Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-31

1--WE have another hard week ahead
Of US, but, believe me, we have learned
lot that will enable US to prepare for
Lafayette. a Penn coach did the talk
ing this morning when he was asked
about the prospects against the Maroons
here next Saturday.
"Lafayettc has n wonderful team, ]
should say remarkable tenn, when it
! defeated such team AS Pittsburgh,
which licked us Saturday afternoon.
However, we have shown that we can
stop the rushes once the plays are sized
up. 1t won't take US as long next sat
| urday as it did last ~ and he chucklcd.
Penn fears Lafayette, probably moro
so this morning than at any time. cs-
pecially after the sting of the Panther
defeat Saturday. But with all the fear
there Is a certain feeling that the big
| gest obstacle has been erased. not sue
| cessfully but erased. The players are
going out better equipped for the Eas
tonians than they have been at any
/ time thu season.
With the exception of Mike White
hill, who again hurt his ankle. and
Johnny Thurman, who suffered hurts
came out of the Pittsburgh scrap in
fairly good physical condition. PIGZ
was so hard that quite number bear
bruises all over their bodies, but still
that Is part of the game, they sny.
! There is chance that 1umcs, the
varsity guard, may be in against La
/ faycttc on Saturday. and if he is the
line will be bolstcred up considerably.
A Great Eleven
There was nothing but praise for
| Pittsburgh among the Penn players and
coaches this morning. They were n
unit in saying that Warner had a great
! eleven that the drive of the PantherS
was terrific in the first half, but that
after Penn got its sense of direction
at the start OF the second half that the
great attack was not So brilliant.
: Heisman himself voiced opinions that
should make the Pittsburgh players
| feel happy. The former Georgia Tech
tutor was emphatic in hts PRAISES of
! tue Blue und Gold, and said that never
in his football career did ho soc such
/ an attack as Pitt exhibited in that first
half.
ut is no disgrace TO be defeated by
a team such as Pitt had by IS TO y
score. To say that they were only four
I touchdoWns better tnun VIC were. I
think, means a lot Never In my thirty
years of football have | sccn such an
attack AS Pittsburgh showed in that
first half Saturday afternoon.
'"ThCy have the quickeet starting SCI
of backs ! have over seen grace grid =
iron They seemed to be off like ma
Chine-gun bullets, and their power
when they hit the Penn line was some
thing beautiful for even the opposing
coach to watch. Their driving wa
equivalent to their starting, and their
sDced was little short Of remarkable.
Away Like Flashes
"ror composite speed that backfeld
OF Davies, Holleran, Anderson and
Hewitt was the greatest ! have eyer
seen, and l have had thirty years OF
football to look back on | cauuot sal
too much about the running Of their
backs. They simply got the ball and
were away Ike flashes.
There Is no doubt about it, we were
outclassed In that first half. The ter
rifle ouslaughts OF the Pittsburgh backs
simply carried us off our feet. They
knew how TO hit the line, and when
they did they gained.
~ figured that we would be beaten
about u to Z, and how near 7 came
to that can be seen from the score.
might say, incidentally, that Saturday
afternoon was the first Saturday since
] have been coaching at Pennsylvania
that my team failed TO score. That
was q keen disappointment TO mo. We
should have scored on two or three oC-
rasions, notably when our end dropped
the ball when over the goal line and
not IA Pitt player within 3 Yards Of him.
"Our offensive was better than pro
viously, but we lack that fierce tackinc
that only comes after hard work i'll