Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-27

Shortly after the Pennsylvania foot
ball squad returned to Franklin Field
after their preliminary practice at
George School the writer heard Coach
Heisman deliver lecture on the value
of fight" in a football game. He en-
phasized the fact that all the theory in
the world and all the drilling possible
would never make a football team un-
less the individual players had the "old
fight" For three games the Red and
Blue varsity showed what fight meant.
Swarthmore was defeated and the husky
Bucknell and Lafayette elevens re-
pulsed with losses. Then came the
fracas last Saturday afternoon, when
Bud Hopper and his pals to the tune OF
song that they haven't forgot.
Several members of the team admit
ted that they took the result of the game
as matter Of unconcern and that the
magic word fight" was not injected
into the fray until it was too late.
but wait until Saturday. said one
of the members Of the varsity yesterday.
"You notice the fight this week. We
are getting so full Of 1t that the old
Red and Blue will not be trailed in the
dust on Saturday afternoon. That
crowd is fighting mad, and as that Is
the stuff that wins games we are out to
show you"
There is no denying the fact that the
above statement Is correct. Since Mon
day afternoon there has been less list
lessness and more flight" than at any
time this season. The players realize
that they are meeting one Of the best
gridiron teams in the east in State but
this doesn't worry them at all.
Long Scrimmage Drill
Yesterday a scrimmage drill lasting
one hour and fifteen minutes between
a team composed of varsity and second
team players and the first scrub eleven,
was held and the teams battled as
fercely as any two teams ever battled.
At first the varsity was given the ball.
They worked the pigskin to the shadow
of the scrubs goal line but there the
real fight ensued. Eight times did the
varsity backs hurl their weight against
I the scrub line and the same number OF
times they were thrown back. Then
came tumble with a scrub dropping
on the ball. The scrubs punted to. the
varsity and the latter failed to make
| any gain on the return. The scrubs
were then given the ball.
They were told to keep it until they
scored. From the 10-yard mark to the
goal line may not look like much dis
tance but it took the scrubs ten downs
to make that distance on the first oc-
casion, Phil Harvey smashing through
tackle for a touchdown. The ball was
brought out to the 10-yard mark again
and another assault started. Fourteen
times the varsity hurled the scrubs back
but on the fifteenth time Pat Dwyer
found hole and scored another touch
down. A third time the ball was brought
out and this time it took twelve downs
to score, Humboldt catching short
forward pass while standing over the
goal line.
While all this was going on Buch
Wharton was coaching the varsity line
along with Bob Torrey and Carl Will
liams, while Heisman had the backs In
tow. After the drill the coaches ex-
pressed keen satisfaction with the re.
suit and stated that the team had al
last developed that old Penn fight"
What, with the fight displayed by th'
varsity and the welcome news that sew
eral cripples would be in shape fol
Saturdays crucial game, there was Q
casting off Of the gloom spell yester-
day.
Straus Will Play
Joe Straus tossed away his crutche,
yesterday and announced that he woult
don suit today and get into the sigma
drill, with the possibility of entering
into the scrimmage drill tomorrow. He
Is determined, he says, to get into Sat
urday's fracas. Herman Harvey was II
uniform yesterday, running through tn,