New-York tribune., 1922-10-29

u5hg-dong, grinding and crunching.
The teams were well matched:
neither had first class offence, and
in the undated ardor of their efforts
they spread the battle aH over the
theater of conflict except inside the
Gse-yard lines. They rarely plunged
into those sacred precincts.
Penn State had the better chance to
win. A Syracuse tumble soon after
the kickoff found the Salt City citizens
defending on their own five-yard line.
The pseudo Nittany lion on the side
line was all ready to swallow the Salt
City hattlers at one gnlp, but the
feast is still deferred.
AS gallant band of defenders as
ever c!awed the grass of a gridiron
lifted Penn State back four times sans
gain and sans touchdown. Twenty-Five
thousand spectators were sure just
Just about that time thss Penn State
would win sooner or later, but Penn
State never could develop as good
chance again, and Syracuse never made
another such costly blunder, though
making numerous ones.
Pass Up Fine Opportunity
Syracuse had the better chances
after that, one on an advance stopped
by a tumble, two on drop kicks, both
abortive, and enc on drop kick which
was not tried. The untried drop kick
was poor judgment, for the game then
was in its fourth period, there were
several yards to go on q fourth down,
the position for drop kick was good
and the end Of the game was near. A
ground play was triad, and SO per
cent chance to- win with three points
was lost. 1t was sinful not to try it.
Yet Syracuse emerged from the moil
and toll with a good deal of glory, for
Penn State was the fayorite. Syracuse
played as hard through to the finish as
Pean State and Syracuse outpiayed
State outfought Syracuse III the first
hail. and put on smart squirt in the
closing moments of the game.
Fumbing and erratic kicking were
prominent among the games faults,
and Syracuse easily won in the race to
see who could make the more expensive
fumblcs Among the virtues were
Penn States good tackling, the hard
and powerful breaking through of both
sides, the good defence OF Syracuse
against an attack better than hers, and
the excellent individual playing of Z,
Redenk, Schuster, Hufford and Wilson
CT the Nittanies, and Of McRea, Kei-
l0gg and Fis;iz OF Syracuse.
Syracuse's kick off was followed with
startling ouichfess by The Syracusans,
with their hacks to the goal posts, try
ing to shurt Off touchdown. Palm
had just punted to Syracuse's 10-yard
line, and there Simmons fumbled
Chick Meehan brought Simmons up
after that and let somebody else play
back on defence. Bedenk fell on the
ball for State.
Four Efforts Fail
Well, there the ball was needing
only Alp of the finger to send it
aeross for a touchdown, and there the
bail was four downs later, Wilson
and Palm made five yards, but thrust
at s.racuse's left wing gained nothing
and forward pass er the line was
grounded. Syracuse didn't make first
down until late in the first half and
State made several, but Syracuse made
the mtre In the second half
Zimmerman lifted rattling good
Kick from back Of his goal line and
Ialm ran it UP to his own 45-yard line.
Palm punted and Frugone ran back to
his own 26-yard line. Then came
tumble and a punt was necessary A
Penn State forward pass formation,
which was just bluff, was smothered
for ten yard loss. Nobody but an
adding machine could have recorded all
the plays tossed for loss.
The first time Syracuse was in State
territory WAS when Frugone seized a
punt and ran back to States 40-yara
Iine.@ Frugone SET himself for for
ward pass and State sifted through and
heayed him for a five-yard loss. You
never saw 50 much ground gained the
reverse way.
Wilson hit up the pace in this QUAR-.
ter when he made gam of eight
yards, then one Of eighteen. Stat,
backfeld shifted one way and Wilson
shot around the short end of his unbal
aneed line THAT was when he made hi,
ls-yard run. A forward pass. Palm te
Frank, carried the leather to Syracuse
sf-yard line aud a touchdown loomed
out Syracuse held at the 2o-yard line
with Wilson receiving, two forwarc
passes worried the ball to Syracuse's
dv yard line in the second period and
when Syracuse held tight AGAIN Pain,
tried drepkick. He tried it and Syra.
eusc blocked it. Fivsz Suddenly MI,
state on the defensive by intereeptinp
forward pass This was several ulays
after the dropkick failure. Fiyaz scud.
ded along the north side line twenty
yards to States 35-yard strip.
anderson made two yards, Bedenl
spotted the next play and Zimmerman,s
place Kick was blocked The kicke,
stood entirely too close to the scrim.
mage lire, It would have been :
miracle If the kick hadn't been blocked
Wilson blocked it.
First Down at Last
Syracuse was up and at 'en thoucb
and late in the half made her frs;
down. Kellogg was the chap who did
it, and he played with good deal q,
fire aud style. Big Mcmahon was )
target for numerous Syracuse assaults
On fourth down Frugone hit Nc.
Sfahon's beat and went through it fo,
twelve yards. Kellogg made seven, and
next came a first dewn on States 81.
yard line. So ended the first chapter
Syracuse forced the fighting on the
second half from the start. Chick
Meehan had given his men a talking
TO. You could tell that from the set
of the little mans jaw. Still Syracuse
lost the ball on a fourth down, with
half yard to go. Syracuse had this
half yard punch on several occasions
in the second half, but not this time.
Zimmerman made the Blue camp
gasp by getting full Nelson on the
oval when it was punted to him and
cutting through tacklers until he
reached States twenty-five yard line.
after FIVE more yards and strong de-
sensive rally by State, Zimmerman
arop-kieked from the 35-yard line and
Kicked high and srida