Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-08
7,co of These, Haines and
Dauies, Pulled Stunt
Within Last Ten Days on
Franklin Field
SEARS VAS X
BY SPICK HALL

BY SPICK HALL
ok times in her long football career
- have speedy backs Of opposing team.
dashed through the Pennsylvania
eleven for a touchdown. And two Of
these, horrible dictu, have been made
within the last ten days. The first
man to get away with this great piece
of individual work was Sears, Of liar
yard. who ran eighty FIVE yards In a
contest staged in 1885. Bray. Of
Lafayette, was the next man to thrill
tho crowd 10y With -, th s,l stunt when he, he
later, in 1911, little shorty Miller
turned the trick. The diminutive
Pennsylvania State quarterback caught
, Roy Mercer's kickoff on the opening
play Of the game and ran through the
Pennsylvanians ninety five yards.
That play took the heart out of the
Red and Blue and they lost the contest
to State, % to 9. Jim Thorpe made a
fine interference.
feat and 1t began to appear that Penn
s~ylvania was doomed to no more such
disheartening events when Hinkey
Haines broke into the famous column
A week ago last Saturday. That must
have inspired Tom Davies. the great
Pittsburgh halfback, for he. sent a
dynamic shock into the $4,000 specta.
tors Saturday on Franklin Field with
an S5.yard run to a touchdown. This
touchdown after i%ntercepting a for
ward pass decided the contest in favor
of Pittsburgh, q to 81.
Penn Improves .
Pennsylvania showing on Saturday
was far above anything that the fol-
lowers Of the Red and Blue had dared
hope. They played with a dash that
was inspiring to every fan in. the big
arena. Heisman's choice of his back
field material proved to be just the
right combination, at least for the
Pittsburgh game. .
The offensive quarter, composed Of
Rex wray, Carl Thomas, Herman
Harvey and Farrell. was heavier than
any set used previously and the men
we're just as fast. Even more power
was added when Whitehill and Joe
Straus were sent in.
But even with this added weight, the
Red and Blue had to depend upon the
aerial attack to score. All of the
touchdowns were the direct results OF
successful forward passes. although the
line ~plunging of Thomas and Wray.'s
running helped carry the ball within
striking distance Of the line.
The shift was worked more success
fully than at any time this season,
hut the reason seemed to lie more in
the individual efforts Of the backfield
men than the system. On many occa-
sions there were delays. just such as
those that havet occurred in the past.
Several times after the men had lone
their glide, play had 10 be halted while
one Of the players was moved TO ms
proper place. This. of course. killed
the effectiveness of the shift. but good
interference and better running enabled
the Red and Blue to make many, yaras
10th from the shift and other fOrma-
tons.
Defense Strong
The defense of the Pennsylvania
team was even more surprising than
the offense. Every one had expected
hat Pitts powerful backfeld would
tear the Red and Blue line to shreds
and run around the ends almost ut
will. But nothing of the kind nap
nened. Buck Wharton had done his
work well with the forwards and they
smashed play after play upon which
Warner had counted for making many
yards.
There were times when substantial
Gains we're made through the Red aud
Blue line. The reason for this was
that the players had been told to play
wide on the defense to stop Davies
and McCracken around the ends. ihe
forwards several times played too wide
apart. leaving such big openings that
Anderson found holes through which
he was able to plunge successfully.
A Ahss Jnfook xUac gnOn cor
rocted and toward the close Of the
game. nobody but Davies was able to
do any consistent gaining at all.
Davies, figured in all Of Pitts touch
downs. scoring three of them himself
and making the pass to HOlleran FOR
another. He also kicked three of the
goals. The one he missed hit the
cross bar and bounded back into the
aeld.
Pcnnsylvania's ends played remark
able football. Bill Grave put up by tar
the best game of his career. His tack
ling was deadly and he was always in
the play. Captain Bud Hopper likewise
proved to be a stumbling block for the
Pitt backs. Ertresvaag, who replaced
Hopper late in the game. scored two OF
the touchdOwns on forward passes and
played his defensive position in faultless
style.
All things considered, nothing more
could be asked of the team. They
showed wonderful improvement, and but
for the s~uperplaying of Tom Davies
would have scored their 6rst victory
over the Blue and Gold.
Warner, the Willy
Glenn s. Warner is a willy person
He doesn't pull all of his tricks on the
football field. either. Pitts biggest game
Of the year is with Penn State, Thanks
giving Day. The w. and j. contest Is
another that Is causing Warner some
worry. But he has the edge on both
teams now, for he defeated both the
W. and J. and State scouts by a big
count Saturday.
Pitts future foes had several scouts
here to see the Pennsylvania game,
hoping that the Red and Blue would
extend Warmers team and compel him
70 show a lot more than he has this
year. This happened but Warner gave
the spies the double Y at that.
Here Is HOY he did 1t: The list OF
mt players, with their numbers, was
duly sent to Manager Ed Ware, of Penn
sylVania. who just as duly turned II
over to Ed Bushnell to be printed in the
program that was sold Saturday in the
stands. "
You cant tell the players without
All score card" the boys cry at the base,
pau games. This applies even more tc
football now, where there are so many
suoStitntions made. Therefore, nearl,