Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-15
PENN STATE IS IMPROVING
PREPARES FOR REAL TEST
WITH DARTEcUTH ELEVEN
'oncii Bczdele Forms New Combinstio,
FOLLOWING Weak Showing In
Opening Gnmc.
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Penn sta, cGoltnEGE. Pa. Oct. IT.
meet it's first real test Of tho season si,
next Saturday. when II tackles Dart
mouth ,n,n at hanover. n. II. The big Green
strong mis- year. and followers OF the
Isl niue ana White arc not very confident
coa"h ' mnr rssI Hezd The late arrival Of
progress of the Penn State eleven. and
~ ~ Sun In Il more or less embryonic
The opening game Of the season with
gettysburg served but to strengthen
the convictions OF the coaches with
respect to the weakness OF tho Biue
and White Enc Osborn. at center was
the only lineman who showed any real
ability and the fact that Gettysburg
during the first half proves conrin.
siNciy that the line was not working
as II should.
Mnkes Complete Shift.
AS result Coach Bezdek made a
complete shift of the left side of the
line this week and the new combine
ton has been showing to n better adj
vantage While the present makeup
the work in the Bucknell game todav
gave the coaches some real encourage
ment.
Ben CubbaEc, the old isaac end. ha,
been returned to hts former position
of left end and the shift seems 10 be
n good one. While i, was believed that
good tackle. the coaches felt that they
would really be weakening two posi-
tons by the change. Cubbagc is fine
for Bob Higgins.
Conover has been put in Cubbage.
place at left tackle and he is at least
ne Is capable. Rauch. varsity end in
1917. has rcpalced Bacr at left guard
and his work has been steadily. improv-
ing. kauch received bad start this
~. La nj
!naiaria for two weeks. and tien suf-
ierins from 4 twisted ankle on the
day OF his reap5earance in scrimmaEe.
Hnckheld In Fine Shape.
The remainder of the line has been
kept nearly intact. with Hills at right
guard Henry at right tackle Higgins.
right end. and Osborn, center. Beck.
the big half back. has been converted
and IL is believed that once he becomes
familiar VIII, the duties OF his new
position he viii hold down berth on
the varsity. He is big and fast and is
close follower of tho ball.
There has been no change in the
backheid situation during the week.
with the exception OF the shifting of
Beck into the line. Robb has con.
tinufd 10 direct the team. although
Williams has also been given chance
in this capacity.
Way. Haincs and Hess are the re-
naming members Of the backfcld and
together with Robb. they will rank
well with any backhe!d in the coun-
Try; not even excepting the Hastings.
pcHart and Davies combination at the
University OF Pittsburgh. Hillinscr
has been playing q fine game Of late
ana there Is strong possibility thatne
may break into tho backneld before the
season is much further advanced
The election of Bob Higgins to cap
tain the team caused no surprise, for
he WAS the Oldest man in poin; OF SER
vice In the squad. Higgins has been
star ever since he entered Fem
state in 1914 and his election Is popu-
lar not only with the members of tie
team but with the entire student body