Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-11-17
STATE COLLEGE PUT
UP A PLUCKY FIGHT
Pennsylvanians Proved a Worthy
Foe tor the Middies.
FINE DEFENSIVE WORK.
Five Times Visitors Held Powerful
Navy Team fer Downs on The
One Yard Line.

re nnSylNanla state NOitSSe gave
the Midshipmen their hardest fight
of the football season here Saturday,
and though the sailor lads emerged
from the battle with l0-to-0 victory,
a large measure of glory went to the
Pennsylvanians for their magnificent
defensive work at crucial sta yes.
Six times the Pennsylvania play ers
held the middies for downs when the
ball rested within the shadow Of their
goal posts and touchdowus seemed
inevitable. The game was a re Al
thriller from start to finish and the
splendid work of the opposing teams
from a football standpoint was only
marred by an unpleasant incident
Just as the final whistle sounded, and
which 10 the spectators looked as
Though il might eliminate in free
for-all mix-up.
1t resulted from what one of the
State players claimed was unneces-
sary rough handling of Shorty Miller.
the star quarterback, by one of the
Navy players. In the closing min
utes of the game the Pennsylvania,
by varied series of forward passes
and trick plays, were marching to-
ward the Navy goal line. With the
ball on Navy's 30-yard mark, Miller
essayed a wide run around Navy's
left wing, as a result of which he
made substantial gain, but ran be-
yond the side lines.
He was pursued by one of the Navy
players, and although Miller had
slowed down, the Navy man tackled
him and threw him to the ground.
This action was resented by State
player, who started to punch a Navy
man in the face, and in the meantime
other players of the rival teams spar
red off at one another. The trouble
was over so quickly that only a few
persons who were close were able to
see just what was going on.
Meantime, the squad of Navy SUBJ
stitutes jumped from the side-line
benches and ran heller skelter across
the field, but the referee had sounded
the final whistle, and 81 hands went
to the dressing rooms in jig time In
response to orders. Head Coach
Howard and others in charge of the
Navy eleven, as well as officials of the
Naval Academy, greatly deplore the
incident. So does Head Coach Hol-
lenback aud the players of Penn
State, and the Penn State man who
struck Navy player later spologized
for his hasty action.
In fact, Navy and Penn State people
feel that the quicker the unfortunate
La
it.a happened on the impulse of the
moment No official cognizance was
taken of it at the Acade my. The
contest was a struggle of the hair
raising order all the way. The mid
dies did all of their scoring in the
first half. They registered a touch
down and the resultant goal in the
opening period, and in the second
quarter the best they could do was
add three points. the result of field
! goal, which Big Babe Brown kicked
from placement from the 3C-yard
mark.
Although if was early apparent
that the middies were up against
the most formidable foe they have
encountered this season, yet their
| attack seemed TO lack much of the
dash and fire displayed in previous
games. In actual rushing the mid
dies gained probably more than
twice as much ground than State.
| In fact, their plan of battle seemed
| to be to force the fighting and as
a result of this they kept the visi-
| tors on the defe nsive most of the
time, but except for one instance in
the first period they were not equal
to the occasion when plunge through
| the line for yard or two would have
| counted for touchdown.
Once in the second period State
recovered the ball on downs when the
middies had carried it inside Of
their 10-yard mark, but State al
ways seemed able TO rally in the
pinches. This demonstration in the
| first half was only to be followed
by the masterful defensive playing in
the Sc cond balf. when five times the
middies, after rushing from 30 TO so
| yards, were held for downs with dis
tsnee of only from foot to yard to
go for touchdown.
1 Whatever sensational work Shorty
Miller might have been able to show
against the strong Navy eleven was
prevented by the fact that if rained
all during the game and for two hours
before. AZ a result the turf was
heavy and slimy and the little fellow
get away only on two or three oeca-
sions, aud then for gains Of less than
90 yards. And a further handicap
was an injury which he sustained be-
fore the close of the first half, but he
got into play again IN the last few
minutes Of the game. He drove his
team in splendid style and played 3
strong, defensive game.