Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-07
Coach Warner Begins Prep.
aration for Battle With
Red and Blue-Orders
Monday Practice
|HOLLERAN IS ABSENT

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. THE mem.
hers Of the Pitt football team were surS
prised yesterday when they received the
order to report to Coach Glenn Warner
at the stadium for practice. 1t has
always been the custom to give the team
a holiday on a Monday, but Warner
argued that Saturdays. game against
Geneva was comparatively easy and he
ualties. And then. with the Panthers
facing one of the hardest games on the
schedule, that Of next Saturday against
old Penn on Franklin Field. he couldn't
AFFORD to wnste day on beginning
preparation for the contest.
Every man on the squad appeared,
Tommy Holleran being the only player
not in uniform. lie will not be seen
in action against the Quakers. but is
hopeful of getting the doctors permis.
sion to enter the game against Penn
state on THANKSGIVING Day. His
broken wrist IL mending nicely. and he
10 trying to keep his weight down by
exercising with the team without taking
any chances of hurting the broken arm.
yALp-rhe varsity football, practice
yesterday. was confined to. dummy
scrimmaging and signal drill. Every
one Of the regulars was in uniform and
III the first string lineup except Tony
Huffman. who was replaced by Monty
Deaver at right end.
Dcaver held the position last season.
but lIullmnii's game has won the place
this fall. Huffman simply rested yestcr.
day and will be back in line-up today.
by the second eleven. who fought the
scrubs through thirty minute session.
CORNELI-Although only three days
nre available for practice for the Dart.
mouth game before the team leaves for
New York, Coach Gilmonr Dobie de-
cided yesterday that the Cornell varsity
was entitled to another days rest. and.
aside from signal drill in the baseball
cage, the preparation consisted OF a
rather lengthy discussion by Dobie on
lumbia game and an estimate Of the
probable methods of Dartmouth and
the stout defense that every Cornellian
anticipates from the Hanover outfit.
In the football camp and on the cam.
pus the Dartmouth game IL rated as
probably the hardest Cornell will have
to play this year. The Columbia game
having established that Cornell has an.
other great scoring machine. interest Is
at fever heat, and Romcyn Berry, grad
uate manager. says that the Cornell sale
Of seats exceeds anything on record.
HARvARD-Working late in prep.
aration for Princeton Saturday, Har-
ward used white ball for the first
time in Crimson annals, coaches said
The white spheroid was brought into
play for signal drill as dusk was
falling.
With the exception of George Owen.
backtield star, the entire varsity line. up
took part earlier in q twenty -mlnu,.
scrimmage with the second team. ROs.
coe Fits, who has appeared at end
in several. Harvard games this season,
was switched to the backtield in the
workout.
PRINCETON - For the first time
since the Chicago game. the first varsity
personnel all had workout on University
Field yesterday. Despite the slippery
condition of the field due to a constant
drizzle. Coach Bin Roper kept his
charges in harness until darkness made
further practice impossible. Only three
more days of practice now remain to
the Tigers before they depart for
Cambridge for the first game Of their
"big. three games.
Harvard game and lack Of any scrim.
mage last week. Roper again withheld
his varsity from strenuous practice and
devoted the entire afternoon to another
drill in the fundamentals of football
followed by dummy scrimmage with
the scrubs. Punting. kick. offs, drop
kicking and line bucking was the pro ..
gram for most Of the matinee.
NAVY-In the finest sort OF spirits
and with considerable improvement in
their bodily condition. the Naval
Academy football men had their first
against Penn State. While prepara
tions for the st.. Navier game next Sat.
urday will not be overlooked. the real
enemy IN sight 10 the Army team, which
will b met in Philadelphia on Novem.
Der Is, less than three weeks OF.
SWARTHMORE-Roy Mercer roye
his men a rest yesterday. Every one
came out Of the Princeton game un
scathed 80 far as any serious injuries
are concerned. Some will not take
part in any scrimmages for day OF
SO because Of minor bruises. The
pairing for the strong Franklin and
Marshall eleven. Mercer realizes that
lie is up against stiff proposition aud
will drill his men accordingly.
BY comparative scores with Penn,
Swarthmore has the edge on F. and
M.,. but last Saturdays Rascos have
taught the football fans not to bank
on these comparisons. The scrubs will
soon practice the Lancasterites' style
Of play and scrimmage with the var.
sity. F. and NJ. may look for some
new formations from tho Garnet.
Mercer rather favors straight football,