The New York herald., 1922-11-08
ny DANIEL.

To the vibrant strains OF Dixie"
fighting football team from Louisiana
State went down with colors flying at
the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon.
Tie Rutgers eleven, with greater
power weight and versatility and
finer knowledge of the fundamentals,
had things pretty much its own way
after a scoreless first quarter, and
triumphed by 25 to o.
Foster Sanford started with a team
composed almost entirely of second
string men. But in the second quar-
ter he began to send in some of his
regulars. AS the first stringers were
hurled into the breach the scrappy
Tigers from Baton Rouge began to
give way. Rutgers got one touchdown
in the second period. 1t crossed the
Tigers goal line again in the third
session and in tho last quarter put
over two more touchdowns.
, Louis,ana's Yellow Jerseys.
That final crossing Of the Louisiana
line brought out the most spectacular
feat Of the long battle down there in
the lee of Coogans Bluff. Maloney, the
Rutgers quarterback. caught a punt on
his own 20 yard line and with splendid
interference, most of which was fur
nished by Benkert dashed eighty yards
for the touchdown. Maloney got the ki TX
halfway between the side lines and then
darted to his right. With Benkert
straightarming swath through the
Yellowj jackets Maloney scooted down
along the side line and accomplished the
outstanding stunt of the Rutgers season.
The boys from Louisiana State came
bravely into the game with their bright
yellow jerseys and the Rutgers players
sparkled in their jackets of scarlet.
After they had fought and wallowed in
that mud for fifteen minutes the god
and the scarlet took on q bedraggled an
pearance. The backs and linemen kept
coming up with thick clouds decorating
their faces. They steamed like thor
oughbreds in the drizzle.
In the first period it was hard fight
six Of one and half 4 dozen of the
other-and both teams playing poor
football. Neither seemed to be burdened
overmuch with n knowledge of how to
run. how to tackle. to interfere, to
charge. The Tigers were particularly
poor In that respect. The positions OF
their men on the line as they got ready
for the play indicated that they could
stand tremendous lot of improvement.
Tigers Are Worn Down.
But what the Yellowjackets lacked in
technic they made up for In fighting
spirit That sufficed to keep them even
with Rutgers in the opening period. But
as the hard fight progressed and the
lighter Tigers began to feel the effects
of the wearing down process they fell to
pieces. With the influx of the Rutgers
regulars the Scarlet got greater power
and cohesion along the line and more
expert work in tre backfield. Then
Louisiana was outclassed
Rutgers was penalized no fewer than
twelve times by DR.. Al Sharpe. the um-
pirc. This cost Rutgers a total of $50
yards. Eight of the penalties were fiji
teen yard affairs for holding. three were
five yard losses for offside and one was
a twenty-five yard wallop for rougn
work-half the distance, to the goal line.
Rutgers, which had been defeated ~
Benthany and West Virginia, seemed 10
be a bit overzealous. The long string
of penalties without question coss
Rutgers at least two more touchdowns
Second to that run by Maloney among
the features of the game was fine
forward pass from Maloney to Dickin-
son. which resulted In a gain OF twenty