Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

HOT OFF THE GRLDLRON

Coach ShIpley put the Delaware College,
football squad through a stin signal prac-
some OF the weak points Of their play in the
opening game with Franklin and Marshall on
Saturday,
As q result OF the game with GettysburE
Penn state line. and the new combination
was given its first tryout In practice yes
,erlay. Cubbage whq has beer been h at nean .srS
placed at his old position Of left end, while
Smell has been shifted from end to the sec
Ond-string baCkheId.
Lentz was back at his place at halfback
HaEer was q end in place Of Martin. Archer
was at tackle in place Of Ice and Lewis ran
the team from duarteTeack IN place %, @,
lined up yesterday as on saturday against
Westminster.
Plainly evident was Coach Keady,,s dis
appointment yesterday over the ragged play
ing OF tho Brown and white last saturday
against Ursinus. So there was no usual
Monday rest yesterday. and he yaye the men
Il heart o.heart talk and then started four
bring the men into shape for. the RUTGERS
game on Saturday Much of Lohigh's sue.
cess this season depends on this game. Flrst
of ali. Keady yesterday drilled the men in
handling the ball. there was too muCh
fumblnE. and then he resorted to other ru-
dimentary work.
/. DicISinson's football practice yesterday was
largely made up Of correcting faults IN the
Red and white teams offensive and d"Ien-
sve. as shown up by last saturdays game
against Albright, and putting extra speed
into the squad
The Lafayette College football squad was
given its first blackboard drill Of the season
last night by Coaches Or. Johct sutherland
and d. II. Sedel.
Football practice at Susquehauna ycster-
lav was neither lOnu nor strenuous SwarH S
entirely FOR at least two weeks and slacken
his speed for the entire season.
| The major portion of the practice period
! n lecture to the football squad given by
Coach Mercer and Assistant Coach Della
| plaine.
yiiianoya Is out for a victory this week
when 1t lines up against St Joseph $ Tor the
first home game Of the present sea son,
A six-year-old precedent in Cornell foot
bg WAS broken NfseTdaT When "FSSGn Foot
ball squad ont for IA scraprN defensive
scrmnage
Columbia kickers were given suT work.
cut yesterday afternoon on South Field, as
Coach Dawson was not pleased with the
teams showing last Saturday against tbs
Arizona eleven.
Roy Homewood. If the University Of North
Carolina football team. was in Annapolis
Saturday as a scout for his institution. His
mission, was to site up the N9rth caro- caro-
against the Naval Academy, \
There was only light work for the Har
ward football squad yesterday, the men hav
ing been used hard in the Boston Colleg'
game last Saturday. Captain Billy Murra!
wrenched his eg again. and 1t now looks a
II he would be unable to play hard football
! again before the IHrown game, two week
, hence Philbin. Harvard's center, twisted
his neck and will be on the side lines for
! few days.
There will he no Sunday football gam
played at the Polo Grounds. This announce
ment was made yesterday by Charlie Brick
|. ley who was managing aud coaching tn
New York Giants professional football team
Brickley learned yesterday that there wa.
, | no law which permits the playing of football
on Sunday in New York SIat'. The baseball
bill covers only baseball RSny@s.
YaIe's football yesterday reverted to tn
military. when the battling changed from th