The Washington herald., 1921-11-13
2INCETON; PENN STATE HUNBLES NAVY-BOTH SCORES
Middies' Great Line Fails
To Stop Brilliant Killinger
Navy First to Score, but ''Nittany Lions" Take
Lead by Two Great Drives-First
Loss for Sailors.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Nov. IL
Penn State. one Of the contenders
Tor the Eastern football champion
ship. moved . couple OF touchdowna
nearer 10 that goal today by do
festing the hard-hItting Navy eleven
IN one Of the most thrilling and
hercest battles ever waged on an
Eastern gridiron-
The final score was - to Z. and
that difference aboVt measured the
superiority Of State over the MID
dies.
The victory gives State the eds.
in the standing Of the various East
ern teams. for before todays struF-
gle the Navy was ranked as one OF
the leaders for the mythical title.
A capacity crowd sat through q driz-
zIing rain and watched the hardened
warriors Of the two magnificent hight
ing elevens battle 60 a state Of ex-
hRustion.
Penn State won its glowing vIo-
tory becaus" OF it, superior oTcuse
With the nifty, and resourcefu Kill
finger. ne sturdy hard-hitting WI.
son ard the speedy Lightner driy
ing through the openings provided
by their slashinE forwards State
marched up and down the feId N
brilliant manner. gaining twice as
much ground as the MiddieE.
The Annapolis students. with wor.
derful Gameness and pluck. fought
back fiercely and made superhumsp
efforts 10 stop the onslaught Of that
pile-driving machine from the West
ern part OF Pennsylvania. but il Wa
like trying TO dam the mighty cur
rent that rolls over Niagara Falls.
state BackAeld strong.
There was no checking that array
| Of mad rushing Penn State backs
who reeled of gains beh nd perfect
! interference. slOLGhinE through the
mud-ls len gridiron. Up field and
down field the Blue and White
marched steadily. surely and reIent-
/ lessly. The surprising part Of il alt
was that the Navy held its op-
POnents as well as u did
/ Not only did the Sailors night back
with adm rable courage and IN
swerving determination after they
had been put on the defensive early
in the fray. but in the last part Of
the final quarter they took the Of
fensive themselves and began slam
ming through the State line for
what looked like a sure touchdown
The Navy scored within seven
minutes Of the kiCkOfT state scored
touchdown nve minutes later on
one OF the sw fest c0mebacks
staged on any Eridirnn this season
A short time later the PennsyIvan-
ians. continuing 10 batter the Navy
forwards with line drives. scored
another touchdown and took the
lead. During the third period and
for part Of tn last per cd. they con-
tinued to run the Navy ragged. fail
ing TO score on two occasions only
because OF fumbIes.
But that missed goal after TIL
first touchdown by LiEhtner stiIl
left the issue in doubt. and with
the Navy fighting like fury all tn.
way and se.zinF every opportunity
presented by its opponents. there
was no tell nE at what minute the
Middies would freak through and
win out
MiddIes stage Comebark.
III AAAG AaAEA NNGE loNs - NlI2#
staggered backward yard upon yard
unGer the singing lash Of that tri-
hammer State offense. the men 81
Annapolis began a vicious charging
assault OF their own that brought
/ the crowd to Is feet Slam-banr.
and away they weat through the
State forwards. bowling along mer-
rily.
The State forwards and the sec
ondary defense hurled themsclv,.s.
into the breach regardless Of all
! consequence. but the Navy back
continued to march on. STATE Was
/ receiving what il had been giving
the Middies
Hugo Bezdek. the placid Penn
State coach. Decame alarmed a-
| folwelis crew continued on To N,
goal line. He rushed in several
substitutes with instrU, lions to stul
that charge At any cost The sub.
stitutes did not stop the charg,
! With only a few minutes TO 20
State found itself STANDING on q,
own 25-yard line. tn, Navy had
four downs to 60 TO the I5-yard lT0.
Barchet crashed through 70 TIA
22-yard line on the first rush Hold
! them" pleaded the State TusJers
! Noyes took the ball and hurried
himself through an opening on tho
left side OF the line for anothsr
gain Of yards. Two downs and q
yards to 20. Eo"hler Wicked uu
yard of taCkle Fourth down .0 2
: yards. Once more Rar-h"t threw
himself a. the npp"~'t.un. The rw o
lines rose AND sw#ycd wGthou. 60
ing either Way-
From ne pile. re ar..e Al -harre
j extracted ,Se bal are. I"vna t.-
Navy two ,aris shy II ,h. nc .
sary distance for first down A
short time later the conflict ended.
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