Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
MIKE NIz7ITEHlLL MAY
PLAY ON SATURDA Y
Red and Blue Back Entirely Recovered From Injured
AnkIe-Dieter Lost to Team
MIKE wHITEHILL will get into

MIKE WHITEHILL will get into
1Y4 Saturdays game for Penn against
Swarthmore, according to the player
himself and Doctor Light, the team
physician. Yesterday the former Rutgers
lad engaged In the signal drill and
showed no III effects after almost an
hour of tearing up and down the field.
His injured ankle, which has kept him
on the side lines the last two weeks, Is
strong enough now to stand the strain OF
q game.
Whitehill has had hard luck all sea-
son. Up at George School. during the
preliminary training, Mike was in such
fine condition after the first few days
that Coach Heisman ordered him to rest.
4 few days before the return Of the
team to Franklin Field Whitehill
sprained his back and could hardly
throw the pigskin. When his back re-
turned to normal he turned his ankle.
and had to be assisted from the field.
This occurred two weeks ago and has
served to keep him on the sidelines for
the last fortnight. Yesterday was his
first rryl strenuous workout in three
weeks and he made the most OF 1t BY
straining his ankle to the utmost, with
very gratifying results.
Whitehill is sorely needed at Penn,
and, according to Coach Heisman, he
will aid him In solving some OF ms
major problems for the hard schedule
confronting him. The line needs bolster :
ing, while the backfeld Is in dire need
of a hefty plunging back who can rip
holes in the opposing lines. Whitehili,
while lacking the weight that a fullback
should have for the tearing in, line
bucking sty e of play, Is shifty enough to
get through the line in spite of his lack
of weight.
With the return of Whitehill to the
regular line up there is strong possi-
biiity that Carl Thomas, acting captain,
will be shifted back to his old post at
tackle. Buck Wharton Is the authority
for the statement that Thomas Is one OF
the best tackles in the country. Thomas.
although out of position at fullback, has
shown his versatility by playing great
game, both Extensively and defensively.
He has developed into punter OF no
mean ability in less than a week, which
again shows his all around ability.
Dieter Lost
The return of Thomas to the line mny
be necessary very soon, judging by the
| announcement made by Captain Bud
Hopper last night. The genial Red and
Blue leader talked to Herb Dieter, the
star Tuard of last years eleven, over
the long distance telephone last night In
an effort to find out why Dieter had not
returned to the University.
The former guard emphatically stated
to Hopper that he would not return ia
Penn this year or any year; that ne was
through with college, and in the future
would engage in business in New York
| with his brother. This was q stngs"r
ing blow to Hopper and the remainder
of the team last night, for Dieter. when
in the city last week told the players
that he would return to Penn after he
had cleared up his business affairs.
Coach Heisman when informed of the
statement of Dieter said that he hat
hoped to the last to have him on the
varsity team this year and that while
his loss was a severe one, he would
have to make the best Of it.
Dieter is badly needed at Penn tni'
fall to bO'stcr up the line, and his los
is more severely felt than most out
siders can imagine. The coaches hav,
made no bones of the fact that the!
expected to use the former Mastcn Parl
High School star In the line this year
Cochran, the big substitute guard o
last year, Is another man counted ol
who Is missing. Two weeks ago Cochran
wired that he was leaving his home 1.
Nogales, Ariz., for this city to ente
the University, but since that tim
nothing has been heard from him, al
though Captain Hopper and Manage
Ed. Ware have wired, and written t
him.
tho Masten Park High School, in Buf
fajo. He had little trouble maxim
Jack Keogh's eleven during that fal
|, and when he reported for the varsity tn
following year Buck Wharton, the lin
coach, sensing his ability almost frol
the start, placed him in the varsit
line the first day out. From then o
Dieter was as,7 s'It o., M ra,r p'Isea i ms De'
: dicapped by injuries great part
, the season, but played great footba
e when in the game.
b With the loss of Dieter an