Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-03

VOUNG KID CPSET'S been smear
ing Old Man Dope over various grid
irons this season, hut it wasn't until
State presented Penn with 100 iron
cross on Saturday that the kid exhibited
his mud singing ability on Franklin
Field.
The youngster did considerable smear
ing over at Princeton, where West Nir-
ginia trounced the Tigers. $50, but
that mattered little compared with the
rOut on Ben Franklin's playground, for
| up until Saturday the Red and Blue oc
cupied considerable space on the 1919
championship property.
Penn still has "A chance to be counted
in on the final reckoning, but that
/ chance has dwindled to much smaller
/ proportions. The Quakers will be en-
/ titled to the floor for several minutes
/ in the championship argument. provided
/ they beat Dartmouth Pittsburgh and
/ Cornell. and other tongues will be s-
| lenced if the I'anthcrs hang it on State.
| lMt all that's in the future.
Even Chance
The fact of the past remains that
State won by a touchdown, a goal
/ therefrom and a placement goal, which
is about enough to prove the superiority
| of one team over another. The game
was played on a muddy and treacherous
! field-the ball was nothing more than
air surrounded by slime-but nevcrthe-
less the conditions were the same for
| both teams.
Penn blew, while State reached the
| heights The Quakcrs didn't seem to
| have the same physical stamina that
| hn ,N, .,1 d.
| teams got the breaks. and Bczdek 5
boys won because they took advantage
of the opportunities slipped them by
fate. Chances came to Penn, perhaps
not as many. but still quite number.
However. Penn didn't clutch them.
The first break came in the second
period. Wee Charlie Way dropped a
punt. The ball slid along to the S-yard
line. where the ever alert ITene Miller
pouncod upon it. Fight yards to 90 for
touchdown, The Red and Blue cheer
ing section was in an uproar. Penn
men felt confident that a score would
result. but they didn't reckon with the
strength of the Bczdek defense.
Great State Sand
Two drives at the line gained only
. yards and forward pass advanced
only a yard. -Four yards to go for a
touchdown Bell called for another
pass. and this time the ball fell into
the hands of Conover. the State center,
and the chance was gone.
The second break favored the Blue
and White. and il was hettcr one
Bruner fumbled punt. and the ball
after slipping ont of the arms of foui
players, was tucked under by Smell oil
the yard line. The Quakers put III
valiant fight. and three punches Al
the center of the line gained only 1
half yard. Then Harry Robb skiddet
off Maynard and went over for thu
score.
They were the breaks. hut there wa
no break connected with Conover'
placement goal. A forward pass. Robl
TO Higgins nctted an 1S- yard gain, anC
that placed the ball in n position fo
the try. Conover was on the % yaTt
mark when he made the boot Beside
this boot. Conover played a great gam
on the field for Bezdek
Aerial Attack Stopped
But State won, not because OF tn
breaks. but because they played bette
football, The Robb to Higgins comb
nation on forward passes was n con
sistent ground gamer, while most al
of Penn's aerial tosses grounded or fel
into the arms of Blue and White de
Tenders. Bezdek's defense for the for
ward passes was almost perfect. Rarel
was a Penn man free.
The State line held it's own agains
the far heralded Quaker forward de
fense, and in puntlng Captain Higgin