Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-12
Fol,UeU Remembers State
Defeat on Yet Field and
Orders Practice Despite
Do,UnpoW and Mud
BY EDMIN j. POLLNCk

pACK in the old days when Hector
- was a pup and men seemed to
speak only ms sages predict, some long
halred and headed soothsayer coined
the expression that "it is never too late
70 mend. Also the adagp that it's no
use shutting the stable door after the
horse has cantcred to the highway has
been handed down to us from the So
called dark ages.
But mctuphoricallv speaking. two
horses remain in the Penn stalls and all
the socks have not been worn out
Therefore there was practice in the rain
at Franklin Field yesterday afternoon.
Last Saturday n week ago the Red
and Blue eleven was caught mapping
The clouds not only frowncd. but poured
on the Quaker gridiron. and the State
game was played in n 'veritablc sea o:
mud, to use highly original and un-
common expression. The Quakers were
As much at sea as the mud and Bczdeks s
boys won.
1t was during the State engagement
that the Folwcll athletes handled a wet
ball on soggy field for the first time
this season. They showed they were
rs used to it as Glenn Warner is to
defeats. but they had enough of it yes
terday to last through the Pitt and Cor
nell games II necessary.
When Bob Folwell first took look
Mt the rivulets that were trinkling about
on the gridiron he informed his proteges
the way of practice. Then the old
second thought came through and he
changed hi, mind
It's to ath for the Mulica Hill farmer
to mend the State game, but still he
can do some darning for the Panthers
and the 1thacans. One iilly cantered
out when the doors were left open on
October 20. but two more in the form
Of battles against Warner and Rush
sre still in the stable. ard Robert Cook
Folwell applied a flock of locks to the
doors.
Franklin Field looked as inviting as
.005 stuff and tasted ms good. but the
Penn athletes didn't seem to mind.
They played around on the Shiny turf
like street urchin engaged in mud
pie making.
They slipped and Sid all over the
place for more than two hours. and
when they finally pran"ed to the gym
nasium they were dirtier than the Of
flee towel.
Several new plays have been doped
out by the coaching stat. especially
for the Pitt game. and behind locked
tions with which they hope to foil the
Panthcrs. The tutors proved them
selves as good mud horses as the play
prs. and they followed the teams
throughout the afternoon.
Joe Straus. the battering ram of two
years ago. was in the varsity lineup due
to the absence of llobey Light. From
present indications. the Texan is not
likely to start the engagement. but it
also is believed that the game will not
be very old when he breaks into it.
Straus has been coming along in
great shape and lie is Just about ripe to
crack the Pitt line He wasn't up to
his 1917 form last gear. but this sea
son he has been going good and should
cause some trouble when he starts his
wrecking plunges.
The Quakers will slip away from
Franklin Field today and finish their
training at the Pine Valley Golf Club,
in New Jersey. The squad will not re
turn to the Penn stadium until the
morning of the game,