Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
Out-ot-To,Un Games against
Dartmouth Haze Been
Full of Fight and Good
Football
NO CHANGES Likely
BY EDWIN j. POLLOCK


A WAY from the scenes of Franklin
n Field, where every inch of the grid
iron is known by Penn players through
personal contact, it Is only natural to
suppose that the Red and Blue does
not play as good brand Of football.
This theory may hold true in con-
nection with a number of series, but
II is total stranger in relation to
Penn Dartmouth games.
The big Green has battled the Quak
ers twice at Boston. One game was a
Dartmouth victory by 7-3, but in 1917
the Red and Blue snatched 10 de
cision. Penn was beaten in the city
Of books and beans in 1915. but at
that time 7-3 reverse was a moral
victory.
1915 Example
That 1915 conflict is indelibly i'm
pressed on the minds of the few Penn
men who saw the game. 1t came when
football affairs at the University were
in a state of unrest. Howard Berry
had just quit the team after a spat
with the coaching staff, which was
headed by George, II. Brooke, and Grant,
Stack and Welch, three Of the men,
bers of the varsity, had been declared
ineligible.
There was only one quarterback on
the souad-Bert Bell. If Bell had been
injured there wasn't any one who could
have been sent in to call the signals.
Dartmouth of course, was a big favor
ite in what little betting there was.
Bell had been through poor season
and Penn looked like LOO shot. Bert
was the only one in the backheld who
could punt and the kicking fell on him.
He found himself in that game and put
up great fight. His boots averaged
forty yards.
Moral Victory
The Quakers put up a great battle,
and there was no scoring in the first
half. At the end Of the third quarter
the Red and Blue led by three points,
but in the closing minutes Of the game
the Green put over a touchdown on a
forward pass play.
The only other time the Quakers
played at Boston was two seasons ago,
when they won by touchdown. The
score came on straight, hard football
battered his way over the goal line
through tackle.
All of which goes to prove that ira
dton is not exactly working against
the Red and Blue when Dartmouth is
played on the Polo Grounds Saturday.
Confidence Not Shaken
The Quakers were handed a 10-C
reverse by State, but the defeat has not
shaken their confidence. Most Of the
men are veterans; they know they can
play the game and all of them are sure
that they could beat the Bezdek ag-
Gregation if they had another chance.
The rumors about shake-up in the
personnel of the team is all off. 1t is
not likely that there will be one change
in the lineup from the one that started
against State. If there is any switch.
it will be Bud Hopper in place of
Ray Miller at left end. 1t has been
Folwell's policy to interchange these
two players.
No Changes
The line will remain the same, and
that also goes for the backfield, unless
The coaching staff changes its collective
mind in the meantime. Practices at
Franklin Field these days are not only
most severe, but also most secretive.
The Quakers have their fighting spirit
aroused, and the Big Green team is
going to catch the Red and Blue in
the middle of a rally, just as Penn
caught State in the center of a flare up
Dartmouth hasn't lost a game this
season, so the Spears combination, also
should be there with the old confidence.