Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
TEN PENN GR|DDERS
TAKING RE-EXAMS,
Miller, VoegeIin and Hamilton,
Regular Backa, Forced to
Leave Training Base
lANGDON LOOKS LIKE STAR

Mt. Gretna. Pa. Sept. 1S.-For the
next few days at least Pcnn's varsity
football team will hc minus the services
of three. fourths Of the regular back
field. This until CAPTAIN Pos Miller,
Al Voeselin and Frank Hamilton fully
rc"ur"rato from examinations now in
vogue at the University.
Clark Craig. the Shawnee, Okla. lad
who has been playing quarterback regu-
, larly for the last week. is the only sur
rivor among those who seem slated for
regular varsity backticld berths.
The departure of these three in
dividusls for the Red and Blue learn.
! ing base places Coach Heisman list Of
| deficient footballers at approx imatelv
ton five having loft day before sester.
day and two the day previously. Until
! their return Penn will srrin,magc hcre
without the services Of some OF her
most promising men.
: Eu; this apparently docs not detor the
! Rod and Elro candidates in their strug
gle 30 give Penn n rcal sridron eleven.
Instead. they showed moro vim and oar
! pestncss in yesterdays workout than in
any Scrimmage to date. Every man
, trying ont for n berth on the team real.
izos tho seriousness Of the training on
| hand and Is working zealo1sly.
| One OF the encouraging results of the
| scrimmage was the work Of the second
eleven. Thers vas cohesion and driving
power as thoy ripped through the varsity
| line and drove around the ends for long
gains. II was evident that the varsity
hsckheld, minus three regulars. was M :
! able to cope with the driving power Of
| the scrubs. Yet they did their best 10
J IStn ho tx Al 1,
gaps caused by The clever work Of the
scrub line.
Langdon Shows Promise
In place Of tho regulars -esterdav
! Coach IJcisman INTRODUCED several OF
his most promising subs into the varsity
| lineup. Norman Whi,ehill, the Ruth
rrford. Y. J., fash. took torus with
/ Woodward At the fullbsck post. Rae
McGraw ard Al J.angdon were locatcr
~ halfhsrk. With George Sullivan doins
relief duty later in tho srrmmace.
Quite an impression was made ny
Lsmgdon. tho former Scranton High
star Langdou broke into the varsity
lineup on several occasions last fal
aud made his presence fclt by his credit
ab'c all around nlaying yesterday. IL
is f1cct of foot aud corries the ball will
n certain doggcdnoss that plcasos thu
conch"s. lIc is especially dangerous a.
an open field runner.
Norman Whtehil also played
bang up game. hitting the line consist
emily during th" lattcr part Of th'
scrimmagc for much needed yardsgc
Whitehill hns plenty Of height. although
slightly under weight for crashing
fullback
With Mike Raedy. the former Mary
land University star and crack Rec
md Blue painter. on tho crippled list
Whitchll is looked upon as one o
iCoarh llcisman's best bets for tn,
punting end. During the daily work
out il" has improved steadily IN thi
department under the careful scrutli.
Of Tom Davies. former Pitt star ant
tutor for the Red and Blue squad.
The center job .s causing no end o
concern now that Jack bern Is out o
the game with an injured knee. Charlie
Adams. the Spokane, Wash. protcge
and Macdonald. n husky snappcrback
werc both tried yesterday at the cen
ter post. but lacked the polish and krel
Judgment displayed by Dern. who ha
the makeup Of becoming one Of th
hest pivot mon seen in the Red am
Blue ranks in years. II is hoped tina
Dorn will bc able to resume his dutic
within few days.