Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-21
PENN GRID MOGU[S
To MEET JAN. ;
Plan Calling Special Meeting Of
Athletic Council to Decide
Coach and Schedule
COURT QUINTET VlCTORS
BY JOSEPH T. LABRUM

7NHE football situation at the Cni-
i versity will be cleared up before the
first week OF the new year mas passed,
according to n prominent official at the
University. Sydney T.. Hutchinson.
chairman Of the Athletic Council and one
of the two graduates on the gridiron
committee. is due to leave for trip
South on January O. and il the coach
ing and schedule problems are not
cleared up by that time it will drng for
another six wei:s. or until Mr.. Hutch
inson returns. 49,,
Il has been planned TO hold.
meeting during ,tan the of solSssf tSs football
team, left on Tuesday for bis home in
San Antonio, Tex. where he will re-
main until the first Of the year. when
be will return TO the University. Glasses
Open for the new year on wednesday,
January 3, and it is planned to hold the
meeting on that day or the following
one. A..
In order to entirely clear up the
situation the Athletic Council VII! he
called for a special meeting on Friday.
January ., when it will he expected TO
rntify the schedule and the new coach
for 1923. Usually the council meets
on the second Friday of the month, but.
HCrOTulnH W
yene a week earlier.
Fifteen names have been suggested 70
the different members of the committee
for the coaching post. including mum;
ber who arc not Penn men. Several
nyo said TO be coaches who have made
rcmtntion in the West. Some have
nnnlicd for the position, while others
Lave been suggested by prominent grad
yates aud former football players Iheirr
reason for bringing in the names oI
non Penn men is snid to he due TO
desire to see what change IN system
will do ;or Red and Blue football.
No Outsider Expected
II is unlikely. according 20 an orhciaI.
that IN outsider vii! be selected. rem
has always had f"r'nr. :rI n'e -"
rlover as its coach and will not swerve
from that rath. Some nre Of the opinion
That Penn should establish q system
md stick to it 10 matter VINO ~ th"
coach and that an advisory board should
work in harmony to that end. win ths
man selected TO have the title OF nea'
coach. 1000 ,,or wifi, h,ve
full swnv, Hc will be given carte
blanche in the selection Of his assistants
and will he aided in every way by the
Football Committee and the Athletic
Council in his efforts TO produce VIM
Matter OF fact. two of the former
Penn stars prominently mentioned Tor
the most have let it be known that they
would accept the post on one condlt>oh
that they be absolutely free and un.
trammeled in whatever they 40. ANA
both want contracts for longer thah
year.
With the closing Of the University
Yesterday afternoon until the I'd of Jan
nary. athletic activities will be stale.
mate. From the time school opens until
II closes in June. eleven teams VIII
bo in action. including wrestling. swim
ming. gymnasium. fencing. boxing.
baseball. track. lacrosse. crew. golf ana
tennis. The most ambitious schedules
in the history OF tho University were
recently ratified by the Athletic Coun-
cil
Rowing Starts Soon
Rowing on the indoor machines will
get under way the second week in Janu-
srv. Josephus Wright. the Penn coach.
is expectpd to arrive here from his
home in Toronto. Canada. on January
Z With his new assistant. Eddie
Marsh. former West Philadelphia Barge
Club coach. he will ca Il out andidates
Immediately. The rowing coaches have
big task on their hands this year
with the large number of varsity and
Junior varsity oarsm"n who have been
lost by graduation ana other reasons;
LAFAYETTE will be on the football
schedule next year. according TO al
informant who talks rs though he knows
something about the subject. Nego-
tiations are going on between Penn and
LAFAYETTE, and may be cOnsummated
within the next ten days. The adop.
ton of the one. year rule in football
by the Easton authorities left the way
open for negotiations.
Centre is also most likely to appear
on Franklin Field. IT'S status being the
same as that Of Lafayette. Columbia,
and not Brown. will be on the schedule.
above. The remainder Of the schedule,
as published in these columns yesterday.
is said to be right.
The basketball team made it four
calendar Of the University athletes for
1922. Wesleyan was the victim. 35
to II. If tho present varsity COM
bination continues it's excellent guard
ing it's place. in the final standing OF
the intercollegiate league viii be higher
I than expected.
Last nlBnt W" Vlsitors scored Dut
two field goals. both by Robinson. one
coming In each half of the contest.
Moore. the pivot man Of Wesleyan,
Gagged thirteen out of twenty -one OF hia
tries from the Iftecn- foot mark.
Goldblatt was trifle of on the foul
mark. getting but nine Of his fourteen
tries, his worst average of the season.
Label however caIne through from the
field with quartet of doubledeckers.
Bill Leopold. who seems to hive cinched
the center berth. duplicated Goldblatt's
performance. Nocgelin shot three from
the field with Bill Knrass and Jimmy
Carmack getting one apiece
Pos Miller made his first appearance
of the season. seeing action for several
minutes near the end of the game.