Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20

HAMER is THE STAR

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HAMER is THE STAR
~ JOSEPH +. rABRUM
NTUgT q littli more punch at The
y right s., moment sd snd &, Cornell ..s,'t vi!
afternoon on the short end of the
0core." An old Srad. himself stellar
performer on the gridiron for the Uni.
verMty OF renneylvania decade ago,
was this morning Distressing Penp'l
7.to.6 triumph ovof Penn State Satur.
day afternoon and comparing the Red
and Blue with tho lthacans. 4s
Continuing, be; said II saw Cornell
play Dartmouth, and while they have
I mechanical teem\ that never seems to
DO the Wrong -thimB,N j think they can be
beaten BY g nshting team with . good
such a. Penn did Saturday. !.
''Dobis's team II about q perfect q
one % can Be found In football today.
L would be the delight Of any coach IN
about that very smocthnes. IN their
Penn has more than An equal chance
%Esensiveiy f Penn Displayed an even
better attack than Il did against the
Navy. Perhaps the amount Of ground
gained In the two games varies, but
you must remember that the Middies
made sixteen hrHt, downs against six
for Penn, and Saturday Heismnn's team
made twelve and State twelve. And
look at the ground gained. State had
only twenty -four moro yards than tho
Red and Blue. and Ahat includes the
eighty. two.yartl march for the touch.
down It scored.
GLAD II sst bse~ for that lock Of
~ aforementioned psnch at tho
eight moment Pesw scowld Aavo
scored One more t0vcAd0scR and pos. !.
siblv too. TAbt VI not SAID 10 de-.
;,act tract I: s:y y secy y r. from ~. tAs sl'K St
Ha"s oo~e Of !eotssn;"
THE old grad echoed the thoughts Of
1 number Of Penn stars Of yester.
victory has heaftened every student and
man they think that the Cornell game
viii show the real mettle Of Captain
Miller and his mates. ="
, The psychological effect Of the vic.
tory over State. the first In several
years, Is realized BY the coaches. The
players were all smiles after the game.
talking incessantly Of beating Cornell.
''Now for Cornell, said Captain Mil.
ler after the game. they aren't 10
hot that they can't be beaten. We've
rot the old stuff --so watch %. Hip,
kip!"
First Since lSle
Beatins a Besdek coached State team
was sweet balm for the Red and Blue.
Il will Be remembered that .F0lwell's
eleven went Out - Oregon ON New
Years Day, 1917, and was defeated,
IL to 0, By Huso's eleven at the Uni.
sersity Of Oregon. In 1910 Bert Bells
1921 the Blue and White counted q
points to +! for Penn. Therefore, Pos
Miller's win on Saturday Is the first
Besdek. coached eleven. The last Red
ane blue triumph over State occurred
To Tex Hamer. the man who missed
the goal that prevented q tie with Pitts.
bursh, soss ths laurel wreath for
having kicked the extra point between
the goal posts that spelled victory. A
week before, but under different cir.
cumstances, when the point meant
everything at ,the moment, Hamer
failed. With the Red and Blue in the
lead and til point not the most es.
:ential :s,.t!u thing, Just at that moment he
NOR only did Hsmer soore the
~ point that meant trismpA, bSt 10
plGvtd HE 0reatest gaase Om Fra,.k.
lin Field. Hurled at tke State line
that OutceiOked hts 0sca, Hamer
'cent through for Oaims on every 0c.
cdsi0n. III line bwckim0 1c0s aen.
sati0n0l. Never DID ke foil Pos Miller
phen the latter c0lled an him to
make ssMcient ysrdass for frt
nEFENsIvELY, which includes
- puntins. the Texas lad played q
remarkable game. Time after time he
brought the feet and brilliant Wilson
to earth with vicious tackles after the
State !uminary had gotten. BY the first
line OF scrimmage. Trying the center
Of the Penn line was like bdtting ones
head against q concrete piling-it was
useless and costly. And Hamer was
right behind the pivot pOst backing up
consistently and without fail.
, individually the team gave an exhi.
bition that left little to b. desired.
Certainly ut times the smoothness OF the
onense was lacking, while the defense
az other times was fooled IN the fake
pays used by Palm and Wilson. But
cn. al '9 al the game was 9 satisfactory
ono IRON the standpoint Of the coaches.
Lansdon's Defensive WesA 81
Al Lansdon. who has proved himself
9ne OF the best defensive backs since
Aobey Light played Havoc with the
runners several years ago, was again u
tower OF strength behind the line, Ere.
quently IT was LangdOn who stopped
eltner Palm or Wilson when they boltel
past the first line. Once LangdOn cot
Wilson Oh TO the side when Sc had q
clear held In front Of him. The tackle
sa We picture-the kind the coaches
70. Improvement In end play. Ted
tGirchild. the Nevadan, deserves the
PAIN. During the 6rst thirty minutes
OF play he showed fair, but Ia the acc.
ond half he was Sii over the 6cid,
ns %ssssihns shs tackles BY. going around back
Il Il Tue sc!immase line. brushing aside
sns sns intertetencs coming toward him
S5a Sna otherwise making himself useful.
U,.h; Ell ;C,ocking OF Palm. punt that came