Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-21
GOOD AND BAD LUCK
FOLLOWS DELAWARE.
Blue and Gold Eleven Loses One
Player and Another Joins
Team.

Newark. Sept. 2l.--Coach Derby
the new roSch VI the University of
Delaware football squad had both
good and bad luck yesterday. Luck,
however. has no fleet on Delaware's
new football leader judging from his
actions since returning from practice
on Frazier Field after 10 days pre-
liminary work at College Park, Md.
1T is all part of the game" said
Coach Derby in speaking about luck.
"Of course" he said ''there is such
thing as luck, but in most instances |
the player makes his own luck. Give /
me the man who IL ready and willing |
10 get in there and work hard at all |
times use some football sense and keep |
driving and viii be willing to give the |
other fellow all of the so called luck" |
The new coach is trying to impress |
on the football candidates the idea |
that they cannot be successful in the |
game unless they are willing to get
out and work hard in practice there
by not only learning the fundamentals
themselves but at the same time in
spring other members of the team TO
also work hard.
The hard luck that struck Coach
Derby yesterday was the fact that
an examination of Doc" Steel a local
boy showed that he fractured one or
two ribs in practice on Monday. Doc"
is son of DIR. Walter H Steel 4
local physician and for number OF
years member of the Athletic Coun-
Gil of the University. While the frac-
lures are especially severe they Will
nevertheless no doubt keep young
Steel out of the Penn game on Satur-
day. Last year Steel showed flashes
OF brilliant work and much was ex-
pccted from him this year. He no
doubt will yet be a valuable asset to
the team following the Penn game.
The good luck which offsets the in
jury TO Doc" Steel is the fact that
Harry Jackson a Dover boy has en-
tered college and joined the squad
yesterday. Jackson has had experience
both at wenonah Military Academy.
y. j.. and with a Navy team. There
had been talk of him entering Della
ware but il was not definitely settled
that he would enter until yesterday.
Almost the first thing that Jackson
did after being admitted was to don
a football uniform and join the squad
on Frazer Field. His presence greatly
encouraged the other men and he is
expected 10 add much strength to the
team. Jackson is said TO be a hard
driving back field man and will nc
doubt be used there.
Nothing had been heard from Repp
the Varsity tackle who is supposed TO
have broken a bone in his ankle in
practice and who went TO Philadelphia
yesterday TO have an x-ray taken OF
the ankle injured. Coach Derby is
hoping that the examination will
show only a sprain and not a break
Captain Holton. who also has been out
of the game owing to an injured ankle
IS improving and was out for practice
yesterday. Captain Holton seems 10
be improving and the indications now
are that he will be in shape to play
against Penn.
The entire football squad was given
a hard general practice yesterday
afternoon. Coach Derby had charge
OF one squad for a time while Coach
Shipley assisted him by taking charge
OF another squad. Following this there
was practice of punting and catching
the bali. Coach Derby made the play
ers run back the punts to give the
men a chance to do some tackling and
encouraged them 10 hit the man with
the ball hard and low. After this
there was work on the tackling
dummy" and a trot around the
cinder path and then the showers.
Two more men who reported for the
first time yesterday were Ted" Dantz
and bill" Boyee. They were scrubs
last year but both have a lot of per
and have a chance for the varsity.
The work was not exceptionally
hard yesterday because of the severa-
cripples on the team but as they are
improving fast the entire squad wifi
one or two exceptions should be in
good shape by Friday. BY that tim,
IL is possible that one or two OF tht
1 players who made the varsity las
)} year and who have been talking o
entering other colleges will have mad,
VI their minds to return to Delaware
Among those who were out 70
practice yesterday were Captain Hol
ton. Cole. Naughton, Mckelvey, vii
liams. Lilly, Manning, Rothrock, Gof
fgan, Boyce, Jackson, Dantz, Hurfi
Leamy, Bachman, Price, Elliott, Don
aldson. Magaw and Aiken.
Vic" Armstrong, a local boy VIII
played star game on the Newarl
high school team last year is said I
have quit the game owing to oh
jections on the part Of his parents
Armstrong went 10 College Park WIT
the squad and according TO report
gave indications of making the back
field. Coach Derby as well as mem
bers of the squad regret the fact tina
he has decided not TO try for the team
Coach Derby has not picked a
eleven for the Penn game but he wi
likely select his players for that gam
from the following:
Position AGE HI "