Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-26

That boxing and basketball are in for
. good season at Pennsylvania this
,sor WAS evidenced last night by the re-
rort,ne of over three hundred candi-
dates for the two sports. The number
- candidates was about equally di-
yided.
George Decker, the coach OF the
r,ttmen, held a rally late yesterday
.tternoon that was attended by several
snndred students. Exhibition bouts with
Oh. members Of last years team, lee
t,,res nv enthusiasts Of the sport and q
nIea by Decker for candidates brought
The biggest number of aspirants to sfgn
W With Tom o'Malley, intercollegiate
champion at 1876 pounds johnny Bres-
lin, i55 pounds; Al Mackenzie, 10;
Burkert, 115; and Besel, iIo, all vet-
erans and Tom Cowell, the freshman
football star: Leo DE KOrn and Sloman.
rn,,, mon. Coach Decker was an excel
lcnt nucleus for a good all around team
o;Malley was undefeated last year,
while Mackenzie and Besel did great
work throughout the season.
Manager Bob Ward, of the boxing
team. attended the meeting Of the in
tercollegiate boxing committee in New
York on Friday last along with Major
pickering and announced that ten col.
iooes had signified their intention of
having teams this year. All Joined the
association. Yale. strange to say, as
vet has not. Joined, but 1t is expected
that the Eli will be represented before
the season officially opens. Several
colleges expressed the opinion that they
too would join the organization.
Meet state First
The first meet on the Penn schedule
will probably be with State College in
This city sometime in December. Bouts
with the Army, Navy, Springfield Col
lege, Cornell, Boston and Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology have been
tentatively arranged. The schedule is
the most ambitious one yet arranged.
While\ Coach Decker was exhorting
the candidates for the boxing team in
the wrestling room, Coach Eddie Nc
Nichol was telling the large squad OF
basketball candidates in Weigbtman
. Hall Of his rules for the game. The
perienccd and inexperienced squads be-
fore the week is out. SO that every can
didate will get an equal opportunity of
displaying his ability.
The veterans who reported last night
included Captain Danny McNichol,
Walter Huntzinger, Rosie Rosenast,
Milton Fucker and Billy Boyle. Bin
Grave, the varsity center last season,
who is playing end on the football team.
signed up, along with Pos Miller, Sulli-
van and Greenawalt. all freshmen last
year. who are playing on the varsity
gridiron team. Vogelin and Al Moura-
svI, aLn noI
stars. also signed up. Mouradian was
not in college last year. He is expected
to make a strong bid for the post va
Gated by the graduation of Mike Swee-
ney. While at high school and as
member of the 1917 freshman team,
MOuradian was q high scoring forward
and should fit in well with the present
staff of veterans.
Greenawalt Lost
DIR. Arthur. Light, the physician to
the football team, announced yesterday
that Walter Greenawalt, the lanky
York High School lad, would be lost to
the gridiron team for the remainder of
the season. During the third period of
last Saturdays game Greenawalt was
thrown heavily to the earth and tore a
ligament in his knee.
The Penn team at present as a whole
Is in very poor shape as a result of in
iuries. Joe Straus hobbled around
Franklin Field yesterday with a pair
Of crutches, his injured ankle being
swollen so badly that walking without
aid was an impossibility. Straus says
that he will be in Saturdays game.
Herman Harvey is suffering from a
bad heel and knee that will keep him
inactive until Thursday. He will play
against State Saturday, however. Bud
Hooper, Wagner, Thurman. and Erster-
svaag, all Of whom were injured on
Saturday, were not hurt as seriously as
was at first supposed, and were out in
togs yesterday afternoon. They did not
participate in any of the drills. how
ever. Pos Miller, whose Chas. Hoss
Is causing him all kinds of trouble,