The U. op P. —State Game:
| 'HERE is an old saying—“ Blessed are they that expect
nothing for they shall not be disappointed,’’ but many of
us were disappointed. Why ? Because we expected more
than we had any reason to expect. In the first place, how could
we hope to do much with Murray, Randolph, Cure, and Heckel
more or less lamed from the effects of the game with Gettysburg ?
Secondly, how could our boys be expected to make any kind of
a showing against such a team as Pennsylvania’s with but two
days of coaching ? The fact that Pennsylvania defeated Gettys
burg by but three more points than we did may have caused some
to overestimate our own strength, but further developments
showed that the standard of comparison was at fault. Pennsyl
vania had no reason to put forth her best efforts in her game with
Gettysburg, and in our optimism we failed to recognize this fact.
Our boys played as good a game as they could, but further than
this they were able to do nothing. They were completely out
classed both in strength and skill, but especially in the latter.
The fact that the only considerable gains made by our team were
a five yard one through the centre and a ten yard dash through one
end are indicative of this. The playing of our boys in the second
half, in which Pennsylvania scored but six points of the 40 which
she made, is especially worthy of praise. There is no reason why
we should feel discouraged at the result of the game. With a few
weeks more of good training and coaching, we will have as good a
team as ever wore the S. Remember that “ Into each life some
rain must fall,” but also that “ Behind the cloud the sun’s still
shining.”
The line-up was as follows: —
PENNSYLVANIA.
Hedges (Snover)
Snover (De Silver)
McCracken
Overfield . . .
Carnett
McCloslcey left tackle . . .
Folwell (Rengenberg) left end . . . .
athletic eepartment
U. OP P. 40; STATE O.
POSITION.
. right end
. right tackle
. right guard .......
. . centre .......
. left guard
STATE.
. . Farr.
. . . . F. Miller.
. T. Miller (Gorr).
Murray.
. . . . Randolph.
Scholl.
...... Ruble.