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

n his way out of Franklin Field in
.ho dusk of Saturday afternoon with
smile playing on his features turned TO
his companion ana said. IF that Is
,bc best Penn has to offer, We. have
an excellent chance to win next Hntur-
g., afternoon" He was lOst in the
oro,vd oaS before he could be asked any
questions; .,,.,, ,Lo I,;,o-.;.r
- pennsylyania eleven defeat the Get
trsburg gridders Z to 0 in game that
was rcplete with little else than great
S,fcnsiye playing by both elcVens.
The Garnet grad was not alone in his
feelings. Quite n number of Penn men
who saw tho Swarthmore eleven play
princeton week ago expressed the same
oninions. Tho brilliant line play Of the
Gsrnct, which seems 10 be their out
Standing feature this season. and the
work of Gcigcs and Asplundh in the
hsckfcld will thwart Penn, these same
Penn men say.
Starting this afternoon Heisman
nlans 10 drive the Red and Blue for
four days in preparation for the game
with Swarthmore. Like Gettysburg tho
Red and Blue coaches think that
Syarthmorc holds just as much threac,
IL not more. They realize that the
Penn eleven has much to learn to go
through tho fourth game of the season
with victory and Coach l1cisman Is
one of the firmcst believers IN the
theory that his team must show more
speed and better offensive strength If
Che season is TO be IA complete success.
ueisman Better Satisfied
II was much better satisfied with the
playing Of the team on Saturday than
was this time week ago. They
showed to better advantage in tho line
and the backs displayed better form.
Their thinking apparatus was better
and they seemed more alert. Yet they
lack that composite speed in the back
field that big league football team
must have. Speed and punch are tn"
prerequisites of good backticld men and
have always sad that the team hold
ing those two attributes is the success
III ono. haven't any rca' fault to find
with my backfcd after Saturdays play,
but the speed was lacking. There
seemed to be too much tine between
the start OF the signal calling and the
movement Of the backs.
"DcfensIvcly ! must say the play ot
the team was good. They showed that
they had learned their lessons Of the
last week aud learned them we'll. Get,
tysburg never had n chance to score and
rou noticed that the play was almost
entirely in Gettysburg territory. The
line showed n dash and II fight that
means lots for the future.
'If we had little more weight in
the backficld we would b. much better
of. You know, we have six backs
-, i.h
pounds. A little more hcft there and
we would show to better advantage on
the offensive
Praises Gettysburg
Heisman praised the Gettysburg
eleven and said that they had mighty
fine team. Gettysburg looked fine
The team was in excellent physical
condition and proved 1t by their playing
with few substitutes. and then only
when Il player was injured. Their dc.
fenSivc play. was brilliant throughout
the game. especially when We were in Il
scoring POSITION
The head coach Of the Red aud Blue
was asked about the varsity JERSEYS
taken from five members of the varsity
team after last Saturdays game. The
varsity jerseys will be returned only
after a meeting of the coaches, when a
vote will be taken on the aGviSabilty
OF returning them. They must play
regular football to hold on to those
jerseys. That is the dictum Of the
coaching staff"
Bert Bell, who assists with the backs
on Franklin Field. echoed the Ycnti-
mpntS of his head coach. 1.-The team
was Slow in the backiicld in getting of
the plays. The speed was not there.
Gettysburg usually was hct for the play
about the time our backs started
moving However, dcfCnsivcly Penn
played n great game. From tackle to
tackle. except when Pcndleton, q green
man, was in the line. our defense was
remarkable. gettysburg hardly gained
10 yards all afternoon through there.
We really should have had three touch
downs"
llinkcy lIaincS. whose 9J-yal'l ran
on II kick off against Penn last year
aided in' the humbling of the Red ana
Blue by Penn State and who is assist
ing Bill Wood in coaching tho GcttyH-
burg eleven, praised his team after the
game.
Great Fighters, Haines
That crowd of ours fought from
start to finish. They showed spirit
and dash that makes the coaches feel
good for the rest of the season. Had
the lincmen not been caught asleep
during the first twenty seconds Of play.
when Miller raced through uS for Il
touchdown. Penn would not be CClC-
brating a victory.
Penn was stronger than really
IInpptIl fibnir ,1pforgi,.r ,,ln