Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-22
EIGHT PENN TEAMS
IN ACTION. TODAY
Three Quintets, Indoor Poloists,
Swimmers, Cymnasts, Wres-
tiers and Hockey Six Play

Today is busy day for the Univer.
sity OF Pennsylvania athletes. Eight
teams will sec action, the largest mum :
Der in many years. The most impor
tant contest from the students stand
point is the basketball game tonight be
tween Coach Eddie McNichols quintet
and Coach George Zahn's Dartmouth
five. The Red and Blue line &C
cording to the coach will be the same
as started against Columbia last Satur
day. with Roscnast and Miller. for
wards Grave. center. and Captain Nc
Nichol and Huntzingcr at guards. The
place in the intercollegiate league
Neither team has suffered a defeat to
date. and the winner will haze an OK.
cellcnt chance to cop the title. accord
ing to the dope.
Previous TO the varsity contest Coach
Lardie Davis freshman five will at
tempt to stop the winning streak of
Harrisburg Tech. Tho capital city
boys have annexed every game to date
and so has Penn. Red and Blue Young
sters scored a more impressive victory
over Reading High than did tho Harris.
burg schoolboys. and for that reason
Captain Dessen and his mates antici-
pate a victory.
Junior Varsity Plays
While the varsity is wrestling with
Dartmouth the Junior varsity. composcd
Of players who are not quito up 10 var.
sity standard. will be testing the mcttle
OF tho Washington College Ave. Of Chcs.
t"rtown. Md. Coach and Manager He
garty, OF the Penn team, looks for n
victory.
Indoor polo will get its PHILADELPHIA
baptism at 2:30 in the armory at
Thirty second street and Lancaster
avenue, when the Penn trio will meet
the First City Troop in a game that
mas no bearing on the intercollegiate
standing. Coach Conor yesterday nm.
nounccd that he had finally selected his
lineup from among the twoscorc can
didatcs who have been working out for
tho last three mouths. G.. ID. Rvck
will play No. 2, +. Knowl. No. =. aud
). sexton, No. 3, for the Rcd and Blue.
j. Goodman is the substitute FOR No. .
post; The First City Troop will de.
pend on W. West Frazier, No. |. !.
Dousherty, No. .. and W. Rush, No. 3.
According to Coach Conor, indoor
polo will soon be ono of tho most popu.
lar indoor sports. For the preliminary
game Manager Strang has secured
r'enllyn and Bryn Mawr. A dclcga-
ton OF Bryn Mawr College girls will
give an exhibition during the afternoon,
wh>le a twenty five. piece orchestra will
keen the air hummng with music.
This afternoon Coach George Orton
and his ice hockey candidates will lcave
Tor New York, where they will meet
Fordham, conqucrors of Princeton in
40 intercollegiate game tonight. Orton
thiS morning announced that he would
take the following men along: Jcffrcys
ana Dekorn, goal; Murray. point.
Nearns and Smith, cover point; Prin.
gle, center; DIAL and Forticr. right
wing, and Cook and O'Rcilly. ion
wing IL will mark the first out Of.
town contest for Penn ice hockey
team.
VIII Wrestle Cornell
About the time Coach Orton and his
hockeyites start for New York Coach
Nervais Will send his wrestlers against
l. ornell in the first game of the season
Ihis morning the coach announced that
he would send the following against tho
lthacans best ChacssncsS, 40 pounds:
q; = Grant, l25 pounds VI. T.. smith
l50 pounds; X. {. Bishop, 40 pounds
, "P,h'h E J, NShDN, los pounds T.
P"ndlcton. lI5 ponds, and Bill Ward,
heavyweight. Bishop will wrcstlc
Sn"dakcr, the Cornell one armed mat.
man, who will wear his wooden log
during the Ncut. This is expected 70
prove the feature meet of tho bout as
Sncdaker, despite the loss Of his limb
Is said TO be wrestler Of considerable
ability.
This afternoon Coach George Kistlcr
aud his swimmers will entertain tho
Navy aquatic stars at Annapolis. The
Nliddics are expected to carry of the
victory as they have another great
team, Water polo and fancy diving
are not listed on the schedule OF events
Tor the meet.
Bud Myers and his fencing team left
his morning for Princeton whore tho
Red and Blue tumblcrs meet the Tigers
n the first contest Of the season. Last
renr the two teams tied, although in |
he intcrcoIlegiates Penn finished second |
md Pripceton fifth.
Penn athletes have nothing TO do
until next week when they finish today's
program.