Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-26
Eddie Bennis's Proteges,
Slated to Oppose League
Island, Represent II Diff
ferent Institutions
SHOW HERE SATURDAY
By EDWIN ]. POLLOCK

FINiE charleston Navy Yard eleven
l. which faces the League Island war
riors on Franklin Field next Saturday
is nothing II not representative of the
different colleges throughout the coun-
try. Twenty-Five players will be taken
North for the battle here and they come
from seventeen colleges, as far East as
Dartmouth, as far West as oregon and
as far South as Georgia Tech.
There is not a University of Pennsyl-
vania man on the entire squad. but the
team is coached by Eddie Bennis. the
former Red and Blue star. and Shorty
O'Brien. OF Swarthmore fame. The only
player from the Keystone state is Arnis,
a center from State College.
Little Is known of the strength of the
Charleston Navy outside of the fact that
the southerners held the Camp Hancock
eleven, which is captained by Lieutenant
j. Howard Berry, ex-Penn hero, to
- tie and any football team that can
hold Berry to tie is a good one.
Dennis Not Backward .. ,.
Eddie Dennis, however. is not at all
backward. He has written Commander
Smith, the manager of the League Island
team, TO the effect that his eleven would
have beaten Berry's soldiers had 1t not
been for the influenza epidemic. Bennis
wrote that five of his players are in
the medical corps and were too busy to
allow furloughs.
The entire navy yard is pleased with
the triumph Of the enlisted men over the
Washington players on Saturday. 1t is
hard TO convince any sailor or marine
| that Pittsburgh has anything on League
! Island. The unbroken string of four
victories over Swarthmore, Lehigh.
| Brown and Georgetown means more to
a navy yard man than the hundreds OF
points which the Panthers have run up
since they last met defeat more than
| four seasons ago. y
| Coach BY Dickson has considerable
| respect for the reputed strength of the
| Charleston eleven and he is planning a
hard week of scrimmage. After their
34-7 win over Georgetown on Saturday
the sailors and marines were given 6
day of rest yesterday, but today rea
work will begin. 10,
Praise Simmer
Commander Smith and Ensign Welci
were particularly enthusiastic over thu
outcome of the Washington engagement
4 They contend that Simmer is the bes
line plunger, forward passer and punte
playing football this season. They ais,
| add that Budd is the best lineman, Hig
gins the best end, Newcomb the bes
tackle and Haehl one of the best half
backs of 1918.
From all reports, Simmer was the In
dvidual star of the yard eleven a
Washington. His distance forwar
passes. thrown with an accuracy tina
seemed uncanny, went a long way to
ward piling up such big score, and hi
consistent gains through the line put tn
League Island team in scoring positio,
more than once. Simmer undoubtedly
ranks with the best backs in the East
.. Although there was no official an
knouncement, II was reported that tn
League Island mana cement is trying t
book a game with Penn on Franklin
Field December Z. The Quakers woul
look far before they could discover a.
! attraction for the post-season date a
good as the local service team,