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20 ac THE PHILADELPHIA INQUHlER, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1921 5 7TJ. 77 -nrr ooze BVBTi assacres eisrnan rantner ana ivittanv L.ton ie ILL Ft ORNELL BUTCHERS The Line Up The Line Up TENDLER KA YOS FOE; PITT GkABS HONORS IN SCORELESS GAME WITH BEZDEK'S BOYS DRONEY REAPS BOUT: OLD PENN TO MAKE ITHACAN HOLIDAY WINS AGAIN VERBECKEN FIGHT BY GORDON MACKAY By PERRY LEWIS PITTSBURGH, Nov. 24. THE lion of Nittany Mountain, roving: the country, seeking whom it might-devour, stalked into the rain-soaked lair of the Panther of Pater Pitt this Thanksgiving- Day. As the king of beasts roared its defiance to the football world, the feline of "Pop" Warner hurled itself upon the invader.

In a sea of mud the monarcfis of the jungle snarled, tore and ripped at each ether, and at the end of an hour of furious action neither had been able to overcome the other. Penn State was unable to score, and so was Pitt, but that grim battle, fought in mire ankle deep, will never be forgotten by the 34,000 football mad fans who braved the elements to seek a seat in the jammed stands. LIKE a withering blast the Big Red Teril from far above Cayuga's waters swept across Franklin Field yesterday and seared Penn with the worst defeat she has experienced in the entire generation since Philadelphia and Ithaca have met in battle array on Thanksgiving. And now read 'em and sob: 41; Penn, 0. Out of the wreckage of this capsheaf to one of the direst and bitterest football seasons that the Red and Blue has known since her gridiron warriors fell upon lean years two things shone as brightly as a lighthouse in a fog.

One was the unyielding, undying fight of the beleaguered and battered boys in the twin hues of the University, and the second the unflinching strength and stellar, dizzy labors of a midget named Babe Grove: NATIONAL A. A. Tim Droney defeated Pete Hartley; eight rounds. Johnny Darcy beat Jimmy Murphy; eight rounds. Tony Caponi won from A1 Wagner; six rounds.

Mike Connor defeated Gus Franchettl; six Battling Murray won from Kid Wolf; six rounds. OLYMPIA A. A. Lew Tendler stopped Manueal Azevedo; two rounds. Willi Jackson dropped Billy Angelo; six roonds.

Morris Lux beat George Werner; six rounds. Battling Leonard bested Billy Oevine; six rounds. Patsy Wallace shaded Joe Dorsey; six rounds. CAMBRIA A. C.

Al Verbecken stopped Jimmy Brown; five rounds. Joe Geiger won from John Dougherty; eight rounds. Tommy Devlin beat Jimmy McGovern; six rounds. Freddy Nitchie bested Lew Baker; six rounds. George Stark knocked out Charles Tietz; one round.

RESULTS BURLY TIM DRONEY, Lancaster's fighting Irishman, met the Durable Dane, Pete Hartley, of New ork. TfStprilav in tho fi.l l. uuu 1 1 r- Ihanksgiving matinee of the National f. aun me jianisn deliverer was on the short end of their fistic affray. Tim's victory was of an easy nature, too.

and he won seven of the eight rounds, while Peterkins was forced to be content wilk but the fourth chapter. There was plenty of action in this battle, and both of the mitted warriors traded wallops ard showed a desire to mix things at every stage of the game. From the fifth to the eighth round Tim outfought his foe, lading a frequent right hook to the. head and attacking Hartley's body iu such a manner that the New Yorker felt the sting of the slams. Johnny Darcy.

another son of Gotham, won all the way from Jimmv Murphy, once the pride of West Philadelphia and marked for a comer in elite lightweight circles of the resined arena. This scrap went, eight rounds for a semi-windup, and the bout would have looked considerably better if James did not resort to so "much holding. Darcy was willing but Jeems was not. so the former won by a city block. Totiy th third New York-' er to have an inter-city fracas on his hands, was the winner over Al Wagner in six interesting sessions.

Tony's awkwardness phis a fine young" punch won for the Italian from Manhattan. Michael Angelo Connor, the hefty young fisticuffian from the neighbor-hoof! of Gray's Ferry, substituted for an absentee Frenchman, one Marcel Dennis to wit. Micky had things something of his own way. too. in his joint debate with Gus Franchetti.

of West Philadelphia, because Michael, insisted in forcing the fighting most of the way. Battling Murray and Kid Wolf, a couple of local and juvenile bantams, had a healthy setto with the fighting Mister Murray having a shade the better of the dispute. Both scored knockdowns. Al Verbecken Wins Over Jimmy Brown When Al Verbecken rat Jimmy Brown, of Trenton. orer the eye In the fifth ronnd st the Cambria A.

C. show yeaterday afternoon, the referee stepped the battle. Al did the daroase with a left twine and pnt in end to what was otherwise a Tery rood flrht. The hoys were very evenly marched in weirht and went alone at a fast race. Verbecken was havlnr rather the better of the roinr however.

When Al landed that punch that put Brown in such shape that the rfere considered it unwise to continue the battle, there was no nnestion as to which boaer had won. In the semi-windup Joe f.eirer and Johnny riojirheriv -stood toe fo toe and Just battled a.iy from start to finish. The fans liked thst firht. There was action ami sltiarinr all the time. Neither man showed a sian of the white feather.

Neither had any Intention of qnittina. They were intent upon landine as hard and as often as possible. They did sll that and as tielrer seemed to do it a Httle better and in more of a workmanlike way he should be awarded the honors. Tn the other bouts Tommv Devlin won all the way over Jimmy in six rounds. Freddy Nitchie after a six-year layoff made his reappearance in the rinr and bestd Toune t.ew Baker.

(Jeoree, Stark put the K. 0. to Carl Pieti. r.f rittsbureh. in less than one round.

A riaht to the heart ended the fleht-ire. FAYETTE B. C. TOO STRONG Fayette Boy Club soccer team proved to be too stronr for I.ehirh Valley R. R.

in the club rame yesterday morninr, when the former came out victorious by the score of 4 souls to 1. at Wissinominr. ROYAL C. C. LANDS ONE Ttoyal C.

C. defeated St. Timothy C. terdav for the championthip of Manayunk by the score of 12 to S. By M.

N. RAWLINS L'EW TENDLER and Willie Jackson, two first string lightweights, emerged from the bouts yesterday afternoon at the Olympia A. A. without a scratch. Tendler was fighting bis first fight since being mauled by Rocky Kansas, and he finished -off Manuel Azevedo in two rounds.

He hit the California so hard to the face in the first round that Manuel could do little more than cover up. Then Tendler pounded bini so bad in the ribs in the second round that Azevedo was forced to quit as he was in such pain he could not continue. So much for TendlfM-'s victory. Willie Jackson who once upon a time had championship aspirations, was subbing for Joe Tiplitz in the bout with liilly Angelo, -of York, Pa. Angelo seemed to be out of luck, at any rate he wasn't in' hick because Tiplitz sprained his ankle.

Jackson may have lost most if n.ot -all his championship but he did not leave his "kick'' at home when he came over yesterday from In the sixth round of the battle after he bad done about everything to Angelo but kick him he smote him with his right on the ear and the York man's ear began to swell up. Then Willie cuffed him again with his right and Billy went half way around the ring before he fell down on one knee. Billy is a good Salvation Army fighter. Billy was down but he wasn't out, but referee O'Brien played the greatest mother in the world act and stopped the fight. Otherwise Angelo might have gone into an untimely retreat for the balance of the fistic year.

If Rocky Kansas' victory over Tendler was responsible for Lew's showing yesterday, it would be good business for Lew to go out and get licked just ever so' often. The local lightweight flash looked like his old-time self. 1I0 was there with the punch and the old pep, and Mr. Azevedo didn't have a chance. Tendler smothered him from the start.

Willie Jackson just played with Angelo. He tossed him around like a cat does a rat, and then when he tired of that, gave him the fare-you-well punch in the sixth round. Angelo did stay in a little, closer, and Willie did do some more' fmuching which didn't add anything to Angelo's chances. Then in the sixth round Jackson chased Angelo. and catching him near the ropes, planted a right to the ear.

Billy made a detour of the ring, and wheu he came around again Willie landed another to the side of the- face. The boxer from York was hurled some distance and finally settled on one knee, while O'Brien stopped the fight without going to the trouble of counting. Young Joe Borrell wax not on hand to meet Morris Lux. of Kansas City, but George Werner was, and now he is Sorry, unless he needed the money. Lux won easily and could have rut the bout short if he had wanted to work hard.

Battling Leonard and Billy Devine were in the ring for another meeting. This time there was no question of Murray's He won all the way after the second round. The opentr was a good bout between Patsy Wallace and Joe Dorsey, in which Patsy was the winner by a shade. VICTOR IN EXTRA PERIODS It required two extra ire-minute periods to decide the winner of the Germantown Boys' rihb-Viotor V. C.

Clnb rame plared at 2.1 W. Penn street yesterday mornintt. At the end of the rertilation periods the score stood two all. and the last of the extja halves. Victor secured the two point which enabled it to win out by 4 roals to 2.

PHI LA. -WHITES ON LONG END Playirie at home the two Philadelphia C. C. teams. Whites and Reds, met In a first division.

Cricket Club l.earne same yesterday mornlnr. the former beine on the long en4 of the score by 3 roals to 1. Pitt. Bowser L. Penn State.

McCotlum Hills Baer Bentz Bedenk McMahon Hufford Harm an T. Sack L. G. Stein c. Peters R.

G. Kelley R. T. Jordon R. E.

Hoileran Q. B. Davies i H. Killinger Wilson Anderson R.v H. B.

Lightner Colonna F. Knabb Score by Periods: State 0 0 0 0 0. Pitt 0 0 0 0 Substitutions: Pitt F. Williams for Jordan; Ewing for Bowser; Hewitt for Colonna; Winterburn for Anderson. State Reddlnger for Lightner; Cornwall for Knabb.

Referee. R. W. Maxwell, Swarthmore; Umpire, Tom Thorpe, Colombia; Head Linesman, C. J- McCarthy, Germantown; Field Judge, W.

G. Crowed, Swarthmore. Time of periods Fifteen minutes. YELLDWJAGKETS WIN Frankford, With Many Subs in Line-up, Easily Beat Bethlehem Team The Frankford Yellowjackets came into their own yesterday T-h" thev defeated the Thomas, A. ietui hem, by a score of IS to 0.

The game took place in a sea of mud at Urown's Field. Despite the inclement weather, over TtOOf) people were on hand to witness the game. The Yellowjackets used many of the players who' were on the side-lines the ent're season. These fellows put up a wonderful game. Among the substitutes who were deserving of prajse were Strange and Schraeder.

Strange, who is a former Frankford High man. thrilled the crowd with his line-plunging tactics. In the' fourth perfod he literally worked the ball down the field and took it over. He also aided greatly in the scoring of the other touchdowns. Poole kicked off to Viley to start the game.

He returned the ball to his own 30-yard line. Failing to gain. Thomas kicked off to midfield. Strange and Fehraeder took the oa'i to Thomas' 25-yard line, whfre the Yellowjackets were held for downs. Ruyak punted to Frankford 20-yard line.

where Strange recovered for Frankford. Frankford started a march down the field, featured by Sen raeder's 30-yard run. On the next play Poole went through for a touchdown. The attempt at goal was missed. The period ended soon after the kickoff.

In the second period both teams rushed the ball up and down the field, with Frankford having a slight edge on the ground gained. Much fumbling wffs witnessed in this period. The third period was a repetition of the foregoing quarter. Thomas kickea off to He was downed on his own line. A long end run of yards by Strange and two more line plunges by Kostos.

placed the ball on Thomas' 5-yard line, where the period ended. To start the fourth period. Strange took the ball over for a tourhdowrn. The attempt at goal was again missed as the pigskin was soaked. Schraedei; kicked off to Thomas' linei After a punting duel, the Frankford started another march down the fields ending in a touchdown by Schraeder, The goal, was again missed.

Krankftird A. A. Position. ITinmaa A. Miller left end McFaiMeri Mcfiovern Mallow Snpnlee Jones Ehle Poole Strance Rnato I.eft tackle Left ctiard Centre Riaht ntard Riaht tackle Richt end OtiartT-bnck Left half -hack Riaht half-hack Full-hack Mttrmn Rentii' T.

rtnvak Oitdos R- lok nr.ff R'lvttk StefTrtnik Seha raedcr. SrharaedT Tonchdowno Toole. stranre. Referee Winters. LOGAN B.ED JACKETS wTN Toran Rel Jacket defeated the Koth A.

vMterda.v before a large crod hv a safety 2 to 0. Harri. Ttlpvy and Katifinan n'aved a fine came for the Ked Jacket, while, Hamilton wit -the- star for the lowers. Ijocan Red Jackets. Ponitiona.

Koth A. C- Hrri Iyft end Volin Hcrxoa- Schwartz ttdleman Paanaceo Ferrr A. Rrithauit Ietaeh Uippr auff ma Deiaert tackle Irf-f (rtiard Cent re Risht rtiard Risht tarkle RiBht end Qnarter-hack Left half-back Ripht half-hack PreiR Bonowitz Sirumondt Haas up tis Wadd-il ii lennon. Flamilton Thompson Tritchard r-Till-back Scre hr periods Ixiaan Red Jackets Roth A. C.

SaeftT Hamilton 0 2 2 00 Kield ind-re McPatil. TJneKma Conrtecl. T'mpire- Barrett. Time of periods 12 minntea. KARNAC BLANKS KENIA Karnic C.lub defeated Kenla.

on Pen Charter irnnnils vesterdav. 14 fo 0. in their annual fnss for the championship of Germantown. Keen rivalry cause Hard tack linn: and reuiteo in a ronrh eame. Karnac.

however, clearly initplay-ed Kettia. H. Haerty and J. Hamilton featured Karnae Cluh. 20 for 15c The.nni HTHOMMC.

.11, man Penn. Positions. Cornell. Ertresvaag Cassidy Cochrane. tackle Hanson Humes Left guard.

Brayman Dern Centre Brayton Sutherland guard Jones Thurman tackle Dodge Grave Right end Munns Wray Quarter-back Pfann Grove Left Kaw Miller Right Ramsey Hamer Full-back Lechler Score by periods: Cornell 14 13 7 7 41 Penn 0 0 0 0 0 Touchdowns Kaw, Lechler. Goals from touchdowns Harrison. Sundstrom. Substitutions For Penn, Vogeiin foe Hamer, Langdon for Voge-lin, Greenawalt for Grave. Sullivan for Greencway.

Gray for Humes, Day for Dern, Pendleton for Cochrane, Grave for Sullivan, Hamer for Vogeiin, Rec-kus for Sutherland, Sullivan for Ertresvaag. McNally for Grove. Ringer for Day, Foley for Grave, Whitehill for Miller, Wittmcr fcr McNally. For Cor-nell Davidson for Dodge. Referee Oliver W.

Cutts, Harvard. Field judge C. A. Reed. Springfield.

Umpire D. Merriman, Geneva. Head linesman C. G. Eckles, W.

and J. Time 15-minute periods. QUAKERS WIN IT MSHOCffl, 14-0 Rally in Last Half and Score Two Touchdowns and" Kick Both Goals Forward passes were the cause of downfall when they were defeated by the Quakers yesterday, at Conshohocken by, the score of 14 to 0. About six thousand rabid fans braved the rain to see the game. Bull Lowe, the former Lafayette star, was the hero of the game.

He caught a long forward pass thrown from the accurate hands of Johnny Scott on the rive-yard line and ran the remaining aiistance for a touchdown. Peters kicked the goal. The other score came in th fourth period, which furnished many thrills for the spectators. The score came after an exehauge of punts which put the ball on Oonshy's ten-yard Oh the next play Laird, who put up a great plunging game, took the ball over. Peters again kicked the goal.

The Suburban team put up a great game against their more experienced adversaries and held the Quakers scoreless in two periods. Hemic Miller's team threatened on many occasions, but Oonshohxckcn held them for downs. On one occasion the uptown team held the Quakers for downs on. their one-yard line. v-.

Johnnv Scott tried many shots for a three-polTiter. but on each try the ball was a little off. Itosctsky. ISaker and Lukcns starred for the Laird. Peters and Scott were responsible for all of the ground gaining.

Sott's forward passing was a feature. 'mtshiihken. vb I'etirlman lmfTt Krink Mio-hell Me wwchaeff er OHearn Posit inns. -eft end jun kers. Ixwe KoaarnH Gardner Wray O'Connor Little Miller Scott Ganit rVrters ijff tackle Left guard "eittre Tlialit tarkle Kisht end t.t'iarter-bwrk left 1-iiHliHck Itieht half hock Full lnck Ip.

l.aird. Ctot lejrer P.Mker 1m kert Tttcl.downs tofall Goals frrim 'feree: Betinls, Peters. 2. Pennsylvania. Mountaineers Beaten by Presidents, 130 MfinriANTOWX.

W. Not. 24. Wash-inrton nnd Jefferson defeated West Virginia VniverRitr here today by a score of 13-0 in a game played on a mnddy field. Rain f.

II thrnuzhont the nnest. It wan the first defeat unstained hy Went Virginia on it home held in five years. A home-coming crowd of HMtoo saw the same. Wahinzton and Jefferson scored early in the rirst period when Krickson ran yards around riht end for a touchdown. Captain Stein kicked oal.

The run was through A broken field, anl the Washington and Jeffer-aori half-hack gave a sreat exhibition of Mle steppin and his way through the Weit Virginia secondary defense. The second touchdown caiee late in the fourth period VJ. J. Posit ions V. Va.

Stein KM Rnnvolinka Vince Crook Ieal Weiderquist Kopf Jinchlin Krickson Hrenkert Kitsista I.ef end I.ef tackle left guard Centre Kieht iritard Kisht tackle Iliffhr end Quarter hack half-back lticht half hack Meredith Setrcn Phil Hill if. Kay Harriet P4erre II ill Cra ver Na 1 ieri Simon Martin Full-back Scre by' ieriods: W. 7 0 est Virginia 0 0 0 Washington and Jefferson soorinsr: downs Krickson. Basista. Onal from 13 rt 0 Toucli- tonch- down Stein.

Referee Tnfls. Brown. I in pire Murphy. Brown. Field jndce K.

Thorpe. Columbia. Head linesman Rutterfield. Yale. Darby Firemen Win From Westinghouse The "WestinKhonse football rlnl lost to the Parhy Fire Company eleven In a came at the Hilldale aronnd.

Parby. before a crowd of 1500 persons. The final score was Darby Fire. IS: Westinahouee. 0.

it rained thronshotit the came and it was played nnder many difficulties. Rnhe Chambers and Inke Kane scored all the point for the Parbv team. Chambers and Kane each scored a touchdown in the second period, while In the last Quarter Chambers attain counted for a siv-pointer. and IMike Kane kicked a jtoal from touchdown. Chambers.

lnke Kane and Hotter starred for the victors, while Overholt and the Freeman brothers played well fur the Es- men. WestiuithouBe Positions Left eud I-eft tackle Left guard Centre liieht Ktiard Parbv Fire Reymiidn Boyd Winner Bushv liellar a ne Bretherick WhaU-n Carson ichuls Weriiti Iela tia ney we ns tMcIjiuKhlin lotter Chambers Bleta Hall Ilisht tackle Right end Quarter back I.eft half back P. Freeman. Overholt (Christi Kellv 1. Kane 1.

Kane. W. Freeman Riht half-back Allison Fallback Touchdowns Rube Chamber. .1 tioal from field 1. Kane.

1 Substitution DouKhert.v for Bretherick. Moben for Wha! en. Kothwell for Mvlien. erntz Tor Nichols Black for Werntx. Mcliuifhlin for Owenx.

Chrixtl for Chambers. Bounds for Chriisti Cloud for Kellv and Welsh for Cloud. Referee McIKinaall. Darby 11. S.

I nipire -llarti-ran. Ifayette Head Linesman InfE. Time of periods. 10 and 12 minutes. Lansdowne Batters Swarthmore High Notwithstandtne the drixHn(r rain and the HO-crr field, the I.ansdowne Hiffh School completely outplayed the Swarthmore High School team in the Thanksfrivine lay attraction at Swarthmore.

winuing by the score of 4 to 0. At uo time was the result of the same in doubt, as the strong Ijaiisdowne team, led by Captain Ned Wilcui, completely mowed under the Swarthmore players. Wilcox scored six touchdowns, while Korn. J. Walton and Irirretn also added to the total.

Lansdowue H. Positions. Swarthmore Tt. Walton Sch warts a rush Richards Pill ti reeu Korn J. Walton Palmer Ingram Ned Wilcox Ift end Reynolds Left tackle lft snard Centre Right jruard Rifht tckl Rirht eud Uuarter back A-it halfback Right half back Knll-back Turner for Kutu tle Parlette Barr HodgekiiiMon Wood Lune Beliield Brill Palmer Briscoe Johnson for Parr.

Hanna for Reynolds. Ttnir for Kern Wisdom for Briscoe. Touchdowns. Ned Wilcox Ktn 3. J.

Walton 2. Ingram. Ooals from touchdowns. Walton 13. Referee.

Kelchner. Albright. Umpire. Oreen. Time of periods.

X'l minutes. OF P. SECOND TEAM WTNS The University of Pennsylvania second team had matters prettv much its own way aaainst the Philadelphia C. C. second, the colleians defeatinc the cricketers by the score of for coals to none, in a second division Cricket Club leaa-ue match, at St.

MssVs. yesterday mornlnr. NOSTITWXSTXRN C. C. "wTNS The Northwestern C-.

with Its second tnn nixv.rc in the linear defeated the r- dLall A. CL by the --e ol 4 vefcterdax Brought Down Giants Culled from the ranks of those who have been forced to bask only in the reflected glory that boats down upon the 'varsity first eleven this youngster, tipping the scales at pounds and scarcely h'gger than the proverbial peanut, was a titan yesterday on the defense and played virtually the entire paras revealed by the Quakers when the foemon from Ithaca had the ball. He hails from Woodbury. N. and veil may his uative town feel proud of this little giant.

He faced the bruising, battering attacks of such Moloch in moleskins as the gigantic Kaw. the burly Iecliier a notable son Frank-ford by the way the smashing Kamsay and the crashing I'fann without a trrmcr or a backward step. Whenever these giants came hurtling through the line this Httle chap, full of fight as a wildcat and as game as a man twice his bulk, hurled himself upon them and rarely did they escape his entwining arms. Bo notably did this lilliputian perform, that the valor of his deeds created a deeper impression upon the rift.000 present than the herculean labors of the Cornell backfield. a juggernaut on the white-f-t riped arena, or the brilliant individual exploits of iil Dohie's stalwart line and wonderful hackiield.

Far and above the others on the sodden battlefield stood the. tall, gangling, powerful. swinging. sweeping Kaw. Weil named was this ltliacan.

for if ever a chap made I'eun eat crow on Thanksgiving he was the bird. He bore through the line, scattering the primary defense Ike chaff before the breeze: he tore off tackle, he circled the end. lie crunched past the secondary defense, and time and again he shook off tacklers to leap like a frightened doe over the chalknmrks for long touchdown-bringing runs of 4(1. 4'2 and -iS yards. Backs Are Real Stars With him in this destructive offensive against the Red ami Illue were the coterie of backfield men whom (lil lobie.

the attenuated and dour coach, has gathered for his Hig Hed Peril. Lechler. a star at Frankford School, jammed his way through the line on straight bucks time and again. Ramsey eluded, the secondary defense nnd gleaned long, brilliant runs, only to be felled from behind by some kid who refused to know the word quit and kept rtl the hopeless chase and tpiest. I'fann.

while used less frequently, was still a worthy colleague in deeds, and daring, with the triumvirate whose 'ashing, slashing work was the theme of many a surreptitous toast in the srorvi old stuff lflt night, as Mister Volstead and all his works were flaunted in the face of Cornell'-! overwhelm'ng find unprecedented victory wherever the CornoMians gathered to fete and to cheer. Penn's work afield was sickening and saddening. It represented inef hciency and ineffectiveness raised to the nth power. But two f.rst downs were reaped throughout the entire four periods, and both of these came from feeble flares in the last chapter. To defeat a Red and Bhio team 41 to 0 is an epoch, but to hold its stmving dan to two first downs during all the melee approaches a- at.nstrophe At least, so it appeared those giants of the past and the undergraduates who left Franklin Field after the game downcast and disheartened, their hopes as cheerless as ihe sobbing skies that canopied this slaughter and massacre of Thanksgiving.

Quakers' Woeful Statistics Penn's football mentors may glibly explain the holocaust, bvit none of the spectators who witnessed the tragedy were thus endowed. To summarize briefly and with the figures that are paid never to lie. -the Quakers, in her four big games, have seen 121 points tallied against her. while she has gathered but 2H for herself; fourteen of these from a Dartmouth team that no vivid stretch of the imagination could parallel with the Green eleven of the past few years. Piut it was not so much the defeat that palsied the feelings of the men who watched the Red and Blue fight with a dogged but unresponsive courage.

It was the utter absence of. even the semblance of a big league team in fundamentals, or anything else, that made staid alumni gnash their teeth in impotent rage and anger, and caused th football giant of long ago to marvel, to wonder and to curse. Forward 'passes were thrown with an abandon that showed they had been modeled with no strategic plan. Punts were made with such a puerile attempt that it revealed the boys were all dress ed up in football togs, but that they did not know where they were going, and indeed had no place to go. Offensively Penn had absolutely but a vagrant criss-cross interspersed with a hidden ball trick that was hj- eented so i.itifullv poor that it became tragic rather lhair an amusing matter.

Lost Seventeen Yards And -when the pitiless "publicity is tntmed on full force and on wide- glare on those four periods. Penn is revealed in the amazing situation of having actually lost SKVKNTKKX YARDS as her aggregate output for the afternoon while handling the ball. Indeed. 'twice she took the ball and on each occasion fumbled and bad passed, thns gaining li'l yards for Cornell on each of these inauspicious tries. Nrer within the wildest stretch of the imagination could such thing have been indicated, previous to this jug- handled affray.

Individually the Penn eleven fought as valiantly as if they had been heralded as the greatest team of the year. ot a man showed the pallid feather, not once did the canary streak sneak out to decorate the right spines of those Red and Flue warriors. But they lough tas eleven men. They had no teamwork, no concentration of effort, no co-ordination, nothing in fact that marks an eleven trained to fight es a unit and coached to use the fundamentals when necessary and the subtleties when essential. To turn to the other side of the drab picture unfolded before the vision of the thousands who braved wind, rain and.a chilling wind to egg their favorites fresh endeavors, meritorious work afield was shown by the redoubtable Grove.

Hex Wray and Fos Mil-jpr The two latter faced tremendous odds, not only in the nature and quality of their foes, but in the poor work of their colleagues and coadjutors. Centres Passed Poorly Dern nnd Day, at, centre, passed atrociously, errors that could well be excused handling such a ball in a pelting rain. Indeed, so mucked and greasy did the oval become that Oliver Cutts, i-eferee. introduced a new wrinkle Moral Victory for Pitt Thus it happened that as fltii-k grew into black night, the- Nittany IJon, with its championship hide still whole, but hadl.T scarred, crept away to speed West, seeking another victim where the placid Pacific washes the shore of Washington the Little Panther lolls in its lair, crunching the leg of a Thanks-pi vinK turkey, upon which lingers the flavor of a mauled and manhandled hampionship1 contender. For here in the home of Pater' Pitt they believe they have much to be thankful for.

They are grateful a team, defeated twice but a twice which- did not. become a thrice, although the en emy to be met. was, one of the most. feared team in the East, To-the. sons of Pater Pitt it has ben a suoojsf nl Thanksgiving Iay.

for Pitt did not lose. On the other hand. State is disconsolate and feels that as a Thanksgiving Iay this one leaves much to be desired. For while the P.lue and White warriors did not lose, neither did they win. Therefore the action rin Forbes' Field today must be recorded jis one of those things known as a moral, victorv for Pitt.

Here was the most dramatic football clash of the many waged by those bitter yet friendly giants of the' modern gridiron Penn State and Pittsburgh. On a field which- was not -much 'more than a swamp as the result of the rain of last night and this morning, the I. ion and the Panther fought each other to a standstill in as grim- and desperate a battle us the waning season lias produced. Conditions under foot made it impossible for the great Killinger. Stale's sensational broften field runner, to operate successfully but Davies.

the fleet Panther, who has so often confounded the enemies of Pitt with his marvel-on feats, was helpless for the same reason. Therefore it happened that both contestants were robbed of their most formidable weapons of offense by the dements, and so were forced to resort to straight line-smashing in a vain effort to advance the oval over the other's goal line. And neither hail the strength to heat back and subdue the oilier by brute strength. Strange ro relate, it was the sinewy but light Panther which had a trifle the better of the 'straight rushing game, reding off seven first downs for a total of 120 yards to four first downs and yards for the heavy and powerful I. ion.

Forward Passing Unsafe Tt, was unsafe fo attempt forward passing with a slimy ball caked with mud. anil therefore the two field generals. Killinger and who matched wits when they could not match speed, seldom attempted an aerial thrust. What little overhead work there was State had the best of. for the Blue and White completed two forward passes, one for seven yards and a first down in the first half, and another for two yards in the second.

State had one pass intercepted in the second half. The overhead tactics proved disastrous to Pitt. The and (iold tried one in the first half and it grounded. Twice in the second half Havies flung long ones, only to' have iheni intercepted by the clert Statebacks. Several times- the Pitt leader completed short forward passes behind the line of scrimmage, but never for a gain of more than a yard.

The rushing methods of both teams developed two distinct phases, tne ymfy of demarcation being sharply drawn between the two halves. During the first thirty minutes State was the aggressor, and constantly keepi.nj the ball in Pitt's territory was always dangerous. Time f.ffer time it was three rushes and. a kick by Davies. followed by three attempts and a kick by Killinger.

then the whole works would be repeated. State Looking for the Break. During this half, Sta was constantly looking for the break, and at times it seemed that could not longer be delayed with Killinger cleverly placing his kicks out of bounds in the vicinity of Pitt's ten-yard line repeatedly. Kealiz-ing the danger of handling the slippery ball st close to his own Davie's made few attempts to run back those boots which did not go out of bounds, electing to let the. 'ball bound around until he could safely fall on it.

Meanwhile Killinger was handling the kicks of Davies with rare skill, snatching every one of them on the fly and using all his dazzling speed in an effort to get off one of the great runs which have thrilled in -ivery one of State's victories. P.ut his efforts were vain and sighs of regret. went up from the army of non-partisan spectators as they sa.w this great back get away from tacklers with uncanny skill, only to slip and fall without being touched as he attempted to turn quickly in an effort to elude other tacklers. And so it went in that first half in which State held the whip hand, until at last the break came about the middle of the second period. March of Thirty-seven Yards Jt came shortly after the first sustained attack by either team, a march of 37 yards by Pitt to State's line.

Then tlYe Lion held, and Davie punted weakly for 25 yards. A double pass. Killinger to Lightuer. enabled the latter to rip through tackle for ten yards, but. the next three plays netted a scant seven yards, and Killinger got away a long kick.

Davies played the ball badly. lie allowed it to strike the ground, hoping that it would roll behind the goal line, but a perverse imp of fate caused it to bound around five yards short of the line. Iooking up the Pitt leader saw that the State ends had been slow in getting down under the kick, and a fraction of a second later he had snatched the ball up and was off. On the 12-yard line'IIills. a Blue aud White wingman.

hit. him and hit him hard. A gasp of dismay went up from 2o.00 Fitt throats as the saturated pigskiu slipped from the runner's arras to be snatched up by the alert Wilson, State's brilliant half-back. Wilson Loses the Ball It was the Nittany Lion's big chance. The ball was in State's possession only 20 yards from Pitt's orvetied goaK'iine.

Hut the very anxiety of the visitors almost robbed them of a chance to even try for the score, for Wilson, flinging himself into the line, allowed the ball to elude him and after the players had Keen untangled, it was fonnd clutched tightly-to a P.lue and Gold jersey. The comedy of errors was not yet completed, for Pitt failed to take advantage of this saving fauzpas of Wilson's. Davies fumbled on the very next play. Once more State recovered the ball, this time on the 17-yard line. Now the Nittany Lion went to work.

Fighting with every ounce of its strength to carry that oval the seventeen yard between it and victory, the of the jungle found a Panther barring the way a Tanther-T Isktius -'with-alL the -detn ration -f They Were Girls So Changed Minds ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24. THE football game between two girl teams at Linden-wood College, scheduled for today, was called of? at the last minute when the girls decided to play hockey instead of football. A recent injury to a player was ascribed as one cf the reasons for the last-minute change.

The hockey game resulted in a tie. spair. Wilson and Lightner. those two great plunging backs, smote the Pitt line with deadly venom, only to feel it bend slightly but not break. Finding his team unable to make the necessary distance by rushing, Killinger flung a forward pass in a last frantic effort to continue the maroh to victory, but Stein.

1'itt centre swept in arn batten th pigskin to earth on the line as four grimy State hands clutched for it. Panther Takes Ball on Downs Pitt was saved. The Panther took the ball on downs by virtue of that great srand and Stein's fancy play. A moment later Davies punted the ball out of danger. So much for the first half, the period of the game when State dominated the picture, kept the ball in Pitt's territory most of the time and failed to cash in on her one big opportunity.

In the second half things were reversed. (Jlen Warner must have fed the Panther more raw meat between the halves, for during the remainder of the game it was Pitts which assumed the offensive, kept the play entirely in State's territory, and developed an attack which was a treat from whistle to whistle. Following the kick-off, Lightner fumbled one of Davies' punts on Pitt's 40-yard Jine, and Jordon, Hlue and (iold end, fell on five ball. At this point the Panther launched its second sustained attack of the game, marching straight down the gridiron yards. More than half of this distance was reeled off by Colouna.

the sub fullback, who was a last minute substitute for the burly Hewitt. The manner in which this youngster knifed his way through the left side of liezdek's line won the admiration of the critics and the frenzied plaudits of the cash turners. State's Turn to Tremble Tt was State's to tremble- cus- -and fight desperately to stave off defeat. The Lion proved as adamant as the Panther when the arched back felt the wall and Warner's offensive was stopped with a suddenness which was painful to the sea of Pitt roofers banked in Karney Dreyfus' spacious studs. Now Davies turned to that last resort, a forward pass, and Pitt wasn't as fortunate as State had been, for Wilson intercepted a scant fifteen yards from his own goal line.

Thus perished Pitt's first big opportunity. Hut the Panther was to have one more chance. Jt came in the final period, was and with it all possibility of victory for either team. The period was young when Killinger, standing on. his own line, got away the only bail kick he was guilty of.

J'videiitly the muddy ball slipped off his foot, for it went a scant twelve yards before going out of bounds. Here was a "break, and one which looked ominous from a State viewpoint, for it came right at a moment when the Pitt attack was gathering momentum every second. Hewitt Enters the Game Pehind some splendidly reckless interference furnished by Hewitt, who came into the game fresh to replace the staggering Colonna, and flung himself sidewise to take out a pair of State men. Anderson flashed off left tackle, went fifteen yards and had a clear field when Killinger came up and dropped him with a splash. The ball now rested on State's line, first down, and it looked like "l'itt's big moment, for State appeared to be wabbling.

Then it was that the Nittany Lion's burly right guard, came to the rescue of his team with a play which the writer considers one of 4he most potent in its results of Ihe action. Anderson at once attempted peat his off tackle thrust, but could eel started, Kedenk to re-before oh me charging through the line, brushed aside Sack as though he were a baby, and with a diving tackle, brought Anderson down for a loss. This play entirely changed the aspect of things. Pitt in the moment of its most formidable offensive, was stopped as suddenly as Pedenk stopped Anderson. The morale of the' Nittany Lion was.

restored, and as it was Pitt's chance for victory perished. On the very next play. Davies shot a forward pass, which Kedinger snatched from two Pitt men by leaping high in the air. Three vain line thrusts and Killinger kicked the ball back to mid-field, starting a punting duel, which was' still on when the game ended. Thus ended a game in which Pitt started the football world by holding Penn State, conqueror of the Navy and Georgia Tech, and aftle to score three touchdowns o'n Harvard to 0-0 game.

It wasN a contest which will be written large in football history with great grid dules of the past because of the grimness of its hour of scoreless action in a dismal swamp a dramatic act in which the struggling actors fought with eyes dimmed with mud. their armor dragging them down because of the pounds of tdimly mire Clinging to them a game in which every man was an ell. and the field generals forced to spat forth the mud which strangled them before they could call their signals. And in this desperate fray Pitt won because she did not lose and State lost because she did not win. NEITHER GOAL riKZ Club and CROSSED Carlisle Indian without either IVnfield Kield went thtjmph a eleven scoring.

Penfield F. Mairnire Henderson Brady Shew MHJowan Vf.t. fast game Positions. Carlisle Jnd- Johnston Ruchwe Jenkina Mnnohan F. HfUnr Walh Hti.L-1.

Left end Left Tackle Left auard Centre Ripht Ettard Kiirht tackle Rirht end Qnarter-hack I-eft half-hack Kieht half-hark Fnll -hack Charlesworth Janes Sheehan Fitzrerald Schmidt Criscnlo nlnr W. Kenil ft ft ft IVnfield F. 0 0 Cift jnnWilliams. Umpire -Bahner. Tim ef for towels, swabbed the ball often and then laid the towels upon the mucky sward in order thc.t the centre might he able to shield the pigskin from the elements' assault.

In the line Penn was excelled by her adversaries man for man. Cornell had on her ends a pair of flankers. Cassidy and Munns. who were down the field under every kick, who nailed Wray, held in the backfield to recover ptmts. without the little fellow being able to gain much.

In addition they spilled interference, often, sliding behind the wall and nabbing the'-runuer ere he had a chance to wrench himself free. But their work was light, as Penn onlv had possession of the ball scarcelv more than a dozen tines, and on a number of these occasions A ray elected to on the lirst down. Tackles Were Whales The tackles, too. outmatched the Penn men. and thus it ran from end to end.

Dodge, the Cornell captain, ooened vast and gaping holes through which the backs flew with rapidity. Altogether the score actually -represents the difference between the teems, a difference that camo on the anniversary of Cornell's first victorv over the Blue. For it was just twentv years ago that the Quakers were con. quered for the first time in the history of these combats. Cornell's first touchdown the ImpflM of the procession to follow in ir oW.

was not Jong in adorn in the Kint. board. After an exchange of punts and a few rushes Kaw minted t. nine-yard line in the tirst period. Wee Hex Wray stepped behind the last chalk -stripe and punted to the burly Kaw on Pern 41-yard line.

I The back crashed through for three yards and then came the score. Kaw leaped back as if to make a forward pass, and as the Penn line and defense spread out. he dashed through the broken line for a touchdown. Losses, for Penn This run was the harbinger of other spectacular performances. He bad to snap his way through the opened s'-rim-mage line and then elude the secondary defense.

One of the ha ks reached him. but could not maintain his hold, while Wray. playing the last line of defense, missed the tackle and the rest was a romp. Hamer then kicked off to Cornell's five-yard line and the agile Mister Kaw raced back twenty yards. l.eehler plowed through the line for three and Kaw circled right end for another scant yard.

Kamsey gleaned a yard, but went out of bounds, so Kaw kicked to Wray on Penn's line. Then came the revelation of the poorness of Penn's play. After Hamer had pierced the line for a couple of yards. Hamer and 1'iis Miller tried a double pass. 'Twas a woeful affair and the big Cornell linemen, breaking through, smeared Pos for a five-yard loss.

Dern then uncorked his bad pass, which gave another net loss of ten yards and compelled Wray to punt. Bex could not hold the oval and fumbled, and this being the fourth down compelled Penn to relinquish the ball, after her puerile efforts had made a net gain for Cornell of twenty yards on Penn's own possession of the pigskin. Another Great Sprint Be hler tore off his accustomed four yards on a straight buck at the line and Kaw added another. Pfann fumbled, the ball bobbing around until finally the vigilant Munns copped the oval on Penn's three-yard line. Here the lied and Blue made a desperate stanjl.

but twice Lechler took the ball and on his second smash went over. Io both these in stances Hanson kicked the goal after touchdown. orneil added thirteen points more in the second period. On the first sortie against the line Kaw made a first flown. Straight plunges by Pfann and Bech-ler- brought the ball to Penn's '20-yard line, where the effective young Kaw raced around the right end for a touchdown, from which Hanson kicked an other goal.

Pfann scored another touchdown on a wide end run. but this was disallowed, as' the eagle-eyed officials espied holding and set I'eun back a trifle. However, Kaw. ubiquitous as ever. raced twelve yards and the ball was on Penn's 24-yard line.

Pfann slipped off tackle for four and the same yardage went to' Kaw on a run around right end. Pfann" carried the ball to the l.Vyard line for a first down and then straight plunges by Ramsay. Pfann and Kaw enabled the latter to go over again. Hanson failed to kick goal. Came From Fumble The next touchdown in the third period was the direct result of a fumble by Miller, which was recovered almost in niidtielil by the 1 lodge for Cornell- On the next play Kaw squirmed past the primary defense, shook off a rest raining a rin or two and then skirted past Wray, a run of 4S yards for' a touchdown.

The final touchdown was an offshoot of a remarkable run by Bamsay. He escaped unscathed past the tirst line of defense and started down" the muddy field. He was thrown to the ground by a. couple of tacklers. who did not grab the man but only felled him with the impact of their collision.

Ramsay got to his feet and wrenched iiimself loose from a chap who grabbed him loosely by the foot and then getting to his feet again and into his stride he tore away and was brought from behind on Penn's (5-yard line, where Wray brought him to earth. Kaw did the rest. One plunge and it was over. Penn made a flare in the last peri-ad in a desperate endeavor to score. After Foley had blocked a kick and McAnally had recovered on Cornell's 1.1-yard line.

Wray made a couple of yards at the line which were promptly lost by WhiteWill's fumble. Then a couple of forward passes were grounded ami it was all off. GIRAH.O COLLEGE BEATS AtTMNI Letter VaIvere'a coal io the last tmrt of the sftin! half of ulay rave the Glrard College rfruiar a victvry ver the Alumni iu tlie ThauksKivinic Kay rame t'iayett at to 3 The regular were ahead at half time. 2 to 1. Adeliazi.

with two nm In. was the mar. Ob the alumni team wefe iy-re from the bin club team from various section of the city. 4irarU College. Miiler Walea position.

Alutitm. t.oul Henry Price V. French Frenrh Yt FwKsert Kisht full-bar-k Left full back Riaht ualfback Ieft half bark Outside ncht Inside rirht forward left Kaas iark 1. Kreaiuer. Stafford Maillardet.

Vanlevere. on Adelizzi Outside left Referee Tmi Reott. Time of halve SO min utet. Goals Adeliuci 2. Stafford.

VanlJeTere. SO SCORE FOR ALTTMKI A holiday erewd saw the Ridley Turk Hih Srhnnl and the Alumni elevens battle to a '-oreies tie on the Ridley Park ridirn. The neld was slinoerr and the Alnmni was eomr-osed of former stars and eollerians. who nrdfe(i gyPaxk. 11 rare jp VH-WmWUJUKSJUKT mtm Business and Pleasure The man who sells and the man who buyt Nationals are both pleased.

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