Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-12
V.M.L. HAS ANOTHER
BRILLIANT ELEVEN
Penn Grad Watches Flying Ca
diets in Action and Thinks
Wray's Team Should Win
SCRUBS SCORE ON VARSITY

Virginia Military Institute has an
other brilliant, speedy football eleven,
according to n former Pennsylvania
football player who saw the Cadets play
last Saturday afternoon. They show
all the old time dash and peculiar plays
that Coach Spruhan taught them last
season when they humblcd Penn for the
first time in the 1920 season.
''Belicve me, they have a mighty fine
nggrcGnt'on down there In Virginia,
those Cadets said the Red and Blue
grad II saw them play Penn last fall
md saw them show some old and new
football plays that opened the cycs of
moro than one old timer. | was down
IN Virginia on business last week and
made it n point to see how the Cadets
wore doing this fall.
"Thcv defeated Wake Forest by the
score Of 90 to q and in doing so were
not extended. The Cadets were content
to 60 along and win by straight foot
bal but the spectator with any tOotha'I
knowledge knew all the time that they
had threats nplenty which they were re-
serving for future use. They have sew
eral forward pass plays that would do
credit to n bigger university.
tho town in which the Cadets practice
and no informed me that they have
bnCful Of tricks prepared for the Penn
c,evpn. Last year II will be rcmcm-
hcrcd the FLYING ColonPls. as they arc
known in the South. surprised big
crowd on Franklin Field by their use
Of old time pays in a modern way and
the old rcSidcntcr told me that they
have several more dug up out of the old
pages.
Faw!ey a Star
"Fawlcy. the quarterback of V. NJ.
l.. is n dead ringer for Lecch, who
was tho sensation Of last years team.
He weighs around 145 pounds and is as
fast as creased lightning. He handled
the team last Saturday like veteran.
conserving the strength Of his backlield
and varying his plays with all the
ability Of a born football general. And
he can run with the ball, too, partiCu
larly around the ends.
Hunting, the big fellow who tore
through the Penn line last season.
is IN to his old tricks again. He
shot through the Wake Forest team
last week as he did up here, and
It will take powerful defensive play
70 stop him. Shannon and Costello,
two Irish lads. in the backfeld, play
tho same kind of football that the
other two back did last season.
The V. VI. |. game isn't being thought
about at Penn for the present. Swarth-
more, with formidable eleven, looms
on the football horizon and gets bigger
and bigger as Saturday approaches.
Yesterday Head Coach Heisman and
his aides sent the varsity squad through
,I,,,,, IN,
alton for the Garnet.
Students See Practice
For the first time this season the
students were permitted to see the var
sity practice. The gates were thrown
open, and from freshman to senior the
entire delegation Of students was on
hand. The annual fall handicap meet
left the field wide open, so the coaches
invited every one. After the meet the
field was closed as tight as drum
only few newspapermen and those con-
neCtcd in one capacity or another with
the team were permitted to remain.
! HcismNn stated after practice yes
| tcrday that he would hold a real secret
| practice in the future. Only the desig
! mated managers and sCribeS are to be
| permitted on the field during the prGc-
, tees.
The varsity and scrubs put on q
| scrimmage drill for the students early
! in the afternoon, the scrubs for the first
/ time winning by two tOuChdowns. The
/ varsity was mixed one, and contained
! second and third string players. Mont =
CHAN, the scrub quarterback, who
starred at Williams four years ngl,
scored one of the two touchdowns. and
in, lpin VII
running with the ball. Hand was re-
! sponsiblc for the second.
Phil Harvey. who was promoted from
/ the scrub eleven last fall, was given an
opportunity to display his wares on the
varsity, and did well. With James out,
the coaches are looking around for a
suitable substitute halfbaCk, and IIar-
vey will get every opportunity to show
/ his wares.
Maher Scores Touchdown
After the field was cleared He!sman
sent Il varsity eleven against the
! scrubs, Bill Mahrr running 10 yards
for the only score Of the afternoon.
The baCktield included at the start
Maher. NOgelin, Langdon and Miller,
while llamer. Wittmcr, Grove and scy-
eral others saw action during the fray.
On the line were Greenawalt and Nc
Mullen at ends, Thurman and Genth
ncr at tackles, Day center and Coch l.
ran" and Sutherland guards.
Bill Grave. who is suffering from a
bruised knee, was ON the side lines In
his civvies, while Ertrcssvnag, the
other regular end went through a long
signal drill. Gig Genthner, the husky
Brooklyn lad, wrcnchcd his knee dur
ing Scrimmage, and had to be carriec
from the field. DR.. Arthur Light after
an examination announced that hC
would be on the field this afternoon
Rriurrs, a scrub player, was injured
during the sCrimmage, but not seri,
ouSly.
Pruneret, the French lad who Is
making a bid for an end post. will bC
on the sidelines for another week. H.
tore three liganents in his knee OF
Monday. Pruneret was out for tw,
weeks at the beginning of the season
with a wrenched shoulder.
Mike Whitehill and Rex Wray wcr,
again given the afternoon off. Th
former Rutgers lad has bad knee
while Skipper Wray is suffering from
spra!ned ankle. They both expect t
get into action this afternoon.