Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-24
lille Hoppe Finally Dethroned as Worlds Bill;
CORNELL IS NOT
TOO CONFIDENT.
Team Seems Nervous and De-
pressed Shortly Before Penn
Game-Mystery Wells Actions
DEFEAT WON'T SURPRISE

For their annual grid classic with
their annual grid jinx, Old Penn. the
Cornell football team is anything but
overcontident.
To have seen their faces and heard
the great gobs of silence that rang
through the corridors of the PhiImont
Country CluS shortly before the team
was due to depart Tor Franklin Field
this morning. one would have thought
the squad had spent a pleasant nlght
reading up on past performances OF the
Big Red Team VS.. Old Penn. AFTER
spending the night at PhimOnt the team
will leave there by auto at IL :3u tor
Franklin Field.
Nobody can beat Coach Gil Dobic.
mentor of the Cornell team. when It
comes TO pesslmism. He predicted de
feat by Dartmouth and most of the
other teams Cornell has met.
And his speech on the Penn gam,
this morning, despite the fact that Al
the critics favor Cornell, was still hardly
what you might call optimistic
Expects Defeat
1T wouldn't surprise me if Penn
won ! rather look for it, spoke the
coach. They outweigh our line badly
and nave u WOI'l'Ilul wv NhlN l'h'N
system. Three wcckS ago I had team
that could have beaten them. Now l
haven't.
Injuries have wrecked our chances.
Our backfeld is heavier than theirs,
but slower. Our forward passing is
nothing to brag about.
ION account Of late classes up there,
snow and ice on the field. darkness
early and other things, We never have
a full squad out for full practice
except Mondays and Fridays. On Mon
day the men are too stiff and sore after
n game to practice. On Friday it is too
near the next game.
zone day We praCticed punting on
Sunday. but" and Coach Dohic
sighed heavily. "it only lasted twenty
minutes. had three men was
grooming for the Penn game. One Of
them broke his leg. another twisted his
ankle and the third was operated on
for a couple of pieces of steel were in
his arm which nobody knew anything
about"
This. then, is the cheerful attitude
Of the coach.
Depressed
As for the men, they seem equally
depressed.
All day Yesterday they sat around
the corridors Mt Philmont looking into
space, you might say. They started to
play bridge They shifted to poker
and thence to red dog. Came a yawn.
Then they broke up to walk around the
clubhouse or in circles on the lawn. or
anything to relieve the tension. They
only spoke in whispers. Any one
laughing out loud apparently would
have been elected.
The team will appear at Franklin
Field today for the reason that game
is to be played. but this will be the hoi
polloi's first look.
- Every move of the team since its ar
rival has been veiled in secrecy. Wyn-
cote. Pa. was picked as the port OF
arrival. Before daybreak couple OF
sleepers were left on the siding, which
nobody daSt suspect contained a foot =
ball team. The regular train thundered
In, and a flock of barracks bags were
chucked off, in which the players were
at first thought to be. A photographer
who never missed n bet took a picture
Of the sacks.
The Natives Out
Allan Fettcrolf. px-Corne.l. there to
meet the team registered perturbation
SO did Jack Morrison. ditto. Finally
the door Of the sleeper opened nnt
HedVlly muueu HBuTeS Snehheu out into
bus
A taxi led the way. Devious ronds
were taken. The taxi, which contained
newspapermen, arrived in plenty of time
to greet the team at Philmont The
newspapermen were as welcome a'
mosquitoes at night.
The day was spent happily in whls.
pered consultations. Three empty taxi'
drove up empty. More whispers. The
taxis drove away empty.
A bewhiskered person descended
from another. A buggy drove up, nnC
even the horse was disguised with G
feed bag and a blanket. The golfers
here and there on the course were
playing with Mystery balls.
The team manager appeared. gave
a short whistle, and soon after mem.
bers of the team slipped out the door
one by one. They came back soor
after. one by one.
"Sh :" was the keynote. Hush
hush" was the password,
y. 1t was just a day spent. Nothing
happened. But nobody found out any
thing, 40 II was success.