Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-22
REMINDS
OF 0LD-DAY BACK
Former Lehigh Halfback Looms
Up Like Player Of "Ye olde'
Wrecking Crew Seasons
MAY DO PENN'S PUNTlNG

bots" Bruner, Lehigh halfback,
continues to be sensation in Penn's
varsity squad. Coaches Folwell and
Hollenback are grooming him for a reg
ular position and the chances are he
will be paired off today with Hobey
Light. the veteran, who reported at
Franklin Field few days ago for active
work.
Aside from being hard line plunger
and skillful end runner, Bruner is also
strong defensive player. In the middle
Of one Of Penn's gruelipg scrimmages
the past week Folwell and HollenbaCk
shouted at him:
"That's the way to carry the ball and
pick your holes. 1t looks like the Penn
backs of olden days"
It looks more every day as though
Bruner will do Penn's punting this sea =
son. He has been shooting the spirals
UP and down the field and getting close
to fifty yards. ..,.
Need Kickers
Penn needs man to take J. How
ary Berry's place in the booting line,
No consistent kicker has been devel-
oped since he left the team In 1917.
As an understudy to Bruner in the
hunting line. Captain Bert Bell can be
called upon, but he does not get the nee
cssart distance. His kicks are the low
bounding kind that make trouble for the
opposing backs.
Bell has been concentrating on drop
| kicking the past week and received spe-
cal instruction from Shorty O'Brien,
the former Swnrthmore star, who beat
Penn about fifteen years ago with his
educated toe.
The back field Is beginning to shape
UP now that Light and Straus have ar
rived.
Hobey was busy electioneering at
his home in Lebanon, Pa, and checked
in on Wednesday, and Straus, the beefy
Texan, beat him to the field by a day.
The chances are Straus, who was a sen :
sation in 1917, will be substitute for
Light and Bruner.
Until big Ben Derr, the Dakotan. re =
ports, Danny McNichol and Barrick are
having the call at fullback. McNichol
held down the job all last season on the
S. A. 7. c. team, although he is best
known as n basketball and baseball
star.
Good Passer
Danny is the best forward passer in
the squad and is also adept at snatch
ing the rivals passes out of the air.
He can hit the line hard, but is slow
in getting started.
Lou Little, star Of the '16 line, and
Johnny Titzel, II stalwart, are leading
the pack in the chase for regular tackle
positions, although Jim Neylon, cap
tain Of last years S. A. r. c. team,
and Blonde Wilmington, both regular
tackles, must be considered in the final
reckoning.
Herb Dieter, the Buffalo burly who
starred in II, and Carl Thomas, stroke
oar of the varsity crew for the last few
years, are the varsity guards at pres
cnt, but Folwell frequently switches
them over to the second team to see how
they act. Copeland, stroke of the junior
varsity eight, who comes from the Pa
cifc, coast, and Dick Supplee, also O
crew man, from Philadelphia, are being
useu dt Buhru on the second varsity
This is Copeland's frst year of foot
ball at Penn, although he had toucr
of it at the University of Washington
before coming East.
, Judging by the way Lud wray, tn,
veteran center, is plugging away, he i
reasonably sure of holding down hi.
old job in the same form that made hin
famous in 1916. Alex Wray. his broth
er, regular center and also star in 1917
has been switched to end, and Halfbacl
Crawford, the Parkersburg, w. Va.
lad, regular center last year, will prob
ably be Lud's understudy, with lie,
Frank also available to snap the bal
back.
' Out on the flank positions Heini,
! Miller, the skilful left end, is playin,
his usual dashing game, with Bud Hop
per, Kalamazoo, Mich, boy, leadin,
the pace at right end. Hopper starred
In his first year of varsity work las
fall. Ray Miller, brother of Heinie, i
also feet at end, and Peters, of Jerse,
CITY looks better than last year