Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-08
We're Shining Lights IN
Army Corps Victory
Penn Varsity Works Out

UTIvE me three Of those backs and
" couple of the linemen and l will
give you an All-American combination
after couple Of weeks coaching.
Tom Mcnamara was discussing the
Third Army Corps football team this
morning, The soldiers from Camp
Howard, Baltimore. trounced Nc.
Namara's junior varsity eleven ON
Franklin Field yesterday afternoon
10 to 0. ...,.
as clever trio Of backs as have stepped
on Franklin Field In couple OF sea-.
sons. Greene at center, DAILY ut lett
guard and March at right end are about
as capable on the line as can be iounn
any place. Think Of having six men. all
~ whom played stellar football at either
West Point or Annapolis, as nucleus
to make up team. o.,
"Hahn is one Of the best line
crashers I have ever seen on nm Army
team, and I coached nnd played on sew
ernI during my soldier days. The way
he can whirl through a line and shake
of tacklers reminds me OF the only time
| saw jim Thorpe in action.
"Frcnch and Moves were real stars
against our team. The big fellow from
West Point can certainly run with @ the
been brilliant signnl caller. Wait
until that crowd plays together n little
longer. and that Marine Corps eleven
that meets them the second OF next
month will know that they have been In
The husky line and backfeld Of the
Baltimore domghboys' outfit proved en- L.
tirely too strong for the light weight
Red and Blue Juniors, who, however.
nut up n plucky fight from the start.
The line and backfeld outweighed Nc.
Namara's team almost ten pounds to
the man.
| A LACK Of offensive po,cer on tho
| II part Of Simmons, the lsS. pound
quarterback, and his mates proved
the deciding factor. -Four fret dorns
1rere registered. one on q penalty,
on straight lnc. plun0ing. Tho lima
of\the dough boys ros impenetrd bic
whcn yards ,cerc needed for fret
dozen.
King Big Ground Gamer
MCNAMARA tossed King. Grove ant
1N1 Frank Dcwhirst into the breach t.
help stem the tide, and they performed
valiantly, King was the principa
ground gamer for the Juniors and dit
all their kicking after getting into tn,
game. Dewhirst was tower OF strength
on the line. while Grove played bril-
liantly on the defense.
, Noyes and French belong to- the stuff
that heroes are made OF. The frs
named failed to make tho grade in thu
final examinations in the navy AM
enlisted as II plain buck private in th'
army in the hope that he will win ,
, commission. French. who had to lcav
West Point because he could not maste
the intracacics Of calculus. Is also
: private at Camp Howard. Like Noyes
he enlisted with the prospects Of gettin
commission.
gridiron season with Conshohocken
where he starred in the backheld. Tw,
. weeks ago the lure Of the old army III
2 crept back into his veins and he en-
J listed. His first act after getting rigge
: out in the o. d. was to try out 70
! the football team at the camp. II
y made the first team without much trol,
!. bic. French, who comes from Moores
town. y. j.. not many miles north O
= Camden. will 60 South with COnni
2 Mack in the spring to try for a plac
I on the Shibe Park varsity. He signe
a contract last September.
I Despite the leaden skies and tn
small number Of spectators the gam
9 had all the flavor of a big college game
y with cheer leaders and students whoop
}. ing things up In grand style. The gam
J: itself was we'll worth looking at. an
: had the Red and Blue Juniors been
i little heftier they might have held tn
, strong Army eleven.
u, IIETTENANT {, l.. Hahn, mhl
10 l. played fullLork for the visitors
0 T0s the star Of the game. TWicc he
Y scored touchdorns. Once 10 ripped
'0 and tore hts ray through the Penn
D. team for 81 yards on three successive
pldys and on the other accession he
!, Intercepted a jorrdrd pass and ran
X So yards for tourhdo1t,f.
y French Scores Touchdown
,a LNltENCH scored tho other touch,low
10 J. on a forward pass tossed hy Noyc
The former West Pointer ran 40 var
,r after making tn" catch. bowling oy
H. simmons, the mite quarterback. duri,
n, the dash.
II Smith, the right tackle Of the soldi
y team and n former West Pointer, su
" fcred Q dislocated elbow during ii
=" eraceS. while Simmons. Who wee stunn