Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25
HOT OFF THE GRLDLRON

Coach Mercer got out the Garnet dummy
Yesterday and gave his Little Quakers their
nrst tackling drill. After half an hours hard
work Mercer and Delplaine ran two SQUADS
by lining up two teams and running through
a shadow scrimmage with a lot Of snap
Sa oSs Te Grns a eener tiers
NICHOLS at guard. Both Of these huskies
come close to, 200 pounds, while Cornell looks
shaw. the former University of Alabama
end, Is bidding strong for wing job.
Coach shipIey put the Delaware College
football squad through the hardest practice
Of the season yesterday; and and 1t was at tired 20
the showers. Three elevens, the varsity
and two scrub teams, were put through half,
coach. Ivory, former Trenton, n. j.; high
With Captain Stewart. Mike Palm. Nc
Caughan. Loose, wtntrup and Ivory. in ad-
lent backfeld material.
Coaches DR.. Jock" Sutherland and II,
r. Sedel put the Lafayette College back
field running practice on March Field yes
OF the season with MuhIenberg College here,
October 4; The guards and tackles were
Yards apart, with the bacxheld men taking
turns showing their ability in lodging in and
dis discover SiS some better end material Brown
4 and .Meehan, tackles were given try-out at
the WING posltlons'
Union College football players had their
sine since the the squad was - assembled ten days age
by Sol Metzger. the new coach; MetzgeI
ve owed TT Il by ,s taking T the entre squad to The
gymnasium for, blackboard practice. He
sG Ss rst Re call IN for the
sSSH fR &S. Is tns Pst a. GsS
has attempted to put a freshman team or
nearby nes school and college teams is being
completed.
We're kept from practice yesterday because
OF the three and -a-hal fhour psychologica
\ minute serimmaEe was given the PLAYERS ;, Sy
the Brown GSSSaSs Cache DetE wo eRTssentstYt s
score. shHpe and Moody did some sen.
sational hole picking. They showed .gyI
game Saturday with Rhode Island State
Instead of waiting until TODAY. as eS'
pected. before ordering, Ysle's initial scrlm,
OF the Yale football squad. put the first
three teams through twenty minutes of ac
were csptained by Herbert Kempton, tht
former Exeter star, failed to register al
Cs Of By running 81 hs
lllck-off back twenty-five yards and later by
fsnRs SSnEnE ubac rSSsn Of the ns Tesua4 az e.!
nve-yard line, after .Braden had plowed
through the second team'S rush line fol
twenty yards and seemed certain to register
the first touchdown OF the season. BradeT
succeeded however. in putting the ball In
position for tsllying and after his com com
paniou backs. Donald, Wells and Joe Neville
had each gained two. yards. he himself
plowed through tackle for the score.
West Point football squad tseems doomed
To- have an uphill pull this fall: Beginning
with an entirely new squad of young anC
Inexperienced men IL has been hit unusually
hard by injuries and classroom difficulties
Four teams were put through a stin drill
on the plain yesterday
The coaches had chance To nee some OF
the silver lining TO the dark cloud that has
been resting over the plains for the last
month when Moreland, a former star of this
University OF Alabama reported on the field
Coach Dobe had the Navy football squad
out both morning and evening yesterday,
special effort Is being made to get the team
IN shape for the opening game on October 4
with North Carolina State, Reports arr
y that the visitors will be unusually stfonB.
Es4s ps.stioss Tor the rsnaindsr er sh,