Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-11
Pod and Blue Sho,os Great
Jmpropement by Defeat
inr Veteran S,carthmore
Eleven, 2l-O
cpEEDY OFFENSIVE
nv sPICK HALL

saturday. All of the leading elevens
ea'" ,. through in good shape, winning
'I s.,o they we're expected TO WIN and
,'.;.s s where they were expected to lose.
~. rI,'' outstanding feature was not an
aa.o, ms far as victory was concerned
~, vos in the matter of development.
r,,. vas the fine showing of the UNI
In.I ms of PENNSYLVANIA team, which
,els'Ib veg bor suburban rival, Swarthmore,
.oos ,be burllcs in n spectacular game,
MAJ ~, And the count would have been
-. " eight had the game lasted a
.S.I .nnIc of minutes longer, as the Ren
evSp .ua RIne was sweeping down the field
nJ irresistible fashion and had reached
,ho elk ward mark when the referee $
thistle ended the contest.
Iast week it was mentioned that
-h;Is tbc Ucisman shift had not devel-
,noJ a notably strong attack, the men
pdJIb spd bson taught to follow the ball closely
.uJ N diagnose their opponents oifen-
'ire nIays in the twinkling of an eye.
That was true last week, but now it
asn be said that the famous g'i:'r
trouoht TO Pennsylvania from Gcorg'a a
Tsch is an excellent system from which
10 launch series Of ground gaining
offensive movements.
Shift Used Often
Using the shift repeatedly in the
snol neriod. the Red and Blue war
,iors marched steadily down the field for
touchdown in the face of the stiffcSt
Iind Of defensive work. Swarthmore
WAS playing desperately to hold the
onut to II in the final quarter, but
even their superb tackling and splendid
sHorts could not hold Doctor Heisman's
Scoring machine 1t was ut this stage
of the game that even the pcnnSyl-
,apia followers marveled at the teams
improvement,
The first two touchdowns had been
made. not by luck. but because Ileis-
mans men had followed the ball so
closely and we're so alert that when
The opportunity came to force break
they took full advantage of II.
At this phase of play Joe Straus
was the leader. He was in every play,
both on the offense and defense. He
Knocked down SwarthmorcS forward
passes time and again, saving many
yards for his team and probably a
touchdown or so. II was Straus who
recovered tumble shortly after the
beginning of the third period that led
10 Pennsyvania's second touchdown
and it was he who made the touch
down on forward pass from Rex
Way. And it wasn't an easy touch
down to make at that. for Joe caught
|the ball in the midst of the Garnet
warriors, whom he shook off and
straight armed. finally huring himself
over the line with two tacklcrs cling
Ing to him.
|Nhtehill a Star w.
Mike Whtchill, formerly Of Rutgers,
showed that he Is real football player
and one who will do lot toward max
ng the season a success. Whitchill is
Dust the man that Heisman has been
booking for to bolster up his offense. He
was injured early in the season, and
for that reason did not make his first
appearance in Pennsylvania uniform
hntil Saturday.
Whitehill is n rangy, fast, versatile
player. lie can pass. run the ends. kick
pr bit the line, just the combination that
makes a great player. lie punts
Fery well, but his kicking did not COM
pare with that Of Asplundh, the big
Garnet fullb0ck. Swarthmorc was con-
ftanty at loss to figure what Penn
ylvania was going to do when White
pill was back. He often ran, passed
and puntcd from the same formation.
Keeping the Garnet defense completely
in the mir.
In the last period, when Hcisman's
team was tapping up the yards so con-
Fistently. it was Whitehill who led the
attack, and it was he who finally ripped
Through the Garnet line for the third
touchdown.
Last season Roy Mercer saw early
That ASplundh was going to become d
great punt"r, but the big boy was
unable to boot consistently. Now,
however. he seems to have mastered the
art and his high spirals Saturday were
got on with the same consistency that
carried Jim Thorpe to fame on the
Football field.
stOnewalI Defense
Not the least pleasing feature of
Saturdays game to the students,
alumni and friends of PENNSYLVANIA
was ,her almost impcnetrable defense.
neSlGeS the fine work of the second
49, ~ bIotklHS Or lnlPTCeptlnR
zen out Of Swarthmore' thirteen for
Nard passes, the primary defense was
sun that never did the Garnet have
nance to make consistent gains. The
SnIy gains Of consequence were four
hne runs made by Yarnall. His play
,nS was excellent in all departmenta
Snu ne deserves lot of credit for fight
Jug MS way down the field on the four
ocGaSlonS mentioned
10 get back to Pennsylvania de-
smse, 1t must be said that the closer
got to the Red and Blue
me, the harder and more perfectly did
ne men play. In the third period n
HV"vSesS,Hl forward pass and one of
Inail $ runs got the ball to Penn
ST"annla's 2-yard line. But there
e narnet was held. Heisman's eleven
rplhg under the plays in such perfect
OrI mat the clever Garnet backs were
urmal uriGa backward on each occasion,
tbat tb"a'E iGrnall was hit with such force
ra sras lhe ball flew out of his grasp and
.r ""S recovered by Pennsylvania, putting
torohTu tHu 10 Swarthmore's hopes for a
'Tr"uown on straight football.
hd ~ the latter part of the third period
oO,o "arhet tried yaliantly to get n man
VVSe by launching a well7conceived
aot % attack. That these plays did
~ succeed was not due to the fact