Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-09
PENN SQUAD OFF
FOR GREEN GAME
Small Crowd Cheers as
Quaker Players Leave for
Game at Boston
BAN ON PUBLIC RALLY

Twenty-Five sturdy defe~dcrs of the Red
and Blue. hard of muscle and determined
of WILL entrained al the Readirg Terminal
this morning at o'clock ard departed for
Boston, where Pennsylvania will clash with
the Green of Dartmouth on the Braves
field tomorrow afternoon.
Orders had been issued by Provost Smith
to do away with a big rally through the
streets of the city and al the Terminal, and
there was no hilarious farewell for the
Quaker squad. but there was a small group
of undergraduates and few loyal alumni
on hand. Just the train started slowly
on tts way. the well-known long rays
came thin in volume. perhaps. but never
theless hearty from the handful of Penn
followers. ..T,
Good luck and godypeed were thundered
at the Penn followers from thousands of
throats at WeIghtman Hall last night.
where a gigantic mass-meeting of the stu
de~ts was held Each PLAYER was Cheered
separately and the team collectively Each
coach heard his name tackled on to the end
of college yells Speeches were made by
many of the players and by Head Coach
Bob Folwell and Line Coach Wharton.
Players Optimistic
The optimism Of the students was con-
tag'ous. The players caught it and It is an
optimism that borders not on overcorfi-
dence, but has its foundation on deter
mlnation. Nothing short Of a victory will
DO. The same win-hungry spirit that domi-
mated the players as they departed for
Michigan Last season is eating at the hearts
of the Quaker lads they speed toward
the TTub city, and II victory goes to the foe
II win not be because the boys of the Uni
versity are lacking either in correct mem
tai attitude or in good physical condition.
PENNSYLVANIA removed football relation
ship in 1913 with Dartmouth after a apse
of many years and sirce then the Green has
one tie The Red and Blue has not de-
feated the Mountaineers in twenty years.
They came close last season, when the fig
ures were tied at seven. and Folwe'l's fight
ers are determined that the epidemic of
New Frglend triumnhs will be ended on
the chalked-off green of the Braves Fled.
The Penn SQUAD will arrive in New Yorl,
at II o'clock and en- hour later will hoard
a through train at the Grand Central sta
tio7 for Boston. Folwell and his men
will reach the Hub city about O'Clock I'm
the evening and will E0 directly to the
Copley-Plaza Hotel which will he the head
Quarters of the Quaker contingent during
the stay in the city Of learning and beans
At O'Clock this afternoon 200 or more
University students and alumni will follow
the team The undergraduates will leave
from Broad Street Station fo- New York
and VIII go from the big town" to Bostor
by boat II Is the largest delegation tC
leave here for any. Penn game on foreign
SOL
Added TO these 200 will be at least 20C
alumni of New F~eland and It is saf,
tn saw that the Penn pqvers will hav,
half thousand enthusiasts roofing fo'
t'~~7 when they take the field against tn
Green
on the re'rrn tourney the students an(
the tenn win 20 together They will leav,
Hos'n1 A. it'"0 tomorrow NIGHT and vii
cove the ert're dista~ca hs rail Thi
special win arrive here Sunday about ga
IN the morning