Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-19
Coach Bennett'S Light
Eleuen Working Hard to
Giue S,uarthn,ore Battle
Saturday Afternoon
ONLY TWO VETERANS
By SPICk HALL

FOOTBALL folk out in Delaware and
Montgomery counties are all eX
cited. Saturday the Haverford team
meets the Garnet at Swarthmorc in the
first formal battle in two years. The
rivalry between these suburban institu
tions that began with their opening
clash in 1879 is keener than ever and
the battle at the end of the week prom
ises to draw the largest crowd in the
history of their meetings.
The Main Liners have very sore
spot in their memory and they are
hoping much, but not betting lot. that
they will be able to heal the 81
wound inflicted by Swarthmore Oh the
occasion of their last meeting i'll 1917.
Coach Bennett Busy
DR.. Mike Bennett, coach of the Hav-
erforl eleven, is having a busy week
with his men trying to whip them into
winning shape. This tnsk is about as
difficult as any tutor has run into this
season. for at the beginning of the
campaign there were only three men out
of the team who played on the crack
eleven in 1916. when the Garnet was
beaten 10 to z. At present Captain
Crossman and Macintosh are the only
veterans on the team. hence it can be
solve TO make any kind Of showing.
When the whistle sounds Saturday
the Haverford team viii average only
100 pounds. gridiron side. Swarthmore
will be some twelve or fifteen pounds
heavier to the man. This means that
uayerford will have to show high
quality of speed, fighting spirit and
dashing. up to date play to get away
with the game, for the Garnet is not
only much heavier than Bennett S
eleven. but is composed largely of vet
eran material.
7 Late Jrpr"vement
Haverford, with her green team,
naturally made poor start, but Ben =
nett has worked long and faithfully
with the result that in the last two
weeks the team has showed remarkable
form considering the inexperiepce ano
lightness Of the material. Stevens
College gave Haverford lot of worry
right 81 the hat "''' e." -"
game by one touchdown TO none
Hayerford next tackled and defeated
team Of all stars, but the following
week LAFAYETTE trimmed the Man
Liners with ease, Al to 0, and LITTLE
Delaware College came through on th'
following Saturday and administered
1i-0 blow,
This series of carly defeats did no
have demora izing effect. largely be
cause the coaches and members of th'
team realized that they had nothing tt
start with and that only time would de-
ye,on winning combination, F'Ve"r
body connected with the team took
brace after the defeat by Delaware an'
Haverford won the two following game
from Franklin and Marshall, 1917, an'
Johns HOPKINS. 10. Last Saturday
they played Dickinson TO a II dead
lock
Played Good Football
While Haverford did not pile up bl
scores in her last three games. she di'
~ what pleased Coach Bennett and tn
alumni more than anything else-sh
played snappy, heady, modern football
Yesterday the team was sent tbrougl
long drill ending in a scrimmage. ol
account of the extreme lightness of bot
backs and forwards, the open game i
being used TO the exclusion Of ull else
Haverford has developed a good runnin
attack and very creditable air offense.
Toogood. the lanky guard who ha