Evening star., 1917-10-28
PITT DOWNS PENN
IN HARD STRUGGLE
Red and Blue 0utpIays Visitors
in First Half, Then Crum-
pIes-Score, 14-6.
WEIGHT OF WcToRs TELLS
Special DISPATCH to The Star.

Special Dispatch The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, October 2.
After holding the Pitt "beef
trust' scoreless in the first two
periods, actually outplaying them
most of the time. the pluoky Penn
team crumbled under the power
full line plunges of the Blue and
Gold backs at Franklin Field to-
day and went down gloriously
to defeat, fighting to the end.
The score was Pitt II, Penn e.
This is almost the score by which
Pitt conquered two years ago.
The final figures in that contest
stood II for Pitt to ] for Penn.
Penn's score came near the
close of the game. Wray inter-
cepted a Pitt pass and scamper-
ed 10 yards to Pitts 7yard line.
Here the Red and Blue called on
Joe Straus. Three times he
hurled his stocky figure into the
Blue and Gold line First he got
4 Yards; then two more. On the
last attempt he plunged through
for touchdown. ,
Pass Up Chances to Score.
Three times in the first half of the
game Penn was within drop kicking
distance of the Panther's goal. only to
throw away the opportunity to score,
twice by attempted forward passes and
once in an inefectual effort to gain
the necessary two yards by rushing.
The fatal third period started by
Pitt carrying the ball straight up the
field forty yards from the kick-on.
Then McCarter tried a pass. The Penn
forwards were upon him. and one OF
them grabbed him by the shoulder.
Shaking off his foeman, the Pitt player
gave the ball a mighty hurl forward.
It was blind throw, but the ball went
full thirty yards. Carlson. the Pitt
captain, uncovered for a moment oy
the Penn ends. who thought the play
had been spoiled. gathered in the ball
on Penn ive-yard line and sprinted
over the line.
This momentarily unnerved the Red
and Blue. Soon after Pitts kick-ons
Berry's punt was blocked, and Pitt re.
covered the ball on Penns two-yard line.
1t required only one plunge by the
mi ghty McLaren to carry 1t over Tor
the second score within as many min.
utes.
Toward the close of the last period
Berry got loose for an 1S-yard run,
the longest Of the game. This time
Penn decided to let Berry try for
goal He was IS yards from the goal.
and close to the side line. The ball
went through. but was just tribe
short, passing yard under the cross
bar.
For Penn Chubby Joe Straus was the
hero of the game. He crashed into tho
heavy Pitt line like Ben Derr Of old
and seldom failed to gain his length
On the defense he was in every plays
backing up the line and sprinting out
to the ends for smart tackles.
Capt. Miller also shone. especially by
the way he clung to forward passes.
The Penn line, considering how much
they were out-weighed, did wonders.
Pitt depended almost entirely on
straight. old-fashioned line bucktng,
at which McLaren was particularly
adept, ripping through again and
again for 5-yard gains.
Work Risky Play Successfully.
When this mode OF attack slowed
up Pitt switched to double pass end
running. the ball usually being shot
forward by the runner to a man on
the line of scrimmage. Considering the
risky nature of this play, it was res
marhably successful.
Twice in the first two periods the
Red and Blue by dazzling series OF
forward passes carried the ball inside
Pitts 25-yard line. A third Penn adj
vance was mainly due to a penalty for
interference with a pass that cost Pito
nearly 20 yards
Pitt outrushed Penn two to one in
the first half but could not carry this
form of attack to a conclusion. At
first the Panthers used a line buck
ing game, with the mighty McLaren
as the principal battering ram. Them
when the Red and Blue began to stin-
en-. the offensive was changed to a
double pass play around the end.
Mostly. the ball was tossed forward
with an underhand swing, but. risky
as the play seemed. it vas successful
for the most part. Pitts main trouble