Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-07
Ton, Mcnamara Praises
Dobie's Eleven; Haze
Great Po,ver and Work
Like a Machine, Scrub
Coach Says; Busy Day for
Varsity in Scrimn,age
PAPWORTH INJURED
BY JOSEPH T. LABRUM

BY JOSEPH T. LABRUM
'TNHAT Cornell outfit is a bearcat,
L believe me :" Tommy McNamara,
scrub coach at the University Of Penn.
sylvania. who stressed the last two
words to lend force to what he had to
say about Gil Dobie's smashing, crash.
Ing eleven that has swept aside all op-
position this season.
McNamara was in Ithaca Saturday
on most important mission. He was
the Penn scout. and what he saw made
MIN believe that the Ithacans have one
OF the best teams Of the year. 'They
seem to have everything" said Nc
Namara. From the start Of the game
until the finish they gained more ground
than could be counted on an adding
machine.
Columbia hasn't very strong team
as compared with Cornell, but 1t has
couple of players who could make
any team In the country. 1t could
40 little with the brand Of football sup.
piled BY Eddie Kaw and his mates Sat.
urday. The Perfection and co.ordina.
tion OF play Of Cornell was something
pretty to look at. Il got the plays
off with speed and faultiessly, driving
through Columbia with ease.
"THAT team has popsr In abund.
4 dncc. Its drive hos all tho
force Of a batterino ram and the in
tionablv il 10 tho best wechanical
football team I hape seen IN some
years. Eoerv man kneso lis signals
to the. limit. Plav ,casn't delayed
onoe, because sonse one forgot tho
"%"Ss,:: ,."~h;,. mr.! E;y.e'y'"i"0 !. it did eo'
MCNAMARA praised the wonderful
4vA backfeld Of Cornell and thinks that
Pfann, the quarterback. is destined to
reach the stardom his running mate
Eddie Kaw did last year. "l'tain IL a
wonder at quarterback, continued Nc.
Namara. He runs his team with all
the skill Of born general and my how
he can. run with that ball and throw
forward pa0es.
Same Old Eddle Ksw
Kaw, Of course. IL the Kaw Of last
day and featured the game with some
spectacular running. Ramsey also had a
big afternoon getting trio Of six point
ers. Post the fullback, while not up
to the same standard a. Kaw and
Pfann, Is a mighty dangerous back. He
runs we'll with the ball and can hit a
line with a world of force.
"Of tho team that met and defeated
Penn last year Dob1e has back With
him Hanson, at left tackle. who does
all the kicking Of goals a3tog touch
downs, and he has been pretty busy this
year; sundstrom, right tackle; Rich
ards. center; Gouinlock. right end, and
the entire backfeld. Post was q substi-
tSct last year: but Kaw. Ramsey and
Pfann were all regulars"
McNamara was asked to msks com.
gar!scn between Penn and Cornell, and
believe that the two teams would be
ThanksgiNng Day rolled around.
Cornell has not been up against such
stif schedule % the Red ana Blue,
nor have they met . single team Of the
strength Of the Navy. The hardest
battle Of the season for the Ithacans
was against Colgate. St. Bonaventure,
Niagara University, New Hampshire
STATE. Colgate and Columbia are the
victims 10 far this season.
THE fret real tsst for Dobis's
mossS s'V /. 'V met st sss elo e"eS s,ou@d.. ~d..
CaWwsll's eleven has lost too gomes
the season, Unipersitv- Of Vermont
detecting tie Green, 6 TO 8, and
Horvo~d, l2 to 8. Last Saturday
Boston College Gds dsfeated, 10 to
2. Cornell 10 the farorite to sein tho
game, but not Iithout Keen battle.
VETERAN football followers who
Y have seen the Ithacaus perform this
season stamp them as championship
aggregation. Most OF them agree with
Mcnamara that Pfann has devclopec
into one Of the best quartsrbacks in
the East and that, like Kaw. he will
ct at least honorable mention on the
One advantage that Cornell will have
over Penn comes eleven daxs before the
game, November IS. when Dobie;s
eleven clashes with Albright, not con.
sidered strong opposition. while the
Red and Blue 10 meeting none other
than Hugo Resdek's Penn State team.
Neither team plays the Saturday before
Turkey Day.
Strenuous Day for Vas1ity
Coach Heisman did not wait to hear
McNamsfa's Men % E report p, .j,. Yesterday. being too
arst Monday since the opening game nv
Of the season tho entire varsity sonsd
was on Franklin Field yesterday in togs'
From early In the afternoon, until dark.
ness and rain drove the SQUAD in,Ioors
they worked like Trojans.
The varsity players were up and nj
'em yesterday. In direct contrast TO tho
practice drills OF last week. The spiri.