Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19

II DO not say that the failure Of our
teams can be blamed solely on the fact
that Pennsylvania Is supporting too
many sports. There are other reasons.
l have. given considerable thought to
this subject.
"THE proper spirit may be lacking,
prep school athletes mdy not
naturally grdrifdte TO Pcnnsvludnid,
the players may be hdndicdpped bv
late classes, II may be the high per-
cenfdge Of foreign students and the
coaches may be at fault. II may be
any Of these things or all Of them.
Good. Looking Squad
"DENNSYLvANIA is on the fence
l in athletics. Maybe we will fall
on the wrong side and perhaps We will
tumble to the right side. am very
hopeful of the future. I believe We
Will come through, but 1t means hard
work. If every one pulls with CO.
operative spirit we will come through"
The Red and Blue candidates will as.
scmblc for preliminary practice at
Mount Gretnn on September 5. Letters
are being sent out this week to. close
to fifty students inviting them to the IN.
nous battlefield. OF these only twelve
who were at Cane May last season are
likely to be- invited. These are Cap.
tnin Poss Miller. Brydon .SDcrn, Humcs,
Thurman. Ertesvaag, james, Krall.
McM,illen, Sullivan, Wittmer and
Vogelin.
CAS- I look over this tentative list"
said Heisman, II wonder what be-
comes Of the seasoned material. Twelve
from last year. But they graduate or
funk out or leave college. And so it
goes.
Il am not looking at the coming sea.
son with a downcast expression. Quite
the contrary indeed. am optimistic.
l Will say that we have good looking
squad. The candidates are big, fast
and strong. They are green. yes. and
inexperienced. but that doesn't matter.
And neither does their weight nor their
speed, nor their strength.
"It's spirit that counts. It's the
heart of them am anxious about. And
this year I will not be fooled by the
spirit shown at Mount Gretna.
Last fall at Cape May was con.
vinced that I had n squad full of fight.
ing men,. They showed plenty Of pep Mt
the seashore, but when they got back
to Franklin Field they dropped. Frank
lin Field is the test and l will work
accordingly this season.
"H WOULD like to hare moro er-
1 pcricnccd material, but il my
squad responds chen a call is made
on spirit ! miH he satisfied"
Concentrate IN FresI,
TNHE entire coaching staff, which is
l. virtually new one this year. will
be with Heisman at the training camp.
There is strong possibility that squad
will start working Mt Franklin Field
before the first. string men return. and
II so. 1t will be placed in charge Of
Tom Mcnamara.
Two members Of the coaching stnff
are entirely new to PENNSYLVANIA
sports. One is Tom Davies. famous
Pitt back, and the other is Roland
Bevan. who is now coaching high
school in Dayton, o. Bevan will have
charge of the ends and Davies will
instruct in forward passing, punting
and straight arming and will help Nc.
Namara with the scrubs.
ut has been said that Bill Hollen.
back has been fired from the coaching
staff here" said Heisman. THAT is
not true. Bill is n busy man and can.
not give the University all the time
we would like him to. Furthermore,
Davies has not been taken on to do the
work Bill Hollenback did last year. He
Is not to coach the varsity buckfeld
will do that myself"
Lieutenant Harold CASTOR, scrubs
coach a few years ago Mt Franklin
Field. will return in the capacity of
line tutor. CASTOR was a tackle in |
his undergraduate days. Another fa-
nous tackle of yesteryear, DR.. Dexter
Draper, and DIR. John Keogh and Bert |
Bell, who were with Heisnan last year,
complete the staff.
0nR. DRAPER, Bert Bell and DR..
y Kcogh," Hcisman erplained,>
"piN look after the freshmen. We
intend to concentrate on tho tresh-
men this year so that the material
for 1928 pill be WelI coached.