Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-06
FOOTBALL GAME ON
TONTGHTATARMORY
Troop 4 Meets Second City
Troop Under Arc Lights
at Thirty second Street
and Lancaster AUenue
KICKOFF At $3.50 p. NJ.
Ry SPICK HALL

LN)R the second time in the history OF
Il Philndclphia football tho nrrligRis
will beam down on II nlght gridiron
battle. This tilt will be staged TINS
evening at the First Pennsylvania cav
airy Armory. Thirty second street nn!!
Lancaster avenue. Eddie bcnnIS
whistle will call for the opening Dool
at s 80 O'Clock. 1t was planned 9'
first to have the games begin at N;l,'
but the officers nt the armOry wisely
decided that fifteen minutes later WouId
give the crowd better chanc" 10 w
present at the beginning Of tn" game -,
The rival teams this evening, W.. W.,
be Manager Joe Magulrc's Sccohd l,'
Troop eleven and Horace klrk ltIo"p I
A bows. Both Of these teams nave Di, Drri,
working hard all during the laS' w., msN
to get in shape. which inSurcS ,inSNt
lar scrap over the tan bark S"i,HH7in,
Lou Little. pCnnSylvanla an" ''',,I
luminary. has been coaching 'hT ,,'ctt 'nt
CITY players and Dr. Nike hrnni D3, ~,
fooifhol, tntor ot Uavcrford College, mas
charge Of Troop \.
Fine innovation
To those who have never Wiih'sN'I :"
football game at night. the Goht'SI 'I .i'a
| evening and those which, Will De P'HIS H ~"
| in the future at tn" armorE Will w
! novelty worth seeing. o.
One of the questions lhat ..Eor
oucntly asked by the unit!atrn l.. ,,,,,h
the players punt the ball hlGn rn""s'"'
in the armory to get goo" >TSnidfocc
tvnc, The lofty steel arches that sup
bort the roof are high enough Tor m thH
best puntcr in the country. II a on''
docs strike any portion of tn" super
structure. it is because the krN"r mas
made Il poor punt. \ ground rue ilhs i
Lnnn made to cover this point. IN thr
event that the ball hits any portion "I
thc unnrr framework. it goes |" 'h'
opuOnpnts at point imm'dlat'IE pew"
that which was struck by the oval
The springy tanhark field. whlrh WaS @
decided upon primarily, l"r !I; ,"Nn,,S ,
drilling. makes an "Nc"IIrn' Rr.".,uf f
1t is not quite aS fast a. IN" n'S' 'Tnhn' Thr'
hni being indoors. il is UNIFORM ~
ulavcrs and officials can laugh at li,
clements and hold their contests IN any
kird nf weather.. Another good feature
of indoor football j. that thcr" ar" nc
mir currents and no wind. This mean
thnt thc passcrs and kickcrS can nave
No oIihis The results arc up 10 theh
and no outside force can he h'am'u lo'
! n failure. The lighting at tn" ariIlTmIN
is perfect and TN" galer'S NV
arranged for the spectators.
Many EX. Stars
The rival managers, Sergeant Kirk
formerly of tn" lONth firld :Ar''II'rH
| of the Twenty eighth l'iviSIon' 4h'
! Lieutenant Joe Maguirc have corraIIc'
fine bunch of athletes from the'
, outfits.
Z Maguirc has his brother John 70
t CAPTAIN of tn" Second Cty Troop. JON
t plays fullbacN and plays it right. l.
n was due largely to his splendid lin
+ plnnging that his team defeated tn
= Logan 4. 4. eleven at the ;\rmory las
Q Monday night. u to o. MaguirH wi
have Koogh and ropp"rt hGGsid" him
the halfbark uo~iti"ns k""gh Is
brother Of Dr. Jnrk K"ogh. coach ot tn
PENNSYLVANIA freshman team and l"p
!. pert was star at NiIlan"va this faI
: Cook will play quarterback and Die
x and Wall will h" at tn" wings.