TvTuJmS $ ,,-, - ,,. f"iT1fi ' I IS JSVJBtflNGr PUBLIC LEDQER4-XHlLAliELPHIA, MOflDA ' ofaoJOBm 20, IW'D . , , .Ill ..... 1 . I I l . l ll ll T T H fj,. - -W Wrecking dope seems to be favorite pastime in all branches of sport this year FEROCIOUS PANTHER -n a h T Sri r a ik Tn n T t nt i T TTzy r IJUVl&U jHl1U dUjBUUJUU BY SYRACUSE ATTACK WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND m . . p 8- hi f I! & iPt's Defense Crumpled and Cracked Under Foe's i ."D. ..-.. nfl'l...Ur. PI,,,,.,., ,1 2en. IV,,, C,-',,1. ' iron Cef JFrw A'o Fluke Warner s Men Outclassed lly KOIIKItT V. MAXWKI.I. "Mrt T.itltor Kvfnliig tubllr t edRei Onvrfalii, Jfin t! I'liblir l.eilacr Cc. THAT left-haiiileil wallop which nr-tloil in the vvliM.crs of Je-s Willard, put the hlir litinbo on IiIh lmrlt mill made it possible for Jack- lcmptey to win , tho world's cliainpioiiiliip lnst-.luly -t, was no more MirprisiiiK titiil caused no more constcruutlon tban tin- smciiriiif: lccclvcd by l'ltt nl the hands ot S.vrncue University on Saturdtij . Of course It vvns a big Mirjiri'.c, no one expected It and everybody is wondering how ll happened, but tbo nmr rxors for the .lolnm tnwn tlouil niid Hip victor of the Itcds orr tbn White Nov. I'liniilural up heavals always nppcar Ktrnneo. vveird and iiinminl. Kor the first time In five jcars the ferocious Panther was tamed lo such an extent thnt lie took it on the inn oicr the bael. fence with his tail between bis legs. l'V the llr-t time since (ilenn Warner took charge of football at pltt u college team scored a vli'tnr.v ocr his eleven In u regulation gnmc. To carry it further, for the flrl time in ninny jeara 1'itt was outptajed and oul CChcraled nnd finished Mcond because that's all fhe deserved. How did Sjimsi-e do it V l.'iisicst tiling in the world. That big Orange tfnm jul wulUe'd tlirnugb I'iltsburgb. got tin- jump it t tlic start, held it, kept on ilglitiiig and never let up until the limit whistle blew. livery man on the Ititt team it outplayed, and Hint Includes Hie b.ickllnM, consisting of l)e Hurt, Hastings Dnvies and Morrow. After one minute of play in the first period there was no douhl us In Hie final outcome Sjrnrtw had it all over hfr foes like Harnuni iV I'.ailej's trut Perhaps l'ltt was ovi-ii-iinlidi'iil and did noi tnUc the gnnie frriniifi) . That, however, is no etcuse. for Warner's men never plnjrd a more miserable game, 'ihe whole team cracked went llooio an ducted like anj thing but a champion ship nggicgation. At straight rushing tliej gaiued only 117 yards and made only one first down iu the game, while Sj mouse mude !.'!0 nrd and eighteen first downs Thoo ligurts not include forward passes. l'ltt completed two out of eight for a gain of lis juriN and the Orange got uway with two out ot four, for -i't jnrtN. rvrnrti jut waded through the l'ltt line at will, made gains 'when neec.ss.ir.v and put over the same stunt as Pittsburgh in 1P10. It vyns n case of historj repeating itself with leverse KuclMi. 51 It I Si; bent Vill mi shntiihl football, there uns uothunj JluLii about it. no loan riini on icoucrrcrf fumble ur big gnins on trifh plays. IcArv, the iiunvterbarU, uicd crcrlltnt jmliimcnt in catlinp hii plays, and irirn he found the venh spot in I'itt'i line he kept un hammering it. He did everything a quurterbnvU should do and iras largely responsible for the victory of hit team. 'uigt'.s Off Tackle Aid Syracuse 'AT Till j htart of the game .Morrow fumbled in the baiktield and Syracuse A. recovered the ball, well in Titt's territory. Two straight bucks directed at the center of the line failed, but a plunge off-tackle netted 5 yards. That off-tackle play won the game for Syrncuse then and there. Ackley couldn't lisc it nt that juncture because it was fourth down and live lo go. so he kicked a goal from the field. Hut lie remembered the big hole opened by Itobertsou, Gulick nnd Segal arid directed his pla.vs at that spot from then on. Pitt v.vas powerless. The liuemeii were brushed aside, the smashing ends put out of every phi and all the tunii with the ball had to do was run through the opening until lie met ope of the secondary defense men. Krwig did most of the gaining, ami allow us to state he is about the best halfback in lh Kast this year. He runs tlat-footod, does not seem to be going fast, but few can overtake him in the open field. lie also is a clever dodger and litis n facult of side-stepping ladders. Syracuse used a close formation iu the backlield, one halfback standing two yards behind the tnil.le. two others on a line dlreetl behind the guard and Krvvig about five jards behind the center. The ball was passed directly to Envig and the interference started as if for an end run, the front halfback taking the tackle. 1 Krwig would start forward and suddenl cut in, dashing through the opening at tackle for a big gain. That was the best ground-gainer, and it worked because the end and tackle were easily disposed of and no difficulty yftts experienced in smearing the guard. Ackley occasionally tore of! un end (Tun and rSarsha and Abbott added a few line plunges, but Krwig was the big noise, of the day. lie is a wonder. , $ . Syracuse rubbed it in at one point in tne game, when tney worked the famous reverse pla Warners pet lor a Dig gain. Hut most ot the time tljy used but two plays a line plunge and end run, interspersed with four -fir-ward nasses. two of which were successful. !1; r&S" 'll r A TEAM irould hare been foolish to change the attack tchen suUi jj f results icerc obtained. The runners picked their holes, ran. hard and always uere good fur a couple of more pardi after being ladled. It seemed as if Syiacuse had three McLarens in the baekficld. i Pitt's Rusk Line Smothered FITTSnUIltill never got Bturtcd becnuse the Syracuse line crashed through on almost evefy play and tackled the runner behind the line. Now Pitt has a mighty classy baekficld in Davies, Morrow, Hastings nnd Do Hart, but what good is a baekficld if it can't get started? The Panther rush line was s'wept aside like paper and it looked as if the entire Syracuse team wns after the man with the ball. Time and again Davies, one of the fastest men in the country, was spilled before reaching the scrimmage line, nnd it wns the same Huh Hastings and De Hart. A brilliant offense amounts to nothing if it doesn't work. l " De Hart. Morrow and Hastings were in noor physical shane. but the Ifr chances are they would have been stunned just the same had the.v been in the best of health. The Syracuse rush line which, by the way, is coached by Bill Horr was too powerful and knew too much football for Warner's for wards. From end to end the Pitt men were outplayed, and when that hap-pi-na the team is out o luck. Pitt also went up in the air and pulled a few boners. Once, on their own 40-yard line, fourth down and 1 arils to go, they tried to run with the hall said lost it on downs. Another time nnd this was terrible Andy Hastings blundered on his own goal line uud pulled an inexcusable play. $J Syracuse tried for a goal from the field nnd the ball went wide. It sailed tdward Hnstiugs, who was standing on his 1-yard line, and Andy, instead of lotting Jt go over the line for a touchback, caught the ball nnd was downed bilker gaining a ynrd. That pavijd the way for a Syracuse touchdown. "" The Orange put over a great tric'k play in the last period which fooled cwy one. It was fourth down, three to go, with the ball on Pitt's S-yard Ifne. Syracuse lined up in place kick formation, but the Pitt players scented ' trick. They were almost certaiu that a forward pass would be tried and played back for it. It was a 10 to 1 bet that a forward pass wo'uld be tried, but Ackley, noticing Pitt s defense, called for a straight buck. The ball was passed to Martin, who replaced l'rvvig and was playing front halfback. Martin almost walked over the line for a touchdown. '" Si 'T.17' looks like a good play to be used near the goal line, and no donlr will be employed extensively before the season ends. ' Panthers Sportsmen in Defeat ONE of the outstanding features of this memorable conflict was the bpirit shown bj Pittsbrugh after the game. Everybody seemed stunned over the defeat, but that did not prevent the coach and players from accepting it grace fifllyt i'itt really wns bigger in defeat than in victory. Captain Jimmy De Hart went into SyracuscVdressing room to congratulate Captain Alexander od Glenn Warner told "liuek" O'Neill, the Orange coach, he had the better team and outplayed Pitt from whistle to whistle. Pitt made no excuses and admitted tbo best team won. S Syracuse has some great players on the team. Itobertson, at center, is the best man I have seen since the days of Bob Peek. He is an accurate passer, aes his man out of the way on every play and on the defense is almost onc hftlf of the team. He plays a roving game, tackles nt cither end of the line Mid is the principal defense ngainst forward passes. T Alexander is a good guard and plays the position as it should be played. ife charges low and hard, gets into the interference nnd I doubt if he will h"e outplayed this year. CSulick, the other guard, and Segal, who plays tackle bfstde Jiim, opened most of the holes through which Krwig made his gains. Xjbose two men also played a whale of a game. Hoople, the left tackle, for merly played end and will be a valuable man when ho gets more experience. Hut there ia an end on the team who looks great. His namo is Rrown, find if he, isn't au All-Amerioan selection many people will bo disappointed. , jUt) nt only smashes interference, but after spilling a couple of men several timej I saw him get up and tackle the runner. X . . B? f OUIiSV, every team looks good iclitii tt it icinning, hut that s v bunch from h'yracusc has every anvearance of a chatnvlonshio aggregation end should breeze through the season, experiencing no difficulty until the Colgate game is played. There should le cvroife jnnr, to say nothing of confusion, ichen that battle is fought on No vember Jo. Mow avjv) CJnBH'f 4 tkelHl vntauwssatxv "fail " tniiiffi!k. ll HiWfe "ll ,lHMBiyi ) who Do you IVVJCsH X0 l ouu oi rs, mwmi MftftM : vMtf, h wanteds wmmMIIMmhf, . Wmm SI :. . ': IL mKm ", .BIG DEALS PENDING. BEA I EN FUR MM VIE FOR GRID TITLE Intoracatlemic Elovons Have Been Losing Pre-Loague Games Consistently PLAYERS BEING SWITCHED I N EASTERN LEAGUE TOUCHDO WN GRA VEST SWARTHMORE ERROR Score Served as Cold Shower With Return of Kennedy and Myers Make-Ups of Teams Will Be Known IFRIEDMAN WITH CAMDEN to Sleeping Penn Players; Hobey Light Proves His Caliber . The basketball season cols under way one week from tonight in this city I when Frank Poth's All-Americnns open I the cage campaign with the Heading I Hears as opponents. With such n short I time to get in readiness the make-up of but one club is known and that is the Americans. I Hut in the next few days just how j the various quintets are going to line up will filter through, for Managers 1 Kennedy, of Camden, and Myers, of De I Neri, wore in New York yesterday to have a talk with the "Union," mean: ing the boys who show their wares in Philadelphia nnd commute from New York. And the result of that visit is due to decide in a lnrgo measure how two more clubs will face the starter. Kennedy had another confab witli Harney Sedran and Marty Friedman and the opinion prevails that he has succeeded in induc ing this pair to become "Skccters." , Many Deals Pending There nre so many deals pending that i space will not permit their mentioning. Ocrmantovvii, Camden, Trenton and i Do Neri figure in them and it certain plajcrs i.ro nlgned, it means that some excess talent will be on the market. Manager "Army" 'Fitzgerald, of 1 Germautown, is endeavoring to get a I good line-up for the Suburbanites, de spite the fact that bo has only had a week in which to get ready. Ho was i awarded the privilege of doing business .with Harry Hough, but from all ac counts the veteran lias decided to cast I his lot with Trenton, and the Jersey I fans are elated. r.curv tnanneer is anxious to make trades in the hope that by so doing he will please tho fans and nt the barac time get a pennant contender. IMcCartcr at Plymouth Germautown mtssccr n good man in i Willie McCnrtcr by only a few days. 1 The local boy has never received the Teccnition lie deserves. He would have 1 liked to show in the Eastern, but hfis I decided to play with Plymouth and, ' having signed a contract, will not break 1 faith with the state leaguers. I When the managers get through I shaking the players in a hat there will ' be some interesting disclosures and it will all be for the good of the game i as a change of scenery will be a bene fit in more cases tuan one. In the meantime basketball among tho little fallows goes merrily on and moro leagues will be in existence than for a long while. The latest to reor ganize is the Northeast Church, which a score of years ago was a fine success. 325,000 HUNTSMEN Results of Saturday's College Football Games Colgate Eleven Outclassed Cornell 3j AST Saturday night, while in Syracuse, I met an old football man who saw JCi Colgate beat Cornell, and asked how it happened. i 2. "The game wasn't even exciting," he said, "and Colgate should have " spared at least four more touchdowns. I never saw a team so completely out- classed fxtornell. The lthacans had no offense or defense, did not eetm to ng about ootnau and piayea iikc scnooi kius. just toyed with thein and practiced forward passing. Eighteen d all were successful. Cornell did not make a single first down and- it was only Shivrrick's punting that prevented an ovcr- c. Colgate also was careless ami lumDica irequenny near tuo team it very strong and Princeton is in for a ctt Sqtttrday." .m& fff0Wfer filKK, Records Broken as Shotguns 'Are Taken Off Rack In Pursuit of Game Harrhhurg, Oct. 20. Stato Gamo Commission officials tay that if tho registration ot Hunters for licenses keeps up nt the present rate there will be close to 325,000 hunters' licenses this year, and the record of ;i 1,000 mado last year will bo broken. The bear, blackbird, snipe, rail, rcedbird, raccoon, woodcock and water fowl seasons are now on, and Monday will see the opening of tho season for quail, pheasants, grouse and squirrels. Tho rabbit season starts with Novem ber and wild turkeys may bo shot the half of November, Deer hunting is al lowed during the first fifteen davs of December, Many of the applicants fop licenses ore returned eoldicfBr WRAY REAL CENTER liy EDWIN J. POLLOCK UT'M SOltllY nnd I'm glad. I'm sorry our boys allowed Svvnrthmorc to score on us, but I'm glad because thut one touchdown showed them that noth ing is impossible. It taught them n lesson to bo ever watchful and never careless." These arc Hob Folwell's sentiments on the Svvarthmorc score in the first seven minutes of play Saturday. For a few seconds it sent ehil's quivcriug up the backs of Rod and Hlue supporters, ' but it served as a cold shower to the sleeping Pennsylvania eleven that awoke j and swept everything before it as it piled up u !"." to 7 victory. It was like shotgun wounds to a, sleeping lion was that Swartbmoroi touchdown. And when tho lion was aroused his roars could be heard along i the far and distant paths of football. I Thnt score shook Penn out of its hiber nation and, like a mighty giant, the : Red and Hlue fighting machine trudged over the bodies of Swarthmore defend-1 ers to eight touchdowns. It wns tho I largest score run up by a Penn team on a Garnet eleven in a long stretch of . years. I Three times Hobey Light lifted his I fleet feet ccr the Garnet goal line and Hud Hopper, Heine Miller, Hots I'm- I I ner, Joe Straus and Herman Ilnrvey I each scored once. Miller, the accurate Heine, missed only one off his eight I tries nt goal after touchdown, and that I out slip wns a try from a point that was close to the side lines. Ogdcu scored the touchdown for Roy Mercer's eleven, the first tallv registered ngainst the Red nnd Hlue this season. TTOBEY LIGHT, tho mad-running, j deadly tackling back, was the most brilliant Btar among stars. Once more he stamped himself as tho best player of tho generation at Penn, nnd in such a statement sight is not lost of the fact, that J, Howard Hcrry and other lumi naries played in this generation. Light is a remarkable athlete. He ran nil around the Garnet stalwnrts nnd thrQUgh them, too, and it was moro the force of his drive that carried the Red and Hlue to its comeback than anything else thnt occurred in tho cruise down to tne ucr net goal. In tho years he has played at Penn sylvania ho never has stepped into de served credit, but those who know tho came know his value. He is the same crushing, battering back on tho defense that he is on tho offense. In fact, it was his defensive play that first gained recognition for him. And next in line for glory in tho snleudor of the Red nnd Hlue eomo- I back stands Hert Hell, the Fcch of foot- ' ball generals. Bert never called the wrong play once on Saturday and ho ran the ball like an Kddio Mabau. Pi ever utioro in ins career nan ucn exhibited to hotter ndvanfngo than ho did neninst Swarthmore. Ills freauent. dashing, tumbling, leaping runs fur nished a great number ot tne tnnus. Bell is the target for slander from the stands und certainly ho has held up well under tho criticism that is as un fair as malicious, Bert is not only the best nuarterback nnd driver of men on the squad, but bo is one of tho greatest generals that ever cracked n verbal whip over a Pennsylvania eleven. Y. M. C. 1'fnti. 55: fewnrtlimore, 7. Syracuse. 21 rltbiburKll, .".. l'rlncrton. 3-lt ltoc)ietrr, O. Cnlirate. 21 -flrnrll. O. Army, Of Mnifie. O. Hurv nnt, 7t llrown, 0. Boston Coltrge. fit Yule, 3. Willliims, 23i Culilmbiu, 0. f'nlly, 7: Ilute. 7. Holy Cross. 7; hprlnsflclil Tufts. Oi Norwlck, 7. s. lirarcl.! Twh. SOi Vnndrrbllt, 0. CurnpElfi Tcrli. 16: Ce. O. lfiirtnioutli. IDs I'enn Htnte. 13. , Nuvv seroml trilin. lftl U. S. I toll, 0. liitfiivette. It lluverford. 0, r. .11. C. 0 1". unit M.. 0. I.clilltli. All New ork AkkIm, 0. Crttxsbun;. 14t ITrHlnim, 0. Williams. 2.V. Columbia. 0. I.cbnnon iillrv, Ot Husqruluiiina. 0. Albright. 38: nmrl. 0. Crltvslmrir. 14t rt-slnus. 0 ll'K knell. 27t Mtihlfiibrrc, 0. ". anil J,, 14; WeMm'nster, 0, IMrKlusoil, 20; Pelnwnre. O. M.ih-m Misfits AekU-s. "7i Worcester I'olv, 0. Iltiviilolii. 48i Tort McKlnlcr, 0. Ainbrrst 4Hi Trinity, 7. New lliimiishtrp. 10: Vermont, 0. Irilon, 14) Hoburt. 0. M. Lawrence. 2.ft Buffalo, 0. Henssebier, 7: Hamilton, 0. Mcslejan. 10 New York University, 0, Mevent, 37t Connecticut Antes, O. Bohtoii University, 111 Rhode Island Stale, 0. I'rnn fresh, 13 Williamson, 0. i:eter. 17: Yale rrcsh, 7. l'ltt I'rfhli as, Brlleronte Antics, 0. l'riucetflii l'rissli. l)i Men ertsburc. 0. Mistonsln, 10: Northwestern. 0. Notre Uume, 14 Nebraska, 7, Illinois, 0: Ionn. 7. Mldilcnn, 2(li Mirhlcan A. )., 0. Arkansas, 2f)t Hollo, hrhool, i. Minnesota, 20: Indiana, 0. Oklahoma. 12t Texas, 7, f liiraco lGl rnrdlie, O, llrake, 12t Simpson. 10. Minnesota. 20: Indiana. 6. booster, 13t Western Reserve, 7. Ohio .SUte. 49 Kentucky Ptate. 0. ahhinctun. 14: Kansas Ajcsies, 0, Mnrnnrtt. tiltt I.uwrenr. O. Wisconsin. 10: nrthestern. 0. North Ihikotn. 13: South Dakota, Micmirun. 201 .Miiinnan Acmes, u. 1 tali AeeieH. 40t Montana, 0. St IjouIk. 0: .omlard, 0. Illinois, Ot Invtn, 7. f nirersitv of Detroit. 47) Bethany, 0. Ilbrrliti, 34: Monnt Union. 13, rrimktln. Hi llose l'oly. 7. Lnhersltj of California, CI: Occi dental. 0. Colorado linlterslty. 29: Denver TI.. 7, Washington htnte. 40t Mctnomali, 0, l'areo Abides, fli St. Thomas, O. Missouri t'nlverstty. 7 Ames Accles, 0. Colorado Agirles. .14: Utah, 21, Kansas, O: Washburn, o, Benson, 7: Wltttnberr, 0. 0. Uy PAUL I'RIil' When time for the playing of the Intcracadomic Football League rolls around it may result in a scries to he plnycd by a "beaten four" using n golllc term. The grid season hero has beeu under way for three weeks nnd about the same period of timu remains before the academic league starts the first week in November. To date iVnn Charter, Epitcopnl. Ocrmnntown Acad emy nnd Vripiulx Central hne been downtrodden in their respective games. L However, as in uaclnii. ou never i enn tell. Tho four olev ens may be j bolstered, their faults lesliliod, and when the whistle b'ovvs for the bl;,' games ' some titanic blrugiles will be wiliio.d on the gridiron, ns in past years. 1 rom the present outlook, however, it would amiciir that the intornendonilc chain- ; 'pionship will be decided umong teams that ruu second iu all pre -league games. I Slav Menu Tir.w Chailll) Lack of good material at the, four dif ferent neademies may result in u now champion bciug crowned. lor six years Penn Churtei has fought its way to the throne on the ehnlked-off battlefield. Coach "Dick" Merritt's coven has been uniting little opposition in proving itself tho reigning moleskin-clad ag gregation. With its apparent weakness this year, ouo of the other three teams may be improved so wel l'Jtb Imo lo league con.l.etitiou starts that the 1 tie Quakers will find themselves on .bended knees before another crowned he 'n d The fact that entries in tho four cornered circuit have been losing con sistently doesn't mean that interest j the academic league will bo diminished this j ear not by uny means. the iimial rivnlrv will be there strong, and ho usual terrific tussles wi 1 ensue. I ut chief of all interests just now is to U which of the iiiiiirtr-t i to pug mi ifs diilicioncio. and 'Jar from tho barrier he favorite. At the present there isn't ruy such thing-nicaning n safe bet. Switch in 1'. C. I.iiio-up Coach Hnrtiii, ot 1'rieiiils' Central, nlrendv bus started lo make a number oi c uiikv j -- ., .- 11..1.1 -j ..witched linemen from t no uiumiuu . "e a it an effort to make an im- nroveinenV in team plttj . Pearson, Vetera n center, has been brought be- Iilnd t lo line and he will take King's laco at halfback. Barnes is being sod nt the snap-back position now. Rov laud, at right tackle is being given "hard bailie for the position by Mur- hy? a new candidate, who has been SCChanEeR!,ilinost daily nlso nro being made by Coaches (inciter and McCarty, of Ocrmantovvii Academy and Lpisco nnl, rcspcctivol.v. On the former eleven Shovcr and Couley arc ulniost assured of the halfback jobs, while it now- np nears that Captain Uinsmorc w 11 foot the punting burden. No man is cer tnin of a berth on the Churchmen team, with the possible exception of Jones at guard. Paul Rebmnnn, whp captained tiio IMS Hnisconal team, is assisting McCarty, and he is contlnunlly switch ing the men on thc line. McCarty is devoting most of His time to tho baek ficld. Four youths who stand out prominently at this time for the back berths are Kohn, A. Colcsbcrry, Kap lan and Williams. Huskies at Drexcl Hill Urexcl Hill boasts of a ciackcrjaclc eleven this season. This is whnt one of the school's constituents hns to bay : "One of the foremost tennis which has been gathering considerable interest nround this nnd surrounding boroughs is Droxel Hill. This husky little team presents the most formidable aggregation that has represented the borough for the last few years. "Stockcr, who put in a year at Lafajettc and nlso represented Lans downe High School, is n valuable man at quarterback. He leads the team in quite a snappy manner and is renowned for his lino plunging, while his defen sive work is worthy of note. Murphy, Clark, Durhea. Mooney nnd Jackson also arc mainstays of the team nnd de serve considcrnblo merit on their all round playing." Swimming at West rhllly Twenty-two swimming candidates hnve been retained by Coach Anthony. of West Philadelphia High School, after a cut in tho original squad last week. Tho meryoulhs hnve been practicing Monday and Wednesday of each week. Aspirants who still have n chance of making thc team nro Hoist, captain ; Cowell, Illghlcy. Mcdholdt, Shcppnrd, Riddaugh. Bcehtel, Gnicly, Robison, Young, Smith, Hasscl. Kelly, Lawson, .Tagcr, Lovvry. Lawson, Iscuhauff, Markward. Dickie, Funk nnd Hanna. Dual meets have been bdiedulcd by West Philly with Lavvrcnccville, St. Luke's, Penn Fresh. Baltimore Poly and Girard College, while the Specdboys also are entered in the Swarthmore In terscbolastics and the Penn Interseho-lastics. INDIVIDUAL WORK IN BLOCKING IS HARDEST LESSON FOR PLA YERS Virtually All Football Men Agree Most Difficult Job in Came Is to Teach Interferer to Put Opponent Completely Out of Play IN THIS SPOKTLIGHT BY GKANTLAND RICK CopjTlnht, 3010. All righto reserved. Old Timers J hey turn once more to another spring. With a blend of hope and fear. As they wonder again if the ancient wing r IKf'fl lost far another year; , AnofAer year with its dream in store, , And then in thc drift of age Their names come out of the full box svore, To fade from thc Sporting Page. ' v They have sened their time at the good old game Where their raw spikes caught tho sun; ll'Acro a two-base hit meant an hour's famci At the call of the hit-and-run Their knotted claws show thc old-time brand Of fate and its sudden raps, Of drives knocked down with ungloved hand ' In thc thick of a thousand scraps. They hate served their day and they know it utll With the. rust on sword and shield, Hut they linger on in the tnystio spell ! That clings to the open field; And they turn once more to another spring, With a blend of hope and fear. As they wonder again if the ancient wing Will last for another year. The Hardest Lesson WHAT is the hardest thing to tench iu football? Tackling, interference, dodging, kicking, blocking, punt cntchlng or what? We put this query up to a number of football sharks and the verdict was almost unnnimous for individual blocking. l It is harder to teach un interferer to put an opponent completely outof tho play than it is to teach him anything else connected with the game. There have been many stars noted for their ability to kick, to handle punts, to carry tho ball or to tackle. Hut there have been only a remote few who hi hn ie..i ev.. kt- abillty to block an opponent consistently and drop him from the play. One of v u. ,. u,i-ou nog imi nuruwicK, mo suir unrvaru cnu. llnruwlck was a marvel at taking an opponent out of n play, but few know how hard he worked to perfect this complicated feature of thc offense. It is no great trick to tackle a runner where jpu can nail him with your hands or arms. JtUT to spill an opponent where you can only use your shoulders or your body is another matter, requiring far greater agility and ability. A Cheer-Up Tip rTUII': dope," Bays u contemporary, "is all against Princeton this season -L for her annual battles with Yale nnd Harvard." Princeton can cheer up after considering a few past episodes. The dope was against the Cincinnati Reds last April. Thc dope was against tho Reds in the world's scries. The dope favored Collins to star, but it was against Duncan and Kopf, Thc dope favored Cicotte and Williams ubove Kerr. The dope was all against Dave Hcrron at Pittsburgh. To havo tho dopo against j ou. seems to be a minor detail in this fuzzy age. TF I HAD to pick an all-star football team for all time there is ono man I i- would never leave off," writes n close observer. "This man is Eddie Mahan. Others might go first to Thorpe, Coy or Heston, but for general nll-around value I'll take Mahan."' Sideline Maxims "NE lone fumble can destroy the value of ten fine plays. HITTING a line hnrd is a matter; of driving will as well as a matter of driving physical force. s- IT IS all very well to tackle a dummy, but don't absorb too much of his mental attitude. MANAGERIAL ability isn't so much a matter of strategy as St Is a matter of getting from 00 to 1)5 per cent of the best your material has to offer. This is tho lending feature in Pat Moran's remarkable success. At this turn he has no superior and no equal that wo can think of at this moment. ..EIVEN the worm will turn" but, having nothing to bite with, sting with i-l or kick with, suppose it does? ' WORLD'S SERIES games have made a number of reputations, but they have added very little in thc way of golden glow to the luster of Claude Williams, the White Sox- left-hander. Tho world's series pond is a trifle beyond Claude's depth. In both 1017 and 1010, after twp good seasons in thc pennant race, thc big October show found him floundering beyond the lifeboats. FOR thoso who can't understand how a race horse can lead tho field one day and drop far behind at his next start, did you ever see a star pitcher hold a strong club to four hits on Monday nnd be badly beaten by a second divi sion club on Thursday? Why should a horso have something on a man in thc way of 100 per cent consistency? ONE of the main troubles with Trouble is that it attacks in mass forma tions, launched in successive waves. You rarely ever find it stalking alont or doing solitary piciicc outy on some outpost. - TT IS always darkest," remarked some philosopher, "just before dawn." X The next loud noise you hear will Tcry probably bo dawn breaking in the general direction of the East. THE Reds drew $5000 each for playing eight world's series games. The eight games required fifteen hours of actual warfare. This averages about $333 an hour, which isn't no bad, even in these shrinking dollar days. TT IS seldom that the work of linemen -I i them all stood Lew Little and Lud Wray. Wray and Little not only were tow ers on tho defense, but they were im mense aids on the offense. Wray did more than to open up holes he gained ground himself. You may ask how a center can gain ground. Woll, hero's the answer : On no less than four occasions he advanced the ball over ono chalklino, and he did it without physical effort. Ho used his head. Four times before Bert Bell was through calling signals ho snapped the ball when a Garnet man was offside and thereby gained thc u- yam penalty intlictcd on the offender. A center who can think on tho trigger like Wray, mako holes like Wray and tackle like Wray is deserving of all Amcrican. UmERn, nsidelrTm Franklin Vicld, ,',;,, can three bold ends such as Heine Miller, Ray Miller and Bud Hopper be found on one snnnii? Tliev nllnnerl nil over the gridiron, mado tackles at all corners ami snatched "impossible" forrvard parses. Heine of course, is tho best of. the trio, but his brother and Hopper aro only a fehado under him in ability. It was Honnpr whr rernvprorl tho ball behind tho goal lino after a Carter pun. nnu ucen blocked by Lew Little, and it vyns Heine Miller who drovo the ball through the posts that gave the extra point. These two plays evened the count, and from that moment on thcro was no dispute about which was the better team. Swarthmore is far from a strong team, but the Garnet players fought all the way and never quit. Captain Larkin, in particular, proved his game- ucoj. J.UO mercer men made manv Penn Harriers Chosen Coach Laweon Itobertson, of tho Univer sity of Pennsylvania trade team, has virtu ally decided upon the seven cross-country runners he will take to Syracuse. N. Y.. for the race there this coming Saturday. They are: Eddie Shields. Mike Mcllale. Iarry TlrAwn Mltehell. (hlmmlncs. Downs And Irwin. Penn, Yale, Harvard. Syracuse. Col gate, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, Williams. Tirown and Dartmouth have sbmlfled their Intention of enterlne the run. Cricketers Honor Trophy Winners v..v Vnrlr. Vt. 20. New Torlf and Phil adelphia crlcketors united In doing; Joint horn ace to J. 8. Brett, leader of tho victorious metropolitan eioveu which iur H. newnu lime won the classic Halifax Cui in the Intercity series. The Hon. Seton It. lleresford, brother of IjOrd Decies. acted as toaatmaster, and paid a clowlns- tribute to tho truest of honor. Sydney Younif, secretary of tho Associated Cricket Clubs nf Philadelphia, epoke In be half ot the visitors. Mahanoy Shoots Best nambuTf, Pa.. Oct. 20. Bmashlnr U2 out of ISA tareets. the Mahanoy City Rod and Gun Club team defeated tho Blue Mountain Trapshootlnc Club's representa tives by a margin of elfht breaks In the Initial of a sarins of three lnterclub team matches for a silver trdphy near here yesterday. Sailors Outclassed Atlantic Cltr, Oct. 20. The .Melrose Ath letlo Club, of this city. t mowed down tho eleven, nf the Receiving; Ship of Philadelphia at Inlet Park yesterday. Tho score was 4t to 0. Field "Goal Does Business i. Coaldale, P Oct. 20. Coaldale suffered il "IS.1 "vrsji of the season yesterday when the Thomas A. C. enueesed througn victor oyer It by a ecore of a to 0. s. Stefanlc. th visitors' fullback, kicked a watt" ntfl goal from tho 40-yard lino for the onty ocore. Two Thousand Saw Thl6 rqttstown, p.. Oct. 20. Bridgeport n, nnusQ .. rv. -UIWI.WII 41. larinir here vatmrA-C by Pottatown A. C. In IT. T. was hAnd afternoon. 41 to 0. tho first Sunday afternoon football game' of the season. Two thousand funs wit nessed tho fray. Fy SI I JJj H w.K mlF b&, ?3 Vine Botlie vi, Jack Perry Dave Atejr vs. Billy Hines Jimmy Sullivan vs. Wally HinUIt Max Williamson vs. Battling Mack T,Fir.T.IB JOHNNY JACKSON vs." Phila 3 Jack O'Brien's $ n...a fe.LtisXluZkiLli m nnnreefntert hv th rntlierins! in the stands, for the first defense men get in itioli. Inltit- t,nA.n.ntli trtA Tipnn tllfldpn from the view of the spectators. But 1 mistakes, tut their greatest came when every one of the Ited and Blue linemen) they -scored on Penn. The glory of the eia up iirc a granite wan, 'apu-siwto aiwwt mvnu, mture rout, n ..-? m .w 'i "';. . -. , :. .' .,, .Sv-t.$Mr:V 'V Ti .,,. f- ..j. ... . f -? 'uiSJbLl'.-.n. . V ... li.TBJ2fc" &1 i..:. -. j. .iij. 4 rtu - . r i ny?nnBMfiLi..r7. ? tjt. ' .. i.-AudAaB y . JU T ." W..T -' , ,taA- l UTKUiBDinW A i,tnnfliB' lioxlnr CfiDru TV Trt! for Tournament December trl H. K !ir. 1BTH CIIEWTNyiUHtb rioo letalls yeiiow page oi rutin nook I.ESSONS given by ctpert teacher. Odm vnlnn. All popllf or taught privately, loiiruftlea BOXING ffw ijJJMiWi' i i If 1 1 ... .4 .Mm .mi noma. ADAM KlANj 8..JB.. kr.,8tb and Ti St., 80 of the aTHHO'sCK'Afi trucks sold during tho paat three months were repeat orders from satisfied owners. i-1 FEDERAL SALES CO. OF PHILA. 1830 Market Street d&I M I . LiJV " ,rt.i ' i',A . :,., v Sii M..'.nta&f& ..- 5, ' v v.: - JJ ' vJim&J ! " k-.-rf Mm&i? 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