Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-04
ressvaag and Whtehl May Not Play Against Lafayette
CHANGES IN PENN. TEAM
FOR LAFA YETTE GAME
|vogehn VIII Probably Start Instead of WhitehW and
Creena,calt for Ertressvaag-Dern viii Start at
Ceuter-Coaches Hemtened after Scrimn,age Drill

to those already mentioned wiU be
COchrone and Thurman, guards,
and Sutherland and Gcnthncr,
tackles.
For the first Thursday since the sea
son started scrlmmagc drill was held
Yesterday afternoon. 1t was not weak
affair. either, work starting ut 9 40 and
continuing until 80, when Heismun
sent the players to the showers.
The drill started off with a regular
scrimmagc, the varsity kicking off to the
scrubs. who failed TO dent the varsity
line and puntcd. The varsity backs,
Mahcr, Wittmer, Miller and Biben,
started bombardment of the scrubs
that eventually earned two touchdowns.
As on Wednesday. Wittmer was again
the star. He made several good gains
through the line and finally shot off
scrubs G-yard line. Pos Miller made
the other score on a 20-yard run around
the end.
The Famous Rock
After that drill was concluded the
scrubs we're given the ball on the var
sity 20-yard line and told to take II
over. Tbirty-tivc times they hit the
varsity dcfenscs and as many times the
line held as firm as the rock Of Gihral-
tar. During the time they spent bat
tering tho veterans line the scrubs
came within . yards of scoring sew
cral times, only 10 be thrown back for
lOsScS.
constantly. but all the pct plays of the
against the stubborn defense of the
varsity.
Gig GCnthner, the big lad from
Brooklyn was the star. Time after
time the big fellow broke through the
Inc and nailed the runner almost be-
fore he had started. The cxhortations.
of the sophomore tackle to his team
mates surprised the coaches and gave
them their first taste of real talk in
the line. Sutherland. Thurman. Grave
and the remainder Of the line turned
in a mcritoriouS half hours work.
After their failure against the rcgu-
lars the seconds were placed in line
and baCkficld and the scrubs succeeded
N scoring four times from the 20-yard
line, three times on forward passes an,
once on line buck. Pricstly. the
topped star of McNamara's back
field was the principal ground gamer.
He scored once on Il forward pass and
dSSlNl''l III ln' btntT llT'P N'lTP" nltuC
by O'Reilly, Hamilton and Fairchild.
This afternoon the cOHches prom
iSC n0thtH0 moro cTcitinD than a stiff
signal driH, u jOrwdrd puSsing driH
and starting on the kick off, one of
the ragged parts Of the Rcd and
Bluc play this season. NumcrOWs
penalties hare resulted from off,
sides OIL the kick of.
Cross Country Race OF
The cross country race scheduled for
tomorrow morning over the Cobb's
Greek course was called off by Lafay-
etc without any reason. Robcrtson's
men were all set for the race, but word
from Easton prevented their showing
their wares The freshmen barriers
left this morning with the freshmen
football team for Mcrccrsburg, where
they meet the academy boys tomorrow.
I'VE expect TO beat MCrrcrsburg for
the third time in the last ten years"
said KCogh, before leaving this morn-
ing. The undcfcatcd yCarings agree
with their coach. .IaQuisch, the rcgu-
lar tackle who IS suffering from a leg
injury, did not leave with the team.
Tonight the soccer team leaves for
Syracuse, where they meet the Orange
eleven tomorrow afternoon. Last Sat-
urday the socrcritcs defeated Harvard,
and arc hopeful of trouncing the New
Workers. tomorrow.