Newark post., 1920-09-29
"BLUE AND GOLD"
PUTS UP PLUCkY
FIGHT SATURDAY
Local Lad, Newark High Star,
Plavs Good Game


Blue and Gold lost the opening
game of the season to the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania on Franklin |
Field last Saturday.
More than two hundred stu
dents and friends of Delaware ac-
companied the team from Newark |
Saturday morning and many other
alumnus joined the party in Will
mington and Philadelphia. Della
ware had two sections in the north |
stands.
According to veteran fans" the
result was in no way disappolnt- |
ing to the loyal supporters of Old
Delaware. The work of the team
demonstrated that Coach Shipley
has the material for a strong
eleven and with more practice the
expectations are that the Blue and
Gold, before the end of the season,
will have one of the strongest
combinations in it's history.
The extreme heat was a great
disadvantage and slowed up both
teams. 1t was the first game for
both teams and they both showed
a lack of practice. Substitute play
ers on both elevens at times did
not know their signals. This will,
of course, be remedied with more
practice. Two Delaware men who
got in the latter part of the game
-Betzmer and Wells-never had
a Delaware uniform on until Fri
. day, and Watson, who worked for
time in the backfeld, did not re
port for practice until last Wed
nesday.
In commenting on the game, one
Philadelphia sporting writer says:
"The brand of football display
ed was of the early season kind.
As a football contest the game
was not scintillatiug, but it was a
good game to look at and thor
oughly appreciated by the Penn
rooters, who were out in large
numbers. The DelaWareans did
not give the Penn team much con-
Germ. Their attack was ineffective,
but their defense was fairly we'll
formed and had their tackling
been better the Red and Blue
would have had difficulty in run
ming up a sizable score"
Both teams used a large number
of substitutes in the second half,
For Delaware young doc" Steel,
the former Newark high school
player, was the individual star
doc" did not get in the game un,
til the last period, but he showed
the spirit and pep" that football
players are made of. His good worl
brought cheer after cheer from
the Delaware sections. Steel was
used at halfback and sho 'tly af
ter getting in the lineup he broke
! through Penn's line and got for
ward pass from Watson, on which
he made the longest gain of th'
day for Delaware. Several times
after that doc" also brokt
through the line to receive pass
but it always fell short. He als'
made one of the hardest ant
cleanest tackles of the afternoon
Sank" McCaughan, captain ant
quarterback, and Marconettl
guard, were the only two Della
ware players who played the en-
tire game. Marconetti put up
strong game at guard. The work o
Donaldson at centre and Holtol
at tackle, were features of Della
wares playing. Delaware's end
worked hard but were handicap
ped because of their size. Leamy
who played an end. late in tn
gate, showed up we'll and may ge
a regular place. He played on on
of the Philadelphia high school
last year. Delaware men tackle
high many times early in the gam
and in other ways showed tina
Coach Shipley has much work t
do in some places.
Delaware played the best ba
in the last period, when they hel
Penn without a score. The Blu
and Gold men seemed to be in be-
ter physical shape than Penn. |
this~period Delaware's scrub bacl
field, Steel, Ivory and Watson, di
better work and showed MOI
pep than the varsity backs.
While a number of the Del;
ware men were bruised, Wintru
was the only one hurt badly enoug
to keep him out of practice f(
several days. He had his lie
twisted as a result of being d
liberately '"clipped" by Fran
Penn's big guard, in the thin
period