals from touchdowns and two
ned goals, Already he has surpassed his
record of last season, when he tailed
thirty-two points
Paired off with Berry in the limelight
was Joe Straus, who is rapidly attaining
oizzy ghts in Penn foo ball circles. The
Texans powerful line plungnC tore gaps
Yards wide in the Lafayette defense. He
never failed to gain except when he fell
victim to the fumbling epidemic along with
the other Penn backs
Straus Double Scorer
straus was responsible for two of the
hed and Blues four touchdowns, and one
was more sensational than II looked to the
spectators II was his frst and came as
tne result of a forward pass. When he
caught the ball he was three yards away
uo,I the Lafayette goal line, and before he
souu take one step toward the posts ne was
nailed apparently by two 'Eastonian players
the lafayette men could not throw the
nusky IeNan' They were dragged for two
yatas and then fell over the line for the
Bert Bell was back at the helm of the
roiWeH combination, and he drove the ma
chne with his old-time vim Had the little
uuar.eroack been in the game all the way
Slrough the errors of the team would have
half '"''e' cut III
Bert was particularly pleased to make
soou against Lafayette, for II soothes
.s ,s memory OF his game two years ago in
me conflict with the Maroon In 1918 Bert
plsyed rather poorly, and it was then thar
se pulled his famous G0-yard punt
ov yards up and 80 yards down His boot
went straight up in the air.
Bell Real Quarter
:, bel Is greatly improved auarterbacl,
ne now stands with the great field generals
~ tne past He uses sane judgment knows
~ same same thoroughly and Is cool under fire
next Saturday - -'7'0"
4. S2mes the Pennsylvania Military College
20 20 FRANKLIN Field tomorrow with one of
ny asa. neaV,est teams in its history to play
s hrst Election Day game ever staged at
.Nnh The Chester players will outweigh
e Vuakers by thirteen pounds to the
slan @ put so far their record has not been
sVVu sT enough to make the Red and Blue
ment - Wv Nis"se-
e Pauxtis is anxious to make a good
showing against Penn and has given his
preteges' ten-day rest to have them In
" oest condition for the skirmlsi tomor-
.s Nv Fauxtis aided dwell in the prepara-
eon Tor the Pitt battle and he knows the
.lsnals and the Red and Blue plays better
p some OF the Penn candidates. He has
@ Vuakers well secuted and may cause
trouble for bis alma mater.
Folwell Will Save Regulars
lowell would rather lose the J. NJ. c.
ksH k~s man have any Of his regulars injured
si,ousn 70 be kept out Of the Dartmouth
iIMs o2 Saturday and for this reason It is
stit.ys iy mat he win send in a horde OF sub
psna oeiore the game is very old The
n second stringers are cominRl through
i. s,sst Styles as they demonstrated against
~ ue, and they should be able to hold
sI,v ~ hester aggregation once the Var