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SS OP NEILL, PENN'S STAR
GUARD, WILL BE PELT IN GAME
AGAINST HARLOW'S STATE TEAM
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'Adtion of Faculty in Declaring Big Lineman In-
eligible, Combined With Henning's Absence
Through Illness, Handicaps Folwell
TKK om e BtHy Xe4H, who waa declared Ineligible by the 'Tenn faculty yester
rhy, to severe istow to tho Rod and Dlue football team, and the first effects
wdf be fK In t4e kittle with Btate, College tomorrow. The big guard waa one of
Mm mainstays In the line knd waa used principally to open hole for the backs on
attack. Ite atsd Aid well on tho defense, few yard being gained through
htm this and tent season. His work was not of tho flashy sort and nttracted little
attention In the ifamta, but ho played a steady, consistent game, was fighting
hard from start to finish and could be depended upon at nil times. The coaches
knew his true wdrlh, and some tall hustling must bo done to get a man to take
Ma jMhco. ,
Hennlng's lose crippled the team considerably, but the coaches felt that Nelll
would lend some aid to his substltuto, Manny Wlrkman. Nclll helped tho new
Mn and probably would have been of more nsslstance had he remained In the
ajame. Now Wlrkman la tho veteran nnd he In turn must lend a helping hand to
wann, Wagoner or Ertresvaag, or whoover Is selected, to play right guard. It
Mlly can be seen that Tenn's chances to win from State are not so rosy as be
ere and Bob Folwell's mon will be mighty lucky If the battle does not turn against
tfcm. About (weriyflve per cent of the team's strength Is lost.
The guard positions arc the most Important on the team. They flank the center,
protect him while passing tho ball, nnd It Is up to them to put up n, stonewall de
fense against the attacks that are hurled at the center of the line. The guards
oust think quickly, diagnose plays, got Into interference and do everything the
ther men are supposed to do. In other words, they must bo experienced players,
MAd.lt takes time to develop them. It Is a certainty that Duck Wharton, line coach,
will not have time to leach a. man nil of the tricks In a couplo of days, or even a
couple of weeks. A good guard must have had some exporlenco In big games,
and tho first lesson for the new man whoever he may be will bo against State. '
i Pcnn Stale Uses Line-Smashing Attack
DICK HARLOW has a terrific llnc-smashlng- attack which Is directed at the
center and tackles. Most of tho gains are mado through theso plays. Lnrry .
Whitney, the famous pllo-drtylng Dartmouth fullback, is assisting Harlow, and
ome of the old Hanover tricks havo bpen taught the players. Two Inexperienced
guards wilt havo lots of trouble stopping thoso plays, nnd it's a cinch that they
Will bo usod constantly. It means that the brunt 'of the work will fall on the
boulders of Lud Wray, nt center, and Captain Mathews and Little, tho tackles,
and tho question Is, will they stand up under tho strain?
Mathews and Little aro two of tho best tackles In the Bast, and no doubt will
mash tho plays directed at them. That being tho case, Ewlng, the Stnto quarter
back, soon wilt find the weakness In the lino and shoot tho plays at the guards
instead. Borne excellent lino plunging should be seen in the game. If Wlrkman
can hold his own Wray will be able to help tho new man. If not well, It looks
very sad tor the homo folks.
Howard Ilerry, the Intrepid soldlcr-athlctc, will strengthen the backfield, and
Light should be a big Improvement at quarter. Both of 'these men are fast and run
welt with the bal); but as Grant Rice says, "What good is a speedy man to a team
if he is nailed beforo ho stnrts7" All of which places the opus on the linemen, and
It is BOMB onus. Rob Fohvcll is having tough luck at Penn this year, but there
ts one consolation: Every conch in, tho country, including Glenn Warner, Al
Eharpe, Percy Haughton, .Alonzo Slagg, Tad Jones, Bill jHollenback, Frank Cava
naugh nnd Bill Roper, could not turn out a team, even if they worked together,
provided there was no material with which to build a team.
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Princeton and Harvard Will Have Easy Time
PRINCETON and Harvard will huvo n nico, easy time with their opponents to
morrow, the former meeting Lafayotto and the Crimson mingling vtlth tho
Massachusetts Aggies. Billy Ciowell'J Eastoplans nro not what might be called
a strong tenm this near, nnd should offer little opposition to tho Tigers. Tho Aggies,
who gave Harvard a hard battle last year, are not likely to repeat, as the Crimson
already has felt the sting of defeat, nnd will take no chances. Tho game will he
a dress rehearsal for the Cornell conflict a week hence, and Percy Haughton will
get a better lino on his men. Cornell tackles Rucknell at Ithaca, but little trouble
is expected up there. Buckncll lost to State by an overwhelming score, and Doc
tor Sharpe's athletes will attempt- to duplicate the feat.
There Is one game which probably will be burled among tho .others, but It
looks like ono of .tho best of tho day. The strong Navy team meets West Virginia
at Annapolis, and somo rral football will be shown. West Virginia gave Penn a
hard battle and came back against Virginia Poly, beating it, 10 to 0, last Sat
wday. Tho Morgantown eleven Is exceptionally strong, and will test out tho
reputed strength of the Middles. The .Navy, however, played a hard' game with
Pitt last Saturday, and several of the best men have been laid up with injuries.
If tnese players get back into the game West Virginia will havo a hard time.
But the REAL combat will bo staged In Syracuse, N. Y., where Large William
HoIlcnbacK Is laboring with a gang of steam rollers on tho Syracuse football team.
This flock of ferocious fighters will go up against the University of Pittsburgh,
and at the end the championship aspirations of one team will be laid away on the
aheff for another year Both Pitt and Syracuso look like the best teams this year,
notwithstanding tho early splurges made by Yale and Princeton.
The players seem to bo of a higher standard and n bigger standard which
la more important. Pitt went through the season last year with a clean string of
Victories, and Syracuse lost only one game Princeton winning, 3 to .0. A tie game
was played with Dartmouth, but all of the other eastern games resulted In vic
tories. Pitt looks good, but bo docs Syracuse, nnd the result Is a tosvup.
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Look for Action When Tennis Solons Meet
A FINE young scrap Is scheduled to bo staged, at the annual meeting, of tho
United States National Lawn Tennis Association this winter In New York,
The edict of the executlvo commUtce barring all players "engaged In selling sport
ing goods from competing an amateurs will come up beforo tho delegates to be acted
upon, and a rousing time is expected. The ruling of the executive committee gives
players now In the sporting goods business until the spring of 1918 to And nnother
means of livelihood. But the feeling among the rank and file of tennis players Is so
strongly against the rule that it is not likely to be passed,
f The straw that broke the camel's back wad the recent action taken by the asso-
station's acrobatic president, George Townsend Adeo, barring Miss Claire Cassell
from competing in tournaments held under the auspices of the national associa
tion, on tho ground that because she was a professional skater she was also a pro
fessional tennis player.
Miss Cassell happened to become a professional, skater by the merest accident.
One night at a roof-garden rink in New York her remarkable gracefulness and skat
ing ability attracted the attention of the manager of the jace, and he immediately
Mtgaged her to give exhibitions. Sho then attracted greater attention and went
Wjth tho ''Hip, Hip, Hooray" company, now playing at .the Metrppolttan Opera
Mouse, And because of this she is a professional tenuis player, along with John
Tfelllp Sousa and other members of the company.
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The ineligibility -of Billy Nelll probably will cause tho Penn coaches to rush
Ml) Henning into the line-up sooner than was expected. It Is hoped that Doctor
' Hancock makes sure that Henning has recovered .entirely from his operation for
appendicitis before he is allowed to do any scrimmage work, as he will be needed
mote against Michigan and Cornell than against Lafayette and Dartmouth,
Penn coaches declare that Johnny Woldon, the Lafayette halfback, is the best
Jl-around back in the East They contend that he is the ideal combination man
ntf the meat dangerous Individual back whp will oppose Penn this season. Wei
dpn's work against Penn and Lehigh last fall was wonderful, but only ono or two
varltica even mentioned his name In picking AlltAmerlca elevens. It is another
i pf a star being- buried on a smaller -couege team.
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CAPTAIN MATJEEWS TELLS WHY
BILLY NEILL WAS DECLARED
INELIGIBLE BY THE FACULTY
By NEIL MATHEWS
Captsla rnn Football Team
Penn appears to be getting lots or tough
breaks this Benson. Just when we thought
our line-up was settled and the team had
at last struck Its stride a ruling by the
faculty deprived us of the services of our
best guard, the veteran Hilly Nelll. If Nelll
had been barred beforo the season opened
we would not be In such a bad way now. as
another guard would havo been schooled to
take his place; but his disqualification,
ccmlng on the eve of tho State game. Is a
great blow.
A few weeks ago we lost Charley Hen
ning, who Is, to my way of thinking, the
best guard In the country today, and I think
tlie majority of critics will agree with me.
As a tenm Henning and Nclll were as good
as any pair In the country, all things con
sidered, and losing them makes a grent hole
In n department of the team that was
causing the coaches the least worry.
, I want to explain our position In the Nelll
case, so that no ono can have any doubt
but what Pennsylvania acted In good faith
and did not Intentionally use an Ineligible
plajei In Its early games.
Beforo tho season opened every player
In tho squad was compelled to fill out nnd
Blgn a blank telling of nls past experience
in football. These blanks were turned over
to the faculty committee on athletics, and
unless they were passed by this body a man
could not represent IJenn on the gridiron.
Took Prep Course
In filling out his blank Nelll slated clear
ly that he had played football for three
years at Whttmnn College. Walla Walla.
Wbsh., but explained that In his tlrnt year
at Whitman that Institution wns not known
as a college, but wns considered a prepnra
tory school, on the same plane with some
of tho business colleges In th's city. In
his first year nt Whitman Nclll took a pre
paratory school course, ns he never had
a diploma from any high school, but
befoie the following term Whitman wns
bequeathed a lnrge sum of money, built
now buildings, put In new departments and
branched forth as a full-fledged college.
Nelll p!aed two ears at Whitman when
It was cons dered a college and while he
was taking n college course, but he did not
consider that his first year should be
cotmted ngalnst him. He did not try to
decelvo tho faculty committee In nny wny,
and It passed him without question, which
made him cllglbla for our early games.
According to the rules, a player Is not
permitted to -play more than four ears
of college footbnl altogether, and cannot
rcpicscnt a large, college for more than
thren years. Ah last season was Nelll's first
on tho Penn tenm and we did not consider
that the first year at Whitman -should be
counted against him, we believed thnt he
wai eligible for nnother year of college foot
ball, and so did the faculty committee until
two days ago.
The coach of one of the teams on our
schedule wrote to a niember of the faculty
committee asking that Nelll be withdrawn,
and in order to assure other colleges and
the public that Penn was aboveboard so
far as Its1 eligibility code Is concerned, the
hrxky guard was declared Ineligible, though
the faculty committee really believes that
Nelll should be allowed to play.
While the clcenth-liour disqualification
of Nclll has weakened the team a' great
deal. It served to put more fighting spirit
Into our players, nnd you can rest assured
that there will be a battle royal staged to
morrow ngalnst State. Harlow's team Is
reputed to bo the strongest State eyer has
sent to this city, and It Is anticipating
nn easy victory, but It may be very much
surprised.
State may beat us, but Hnrlow's team
will have to fight nil the way, and you can
bet wo will right Just ns hard If the score Is
30 to 0 ngalnst us ns we would If we were
lending In n close game. We have a par
ticular reason for wishing to beat State, and
Penn teams generally come through when
piaylng games of this Bort
Practice Hnndlinfr Ball
The weather Interfered with the practice
Coach Folwell had outlined for us yester
dny. Folwell Intended sending us through
n stiff scrimmage with the scrubs, but
when he saw the condition of the field
he decided to take no chances. We got
some excellent practice handling the ball,
however, and ran through a stiff signal
drill.
During the signal drill Swann was sta
tioned at right guard In Nelll's old place,
nnd Indications are thnt he will start the
game ngalnst State. Swann has shown
wonderful Improvement, and If he gets off
to a good start, should develop Into a star.
Until two weeks ago Swann's football ex
perience had been limited to less than a
season in high school, and he did not re.
port for practice until nfter the regular sea
son had opened.
Swann was with the scrubs only two days
when his strength and aggressiveness at
tracted the attention of Conch Wharton,
who took him In hand and brought him
along fast. Swan Is an alt-round nthlete
and was a member of the swimming team,
last year ns well ns captain of the water
polo team.
BAR BASKETBALL MEN
American Places Ban on Players of
Three Big Leagues
riam for the 1016 campaign were mapped out
a aneclal meetlntf of the American Ifmui nt
Iiaakrlball Cluba held In Our I.ady of llrrcy'a
('iuhrnoma laat night. A reaolutlon waa adopted
aa follows 4 "Any man aliened by an Caatern.
lvnnlanta Rtata or lnteratata league, club
hull not Im ellalbla to Play In the American
league while hla nama Is on the roller of any
cluh In said league."
Tho following officers were, elected! Treat
dent. William Allen! tiro president, William
lllthlncr. secretary, p J Dunm uailatattt see.
retary, A. H llaurk, treaaurer. V J O'Connor,
The Kamea will be played on Monday and Fri
day nights at Nutntorlum Hall
"JOE" ARMSTRONG
MOST VERSATILE
RACQUET WIELDER
. By WILLIAM J. TILDEN, 2D
Following closely on the heels of Harold
A. Throckmorton, and. In fact. In tho minds
of many students of tennis quite on a par
with him, Is a Phlladelphlan, Joseph J.
Armstrong, 1915 Pennsylvania State cham
pion. Armstrong made a magnificent rec
ord this year, and but for his unfortunate
defeat by Hunter at Newport would un
doubtedly have been a first ten-man.
Armstrong went to the third round of tho
Pennsylvania State. In which he was the
playlng-through tltleholder, when he went
down in defeat In straight sets before Til
den. Then came the Delaware State. In which
he was challenger. He defeated Stanley W.
Pearson, our 1916 Philadelphia champion,
two sets to one. In the semifinals, and won
from Tllden In the finals, 1.6, 8-8, 3-6, 6-4
default, when Tllden at 4-1 In his favor In
the fourth set went out with a pulled tendon
nnd a case of cramps. Armstrong was
beaten by Church, three sets to one. In the
challenge, round.
Then came Ixmgwood, where he made his
greatest record of the year. He defeated E.
U Ingram. H. V. D John nnd Billy Mc
elroy In the first three rounds with the
loss of only one set, that to McEllroy.
Then he met "Peck" Orlflln. who had
previously defeated In turn It. N. Williams,
2d, and T. It. Pell. He defeated Orlflln In
five sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, E-7, C-4, He followed
this by crushing Inlng Wright In stra'ght
sets and capped the ctlmax of his triumphs
by. putting out Ichlya .Kumagas In straight
sets In the semifinal.
In tho final he was swamped by John
ston, who by a momentary lapse allowed
htm one set. It was but natural that there
should bo a reaction from such a string of
matches.
Armstrong did not play at Seabrlght. At
Newport he fell badly nnd was smeared by
F. T.' HUnter In the second round after he
had defeated Fred liaggs In the first.
At Southampton, Armstrong ngaln struck
Milwaukee Buys Cuban Pitcher
MII.WAUKKK. Wis.. Oct. 20. Al Tlmme.
owner of the local team of tho American Asso
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Pitcher Pedro Oibut, of the Havana, Cuba,
team.
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his gait and defeated In turn II. It. Steb
bens, Ted Whitney, E. W. Wilson, Jr., T. It.
Pell and Richard Ilarte. lie was beaten
by Washburn In three sets In the semi
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tournament.
Jrseph J. Armstrong has one of the most
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can tennis. He is! equally at home In the
bnck court or at the net. Ills forehand Is
either a severe chop stroke or a swift and
tepped drlvo. Ills backhand Is an accurate
slice shot thnt skids low oft tho ground
when It bounces. Accuracy and Intelli
gence, coupled with fighting ability, mark
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ns when he Is behind.
SALE OF SPEAKER
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LANNIN, OF SOX
"Unfortunate" Trade Alii
vjiuy jieips uieveland by
$50,000 for Season
COMMENT BY GRANT Rl(
Dy GIUNTLAND RICE
HAS any phe stopped to flgura out W$i
how much Owner iannln uuh rtj 1
the Speaker sale laat April? , f
apTOKing or nigh finance, which
few are, this sale was the record
of them all.
To begin with, tannin
cash,
In the next place, he saved ttO.tM ,
or saiary witn walker In Speakers u2
in the third place. Instead fceZS
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August, as he would have done with?!
on hand tatting ,85. h ioJT ."J
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The difference between a eloivS!1?
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With Speaker on hand. the.na Rn,
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nuuiBuk, no xjruumj-n a only victory aV1
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