Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-28
the deed has ben accomplished more than
once.
Aftermath of Penn-Michigan Game.

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One or two rather unpleasant develop
ments followed the game between Penn
sylvania and Michigan. One was the
criticism which the Pennsylvania coaches
made of the decisions of Referee Pendle-
ton. who disallowed one Of the Quaker
touchdowns. and on another decision to
Michigan. indirectly enabling the VOL
verines to win their winning touchdown.
Pennsyivania's attack upon Referee Pen
dleton was based upon the allegation
that in both of the cases upon which he
ruled against them he was not following
the ball and was not in a position to
make a fair decision.
In the first case the Quaker coaches
Oct on an outside kick should have been
allowed. They insisted that it was SO
perfectly executed that three Pennsylva-
MIA men were on the ball as 1t bounded
along before any Michigan man arrived.
Jourdet was the man who got the ball and
went over the line without any opposition
from Michigan. Referee Pendleton, who
allowed the touchdown. claimed that he
had assisted him to cross the line. Capt.
Mercer claimed that what Referee Pen
dleton interpreted as assistance was mere
ly due to Bell falling on Jourdet after
both had made a wild scramble for the
ball. They further contended that IL Ref
cree Pendleton had been following the
ball. as is the duty of a referee. he would
have seen the play as they saw 1t: They
insist that when the play was made Pen
dleton was fully thirty yards away and
that he refused to appeal the case to Um-
pire Sharpe.
The second kick which the Pennsylva-
mans have Is that toward the end Of the
game, when Mercer was forced out OF
bounds, after making a long end run he
had the ball in his possession when he
was out of bounds and that Michigan
man snatched it from him. Pennsylvania
men also claim that Pendleton was not
yards away. w. c. Booth, the head
linesman. was In a position to see the
play, but when Referee Pendleton arrived
on the scene and asked Booth to make
ruling on the play the former Princeton
asmuch as Michigan had the ball when
Pendleton arrived, the only thing he could
do under the circumstances was to award
the ball to Michigan.
1t is so seldom that Pennsylvania men
ever make any protest over decisions of
the officials that their action In this case
has attracted q great deal of attention.
Their protest was very similar to vfgor-
Gus objection which Michigan made to
the decision of the referee in the Penn
Michigan game Of 1907 in which the Of
fetal disallowed a touchdown which
Michigan scored on a very Intricate for
ward pass. Coach Yost claimed, and ap-
pdrently WITH SOOQ reason, lildt tHe pass
was entirely legal, but had been disallow-
ed because It was so complicated that the
official was unable to size it up promptly.
The second disagreeable feature of the
Penn-Michigan game was the attack
upon the athletic practices Of Pennsyl-
vania by the Michigan Daily. Michigan's
undergraduate newspaper. This publica-
ton, after the game, which apparently
was played in the friendliest spirit, raked
up statement of some sporting writer
referring to a former game, and has
made accusations concerning the lack OF
craftsmanship on the part of Pennsy1-
vania for which there does not seem to
be any ground whatsoever. The charges
contained in the editorial we're branded
as false by Coach Yost and other Michi-
gan officials. Pennsylvania men paid
absolutely no attention to the publication,
although they regretted 1t.
1t will be very bad policy for either
Pennsylvania or Michigan to allow any
friction to disturb their present relations.
in a peculiar position as regards the rest
of the intercollegiate world. When the
University of Michigan withdrew from
the "big nine' 1t was barred from OBJ
timing foot ball games from any of the
bly western universities. None Of the
eastern institutions, with the exception of
Pennsylvania, cared to schedule games
these two was regarded as a lifesaver
for both. Pennsylvania in the east has
found Just as much difficulty in scheduling
games with such institutions as Harvard,
Yale and Princeton as Michigan has
among the other western universities
For that reason both Michigan and Penn
sylvania are very dependent upon each
other, and 1t is nothing less than suicidal
for either to stir up animosity at this
time.