Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-25
california Coach Not at
All Impressed With East
ern Style after Seeing
Cornelps Rout Of Penn
KAW A GREAT PLAYER

uT,AsTERN football as played thi,
II afternoon on franklin Field b,
eIther team cannot compare with thu
Srand Of the gridiron sport we put or
Dnt on the coast" Andy Smith, stai
out O,SrSar S9 of Of the 1903 and 1904 Univer
Lev of PENNSYLVANIA football team, was
,ss sneaker. Andy is now the coach o.
.bc University Of California, rated q,
tSe best eleven on the Pacific Coast.
Mr.. Smith made his terse remarks
sbout an hour after tho final whis.
tle blew ending the disastrous de.
feat Of the Red and Blue. Gil Dobie
cyer pessimistic, must have laughed VI
bis sleeve on the way back to New Yorl
last night as he turned over in his minC
tbe startling ability Of his red and
white ierseyed athletes.
Dobie never sees game in the sam,
light as other coaches. No matter
what the prospects are to tho students
or team, Dobie is ever on the pessi
tbe came yesterday. Penn should win
was @ one Of his statements, but he must
he believer in statements In reverse
English II his teams play yesterday is
any criterion.
MOT IN the history Of football re-
" l1fions bet,Cecn Penn and Cor
nell has q Red and Blue eleven been
forced 10 bite the dust so decistpely
az Rec Wrny's eleven yesterday
afternoon. Back in 1898 the series
betpcen Penn and Cornell started
md since thot time excluding res
ierddy Cornell had four tiotories TO
IFS credit.
Yesterday was more than victory.
Il was a vindication. Cornell, trounced
last Turkey DAY % to O. when their
eleven was admittedly one Of the best
In the East, came back yesterday with
vengeance that will live long in the
memories Of Penn and Cornell students
and graduates.
Led by the redoubtable Eddie Kaw,
one Of the greatest backs to tread the
,oll Of Franklin Field in many seasons.
The Comedians walked away with the
Red and Blue; six touchdowns and five
resulting goals to naught for Penn tells
The story.
So weak vas Penn extensively that
only three times did they see the waving
Of the referees arm denoting a first
down. Cornell. on the other hand. had
twenty first downs. Just a yards
were gained from scrimmage by Penn to
3 yards less than 500 by Dobie's eleven.
Good Individually
Withal, Penn did not play bad foot
ball. Individually the Red aud Blue
showed splendid power. It was In their
lack of ability to work as a machine
that disaster overlook them. There
seemed to be a lack of cohesion in the
line and between the backfield and the
line
Rex wray, playing his last game for
the Red and Blue, showed fight that
has rarely been equaled in Penn grid
iron history. So did Pos Miller, Babe
Grove and Tex Hamer.
TIE diminutice Groce, starting
i hts first game IN Red and Blue
rdiment Sho,ced detensive strength
that hos seldom If ever been matched
on Franklin Field for man hts
retght or rithin thirty pounds Of
his freight.
Tipping the scales at 1856 pounds. the
Woodbury. High School lad vindcated
the choice of the coaches in starting him
by smearing the Cornell backs time and
again when they broke through the
primary dcfenses. Though he was i'm
potent on the offense. because he never
Carried the ball. Grove was the main
defensive strength back of the line in
that trying first half.
Bill Grave, Ertressvaag, Cochrane
end Thurman all played great football
for Penn, but their hard work avaic,l
them little. Cornell was entirely too
strong for Penn and exhibited that
fact scarceley three minutes after the
first period opened. From then on it