Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

some one else. Captain Hogan and Manager
charley Lovett tried every possible means
TO get a field and were not successful until
last night Connie Mack and John Shibe
thcn stepped up and offered the use of Shibe
park, and this was gratefully accepted
The management of the Athletics Ball
c,lub deserves lot of credit for doing its
nit" and assisting the marines. Never
before has football game been staged
on the field, as the heavy cleats of the
players usually tear up the iniield and
make II necessary TO repair It, before the
bal season starts. Time and again Connie
has been asked 10 rent his park for grid
iron contests, but he has always refused.
This time It wasn't a question of rent or
monetary gain. He was glad TO turn the
mark over TO tho soldiers, and thus showed
again why he is SO popular in Phadel-
pha.
Il is hoped that the public will turn out
for the game, as the soldiers need som'
help i'm paying for their athletic equipment.
Many former college stars will be In th
lineup and the game will be hard fought
The drafted men who are about To leave
for Camp Meade will have an excellent
opportunity to see their future officers In
action and 1t is probable that they will be
out in large numbera
More Poor Generalship
cralshlp at Providence Saturday. when
Brown scored an unexpected victory over
Colgate. Neutral spectators who closely
followed the play say that the New
Workers made many mistakes in the
selection of plays and had Ander-
son. last years quarter, been IN the
game, Colgate would have won easily. Nc
Bride who called the signals, used poor
Judgment and many opportunities were lost,
However, and be that as it may, Brown
won the game and deserved It. Although
Anderson was missing from the Maroon
lineup Pollard did not play with the Bru-
uonians, SO there you are
Colgate gained more ground in the game,
making 224 yards by rushing, against 130.
She also made thirteen first downs against
eight for Brown. which is pretty good.
Where the New Workers. fell down was in
the forward passing game, which made
them so formidable last year. Seven
passes were tried and none was successful.
Michigan Has Good Team
Michigan has a good football team this
wear and Penn will have a hard time on
November II when the Wolverines appear
en- Franklin Field for their annual game.
Last Saturday Yosts men waloped the
husky Nebraska eleven. 20 to 0. and are all
prmed UP for tho invasion of the East.
Michigan ms not been very strong in the
last few seasons but it now looks as If
one Of the old-time teams was in the field.
out in Chicago, at one of the world
series games, asked prominent Mich
igan alumnus what kind OF a team his
college had this year and the prospects for
the season.
Zine" he replied. Michigan will have
great team and will have successful
season. She can't help winning games be-
cause all of last years regulars are COVE"
Like Old-Time Eleven
Walter Eckersal, tho western critic. saw
the game with Nebraska and had the fol-
lowing to say:
ut reminded oldtimers of the days of
Feston and Snow, and stamps the VOL
verines ls one of the strongest teams i'm
the West. Michigan was by far the better
team II had better offensive and de-
fensive, and the score shows the relative
merits of the teams.
"After the minute interval Michigan went
after its opponents with vengeance using
weapons of attack seldom cen on a football
field since the ten-yard and the forward
pass rules were put into effect in 1906
Using short forward passes and concen.
trated off-tackle drives and line plunges
the Michigan team made "a 50-yard march
TO the Nebraska goal line"
It's too bad that Penn made such a good
showing against Pitt. for had Michigan
come out hero with the idea of walking
over weak team and crush the Red and
Blue forwards she would have met with q