The New York herald., 1920-12-05
PENN HAS NUCLEUS
FOR STRONG FIVE
Several Veterans Of Last
Years Championship
Squad on Hand.

Special Despatch 20 THE NEW YonK HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. with a legacy
or several veteran players from last
years intercollegiate championship team.
Penn IS starting a new basketball season
with good prospects. The Red and Blue
is also under a new coaching regime this
year es Eddie McNichol, the former
Penn captain and All-American guard,
has succeeded Lon Jourdet.
Penn's team will be built around Dan
ny McNichol. captain, one Of the best
guards in collegiate ranks. Dutch Peck,
the running mate TO McNichol last year.
is missing. but Milt Fucker. a substitute
last season. and Pos Miller. Of last
years freshman team. are available for
the vacant guard position. Miller has
Just flniFhed 81 hard season on the foot
ball Geld as quarterback and haifbacl1.
At centre Penn retains Bill Grave, who
has been playing right end on the Red
and Blue football team. Grave was one
of the leading centres in collegiate ranks
last year Bill Greenawalt, last years
freshman centre is also available, but at
the present is still nursing football in
juries. Huntzinger. who did good work
In the post series with the University OF
Chicago lAst spring. is likely TO be seen
at one OF the forward positions. Al
Mouradan, q star on the freshman team
OF several years ago. is another likely
looking forward Rosenast and Boyle
are also speedy forwards but light.
Before the Christmas holidays Penn
will meet Ursinus Temple. MuhIenbers
and Drexel on the local floor. Then
starts hard schedule early in the new
year. tho first big contest being with
Syracuse, January s. on the home floor.
Penn and Syracuse have been basketball
rivals for many years. but last season
the schedules could not be arranged 80
that the two teams could meet. The
first Intercollegiate League game is with
Dartmouth January 20, in Philadelphia.
Some OF the new teams on the list this
year are Temple. Drexel Catholic Uni
versity, Lehigh, Washington and Jeffer-
son and New Y~-k University. The lat
ter team disputed Penn claim to the
national collegiate title last year after
the Violet had won the A. A. u. cham
pionship in the series at Atlanta.
TRACK PrOspect0 Brxkhts
Lawson Robertson of the Penn track
team has q big squad working out on
the indoor track under the Franklin
Field stands. Harold Lever. Penn's
leading sprinter. who created a sensa-
tion last spring. has been entered In the
indoor meet at Buffalo. December g..
Last winter over the same course Lever
covered the sixty yard dash in 2-5 sec
49, III t-t- lx.
door record. Lever Is out to retain his
honors this winter and Is fast getting In
shape. Rush Smith. another snappy
Penn sprinter, and Earl Eby. this noted
middle distance runner, are likely to be
invited for the special events.
Bob Ward of the Penn wrestling team
is busy arranging meets. Penn State.
the intercollegiate champions. will be
met February IS. and the Navy Feb
ruary 26. A meet has also been ar
ranged with the Army at West Point,
March 4. This is the first time that the
Quakers are to meet the Army team.
Meets are pending with Massachusetts
Tech, Johns Hopkins. Yale, Lafayette
and Boston University. The team will
be coached by Servais. q former Penn
mailman.
Thirty-flve candidates have answered
Coach George Orton's call for ice
hockey. Pringle, who starred on the
team last year. Is the captain, and the
veterans include Kearns, Jeffreys. Cook.
Harvey and Wanamaker freshman
last year. Mike Whitehill, the football
star, has also turned out for the team.
Boxing Is under full sway at Penn un-
der the direction of George Decker, the
former well known Philadelphia light
weight. Among the most prominent
lads in the squad are Tommy O'Malley,
the former. national A. A. U. 1873 pound
champion; Gordon Burkett, AL Mac
Kenzie. Tom Cowell. the big swimmer
and football player; Nate Bessel. John
Breslin, Jim Miner and Pete Loven-
dale. Although Major Myiin J. Picker
ing will resign as graduate manager at
Penn January /, he has announced that
he will retain the office Of secretary
treasurer Of the intercollegiate Boxing
Association. OF which he Is one OF the
primo movers