The New York herald., 1922-12-10
Harvard, Yale, Penn and
Dartmouth Among Elevens
Beaten by Timely Kick.
THE COSTLIEST TUMBLE
How Alert Lafayette FRESH
man Brought About De-
feat Of Pitt.

Jams kicked goal from placement on
the try for point" Late in the last
period Leo Sullivan of Pennsylvania
lodged and dashed his way through the
entire Pittsburgh team forty yards for
touchdown. The try for point" de-
manded steadier nerves than Pennsyl-
vania possessed. A goal was missed
| and the battle was lost.
And now we come 10 the tumble. In
bygone years great games have been
won directly from a tumble and in
olden times national championships
thereon were bestowed Under no cam
outage Of glory. however. can fum-
bled victory be anything else than a
fluke. Some day wise football rulo
makers will not permit score to re-
suit directly from tumble. They will
terminate the play on the spot where
the tumble is recovered merely by CIV
ing the ball to the side which captures
IL. 1t is intolera BILE that all the plan
ming and practicing and playing OF a
college football establishment from jan
uary to November should pivot upon
the accidental fumbling of a ball It
Is even more intolerable that luckless
player should go through life with the
bitter memory that he wrought disaster
upon his alma matters football cam
paign through a tumble. While the
tumble has been as frequent this fall.
and. while it has been as important
factor as an intermediate play in a
chain of plays. fortunately less than
half dozen games are to be found out
of the hundreds of games played in
which victories hinge directly upon a
recovered tumble.
A Costly tumble.
The most conspicuous game in the
United States won upon a tumble was the
Lafayette Pittsburgh battle. played at
Pittsburgh the first Saturday In October.
These two titanic teams. although play
ing early in the season. nevertheless.
fought fercely and well but without ad-
vantage TO either until the third quarter.
Early in this period Winterburn. fleet
footed Pittsburgh back. was swiftly cir
cling Lafayette's end. when the mighty
Schwab crashed into the interference.
throwing II against Winterburn, caus-
ing the latter to drop the ball. Upon
the Lafayette line was freshman by
the name OF Leo Pendergast. playing his
first big game. With the flashing ac-
tion that characterizes a born football
man. Pendergast leaped forward seized
the ball and sped down the field. Seven
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| by his flying feet until the goal line
was reached and the heroic freshman
| touched the ball down for victory.
II is for the football psychologist to
answer the question whether IL is more
agonizing for "A player TO lose game
through a tumble than through a safety.
Since many safeties are made in retriev-
/ ing some ones else disaster or. as fire.
quently happens in destroying an i'm
I
through a safety probably rs less poig-
nant than through a tumble. The story
of the game won through safeties this fall
I is also the story OF games won through
blocked kicks for all OF the victories
based on safeties involve a preceding
blocked kick. For instance. Idaho and
Washington were battling furiously for
ranking advantage in the Pacific coast
conference. SIX times the Purple and
Gold drove the ball within striking dis
tance OF the Vandals goal line and six
times Idaho drove Washington back
Late In the third period Brown. Idaho's
| captain, was forced 10 fall behind his
/ own goal line 10 punt Washington's
/ center by a quick. hard charge. forced
/ Idaho's pivot man TO make low pass.
/ Cant Brown fumbled but fell on the
| ball for a safety. the two points being
the only score Of the game Washing
/ ton. therefore. won. but who shall not
say that in the consecutive links OF the
/ play that Il was not Capt Brown who
! lost the game but that Il was Washing
/ toms hard charging center who won IL
Iowa and Illinois were embattled at
/ J'rbaua. Although Iowa had lately re-
turned with the glittering prestige or
/ having beaten Yale the "lllini.' as the
| Illinois players are termed. we're so far
/ from being dazzled that they were play
/ Ing confidently 90 win. Iowa IN the
third period by a pair Of successful Tor
ward passes crossed Illinois goal line.
/ Shuttleworth missed the try for point.
I and thus Iowa led but by the dan
| rcrous and precarious figure OF points.
/ A the final quarter opened William
Anger OF Illinois was forced % punt
/ from behind his goal line Engeldinger
/ OF Iowa broke through and blocked the
kick. Both players raced 20 capture the
/ ball but Anger won. thereby scoring a
/ touchdown and giving Iowa two addi-
tional points Later In the battle Nc
I Alwane received a pass and raced 90
/ Iowa's 10 yard line. from which In two
/ line plungcs he Immediately afterward
scored a touchdown. on the try for
point Dawson 81 Illinois drop kicked an
1 additional point. thereby making the
| final score Iowa and Illinois I.
Blocked NICK WINS eame.
And now we will conclude with one
Of the very few Instances In which
blocked kick alone has won a game.
Northern football enthusiasts perhaps
do not appreciate the tremendous spirit
with which the Southerners wage their
football battles. nor have Northerners
generally noticed. perhaps the large
number OF Southern players In the COM
position Of great Northern football
teams. Furman Is a small college. but
II was possessed this fall Of fighting
/ football aggregation. The latter came n
contact with Georgia ct Greenville in the
middle of October The Furnan players
are known extensively in tho South as
the Purple Hurricanes" and their ex-
cellent playing against Georgia. notwith-
standing the great disparity between the
Institutions. justified their name. Fur
man held the Bulldogs" as the Georgia
eleven are known. safely for three -
riods without score. Just as the fourth
period started. however. Joseph Bennett
of Georgia broke through the Purpls
line and blocked Poteats punt Bennett
not only blocked the kick but he per-
formed the rare feat ~ selling tho
bounding BALL The great Georgia tackle
sprang Instantly into flight and raced
thirty-five yards 20 the Purple goal line
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