New-York tribune., 1921-10-30
Southerners, After First
Flash When They Cross
Coal for Initial Touch
down, Are Outclassed
Killinger Scores
From a Kickoff
Fleet Quarterback Ties
Count in the Opening
Period i'm 85-Yard Dash
By Grantland Rice

large, poisonous looking Yellow
Jacket lit upon the Nittany Lion at
she Polo Grounds yesterday and stung
him savagely over the left ear, leav-
ing knot as large as a touchdown
As the stingsree entered his hide
the lion came bounding up with a
roar of pain, planted one huge paw
UPON his tormentor, and the one-sided
struggle was soon over.
So it came about that Penn State
crushed Georgia Tech by the wide
margin of 2s to Z, as $4,000 spectators
drew one of the big thrills of the year
when Killinger, the red deer of Penn
State, received Georgia kick off
around the. middle of the first quar-
ter and ran IS yards through the
baffled and bewildered Tech defense
for the touchdown that tied the score
and shattered large sector of his
opponents morale.
A yellow jacket can sting a lion but
killing him and skinning him are
quite another matter.
Southerners Score First
For the first few minutes Of the
battle every indication was that Techs
slsshing offensive drive, with the
puzzling shift, would drive Penn
State of the field. Gaining control of
the ball some so yards from the
Penn goal, the Southern attack moved
forward with fine display of speed
and power, in which the brilliant Req
Barron took the leading role. One
first down fo lowed another until Bar
ron finally fought his way across the
line as the 500 Georgia rooters, who
.acket to last month. Massed in the
stands back of first base, they filled
the air with swild futter of yellow
Tbbons and flowers with vocal ac-
compartment that rocked The big
Btand.
But with that one big march COM
cleted. the tide turned with ss&iftness
that fairly took away ones breath. Up
to this point Georgia Tech had made
six first downs against nothing for
Penn State, but on the next kick off
The ball settled lightly into the arms
Of Killinger and the RED Deer" was on
is way through the golden autumn
aftern oon with the entire Tech team ir
pursuit.
Killinger in Sensational Run :
Usine rare quality of speed and
puzzling, zig-zag shift, he soon
worked his way to midfeld. and here.
surrounded by fine interference, he
came into the open with the last tack
Ter removed and no one swift enough to
even apprca ach his dizzy speed, and he
raced over the line for play that few
are lucky enough to ever see in one of
the pig games, touchdown from the
Aick-off. Only great back of the Kill
.lnger type is qualified to make such q
play, and as he bounded into the open
aeyond midtield the entire stand arose
. pay him tribute. He had covered
elghty-five yards in this startling flight
without even being halted along the
guarded route.
This was the play that turned the
Southern machine upside down and
That settled the issue of battle beyond
any doubt For after this run Penn
states powerful, well-directed assault,
With its shifts and splits and passes,
scattered Yellow jackets up and down
Tue held. 1t was easy to see that the
southern defense was far below it's
strong attack, for not only was it's line
ripped open and driven back, but it was
also ward-passed into state OF de-
nrIsm On play after play Killinger.
wilson OF Lightner would lunge for
ward for big gains, and thr ueh these
advances flock of passes finished up
the pressure.
Tech Helpless Upon Defense
Penn State completed pass after pass
WIN Tech helpless upon defense, tioun-
uwe.rilng badly as the ball sailed from
Mllinger's hands down the field to the
waiting receiver. On two occasions
near the close McCollum, surrounded
y two or three Yellow Jackets, took
me ball out Of the air on long, accurate
passes over thirty yards away without
even being annoyed by the hostile
,ofces around him. On each occasion
ae mad to leap for the ball while still
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