Show Penn Backfield Has Every Requirement John Smith of Salt Lake Wins Post On First Team PHILADELPHIA Sept 28 For 28 tho first time In tn many years years the UnIversity of at Pennsylvania football has hns a backfield capable o of performing all aU the functions necea- necea 6 lr to an offensive Not only Is the first quartet able ablo to run pass and kick but bu three members ot of the thes s cond varsity backfield l can do the same thing Two of at the tho members ot ol the first varsity backfield were members of at atthe the freshman treshman team ast ast year and both hoth distinguished themselves Murphy as quarterback and Paul Scull as a punter and drop kicker Alfred and Charles Rogers are veterans vhs Injured In preliminary practice practice tee tice tice last season and did not see action until late In the season but Rogers played through the entire campaign Since 1919 when Bert Hall pres pres- pres- pres present present ent Int backfield coach was Quarter quarterback I hack back of at the tho varsity John arid and Lou Young head coaches since then have been searching for tor a who could do more U than Uan an call the numbers In In Murphy the coaches have havo a Q quarterback arte who can pass run and kick In addition to calling signals lie did mo most t o of the punting for the first year team In 1925 1926 and tossed large majority of o the passes laul Paul Scull relieved Murphy with the punting and passing in every game a ne and In iii addition did the drop kicking Against Cornell Fresh he a field goal from rom a difficult angle As a schoolboy Scull won th suburban championship for drop kicking HOG ROGERS EnS ACTIVE 1 I Rogers nag after an Injury to Kreuz In the Chicago game ame last season lid did the punting for or the varsity Ills His forward pass pails to George Thayer r won the Chicago game while hIs running defeated Cornell Ills His gen gen- general gen general er eral l all Ill around ability has stamped as one o of the best backs In Inthis Inthis this section of the tile country Is expected d to do the brunt o of the line bucking In the major contests A summer In the coal mines o of Pennsylvania fitted ClUed for tor a season o of hard Since last season his punt punt- ing punting and passing have Improved so much that he lie will wll probably see In both branches In addition to the first cl the th veterans Paster I Fields ields and Jesse Dou Douglas las who for tor or two seasons were regulars can pass pas'S run and punt Both Doth are In excellent condi condi- condition condition tion for or a gruelling campaign andare and andare are ready to jump into the breach should any of the four tour regulars be I incapacitated or withdrawn from a a- game The coaching staC staff Is heavily on Walter Pine a first yea yeal In 1925 1325 On the fourth backfield during the preliminary training the former Exeter back has shown such ouch Improvement in iii all dE that the coaches babe hae ha given Iven him plenty of at work as a n lr first t string sIring substitute De Defensively Pin Pinhas has displayed brilliance backing up the line while his line bucking de- de despIte de despite Ihas spite his pounds has been e cx- cx cx x- x ti L ELEVEN r John Joha Smith Is the third member ot of the freshman team of last a t ye to show chow improvement The lle al Lake Lalee City youth Is now a a member of the tha tr tram team line and It IlLs his Im- Im Improvement im improvement provement continues he bc ban b ban an outstanding tackle It Is la un- un unusual unusual un unusual usual to have havo a sophomore grap rap the Intricacies o of line play in a few 4 have short week weeks but Smith seems scorns to have the eack cJ of oi a fool foo ball line play taster than 1 his 13 riv rivals nv rivals als several of oC ar Rr v iraa t Pat nun lI woo for or tw two seasons labored on the fi-cond fi nn and teams hs h s at i t i t t won a oi regular berth He lie hta dl ho Io displayed sam old time a ability at guard tbt dis d him a i a lM imil r a athe the fall of or 1 1923 3 Pennsylvania's next cn contest st st IS as with Johns Hopkins which will ap- ap appear pear here next Saturday the first time since 1888 |