Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-16
Veteran Follower of Red
and Blue Surprised at In.
ability to Score More Ere.
quently Against Mary.
land
MILLER BADLY HURT
Rv JOSEPH T. LABRUM

By JOSEPH T. LABRUM
NTF PENN is going to stack up well
i against such teams rs the Navy,
Pitt. State and Cornell, n better Of
fepsc must be developed. A veteran
Sootball follower and himself n player
an Red and Blue teams decade ago
godc the above assertion this morn
inc when asked what he thought Of the
team in the Maryland game Saturday.
Hcisnan's eleven came through with
two touchtowns to nothing triumph
ovcr Curly Byrd's aggregation, but
failed at critical times in its offensive
thrusts. More than one Penn man who
Is following the 1929 clever w::h crit
ical eyes felt satisfied that the team
had won. but also felt that much has to
b. learned before the big games.
"lOu know continued the old
finer. "a team should be able to get
through once In while without being
held for downs in the shadow of the OPP
posn: teams goal pests as Pcnn was
b. that the smoothncss of play that
should manifest itself soon was not
there Saturday. but for my part I was
not Mt all satisfied with the offensive
showing.
True. Maryland has n plucky team
with Il sturdy line that fought every
moment of the battle, but still think
that Penn shou Id have done better. De.
frnY:vrly tho eleven that lleisman has
Is g0od: as II matter of fact. better than
any in the past few years. In all save
Il ~,
ing ont to Il r"
"ETSTALLr a good dctcmvc is a
" strong 0fCnsc. Int agcinst the
cahbcr Of teams hdt wW come to
Fronkhn Ficld in the future Hcis.
mans team wiU hare to hare n
0rcofer rdricfv OF of'nsirc plays and +,
better defense against formard
pGSSes.'
WHAT the veteran says is shared in
w by vast majority of the 81. 900
spectators who witnessed the frnv
against Maryland. Who to blame for
thr lack of offcnse at times when a
touchdown seemed imminent Is diff.
cut. 1Icisman himself says that no
ono can bc "cnsnrcd. that Maryland
had an exceptional line and that the
Red and Blue players simply lacked the
punch.
while l cannot sny am satisfied
With the result of the game" said
H"iSman. "it probably was q lot better
inr us TINT the score finished up as il
did. "A runaway game might have |
proved tho turning point in our team.
while the close score indicates to every
m"n on the team that hc has to fight
that much the harder in the future.
Plenty Of Mistakes
a lot of mistakes were made during
th" game. That is to be expected.
THE defense Of Our team was particu-
larry good. ns you will notice from the
figures on ground gained. Against the
forward pass we did not show so well,
although the long pass that almost re-
suited In II touchdown should never
have occurred had our backs been alert.
1--WE were not able to start with our
regular varsity team. pnpworth was out
Of the line. neither Craig nor Woodard,
OIL whom ! place Il lot for the future.
gould not start and Captain Pos Mil
Ter was forced ont Of the game early.
think the team did well considering
al this. ~
ilriSman warmly praises Maryland.
,"lh" sturdy. plurky fight put up by
N"rylann was partiruarly impressive
10 mH. The team was composed of real
lighters. the kind that never give up
:" spite of adversely. Their line was
strong and proved capable when called
upon to r"prl our attacks when touch
%"r.ns were, on their way. i'ugh and
N"'madr showed renl football in the
g 'aiicld. he klcking of the latter being
hl;l class from the start
curly INrl thr visit inp Conrh thinks
i'"'n has grrm team. but feels that his
,.ain mGth have won had they been n
''tl" more alert on the forward passes
Wat resulted in the only scoring of the
co'Itcst.
"DENN has T. mighty good tcam."
~ s"M Byrd bcf0rr lcarinG for
washington yesterday. "7'hr line is
GI'od ami the backs knor rhat to
a6o hinh my team plnucd bril-
."@' G9"m" Of football although nc
fryd is former ncwsrapcrman who
never played football but whose close
',ndy OF tn" game has made him one of
colleges. "
Millcr's Injury
''""hA p'rVa'ipu tho CamDuS this |
morning when the news leaked out that
,,nptain Pos Miller may he unable to
Iay against Swnrthmorc next Sntur-
oay' IN" plucky Red and Blue skipper
.,d ,I,"r!v"d an injury to his hin in the
SSnIng minute Of the first period and
""n TO be assisted from the field
ne left the dressing room leaning
ssrmnVllv on cane and assisted By two
sc,low students. lie was still using the
'"',' Tor support this morning.
according to the Lebanon boy he
was Kicked IN the back during n snrim.
mage. Th" injury is on the pns,cror-
hh,.rn"flor spine of the Ileum located
,Sa n, up on the right hip. The muscle
at In" Jnnct'lr" is said to be torn.
.iar' pr' Arthur Light. the team phy>i.
bb'n, bn Is OF the opinion that Miller NAV
a,,,nDlr nDlr 10 get into Saturdays game,
rn,nonsn n,n II Is probable that Coach IIois.
., "n VIII Keep him on the sidclnos 70
save him for the Navy game.
E"OD nems arrircd riH the bad
hoo,mdf mdf rMrkc craig. the Okiohoma
"hHc'd Mminary. wOuh he nblc TO
Wl INTO Scrim images dvriuy tLis
n"nW. The boiis that hare been
SS|an.rhr'no Mc husky lad from the
sJ nJ"uhMeM hare almost entirciv
| HalG Is In excellent physical sbane