Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-28
INDOOR SPORTS AT
PENN START TODAY
Basketball Squad Will Start
Intensive Drill for Opening
Game Saturday Night
VETS OUT FOR TEAMS

INDOOR sports at Penn will get under
l. way this afternoon. Coaches OF the
basketball, fencing, wrestling. boxing
and swimming teams have been working
zealously during the last month to whip
their candidates into shape. but it is not
until the close of the football season
that the squads get working at full tilt;
Tonight Coach Eddie McNichol ana
his aides. Joe Fogarty and Danny NC
Nichol. will start basketball in earnest;
The members of the varsity f0otball
team have had little time to practice
and rs the opening game OF the season
takes place in Wcightman Hall Satur-
day night, with Dickinson, the coaches
plan nm intensive drill.
Bill Grave, captain of the team;
Danny Sullivan. Il substitute guard i,o'
Miller. forward; Al Nogelln; tnc
regular guard, have all been playing
football, and as a result have been un-
able to do any court work. 49,,
Starting tonight they will battle Tor
those already mentioned. Eddie. Me,
Nichol has Walter IIuntzinger and Emu
Rosenast. both regular forwards last
season: Dccsscn and Goldb!att, former
Southern High School stars. OF the
freshman five of 1920.21 Brow. year
ling center last year Jim Brydon, also
first year player last season. anu
host of others.
Plenty Of Talent Candidates
The battle for positions on the iirst
five should be merry one. Pos Milier'
who subbed last year, is more than
anxious TO make the team and should
give some Of the other veterans Keen
battle. Only one member of last sea-
son = championship five is lost for TINS
year. Danny McNichol, who is coach
ing the freshmen. :,
Grave at center. 1Iuntzingcr ana
| Roscnust Mt forwards and Nogclln at
guards are all back. Grave, the cap
tain. is expected to land his center
berth again and so is Nogelln Mt one
of the guard posts. Huntzingcr anu
Rospnast have been practicing for al
most a month and are in fine form.
Tint leaves one post open with about
dozen good players fighting 1t out.
Danny MC\ichOl expects to have
! fast freshman team. lie has II number
| of schoolboy stars from this city ana
other parts Of the country striving Tor
| the regular places on the team ana NJ
| the present time lie is in Il dilemma to
select the five best men.
Several Of the stars of the inter-
scholastic tournament OF last year.
notably DE Filipio. of West Cathollc'
and Lewis. of George School. are among
the candidates. Hill. the former
| Northeast High School star. is making
strong bid for place on the yearIlhg
team. He is short in stature, but taSt
and an accurate shooter.
Boxing Squad Strong
Coach Decker, of the boxing team
| looks for great season. Tommy
| O'NIallcy. last years leader: Tommy
| Cowell. Johnny LukaS and several
members of last years varsity team are
back in school trying out for the team.
For the first time in the history OF the
| University n freshman team viii nave
complete schedule. Robb. the fresh =.
man football player. looks like one oil
the stars of the team to date.
George KiStlcr. who looks after the
| swimmers. expects better season at
Penn than he has had for years. with
Gig Gcnther and Horst. of last year ;
freshman team. added to a number OF
the varsity of last season, indications
point to strong team.
The same is true of wrestling. Coach
Servais has quite number of last
years stars out for the team, including
Phil Pcndlcton, who played on the grid
iron team.
The fencing team candidates started
WORK two weeks ago under the able
guidance of Coach Tcrrons. Like the
other indoor teams, they look for d
good season.
Lose at Soccer
Cornell outplayed the Red and Blue
in the annual soccer game on Franklin
Field on Saturday, the final score being
to !. 1t was the second victory in II
week for the Ithacuns over Penn. Pau
ratton's team never had a chance tC
down the Ithacans, who kept the play
almost all the time in Pcnn's territory.
The lone Red and Blue tally came
fifteen minutcs after the start of the
game. Partridge shooting the pigskir
between the posts. Eli was the star OF
the contest. scoring all four goals for
the Red team.
The Penn juniors surprised the few
spectators by vanQuishing Lehigh in Il
! PENNSYLVANIA State League game, . tC
o. Hayes and Campbell scored the two
Penn goals in the second half.