Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-13
1922
OPTIMISM PREVAILS IN
|. MOST CRLDIRON CAMPS
Princeton Alone of Big Teams Sends Out pessn'stic
Note-Yale and Harvard Should Be Stronger.
dartmouth, Cornell, Navy Haze Bright Prospects
BY JOSEPH r. LABRUM
will be available again and 80 win
Bots Brunner, the backfield luminsry.

will be available again and so viii
CLENN WARNER, starting his last
~ year at Pittsburgh. lost Tom Davies,
to develop material to take their places.
Byers, Young, Bruder and Williams.
who played last year. have been de-
clared ineligible by the faculty. In
spite Of all these losses Warner has
fourteen letter men from last year,
probably the biggest squad Of veterans
OF any college in the East. Pitt has the
hardest schedule Of any Of its rivals,
meeting Penn State, Penn, w. and J.
and Syracuse.
Washington and Jefferson lost Herb
Stein, its leader last year, but has
excellent material otherwise. Syracuse
has an excellent squad back and so has
Colgate, with a new mentor, Bob Har-
low, the former assistant to Bezdek.
Folwell Sitting Pretty
Bob Folwell hasn't been saying much
about his prospects, but from all we
nave been hearing be is going to have
as good q team as last year and prob
| ably q better one, Kingand Larson,
| two of the Mullica Hill farmers bright
est stars last year, have gone on their
way, but the incoming class and the
veterans Of last year will more than
compensate for their loss.
foiwell has had good sized squad
! working out for the last few weeks and
VIII nave twice that many when the
Academy opens.
Major DAILY at the Army is face to
lace with the prospects of an even bet
yer eleven than he had last year. Eight
players who faced the Navy last year
are available with a wealth Of new ma :
.eriai. Greene, center: Davidson,
tackle; and Wilhide. quarterback, were
M ,1st oy graduation, but Storck and
WMhite. ends; Mulligan. tackle; Captain
DreldSter and Garbisch, guards. and
WOOD, Smythe and French, backs. will
be back fighting for their positions.
Jackson Cannell, who coached Dart.
mouth last year, will have forty eight
varsity, regulars and substitutes and
freshmen on whom TO depend for his
team. IN addition to number of others
not llsted. The prospects for a better
team than last year are exceedingly
good, judging by the material Jim
Robertson will be sadly missed, but in
Captain Chick Burke Cannell has a
worthy successor.
WATcH West Virginia is the word
going out from the MOuntaineers'
camp. Tubby Spears has a great
amount OF material. including many
veterans from which he expects to
weld a brilliant aggregation.
I EEROM up State, all the smaller col
legcs have high hopes Of great teams
Whitcy Price. at Franklin and Mar
shall, which opens against Penn. has
Payn, last years freshman center al
Penn, and host of experienced men.
Bucknell reports fourteen veterans,
Crslnus expects to be stronger than
last year. Muhlenberg has bright pros
poets, Dickinson will improve. ard
I'ny,"rtord and Swarthmore. historic
Grams back who should make the teams,
Columbia. New York University
Holy Cross, Boston College. George
town, Fordham, City College. New
York, Colby. Oberlin, Brown, CARNEGIE
Tech, Williams, Amherst. Notre Dame
and the Western Conference teams
have all started preliminary praclic,
with prospects excellent.
Out on the Coast Andy Smith 1.
whipping his California eleven into
shape with wealth of material. The
other Coast and Western teams have
been working zeaously for n week or
more. while down South, Center. Uni.
verSity of the South, Alabama and, in
fact, all the teams will get under way
next week when the hot spell is about
over.
TNHE gridiron fan should see one OF
l. the greatest seasons In years this
season In all sections Of the country.
PROSPECTS, seem fine everywhere with
excellent squads.