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LAFAYETTE BEAT PENN, TIED
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r "I Knew Him When" Cltfb Meeting After Satur
day's Disaster Gives Maroon and White i
Championship in Olden Days
FOOTBALI In then modern llmf?s Is n comparative cinch when likened to the
game played twenty years ago. Now wo have special cars when traveling, n
Seek of tralnem and rubbers to look after the needs of ench rnnn, n training tatilo
to mako suro thnt they gat the proper food, numerous coaches to tench tho players
fcsw to play their portions In fact, n football team now Is moro thoroughly
trained than a Ran of high-class chorus girls In n 1500,000 production. In tho
Bays of old. however, the players wcAiM put on somo sort of n uniform which they
purchased themselves, trot out to practice and follow tho Instructions of tho
captain there were few coaches -and afterward rush to their rooms nnd not to
a palatial nnd well-fitted gymnasium ns they do now. Hometlmcs n player would
get a rubdown, but that happened when anothor player did the rubbing. I.lfc on
the gridiron Is one swrot dream on n lcd of roses nowadays, but twenty cars
ago- It was one darn thing after another.
All of this reminiscent stuff can bo blamedon a conversation wo had with
.Davls n. Sklllman. one of the executives at lafnyetto College who wept with tho
other ulumnl and undergraduates Inst Saturday when Alma Mater proved that
she wns nineteen points worse than Penn when It came to playing football. Mr.
Sklllman keenly felt the sting of defeat, but brightened up considerably when ho
showed his card to the "I Knew Him When" Club nnd unloaded a bunch of ancient
history, which boosted the Maroon nnd White Into the stellar rolo whllo tho other
college teams cither carried spears In tho back row or donned tho disguise of
pikers. a
- Twas Not Like This in the Olden Days
WE OATHnUED from Mr. Bklllrnnn's remarks that lafnyetto was not In tho
habit of losing football games a couple of decades ago. Then tho collcgo was
feared by all, and the mere mention of the name mado tho other teams trembto
In their boots. 'Way back In 1895, when Parko II. Davis, of Princeton, coached
the team, modern football If wo may call It by that name was born nt Iafay
tte. Davis was a. great coach and soon had tho eleven playing a wonderful gnmo.
Tho fame of tho Kaslonlans spread throughout the country, and tho next year,
1896, many of tho strongest teams wero on tho schedule. It wns tho greatest
eleven that ever represented Lafayette- beforo or since ns It won every gnmo
and scored 240 points to tho opponents' nothing before the Penn gnmo. Tho
season started off with a 0 0 score with Princeton nnd tho Tigers wero outplayed nt
all stages. lafnyetto should have won, but tho game lasted only twenty minutes.
To show how good Princeton was that year, tho somo team defeated Yalo on the
following Saturday by the score of 37 to E.
Tho Maroon nnd While felt pretty good aftor gaining this moral victory over
tho Tigers, so fho next week they Issued a sweeping challengo defying the world
to meet them on the gridiron. The University of Virginia accepted tho deft nnd
the toom traveled to Charlottevllle to put on the game. An attempt also was
mads to play other southern tenms, but' as none would oven consider it, Virginia
and Lafayette played three games on three successlvo days nnd In three different
towns. Barnstormers had nothing on thnt football eleven nnd tho trip was n
success, because the men from Enston won all three games. The chnngo of scene
did notaffect their playing.
Penn Not Anxious to Play the Game
BT THIS time Lafnyetto was tho sensation of the country, and when tho time
rolled around for tho Penn battle Interest ran unusually high. Mr. Sklllman
soys that 20,000 seats wero sold for tho contest, but a couple of days beforo the
battle was to be put on tho lied nnd Dlue tried to call everything off, supposedly
about a disagreement over tho guarantee. The Philadelphia newspapers, which
wero bitterly partisan to Penn, wero merciless in their nttack on Lnfayotte. Tho
Easton management, however, felt that It should get moro than a $500 guarantee.
Penn refused to raise this nmount, nnd Just when all negotiations wero to be called
off Professor Francis A. March told the lied nnd Dluo ofllclals thnt they would
play the game for nothing. Penn then accepted, and oho of the greatest games
ver played on Franklin Klc'ld was tho result,
Tho Penn team that year was exceptionally strong. "By" Dickson played one
of tho ends. Dr. Buck Wlmrton wns n guard and tho lender In tho guards back
formation and Jack Minds plnycd halfback and did the punting. A touchdown
counted only four points in those days, and a goal after a touchdown counted two
more. Lafnyetto played n great defensive gamo In the first half, holding Penn
for downs three times when tho necessary gain wns only five yards. In tho second
half Lafayette fumbled and Uffenholmer, the Penn tackle, plckcfl'up the ball nnd
made a touchdown. The goal was missed. '
Rowland Blocks Penn Kick
THE game neared the end and Lafnyetto played desperately. 1'cnn failed to
gain a first down and Jack Minds fell back to punt. Rowland, who was playing
left guard on tho Lafayette team. Jumped right over tho Penn lino with tho
nap of tho ball. He blocked the kick and recovered tho ball for Lafnyetto on
tho 30-yard lino. Twice Lafayette hit the Penn lino without gnln, nnd then came
tho trick that outwitted Penn nnd won the gnme for the Maroon nnd AVhlto. Tho
ball was well over to tho side of the field. Bray, the Lafayette fullback, fell back
to try for a field goal. This goal under the old system would bnvo counted four
points nnd tied tho game. Penn looked for nothing but n kick nnd massed to
break through and block tho kick. Barclay was well over toward tho side lino.
"Honest Ooeckel" Jones, tho center, made tho snap to Barclay and ho was nway
down tho side lino. Ho made thirty yards and the touchdown and n moment later
kicked the .goal. Tho game ended almost directly with n sgoro of 6-4 for Lafayctto.
This was one of tho first fako kicks In football. On the next Saturday this Penn
team defeated Harvard by a large score.
This victory wns the moro commendnblo considering the fact thnt Walbrldgo,
tho Lafayette captain, did not play. For some time previous to tho struggle ho
had been troubled with attacks of severe pain In his side. On the train to Phlla-
delphta from Bethlehem Walbrldgo had one of theso attacks. Upon examination
of Vv'nlbrldge ho was taken to a hospital and operated on whllo his teammates
wero fighting so hard for victory on Franklin Field. ,
Is Williams Afraid to Meet Louisiana?
WHETHER Kid Williams doesn't enre for any more of Louisiana's game or that
local promoters are not at all anxious to stage the match, apparently Is a ques
tion. It Is said that a local matchmaker has offered Williams a match with
Louisiana and for the champion's manager, Dava Wartnlk, "to name his own
price," yet Wartnlk has not made anjj reply. This Is tho match that Phlladob
phia fans are anxiously awaiting to see. They saw Louisiana knook down Wil
liams for a nine second toll last year. Somo declared tho punch that dropped
N tho champion was a wild swing and that tho local lad never could do It again.
When It Is taken Into consideration that Louisiana always has given Williams
tho champion's hardest battles, It must bo admitted that tho former has tho old
Indian sign -on the Baltimore battler.
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Penn's hill and dale athletes will have to bo In good shape Saturday morning
If tho Quaker cross-country team expects to defeat Cornell In their annual dual
race. Wlndnagle, captain of the Ithacans, has been In training all season,
and Coach Jack Moakley has Instructed tho leader to run wild from tho pistol
hot to finish In an effort to annex the Individual laurels. Wlndnagle Is one of
tho fastest men In collegiate running ranks. Tho Tenn runner who beats him out
for first-place honors will have to bo a speedy man and keep in tho load from
the start.
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Anderson, St. Luke's star halfback, kicked three goals from field In the gamo
yesterday with Haverford College, 3d, at Wayne, Pa., one of the youngster's drop
kicks going over the crossbar from tho 38-yard line. He also dl-played soma
splendid punting. One boot went for seventy yqrds, which is a record for many
ellego kickers. And Anderson Is only seventeen years old. Tho final score
was 11 to 0.
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CATHOLIC GAME SATURDAY
Casrarclll, the "Mike Dorltas" of the tenm,
will play on Drrmian'a sldo of the line,
which will be completed on the wing with
Tom O'Nell. Pansullo, J'ascage, Brannl
gan, McWIIIiams nnd Gillespie will work
on the other side Mnhuncy will play cen
ter. Catholic High won the championship last
year. True the I'm pie nnd Gold defented
both I.a Salle ami St Joe, but before the
present season rolled around Catholic had
lost most of Its titular players. The team
virtually was shot to pieces. Coach Glendon
having but three veterans around whom to
butlJ a new team. They are Cunningham,
captain, and a linesman; Quarterback Frell
and Northrop, center.
While the ability of Catholic High In the
T.i Salle match Is somewhat dubious, great
enthusiasm and much confidence prevail
with Coach Dunn and his charges. In their
way of thinking, why, of course, It looks
like a La Salle victory of course. How
can the poor Catholic High bunch expect to
return victorious over such a splendidly put
together and brilliant playing aggregation?
This Is certainly the way La Salic dopes the
matter.
TfiR TN GOLF TEE-BUCKETS
AND FROZEN SAND PROMISE"1
QUICK SHIFT TO WINTER RU
Bj SANDY M'NIDLICK
MANY chairmen of green committees are
beginning to cast around thus early In
the season to look into the necessities or
winter rules and the day on which they
stftuld be put Into effect Golfers these
days, especially on the smaller courses,
feel that the time wilt be at hand In tho
course of a couple of greeks.
It Is felt In many cases that th players
are allowed to shoot oft thrwUr fairway
too late in the season, with the """""'
spring finds many holes In the fairway
where there Is no excuse for them.
Speaking of fall skies, a trajge jolf
match was staged at Whltemarsh th li i week,
when Hdward Jefferson, of that club, was
stacked up aralnst "rteddy" Roberts, the
boy marvel, that tralloped Big Chief Ben
der. the Indian baseball pitcher, this sum-
m Jefferson strolled out to the club all set
for a game, but It was a dull day and there
was no opposition In sight Finally Jef
ferson appealed to Bill Nunevlller, who
volunteered to furnish an opponent
"Jleddy." fully 4 feet tall, blond of head
and boyish of rnln. was produced. He Is
a simple caddy ordlnarflr. bnt ( .
a very fast game. JefTorsos tockTH
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ma iimivu na tin.
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with the fact that ho did not nt;
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"How did It come out?" nv.
Nunevlller at the end of the nutclL
Jefferson made no reolr.
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A careful study of prominent college
punters' photographs printed In newspa
pers has helped Andy Graber. the Sherl
dnnnUlle, Pa., kicker, to become a head
liner for La Salle College Before entering
the Philadelphia Institution Graber played
with the school team at home. To be a
punter of high class wns always an ambi
tion of the big halfback. He collectod clip
pings of such players as Brtcklcy, Oll
phant. Berry and Kelly. From these he
practiced as near as possible the form of
each,
Graber's punting will likely be one of
tho strongest defensive points for the Blue
and Gold against Catholic High Saturday
on Northeast's field. Ho has been practic
ing drop nnd placement kicking In hopes
of nnnexlng points If his fellow backs are
unable to produce touchdowns. In kicking
goals following touchdowns Graber has
missed only one out of seven tries during
regular games.
In naming ofllclals Dr. John J. Kcogh was
selected to referee the La Salle-Cathollo
High match. Although the Purple and
Gold's record for the present season Is not
to be compared with thnt of l.a Salle, the
former Is confident of retaining Its title.
Those who have witnessed the La Salle
machine In action state that It Is the best
In scholastic ranks. This team Is particu
larly strong In Its backfleld men. Kenneth
Slmendlnger, one of the halves. In recog
nition of his wonderful speed and defen
sive playing. Is certain to attract the eyes
of alt-xcholastic experts. It Is up to Tim
Donovan, the diminutive quarterback, to
get the best out of his scoring machine.
Ia Salle's line has been considerably
strengthened by the rcmoal of Captain
Addle Brennan from fullback to n tackle,
where he played pn the 1916 team. Joe
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