New-York tribune., 1921-11-13

superiority OF State over the Middle
The victory gives State the edge in
the standing of the various Eastern
teams, for before to-day's struggle the
Navy was ranked as one of the leaders
for the mythical title. A capacity
crowd sat through drixzlinC rain and
watched the hardened warriors of the
two magnificent fighting elevens battle
TO state of exhaustion.
Penn State won its glowing victory
because Of it's superior ofTense. With
the shifty and resourceful Kiilinger
and the sturdy, hard-hitting Wilson
and the speedy Lighrner driving
through the openings provided by their
slashing forwards, State marched up
and down the field in brilliant manner,
gaming twice as much ground as the
Middies.
Navy Game to Last
The Annapolis students with wonder
ful gameness and pluck fought back
hercely and made superhuman efforts
driving machine from the western part
of Pennsylvania. But it was like try
ing TO dam the mighty current that
rolls over Niagara Falls.
There was no checking that array of
mad, rushing Penn State backfeld.
which reeled off gains behind perfect
intc~sereuce. sloughing through the
Mud-laden gridiron. Up field and down
ned tne oIue and White marched
steadily. surely and relentIessly The
S~~~r'sipe mart of it all was that the
Navy held Its opponents as we'll as it
dl0.
Not only did the sailors fight back
with admirable courage after they had
been put on the defensive early in the
Tray, but in the last part bf the final
quarter they took the Offensive them
selves and began slamming through the
towering State line for what looked
like sure touchdown. The Navy got
the jump, recovering an on-side kick
at the very start of the game and i'm
mediately marched down to a touch
down. But State on receiving the kick
off came back with a powerful waIlop,
blow that sent the Navy staggering
back on it's heels and left it dazed and
bewildered.
The Navy scored within seven min
utes OF the kickoff. State scored a
touchdown five minutes later on one
of the swiftest comebacks staged on
any gridiron this season. A short time
later the PennsSlvanians, continuing to
batter the Navy forwards with line
drives that were made one after an
other with dazzling rapidity and
cleverness, scored another touchdown
and took the lead.
Issue Always in Doubt
During the third period and for a
part of the last period they continued
TO run the Navy ragged, failing to
score on two occasions only because
of fumbles. But that missed goal
after the first touchdown by Lightner
still left the issue in doubt. And with
Navy fighting like fury all the way
and seizing every opportunity pre-
sented by it's opponents, there was no
telling at what minute the Middies
would break through and win out.
Finally. in the final period, as they
staggered backward yard upon yard
under the stfnging lash of that trip
hammer State offense, the men of
Annapolis, with superb and indomina-
table courage from the edge of their
goal line, where Barchet had blunder-
ingly caught a punt, began vicious
charging assault of their own that
brought the crowd to it's feet. Slam
bang and away they went through the
State forwards bowling along nlerrlly
The State supporters were dunn
founded. They saw in dismay their
eleven, which up to now had been
moving down the opposition with ease
and consistency, pushed back. The
TOO midshipmen of the two upper
classes of the Naval Academy massed
in the south stand we're on their col
lective feet yelling themselves hoarse.
Fight like hell!" was their yell and
their comrades down on the watery
battlefield, their hands and faces
blackened with mud, were doing just
that
The State forwards and the sec
sondary defense hurled themselves into
the breach regardless of all conse-
quences But the Navy backs con-
tinued TO march on. State was receiv-
ing what it had been giving the Mid
dies.
Hold Them" Pleads Penn
Hugh Bezdek, the placid. doughty
Penn State coach, became alarmed as
Folwells crew continued on to the
goal line. He rushed several substi-
tutes with instructions to stop that
charge at any cost. The substitutes
did not stop the charge. With only
few minutes to go State found itself
standing on it's 25-yaru line. The
Navy had four downs to go to the 81
yard line.
Barchet crashed through to the 22-
theml" pleaded the State rooters.
Noyes took the ball and hurled himself
through an opening On the left side
of the line for another gain of three
yards. Two downs and four yards to
60. Koehler picked up yard off
tackle. Fourth down and three yards.
Once more Barchet threw himself at
the opposition. The two lines rose