Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
IN HARDEST FIGHT
Navy Had to Go Some to Beat
Penn State, 10 to O. !,
THRILLER ALL THE WAY
Almost Free Fight Over Rough
Play in Last Few Minutes
of Game. III
THRILLER ALL THE WAY
Special Dispatch 10 Tie star.

Special Dispatch TO Tie Star
ANNAPOLIS, Nd. November l5.-Penn-
sylvania State College gave the AM
napolis midshipmen their hardest fight
of the foot ball season here today and
though the sailor lads emerged from tie
battle with 10 to victory. large meas
ure of glory goes to the Pennsylvanians,
for their magnificent defensive work at
crucial stages. Six times the Bellefonte
players held the middies for downs when
the ball rested within the shadow OF
their goal posts and touchdowns seemed
inevitable.
The game was real thriller from start
TO finish, and the splendid work OF the
opposing teams from a foot ball stand
point was only marred by an unpleasant
incident just as the final whistle SOUNDED.
and which to the big crowd of spectators
looked as though it might eliminate in
a free for all mixup. II all resulted from
what a State player thought was un-
necessary rough handling of Shorty
Miller the star quarterback. by one of the
Navy players. IN the closing minutes Of
| the game the Bellefonte lads, by varied
series of forward passes and trick plays.
were marching toward the Navy goal
line. With the ball on the Nays ~
yarG, little Miller essayed a wide end
run around Nays left wing. as q result
OF which he made 2 substantial gain, but
ran beyond the side lines. He was close
~ pursued by one of the Navy players.
and although Miller had lessened his
pace, in fact stopped. the Navy man
tackled him and threw him violently 10
the ground. This action was resented
by State player. who started 10 punch
hn for nd
meantime other players of the rival teams
began to spar on at one another The
trouble started and was over so quicliy.
that only few persons who We're close
by were able TO grasp just what was
going on. Meantime the squad 81 SaXy
substitutes jumped up from the side line
benches and ran helter skelter acroes
the field, but the referee had sounded the
final whistle and all hands went TO the
dressing rooms in jig time, In response
TO orders. Navy people and Others Con-
demned the disgraceful Incident
Butte get back 10 the game, Ii was "A
struggle of the Embarrassing order all the
way. The iniddies did all of their scol-
ing in the first half. They registered a
touchdown and the resultant goal i'm The
opening period and in the second quarter
the best they could do was add three
points. the result of "A field goal which
big Babe Brown kicked from placement
from the 3o-yard mark. Though IL Was
early apparent that the middies wers W.
against the most formidable f-e tney
have encountered this season yet Aheir
attack seemed to lack much of the dash
and fire displayed In previous games. In
actual rushing the middies gained proba-
bly, more than twice as much ground
as did State College. In fact. their
plan of battle seemed to be TO force the
lighting. and as result OF this they kept
the visitors on the defensive most of the
time but except for the one instance ia
the first period they We're not equal to the
occasion when a plunge through the line
for yard or two would have counted for
a touchdown. Once in the second period
State recovered the ball on downs when
the middies had carried il inside of their
1O-yard, but State always 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
second half. when five times the middies.
after rushing from 10 TO 10 yards, were
held FIR downs with distance of only a
foot to a yard to go for touchdown.
Whatever sensational work Shorty
Miller might have been able to show
against the strong Navy eleven was pre-
vented by the fact that ii rained all dur
ing the game and for two hours before.
As a result the turf was heavy and Shiny
and the little fellow got away only on two
or three occasions, and then for gains OF
less than - yards.
And "A further handicap was an injury
" hich he sustained before the close OF the
the last few minutes of the game He
drove his team in splendid style and
PLAYED a strong defensive game.
The line-un and SUMMARY.