Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-17
Penn IS STALE,
.. SAYSN Y. CRITIC
Team Scrimmages Too Much.
Calls Shift a Rank
a..
Failure

Ii The work OF the University OF fenh-
sylyania football team has not been i'm
pressive this year. Those who nave
journeyed to Franklin Field every week
have taken this for granted and become
accustomed to the work of the local
players. ..
A stranger, however, gets an entirely
different viewpoint, Daniel, the foot
ball expert on the New York Herald,
saw the Dartmouth game and tells wnat
he thinks of Penn in, the following
article which Is used In full:
"Without question the saddest looking
outfit which has carried Pennsylvania s
standard into football battle within the
last twenty years-perhaps IN al, tne
history Of the game at the Philadeiphle
institution-was the eleven which faced
Dartmouth last Saturday. Dartmouth
team is n mighty strong one; 1t ranks
with the greatest in the country. But
against Penn's inept line and woeful
secondary defense the Hanoverians
looked like vertable world beaters.
"pennsylvania is disconsolate over the
sad turn of affairs in its football Tor,
tunes. 1t opened the season with good
material which was tritle green. But
it had great confidence in John Heis-
man, whom 1t had called from Georgia
Tech, where he had developed remark
able teams, to supplant Bob Folwell.
Now we fear that confidence has been
destroyed. Whatever hope had Deen
built up by the splendid showing against
Pittsburgh was destroyed by the "a 10
trouncing which Penn suffered last sat
urday.
Echoes Of the Past
"There are rumblings against the
Ueisman regime. rumblings similar TO
those which forced George II. Brooke
out of the position of head coach before
the close OF the season in 1914, which
resembled that Of 1920 in many ways.
1t was a defeat by Dartmouth, Al to U;
which nut Brooke on the skids, caused
the cancellation of his contract; whicn
had another year to run, and LED TO the
calling of Folwell, who had been very
successful at Washington and Jefferson
Brooks, who was graduated from fenn
sylyania, had attained great success at
Swartbmore. but at Penn he was at sea.
"When Heisman came to Penn he.
too. signed a three year contract. IL
will be interesting to see how it Will
work out. Some Of the men who had
something to do with the Penn eleven
in past seasons told us last Saturday
night that they were nones 700 con
fident that Hcisman would return 1or
the 1921 season. =
Placing the Blame
"Those who criticise Heisman and
place the blame mainly on his shou'ucrs
are harsh in their treatment or the
coach. But there is no question that
lot Of the blame may be traced TO MN.
For one thing, he has scrlmmaged MS n,s
foam to death, The men are stale. sore
TO the touch, and after the first ten
minutes they become lifeless. They
have a lot of fight, but while the spirit
is willing the flesh is not equal 10 the
task. .. ..o, .;r,o
TO time have been reported TO DC OUT
with injuries. We are told that these
Injuries have been more or. less mag
mary. The team physician has been
forced to yank men out of the Tne-u
because they can stand no more 1901
hall. Penn has burned itself out on
TUESDAYS. Wednesdays and thursdays
and left little for the Saturdays
Penn Shift Failure
"ueisman has given too much attcn !.
tion TO his shift, which Penn has not
mastered at even this late date. AT
penn this famous shift has been a
rank failure. Last Saturday Dart
months neat little jump shift MADE
Penn's contraption look like Il plugged
nickel, Penn's tackling was OF the
early September variety - its line
charged like u Perchcron with spawn;
tbc right side Of it's line was paper ana
its ends just were not.
"Penn may come back strong enough
to beat Columbia, but if the Blue ana
White has a comeback Of its own in
it's system it will trounce the Quakers-
something it has not done since It beat
Penn by 1916 here in 1908. Insofar
as the Penn Cornell game is concerned
we cannot at this time see anything but
Cornell.
Use Forward Pass
"Penn's salvation lies in the forward
pass. 1t has neat pass, short and
straight over the line, of the old W. and
J. type, which ought to be perfected.
Tho Heisman shift should be abandoned
and main attention given to this pass.
The Penn pass, which led to its touch
down, was far more' formidable than
Dartmouth's long, haphazard toss.
Dartmouth has not brought the pass
even half way to the efficiency which
it has attained with its other plays
Cubs Select Pasadena