Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-17

IL and keen of brain, was working his
vay out of Franklin Fields biggest
crowd of the season in the dusk Of
saturday afternoon with n smile laying
ali over his features. The crowd was
so dense that Lecch was lost before the
writer could reach him.
,ccch will be remembered as the bril-
liant bolfback of the Virginia Military
institutc eleven of 1920, which handed
tbc penn rridders their first defeat Of
,bc senson. From his smiling coOtc-
norce Yesterday one is led to believe
Not Lcech thinks the flying cadets are
so;no 10 turn the trick ngain this year.
Tbc brilliant little halfback, who
throw scare a minute into the Penn
followcrs last year, had witnessed the
iS.nn Swarthmorc game. which resulted
L. a one touchdown and one goal from
touchdown tie score. l.eech saw tenn
~ tbe capacity of scout from the
Ic,;npton school. and from the word
.f former V. NJ. 7. star who wit
Uassed the game the peppery little half :,
b,ot was not convinced that Penn held
much Of threat. e.
''U From what little was said to me,
..,, tho Y NJ. I. grad. 81 think Penn
so,ds hut little fear for our team; we
hoyc another light. fast eleven that -
sS,Od sn r. copacity with just the kind OF
nIovs 7 think will beat Penn. The kcd
.ssmd blue fnilcd to show as much as W"
boJ cypected. but still they are u
dangerous team. as is evidenced by theii
soaring on that forward pass play:
However. think we will beat en-
Ne concluded.
Sort of Pcss!mistic
Tho V. NJ. grad is not a lone in his
,n;rjor Old time Penn players nnd
sroJuatcs who have witnessed the Red
and Bluc in. action for many years
asked in wonderment: What Will they
40 from now on? Looks bad for the
remainder of the year. :,
One old grad predicted that If the
Penn team does not show reversal
~ form during the coming week thh'
tho remainder of the season is hope
less. .. u,o
.lorens from Lafayette. Dartmouth,
Pittsburgh and Cornell? That is what
/ would like to know. They started
of we'll enough against Delaware, but
have done nothing since then that
merits nny feeling of confidence in the
flture They certainly didn't do any
thing this afternoon that would make
them appear strong enough to win
from such teams as l mentioned. said
one old timer.
The same question is being asked
bv the Red and Blue coaches. They
seem to be up against stone wall with
the eleven Of today. The material Is
There, but somehow or another the
eleven is not putting across the plays
with the punch that is necessary.
What Heisman Says
Coach IIcismnn summed up the diff
fcuty this morning. You must re-
member" he said. that this year 5
eleven is 4 green one. Sullivan, Nc
Mullin, Nogelin, TIumes. Genthner never
played In big game before. The team
plays hnrd. aggressive football. but they
lack the experience that is necessary
for the competition they must meet.
OF course. they have learned lot and
will get better, but that grecnncSS is
ever rampant.
eve have our work cut out for us.
There is lots to do this week and every
week until the season is finally con-
clldcd. Constant drills in scrimmaging,
tacking and rudimcntary playing are
on the schedule for the coming weeks.
II We cannot got our experience in Il
game we will have to get it during the
srrimmugc drills.
"Thrn. too. would like to know
where the hcavinrss Of Penn is.
Every place one goes it is tho same
cd story. They have heavy team.
The figures do not show it, Take. for
instance. men like LukaS, who weighs
16a; Miller. 1876; Wray. l35, and
Togclin. 1865. The average for the
baCkfcld is about 155 pounds.
"l'ccf Is lacking. and beef is u great
aid in the backfeld. In the line we
Lavr ErtrcSsvaag, lag; Sullivan. lJl {:
Day. l6S. and lIumes, 40. Certainly
that isn't what is called heavy line.
COchranc weighs "l5. and I wish he
weighed less. Gcnthner is big and so
last named is suffering from bad
knee and is really not in shape to play.
"Thc men did their best. They
showed splendid lighting spirit that
cannot be overlooked. cannot COM
mend too much for the W., HdPrful spirit
and the fight they displa$ I'd in the
fourth period. II was remarkable. The
breaks were against us. and thereby
hangs the tale of the tic game.
DisappointCi-,Iercer
Coach I.r Roy Mercer. himself Penn
star Of the first magnitud7 in his under
graduate days, was plainly greatly dis
appointed over the results Of the game.
Asked to make some sort of state
ment, he put his head in his hands
Results of W'eek-End