Evening star., 1921-11-13

when Barchet, the FolWell quarteT-
ball was flying over the last ohalh
,ably cost the Middies the game.
Borchet ran the ball back yardS.
but if he had allowed the ball to pas
1t would have gone to Folwelis hght-
ers on their own 20-yard Inc.
Borchet, however, made up for this
glaring fault by carrying the ball for
gains of and yards repeatedly.
The Navy backs turned the end
and smashed through the line for
seven first downs, but the great driT's
came to an end when State held fcr
downs on their own 20-yard mark.
Thirty thousand spectators, equip
umbrellas. sat through the drearH'.
dark afternoon while the Two teams
struggled on the rain-soaked grid
iron. They " the greatest battl:
waged on Franklin Field in many sea
sons.
Charley Killinger. the star Stat
quarterback. was the dominating f1s-
ure in the victory of the Center
Countyans. His open field running.
generalship and defense on forward
pass plays were factors that raised
him into the class of all American
players. He personally scored III"
first State touchdown. which. inc
dentally, was the initial score asainsr
Navy this year, in the first period.
He also contributed to the second
and winning touchdown put over tN
Liehtner in the sec md quarter
Lightner kicked the second goal fTr'1
touchdown, but missed the FIRST.
Navy First to Score.
! The Navy was the first to sccr"
when the Middies gained the advar--
tage Of obtaining the II at ti'a
start Of the game by short kick
off. The pigskin was secured on
states i0-yard line. and the Middi.S
par. ded through for touchdown,
Borchet getting the score. He alSr
kicked the goal.
There was no scoring in either tn"
third or final quarters. but in tn"
third period State advances Were
stopped by penalties for holding.
State earned the victory. for the
Center county athletes ou:played thr
Folwell men in the first three quar-
tiers. They ined 266 yards from
scrimmage against l72,- and mad"
nineteen first downs while the Nav
was piling up eleven. State also held
the edge in forward passing. The
ball was slippery and hard to throw.
but the Blue md White team COR
pleted three out of seven for % yard.
while the future admirals were SUE
cessful in only two out OF eleven f''"
8 yards.
State Gets Underway.
The famous state offense that swcp-
Georgia Tech off It's feet swung ilttp
action soon after Navy scored. WITH
Charlie Killinger dominating the ad-
vance, the Blue and White athletes
carried the ball from their own 40
yard line down past the Navy goal.
Killinger carried the ball over ON a
clever swing around the right side of
the Annapolis line. He was tack I'd
on the 2-yard mark. but stretched out
full length for the score.
This was the hrst time points have
heen hung up against Folwell's fighters
this season. Lightner missed tine goal.
The first quarter ended with the
Middies in the lead. to 6, but tEc
advantage was not maintained for lonG-
Shortly after the second period
started State again obtained the bali
on its own 40-yard mark. Anoth'"
steady drive was started. There We"
few exceptionally long runs, but IL"
entire Bezdek backfield took turns -
tearing Off short gains.
The Navy defense stiffencd and i.
took the fu:l four plays to push Il "
ball over from the e-yard line Lish
ner finally scored and also kicked tie
goal.
The superiority Of State in the ilr~t
two periods was plainly seen. Ti.s
Blue and White athletes gained Ia
yards from scrimmage against o. t"r
the Navy.
against four in this half.
scalpers Are Trimmed.
It was a lovely day for every c"2
except the players, spectators ana
and trimmed properly. They wel.
lined UP from Market street to the field
and So tickets were offered for Sl-"p
and less. There was terrific jam az
the two entrances. The paths i'll troi
of the stands were continuous. Pores
and long planks were thrown alons tho
walks to project milady's slippers.
The state military band mad q
great hit. The boys were dressed IL
natty blue uniforms. and made i:
splendid appearance: n panu ~
sailors was on hand from League Is
land TO entertain the middies. Tne
Annapolis men lined up along tho
full length of the gridiron and waltSi
for the team 10 appear. When thr
Folwell fighters rushed on the field
the future admirals threw dignity 20
the winds, hats were tossed IN tie
air and vocal chords Were strained:
After few minutes of this~they nlrd
10 their seats. There was Il huge
gathering of State men present, and
they made themselves heard when
Bezdek's athletes. led by Acting Capt
teams took snappy signal drills and
then lined up for the kick-of.
I Umbrellas Quickly Disappear.
There were -20.0 spectators in tIs
stands when the game started. I'M
brellaS were numerous, but when tina
battle started they either were quiet
ly closed or ripped apart by the bat
tering of newspapers thrown by those
whose line of vision was interrupted.
The lettering of the State players
made big hit with the fans. Tho
letters stretched from waist to, neck.
part of the field. They were nice ard
white when the players first cane
from the gymnasium, but it took only
a few seconds of foot ball to smear
mud all over the numerals. The grid
iron Of, Ben Franklin's playground
was thoroughly soaked by the rain.
which started early this morning a!'i
fell continuously. The slippery cor
dition of the soil probably handi-
capped the Middies considerably, Tor
1t took the big threa. c.: cir
forward pass plays and made The air
route a treacherous plan of attack.
The Navy, with its goal line un-
crossed and a victory over Princeton
stamped in the records, ruled a Slight
favorite before the game, but the
Center county collegians.- with cou-
quests over Georgia Tech and LehiGn
and a tie with Harvard, were not i.,r
behind the accounting of the dopr.
Statistics Of the Game.
First downs-Navy, II; Penn State, ~.
Yards gained from scrimmage-
Na 49,. STATE 9SS