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"TZIZ PHILADELPHIA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1928 Princeton Noses Out Cornell, 3 to 0, While Army Tumbles Yale, 18 to 6 0 TO AND BLUE, MIDDIES DEFEA Virginia Shocks Lafayette, Temple and Villanova ScoreJWim West AS NAVY GOAT CHEWED UP JUICY QUAKER MORSEL AND 1 1 MIDDIES REPEATED LAST YEAR'S VICTORY OVER PENN 'i 1 mmm (Wl(ilJ ii: xtS ii mountaineers use V-vMv. ifiM x-r BREAKS DEFEAT lafayette eleven i fcjxiMLj ii 1 .1 I i 4 .1 I 1 1 il 41 I i i it- 4 1 I 4 ii -I -i innni nniii i mi iiiiii i. vj 1 a 70,000 SEE NAVY AERIAL GIVE PENN MACHINE 1ST DEFEAT BULL DOG BEFORE 7C nnn cu Mnm u.uuu uuiu innu Th go.t is very pe.c.ble but proved too much for Penn on Fr.nkl.n F.eld ye.terd.y afternoon th. Quaker, bowed for the In the upper left Al R.tow.ky, of the about to throw forward in th. second period.

Upper r.ght, N.vy p.rt...n taking c.r. of the Lower left. Captain Burke, of the N.vy, and C.pUin Scull, of Penn. m. li i.

th- orthodox fa.hion before th. kickoff. Lower riKht, Clifton, of th. Navy, plunging th. Penn line in th.

third quarter. PROVIDENCE Morel Snatcht Chuck in Tally as Red and Blue Gridmen Bow (n Grid mwRrs coal brings CLf I WILDCATS imn Smhrise: Middies ing Quakers Crash Line in Danger Zone snarling tigers 3-0 VICTORY OVER BIG RED By JAMES C. VY hnd nnollior Manila bat- He when it destroyed! the l'eilli fleet (1 to It Dei ti.ir.ie.Ml onlookers lint nllcil West Virginia Recovers Fumbles and Scores Touchdowns as Result Bartrug Intercepts Forward in Last Period and Goes 60 Yards for Score, 17-0 By STAN BAUMGARTNER Is ASTON, 27. but courageous West Virginia Mountaineer itb a keen eve mid a nimble brain, brnved the lair of a powerful Lafayette Leopard this afternoon and seared hi. hide with the painful brand of 17-0 defeat in the Maroon stadium nt Kastou.

It was an upset as unexpected as i was overwhelming for the West Vir jriniiiiis with their best hnlflmck. on I Ihi side line, went Into the game determined only to prevent their rampant foe from sinking hi. fangs into their Two touchdowns, the first in the second period, the last in the iiual quarter, with ii kick from placement sandwiched in between, wero tbo bullyseyes which brought the Leopard to his inr. tally wounded, but a dangerous foe to the Inst gasp. The Maroon was powerful, a steamroller which mashed its way through the Mountaineer line for a total of thirteen first downs, but it was unwieldy, bulky and helpless within the West Virginia 20-ynrd line.

The youngsters from the bleak mountain, of West Virginia, on the other band, haved their ammunition for the danger sone nnd kept their fingers on the trigger until they saw the white of the Latrt-yetto goal line, and then they tired. Rodger. Pupils Make Good Four limes the Jra Uodgcrs pupils were within scoring distance of the Leopard goal aud they made good ou three ntteimits. Twice Wilson, of Lafayette, fumbled the pigskin on his thirty-yard line and twice determined, keen-eyed Mountaineers fell on the ball, to later turn their advantage into points. First Maroon mishap occurred In t.fe second period nnd led to the initial touchdown.

Jtrewster, a youngster, lui- iut i time, dropped on a loose boll on the Maroon 28-vard lino. Lino plunges by the West Virginians bit a stone wall and they took to the air. Hvan heaved bcnutiful pass to Vachcresse. the left end, who bad cut across the field and was standing alone. The think man cut Imck toward centre nnd bv magnificent dodging, worthy of biicklield man worked his way to the four-yard line before being brought to earth With their hacks to the wall, tho Maroon braced and hurled Captain Keefer of the Mountaineers for one-vard loss when be attempted to knife ids wny through the centre of the line.

Hut the repulse was only temporarily for Ryan on a reverse play slit right tackle for two yards. (iiven the hall again on a shot at cent.ro he catapulted his way over the line of scrimmage to stop two inches over the line. The Lafayette stands were stunned, stupefied and spellbound at the sudden turn ot artairs wnne cue couruKuu but little band of Mountuineer rooters who bad journeyed from Morgantown burst into a frenzy ot cheering which Continued 34 Page, Ut Colm Cleveland Youth Boots Placement Three-Pointer to Send Cornell Down in Resumption of Relations After Many Years When Visitors Hold on Eight-Yard Line; 30,000 See Teams in Big Clash Fniiiklin Field to the gunwales. Heaten tlirce times this the 'ovjr. Iililic from Annnpolis, cheered ty Jmjth- everv fntiiro offieer in the batnllion encineered' a nkillful forwnrd pass i in Ku.n the seeond quarter that dealt the Blue its first defeat of 1028.

The disaster took place late in this rj Villanova Defeats Ann-ville Visitors by 1 9 to 0 at Stadium I IK Wildcat lifted a slushing cluw, cut down with sudden fury, and sent eleven fighting Lebanon Valley football players bark to their Annville, home, bleeding and torn with a mangling nt thn Villanova i-ire aisnl iroaen people. Conch Htuhhlrelier charges though seemingly nil poweriui ano LEWIS nnnwrn riPV MiriT rma ua FOR WILD-EYEDM Temple Keeps Rolling Touchdowns and Annexes Victory, 41 to 0 ROIXIXG up 41 points on the providence College eleven yesterday afternoon nt their new stad ium, the great temple I niversiiy ma chine gained another well-earned, but lop-sided victory of the season, mid kept intact their undefeated and un-scored-upon record. Forging ahead from the opening whistle until the closing minutes of I play, the great and strong Owl eleven kept plueeine awn v. scorine tnneMnwn after touchdown to run roughshod over their rivals, the ever-trying Hlack and White eleven from Providence. That the game would turn out to he a walkover for tne noine ruin was evi- lent from the first touchdown that was scored by "Swede" Hansen.

Fighting at nil tunes and uispiaying rather snort lorwnru pass rouy wurii they held possession of the hall, t'rov-idence kept in the game at ell times, hoping for some break which might come their way and allow them to tab score. But, alas, the I lominicans, as they are called, never got near enough eo even smell a six-pointer. Owls Break Up Aerials The offense of the Owls was great, and the defense wos even greater, and when the ltlnck and White visitors started to unloose a belated forward pass attack, Temple checked it and would not allow the losers to gain more than two first downs in succession. Stenline some of Providence's pass ing attack at the start of the second half, the Owls registe-ed three toucb- Continued 3 Pa, 7th Column Second Period for Lone Hold Staunchly as Fight- ISAM1NCER The Lineup Pojitiom Left end Lelt tckl Loft rim Centre Blsht suird Risht UcSls E'rht nd Quarterback I Left half bark Kisht halfback Fullback KaT Moret Burke Hushei Koenke Oeiae Morton Gannon Castree Clifton 0 0 oe Ko.mbloom Penn MoS f'oT TlZZ. Wit 1t Bhober.

vn 1nr Monk. for Mi: ni((s hvti for Srri.rrcr.wTe Kr Burk. MiUer for Wlel- Heferee D. W. Very, Penn itate.

Empire Columbia. Llneaman O. W. Penn Bute. Vnrr.

Thev came from nowhere and expiated their sinful delinquencies of earlier in tne season uv I'enn in striking fashion. floats i in. nftA the tempests had almost driven it on unchartered reefs. It was the second time in consecu-tive year, that I'enn hs. been con-, strainer! 10 croua.

ncc cheeked Farraguts from Annapolis. Penn was peaien nno but it was by no means oihpmjeu -cept in the Penn cau ue iraceu uueui-ment of forward passing, its own ineptitude in executing this strategem as well as its one fatal lapse when it permitted Movet to make the only, touch-down of the game with this device. In gaining from scrimmage Penn was infinitely superior to Navy. Glancing at the cohl figures of the statistics one will find that Penn had ten first down, as against five for the winners. in cht yards from scrimmage on the first bay and fifty in wl" Cagle's Spectacular Dashes Put Yale ions to Rout KV HAVKX.

Qit. 27. ASiHKKL-THAT('IIKI will o'the isp in on Army uniform, Christ-inn Keener Cngle, of Merryville, r.n.. flitted through the whole Blue brigade today, leading Army to a sensational victory over Yale by a score of 18 to fi. While a vast.

colorful crowd of spectators snr thrilled in the big bowl. Christian Keener, otherwise know as Hed, galloped up and down the field, slinking off tacklers and out- sprint inx others as he scored two tourliilouns with one of the greatest exhibitions of open lield running nny where this season. Cngle. on separate dashes of and 73 yards, personally nreonnted for twelve points that exact ly spelled the margin of the Army's clean-cut triumph over the hitherto un-Jofentcrl ltlne eleven. It was a stunning victory for this burly cadet eleven, which outplayed and outgeneralled Yale, besides putting a stonewall defense thnt repeatedlv oioi-seu tne siue tlirusis, but the thrills Continued on 3d Page, 4th Column Grid Results EAST Navv.

6 Penn Temple 41 Villanova 19 Frankford 26 Providence Lebanon Val. Mlllville Princeton 3 Cornell 0 Lafayette 0 St. John's 0 Johns Hopkins 9 West Virginia. .17 Havenord. Swarthmore.

Lehigh Orexel F. end Olckinson Army Columbia Penn State. Grove City. Harvard Holy Cross. Conn.

Aggies. 7 .13 .13 .26 6 7 .14 .18. .21 6 .13 .19 6 6 Muhlenberg Washington P. M. Ursinus Bucknell Yale Williams Syracuse Allegheny Dartmouth Marquette Vermont Continued 6th Page, 4th Calum By PERRY PIHXCF.TOX.

N. Oct. 27. THROWN Imck on its haunches by the. stubborn defense of a determined Cornell football machine, tl not yield more than a foot at a time within the shadow of its own goal posts, the ferocious Tiger of Princeton took a chance this afternoon on the kicking finesso of Pave Lowry, a junior cub from Cleveland.

Ohio. hvMiise this tal vouth from the serious danger, received unexpected opposition from the team which has hud but less than mediocre (I1JS fr reason. When the final whistle of the game sounded cur-' tains for Lebanon Vnllev. the lads in Ithe liuht Ulue and White were a beaten Middle West knew his stuff and b5r The Lineup Cornell Wrampftlmsler Foiltioni Left D1 taikle guard Rlrht e-'iard Birlit ta'kle end halfback Xriooeton I-awter An demon Whvte Water bury ft Aim Worrtn U'Aketriaii John i on M. Johnwn 3 05 OtH'lala E.

0. Tanaart Rochejter. Beleree E. Ciraon. Penn State.

Umpire J. Evan. Lineeman A. W. PalmeT.

ColbT. Field tudite. goal, and it was Princeton big moment. The gridiron gladiators from at l.nkr, Cnvutra had sur prised the Tiger; had outrushed and the aniirliriL, iungle beast be-i tween the 25-Tard lines. An uuexpei t-; ed and well-earned advance hnd brought: I Bl'! Low'rT Norman OTiartep tvhon the Snilora hail worked he ball to Fenn's line.

Gan-on. a Xavy bark, fell bark to make long pass over the battliiiK teams. He spotted Moret, his receiver, and threw a fast ball that might be called strike to him. Moret Garners Lone Tally The Navy end rush made a resolute fatcli. lie pressed the oval to his bosom end hd no trniiMe twitmir tnronKh a pair of I'enn tacklers and out teotinu the rest to the iroal line for the nnlv score of the came.

avy enuld not add the extra point, for tiannon's placement kirk was blocked, but the six points tabbed were fiendishly sufficient to win. I'enn teioiced in four straight congests until the Rims of the Navy-were pointed toward it and smashei the Red and to bits. Lnsrored in these named, I'enn fell with a Plop and bounded out of the ranks the unbenteu, unscored on foottall lormidahles. It was Just the 7.inniest Saturday the iason so far has provided. In sooth it sailed the spirit of football in crisp "'umn air and what with cheering thousand, nnrl mnrfhinp Middies there enough color for the entire Quar-tier Latin paint box.

From a resident standpoint the only eold cascade on the picturesque scene the overthrow of Coach Lou young's wnrriors. Navy had stopped I'eim's triumphant march and shoulder- i tne Ked and Klue into the aircn. if was a startline retormation trom nadir of dreary depths to thel yjrtgbt light ot victor ou tue par and torn eleven, much the worse for (lie severe drubbing handed them bv the stalwart, fr lit lute ot illanovn. 'J'he Ktiihldreher clan, rated by many as one of the best elevens in any part of these Foiled States, failed to come up to the mark in that bnttlo yesterday afternoon. Had not that powerful Villanova lino, led by the mighty I'essolauo ripped the huge holes Hint it mil in tne Lebanon Valley team, the backs would never have made their first downs, their short end runs, their sometimes puny off tackle shoots.

There were no gave wny to iu mv Continued on 34 Page, 3d Colum put it over, the liengnl is roaring tonight over its kill, 3 to 0 triumph over Cornell a victory which inaugurated another Princeton-Cornell Berries after a 211-year armistice. Thirty thousand football devotees sat within Palmer Stadium, and the dropping of a pin would have been thunderbolt, as Lowry poised himself on Cornell's ti-ynrd line toward tue close of the third period. Within the next fifteen seconds, the fate of the embattled teams would lie decided. It hnd become certain that neither Princeton nor Cornell had sufficient offensive strength to rjeiietrnte to the goal line of the other. This game was to be decided either by a long nd sensational run developed from A- a fielrl Huts was th.

cbince for th field opportunity knocking nt Princeton a I none or tne specinciunr yuniiige Kuiu-door. and Lowry gloriously answered jing end runs, and long punt returns (up rn. which hnvc mnrked the play of th Hmall wonder thnt the breath caught Villannvans thus fur this year, in throats as I.owry. who bud Horsey, big second string fullback, nlaved plenty of football for Prince- Continue 2d Pegs, 1st Column.

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