Quakers thrashed F&M; a century ago

The victory against Franklin and Marshall was the second in a streak of 10 consecutive shutouts, starting with the previous season's final game against Cornell. All but three of the shutouts were by 30 or more points, including a 40-0 drubbing of Penn State. The Quakers of 100 years ago finished with a record of 12-1. · The Varsity on Saturday defeated the Franklin and Marshall 11 by the good score of 41-0. The first half lasted 25 minutes, while the second was played in 15. The new method of scoring was used, touchdowns counting five and goals from touchdowns one. This departure from the old scoring rule made a little difference in the total, as three of the goals were not kicked, but a fair prediction for the future is that in the long run the changes in the scores will not be great. As the first game of the season, yesterday's exhibition was a very interesting one. Pennsylvanians came out to greet the team in large numbers, and although but few cheers were heard, the good plays were well applauded and the spectators went away with the satisfactory feeling that Pennsylvania would by no means fall below the standard in football for '98. In comparison with the start of last year, the team of '98 may be criticized favorably. Although the men are not in as good condition as '97's team on account of the lack of summer practice, they played with plenty of dash, and got the plays off in as quick succession as last fall. However, many waits were caused on account of someone becoming winded. The style of play differs but little; guards back, tackle and end plays, and the quarterback trick. Gardiner at quarter in the first half filled the position very favorably, running hard, tackling low and with lots of spirit. If Coombs is unable to play there seems no doubt that he (Gardiner) will have a place on the team, and if Captain Outland does not take the position of quarterback Gardiner will undoubtedly pass the ball for the Varsity this fall. The only other man, not seen heretofore on Franklin Field, McMahon, showed up well, and may be looked upon as a promising candidate for tackle. Harrison at half-back, during the first half, did some very clever dodging and fast running. If selected for the team, he will be one of the fastest backs Pennsylvania has ever had. Captain Outland played splendidly from his position back of the line, and ran the team very cleverly. He was a very hard man to stop once he started and made several of the best runs of the day. The two ends, Hedges and Folwell, were in the game at every point, getting well down under kicks and pulling down those who tried to skirt their ends. Carnett and McMahon played tackles in the first half, being substituted by Snover and De Silver in the second half, McMahon going to left half-back and Carnett taking Overfield's position at centre. Overfield, Hare and McCracken made the centre practically impregnable to the rushes of Franklin and Marshall, and whenever Hare or McCracken took the ball, a gain of five or 10 yards was sure to result. Walker's play at full-back was rather hard to judge as he was rarely given the ball and seldom sent through the centre. His kicking was higher than they were last year but they were gotten off well and placed in good position. Franklin and Marshall's play was rather weak, although at times they held Pennsylvania back, and made some good runs occasionally around the ends. Just a second after the whistle was blown at the end of the second half, they tried a goal from the field and to the spectators' eyes it went between the posts. However, no score resulted.