New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Lehigh Holds
Penn State to
Draw at Z to Z
Brown and White Grew Out
play Heavier Upstate Ri
walls III Royal Battle
By Ray McC

with the tgS.ing listle Iehigh eleven
here this afternoon. For three periods
and t,ve minutes the plucky brown and
White crew, outweighed fifteen pounds
man, oatfought and outpiayed its up
state rivals. 1t had scored "a touchdown
and had narrowly missed getting field
goal. Then, with only two minutes to
go and the tally TO 0 against them,
the State players threw all caution to
the winds and with series Of forward
passes and end runs marched to "a
touchdown and u tie at IT,
For the first two periods the two
teams swayed back and forth in
death-hke grip without either side
gaining the advantage. The half ended
with the score to O.
Expected Fails to Happen
And then came the third period and
the Penn State stalwarts trotted onto
the field. stamping up and down with
fre IN their eyes, as much as to say:
"Well make mince meat of those
midgets this half" But no such thing
happened.
The period had hardly been started
when State. unable to gain, kicked to
the Tiny Rote, who had Just entered
the fray. Immediately the locals
opened up a dazzling display of for
ward passes and end runs. After gain
ing first down Rote, on the dead run,
shot forward pass to bis equally pro-
hclent n, teammate and captain, Buzz
Harrington, who had sifted through the
lines and was running alone ahead of
the swirling mass. The Lehigh captain
turned. took the pass while on the run,
then side stopped State tackler and
set off for the goal line. The pass was
made from midfeld and it appeared as
though Harrington would surely make
the line, as nobody was near him. But
suddenly, from the side, loomed two
State huskies bearing down upon the
will-o'-wisp "Buzz" and as he crossed
upon him at one time with heavy
thud. The three went to the ground as
though struck by lightning, but the
wlry Harrington rebounded and con-
tlnued to the one-yard line, where he
was again struck down..
The teams lined up for further ac-
tion, State snaring and fighting mad,
Lehigh grim and determined to push
over touchdown. Savaria hit the line
with all the power of his 1862 pounds,
but bounded back as though he had
''ie q wall ROIc tueu attempted an
end run and was hurled back for
Vineyard loss, being swept clean off
his feet by the fiery charge of KILN
ger. 1t didn't look like score for
Lehigh after that. But on the next
play, Rote taking the ball from his CEN
ter, ran back a few yards then straight
ened and hurled a swift, accurate pass
over the middle of the line to Long
Hank Gulick, who was standing behind
his goal line. Maginnes kicked the
gcal and the Lehigh stands went wild
Speedy Way Enters Guard
Mr.. Bezdek decided that things had
gone far enough and promptly sent
the speed marvel Way into the game
The State mentor had had hopes Of
saving this lightweight, who is at pres
ent laid up with a wrenched back, but
something had to be done if defeat was
to be avoided, so Way was uncovered.
For five minutes OF the next quarter
Lehigh continued to hold back the
frenzied warriors of State, who were
ball, and who were meeting a bunch
of midgets fighting every bit as hard
in holding thsm back.
Then, with ten minutes to play,
Killinger opened up with everything
he had or that State possessed. The
first pass Killinger threw, which was
caught by Haines, netted ten yards,
the next on" failed. The next heave
Haines picked off another ten yards
Smell made three yards off tackle, and
Haines CAUGHT another short pass,
which gained four more. The next
failed, and then came the turning
point in the game as far as a tie score
concerned,
Ordinarily with the ball on his As
yard line it would have been good foot
ball for Killinger to kick with three
yards to go on the fourth down and
bad football to attempt to gain. But
State was not playing good or bad, it
was simply desperate football. When
" man is going down he doesn't stop to
consider the best means of saving
himself. Neither did the Blue and
White. so Killinczr launched another
pass swift fling far to the side There
didn't seem to be anybody in that vi
cinity, but the fighting Haines sudden
~ bobbed up and a flying leap for the
oval, got his fingers barely ON the ball.
!uggled it for a moment and then fell
but still managed to keep the leather.
1t was marvellous catch and onlv
fine baseball player like Haines could
have made it.
Pennsylvania Men Desperate
Another forward pass. Killinger to
Brown, netted twelve yards. Way
ripped off five more and then made it
hrst down, although he was nearly
killed in the bargain, so fiercely was he
tackled. Now State was on the TO-
yard line. Lchigh called time out
while its midget captain implored his
band of lightweights to hold fast.
kiillnger tried the end and dragged
four men five yards Haines rode his
way, through the center for three more,
while seven Lehigh players actually
rode him in an attempt to haul him
down. And then the slippery Wav
was given the ball and he eased across
the line with all the smoothness of an
eel. Rauch kicked the goal and it
was then that State crowds turned to
60 wild, That was all they wanted-a
tie, and they were quite willing to
cali 1t quits for the afternoon. The
rest of the game, as in the first two
PERIODS. was simply a battle.
hank" Gulick and Goldman. Larkin
and Savaria, McGinnis, Way and Kill
niger, suca performances as these fell
lows turned in didn't appear to ho
rumanly possible unless one could he
on hand to see them. This game will
easily go down in football history of
1920 as one Of the greatest and fiercest
struggles Of the season.
The lineup:
Lehigh o. Penn STATE t7>
.arkin .........L. E....... Brown
iocd i,d ........... l.. .T............ Beck
" " MMcCartny .......L. G........... Hess