Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-21
BY JOSEPH +. LABRUM

! supplied the help to Thomas ana DIEM
when they carried the ball. and had the
! juniors line been littlr stronger there
might have been different story To
tell.
In sixty two downs. over period
Of three. quarters Of an hour, & the Jay Jay
40 yards, which isn't much. They ac-
tuaily totaled more than 100, but poor
passing from center by a man who
never played the position before. com;
bined with weakness In the Juniors
nne due to the fact that the guards,
tackles and center had never played to.
gether before. served to lose what was
gained. Quite number Of fumbles
were made by the jay wee backs through
faulty passing. with the result that
on the very next play.
THE forty yards ~ sirtv.t,co
dozens speaks Volumes for the
brilliant defensive playing Of the sub.
| past the line Of scriu mage. and rhen
| he did he found a stoneIaN conaist.
ING Of either CLARK Craig o. Babe
Grove. ,caittng to fell him. The line
charged cell, pushing tho jav Vees
back time after time before the run.
ner could aet started.
EVEENY, the former La salle star,
J. played brilliantly at end, making a
number Of tackles from behind after
eluding the opposing tackle. who was set
to take him out Of the play.
Cnig's Great Play
Craig anL Grove were In the lime.
light from the start with their vicious
tackling. The first named. who was on
season, has shown in the last week that
the coaches would have had n big prob.
lem on their hands to keep him of the
varsity had he been in good condition
all season. For hard, vicious tacklinG
Craig ranks equal to any in the busi-
ness. And he has been playing the
backfield this year for the first time
after spending his schools days at end.
Torn Mcnamara has been coaching
his Junior varsity for several days In
the Cornell formations, but they failed
yesterday because Of the alertness Of the
varsity backs and the terrific drive OF
the linemen.
"If Cornell beats this team this year
they will at Last know they have been
in the hardest fight OF the season..
Sulu one cOuch I'D no Woineo VA '"0 "eA"
after practice.
"Tbat 41.to.O score last year will
never happen this year, even If 1t rains
| in volumes. This tenn IL fighting every
minute, and it would not surprise mo
any il they keep 1t up until the end
| Of the year. They are talking all the
time about beating Cornell. and when
q team has that in its craw and isn't
worried at all about advance reports.
all I have to say Is watch out for nm
upset.
tsYAW 10 q brilliant ramner:--sherc
Ah Rttle doubt Of that--but I am
told that once he 10 stopped BY the
line he becomes most ordinary back.
We arc training oMr team dilt9entIy
f., him. pann ,s.v Rs~'ey Ca, %,yo% ana q, cS. s"v
onS Ss tnm. %"S a. nfs .hsy 'ea did 'se last year yea
pNI be because the Penn team has
changed entirely. II they Keep up
the SPLENDID fighting spirit thev. haze
now and 90 into that Oamc deter.
mlned to ,oin I think they tciH do IT,
THIS week will probably be spent
L almost entirely on defensive work.
| The offense can take care OF itself for
n time, IL the contention OF some, while
the team is perfecting its defense. Cor.
nell has been high scoring team all
season. and the first necessity II to stop
the scoring or keep It at an absolute
minimum.
THAT Penn's defense is excellent ia
attested by the fact that the Middies
failed to score; that Pittsburgh, which
scored three tOuchdOwns against Wash.
ington and jefferson, could score only
one against the Red and Blue, and that
State, with such sterling backs as Palm
and Wilson, had to resort to for.
ward pass to make their only score,
finding the line entirely too strong.
The Red and Blue hns been scored
On the last five games played, but not
one of the quintet OF opposing teams
has been able to shoot across more than
one touchdown. II Cornell can be held
" =" one touchdown, and there IL a strong
nossib,lity that they will get nary
nnc the chances OF victory perchiny
on the banners OF Penn will be exceed.
ingly bright.
Expect to Win
The regular players to a man ara
emphatic that they are going to finish
| the season In II blaze Of glory by dump
ing the big Rcd team. Outside Of Col.
gate and Dartmouth, Cornell has had
hut little stern competition, the play.
ers opine. and when they run up against
Penn they will meet better team than
either tho Green or the New Workers..
Colgate lost to the Ithicans by two
,o,;rhdowns and Dartmouth three six
pointers and IL field goql. Colgate bent
| Syrucuse II to Z, and Penn State held
| the Orange to Il scoreless tic. Make
your own deductions.
The entire team that defeated Penn
tion from hard work yesterday. Can.
tain Miller and his mates romned
around the field In signal drilling, hesv.
ins forward passes and eatchinI them.
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