The New York herald., 1922-11-01
QUAKERS Fought
TO RETAIN COACH
Accused by Esteemed Tutors
Of Lacking Spirit, They
Turned Berserker.
HEISMAN SHED TEARS
Promised to Tear Up Contract
if Team Didn't Improve in
Second Half.
BY DANIEL.

AS an infuriated Pennsylvania foot
ball team fell on the astonished Navy
eleven in the second half last Satur-
day and fought it's way to one of the
most startling triumphs in the history
of the game at the Philadelphia uni
versity more than $4,000 onlookers
easped and asked: "What has hap
pened to old PENN" 1t was well nigh
impossible to believe that the Red and
Blue fighters of that second half We're
the same young men who had been
crushed in the first two periods.
Yesterday we found out what had
happened to Penn. It's plot about
which you could weave that One Great
Football Story, the lack of which was
bewailed last Sunday by Arthur Bart
lett Maurice. 1t is a tale of a CASH
ing taunt which cut deep and aroused
a Penn combination from sluggish
mental condition which had been ham,
pering it all season. 1t was not-1as
John Heisman said on Sunday-that
the Navy wore itself out and was
easy for the fresher Penn players. 1t
won the day.
The scene is in the Pennsylvania
dressing room-the time, the recess
between halves on Saturday. The
PENNSYLVANIA men are quiet. They sit
or stand around with gloomy faces.
Heisman, their coach, comes in and
calls Pos Miller, the captain. to one
side.
Heiswen Threatens to Quit.
POS, IL the team acts in the second
half as IT acted In the first am through
as coach at Pennsylvania" said Heis-
man. Tears were streaming down his
wrinkled face. 'If that happens l will
tear up my contract, pack my things
and clear out Ny contract runs through
1923. but will not stay. 1 do not mind
my teams getting beating. That may
come to any great eleven. But l do
expect my team to go down, IL down II
must go, with colors flying. That's
all. Pos. just thought 1 would tell you
this now"
Heisman walked away. There was no
impassioned TALK by the coach to the
squad. Miller stood with CONSERVATION
writ OIL his face, and then he, too, burst
into tears. This Is a rather sobby yarn.
but the sobs were there. Boys, VIC are
cutters, yellow"' Miller shouted TO his
startled teammates. I'VE are taking
licking without putting up fight.
John told me so this minute. He will
quit If we do not put up battle. What
are we going to do about it?"
The reply may be found in the story
OF the second half OF the game. Tho
Penn players acted as II they had gone
crazy. They were a crashing srash-
- - .kot
had been tainted with the charge that
it was taking a beating without fight
ing back. The force of the Penn attack
knocked some of the Navy men silly.
Barchet once lined Up the wrong way.
lie just had come UP after trying to
slant off a tackle and had been downed
with force which almost knocked him
loose from his shoes. That's the story,
men, of Heisman and Miller and Penn.
and the old Penn spirit. which was there
all along but had TO be aroused by a
taunt, score another triumph for John
w. Heisman, the Subtle Psychologist.
Michigan Alone Unscored On.
In the old days of mass play. when
the minor eleven did not dare aspire TO
victory over n big team but centered
all its hopes on a touchdown. there were
many uncrossed goal lines at this stage
of the season-this and later stages,
too. There was one Yale eleven, for
example. which not only kept its final
chalk mark inviolate, but piled up sos
points and gave the other fellow nothing
That was Pa Corbin's gang of Ber-
serkers. Corbin. Heffelfinger Co.
made n great Murderers Row In football
Michigan is the only team in the
country which has not been scored on,
not point for the opposition. Wiscon-
sin. along with the Wolverines has kept
the enemy from crossing It's zero mark
but the Badgers have crossed their own
goal line They gave safety to South
Dakota State. The Dakotans also got
q field goal. Teams which have had
only one touchdown registered against
them are. Lafayette, by Bucknell Iowa,
by Illinois, Rensselaer, Poly, by
Rochester; and Brown, by Boston
University.
There are twenty-five undefeated
teams in this country. They are: East /;
Harvard, Princeton. Cornell. Lafayette,
Pennsylvania. Dickinson. Penn State,
Washington and jefferson, Brown,
Army, Rensselaer, Poly and West vir-
ginia. With the exception OF Harvard
Princeton, Cornell. Lafayette\ and
Dickinson all have been tied
West; Wisconsin, Notre Dame. Michi-
gan. Iowa, and Minnesota.
Far West: California, Washington
South; Vanderbilt and Florida.
Statements to the contrary notwith-
star rnkng. Flash Covington OF Centre
did establish a new record when he drop
kicked six field goais against Louisville
last Saturday. The claim on behalf OF
Covington has been disputed with the
declaration that the record Is seven
goals, and that It was made by Robert
son OF Purdue against Rose Poly In
1900.
However let us get this thing
straight. Covington got all his half
dozen goals with drop kicks. and nobody
ever before had scored with six drop
kicks In one game. Robertson got his
seven goals with kicks from placement
so we find the Purdue man entitled to
one record and Covington TO another
Bernie Trafford OF Harvard got five
field goals with drop kicks against
Cornell In 1890. with 35 yards as the
best distance. Walter Eckersal OF Chi
'.cago drop kicked i've goals against
Nebraska In 1906. best distance 3s
yards, and kicked five in a similar man
ner the season before against Illinois,
with the best achievement coming from
SO yards.
Charley Brickley OF Harvard got five
field goals against Yale In 1918, put one