Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-22
Cadets Will GiUe
Penn Hard Fight

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=! Spruhan thinks that the trick plays his
team has up its sleeves will surprise
Penn again this year and make the game
as interesting as the 1920 struggle.
virginia Military Institute boasts OF
student population Of go. as COM
pared with the GOOO active students at
Penn. OF that number. sixty reported
| for football this year. quite number
of whom never played the gridiron sport
before. Out of this number the coach
has been able to weld together foot
ball machine that is the pride of Nir-
ginia.
Team Veteran One
With few exceptions this years team
is a veteran one. In Summers. Of AL
exandrin CVa.l High, Clarkson has one
of the best tackles in the South. Last
year he demonstrated his ability to the
dcloCtatiOn of the V. NJ. |. rooters
against Penn. lie is twenty-five years
Of age. stands six feet three inches in
his stocking feet and weighs 21O pounds.
He will face Sutherland. TCnn's giant
Idaho tackle. who played guard until
the injury to Johnny Thurman.
stars MS WPScOtt. former Atlantic
City High School star. at left guard,
S'N f""t two inches and weighing 1Si
pounds; Harrison, 21S-pounder, Mt
Ight guard: Hunt at right tackle and
tidgl"y at right end, all veterans.
In the backfcld he will have Bunt-
ing, who played havoc with Penn line
last year. and Vcnablc, who saw action
against the Red and Blue last year.
According to Tom Mcnamara, who
scoutcd the Cadets this season, Ncnablc
and Bunting are two of the best light
backs he has seen this season.
''Thcy are exceptionally fast" said
Tom this morning, land in addition
have the knark of hitting the line like
rifle bullets Farley. the quarter
back, weighs the same as Rex Wray,
l;'6 pounds. According 10 our au-
is capable of running bnck punts with
with Il team. Costello, the other back
is a former Lynchburg star. He
weighs 155 pounds.
Penn Outweighed
V. VI. I. will outweigh Penn in the
line from end TO end by three pounds,
while the backfield average of the
SOuthcrncrs is l52 pounds and of Penn
l5I pounds The weights for the two
| teams in their entirety is about 17J
pounds, Penn having a slight advan-
tagc of about half a pound.
Tho Penn coaches this morning were
undecided about the backfeld to start
tn" game. Rex Wray was a certainty at
7 tlI1r tprh hpn .,nil nt,I
at one Of the halves. The last named
has entirely recovered from his sore
throat and is ready for grucling game.
Mike Whitchill will not start the
game, according to one Of the coaches
this morning. II is said that tine for
mcr Rutgers lad is not in the best Of
that II" is in shape to play n game, but
will see the start of the game, at least,
from the sidClincs.
Biben and LangdOn TO Start
In place of Mike. Tommy Langdon,
the Scranton lad.who distinguished him
self against Franklin and Marshall and
won n varsity jersey for himself. will
start at right hnlfback. The up State
lad is light, but can hit line with all
the power of " much heavier man.
Joe liibcn. the former Central High
SctlOol lad, will start Mt fullback in
pln"" of johnny Lukas. The Shamokin
lad limpcd around this morning so per
"cptbly that the coaches gave up all
idea Of having him enter tho game.
Bibcn has been tearing the scrub line
to tHttrrS in sCrimmagc drills, and
should come through this afternoon with
some excellent line pluuging. Origin
ally II tncklc, Bibcn has developed into
clever line buCker. He is short in
stature and weighs about 1G5 pounds.
Chance for Dcrn
There is Il chance that johnny Dcrn,
III" Salt Lake city High School star
of last year, will get into the game at
th" start at center. Hap Day, the
regular pivot man, is suffering from n
badly injured left leg, and the coaches.
If possible, want to save him until next
week, Dcrn has been on the sidclinps
for month as the result Of injuries
He suffered IL fractured ColIarbone early
in he season, and last week suffered n
bruised knee. bern worked out with
the varsity in signal drills yesterday and
! Cooked fast.
For his substitutes IIcismnn IN,
| Wittmcr, Smullins, Krall. McAnoliy
Grove and Muhcr. II is not thougEtt ;
likely that Al NogClin, the CnntroI
liigh School lad, will see action tbis
afternoon. '"'N