New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Penn Planning
Busy Season
For Football
Preliminary Coaching viii
Be Barred-Good Mate
rial for Track

vania will adhere 10 the recent ruling
of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association 70 eliminate the training
table, the Blue and Red officials expect
to maintain its high athletic standing
of years gone by.
The Quaker institution expects TO
enlist the services of many Of its for
mer stars 70 whip the various teams
into condition. There will be few vet
ersn athletes back at college. as many
Of them have Joined the sailor and
soldier units or are doing ambulance
duty in France The only football
star who will again be available is
Miller. the captain, who twice at
tempted 10 enlist, but was rejected on
account of defective eyesight and bad
teeth.
A meeting was held last week by the
Pennsylvania sport authorities at
which the athletic situation was dis
cussed. This conference was attended
by Major NJ. J. Pickering. graduate
manager; Henry Miller, the football
captain; John II. Minds. chairman OF
the football committee. and Robert
Folwell. the football coach
Counts on Strong Team
Lawson Robertson. the track and
field coach, reported TO the athletic
committee that he would have q
stronger team this year than last He
stated that many Of his best men were
under the draft age. and, consequently,
would again be on hand. These in
clude Sherman Landers. the pole
vaulter; Eddie Shields, the distance
runner; Talman. and many others who
showed up exceptionally well last
year. :.
Major Pickering, who was one OF
Pennsylvania's representatives at the
National Collegiate Athletic Confer
cnce in Washington the early part of
this month, has issued the following
statement;
"The recommendations made by the
National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton have been unanimously Endorsed by
all Pennsylvania officials from the pro-
vost down. We propose 10 enforce
them in letter and spirit. With the
enlistment of such large proportion
of our student body we have naturally
lost the majority OF our best athletes,
but this gives us an unusual oppor-
tunity to put into actual practice one
of the ideals of the association, which
is that every student matriculated
should take part in athletic compet-
U-;tb ~ npp1Ytfnng 8 a slim 4
liant we expect 10 make our athletics
Of more benefit, physically and morally,
20 our student body than ever before"
Two Games Cancelled
The decision TO have no preliminary
coaching of any kind has caused the
cancellation OF the first two games on
the schedule. Albright was 70 have
opened the season on Saturday, Sep
TENDER %, followed by Franklin and
Marshall on September %.
Since there will be no practice prior
10 the opening of the university, on
September 2s, neither of these games Is
possible. Major Pickering communi-
Gated with the authorities al Albright
and Franklin and Marshall and was told
that since they were observing the
". G. A. A. recommendation they were
agreeable 20 either cancelling or post
poning these games if necessary.
The first game, therefore, will be
played on Wednesday, October 3, when
either Albright or Franklin and Mar
shall will be the opponent. The west
Point game, which was scheduled for
October s, st West Point, has been
cancelled by West Point, this being the
only game on the schedule, with the
exception of the first two, TO be can
II has not yet been decided what
team will be played on October 6, but It
will be either Albright OF Franklin and
Marshall or q new opponent which
Pennsylvania has never played before,
but with which negotiations have been
in progress for more than year.
An Appeal TO Students
While practice will not start off
Cially until September 2S, the football
authorities desire all students who Will
be candidates for the team TO get them
selves in as good physical condition ss
possible in advance Of this date. To
that end Franklin Field will be placed
at their disposal. where they may OBJ
tain footballs and use the other equip
ment Of the gymnasium. All of this
work, therefore, will be done individu-
silly.
Under the circumstances the football
committee proposed to urge every stu
dent in the university, whether he has
had any football experience or not, TO
try for the team. Coach Folwell IS
very keen 10 have @ big squad Of new