New-York tribune., 1922-10-30
Syracuse and State
Grid Teams Seem
Lacking in OGerase
BY w. 3. Hanna

Both Penn State and Syracuse were
deficient in offcnse Saturday at the
Polo Grounds. There was nothing in
the football Of either resembling a
good, organized attack. We have read
much criticism this season of the lack
of resourceful otfense at Yale--though
the Ilue, judging from it's game against
the Army, is on the upgrade--but Yale
just now has more Of an oifense than
either of these two, more sustained
and less primitive offensc.
1t seemed to me that what Penn State
chiefly was lacking Saturday was just
what Syracuse served up for Penn
State, stiff resistance, and game
against team of Penn States caliber.
The Nittany Lions needed just such a
game as that. They hadn't had any
opposition calculated to show them
selves just as they were. They know
now and ought to profit.
Penn State Has Strong Line
They have a strong active line, and
If they can get drive and cohesion into
their backfield they ought to get some
where near last years. standard. They
have Bedenk, Bentz, Hufford and Nc
Mahon Of last years line, and Wilson,
OF the backfield. They have no Killin-
ger, however, and they miss him lot.
The playing Of Palm Saturday was just
about 80 per cent as useful to his team
as k,llinger's was the last time the
Lions appeared on the Polo Grounds.
Syracuse had good line, team
with lots Of fight, but nothing much yet
IN the way of plays. The tackling was
weak, the handling of the ball poor.
There is right tidy lot of speed in
the backhe!d, with the backs getting
away quickly. They were Handicapped
by the Penn State men sitting throueh
their interference, the backs, therefore.
not having the chances to get started
they were entitled to.
The Orange did more to find itselq IN
this game than Penn State did. Moe
hans men got better as the game wore
on. They got together better, though
still remiss in the fundamentals Of
tackling and handling the ball. Penn
State after the first ten minutes was
spent, in SO far as that team was seri-
GUS menace to Syracuse, but Syracuse
was serious menace in that half and
most Of the second, and with good dron
kicker and no fumbling would have won
the game. To my way of thinking
syracuse outplayed Penn State.
Forward Passing Poor
The game contained much Of forward
pass mediocrity. On Syracuse's part IL
wasn't even that good. The passer too
often was pulled down behind his ow,
scrimnaage line. Something was out ~
gear, blocking or timing or indecIsion
or something. Ii Nebraska is the won.
der team it Is reputed to be then Svra.
cuse has far to go to be ON an equality
with the robust Cornhuskers. But tha
Syracusans have fight and staving
qualities. Ais
The most consistent Syracuse play
was that punch through the line. the
carrier starting from close to his line
more than once used with good results
on, a fourth down. Syracuse didn't.
lack In nerve in trying ground plavs
on fourth down. But the Salt civ civ
team had no gain play that anybody
Gould notice, and needed one against a
line OF States bulk and stamina.
potentially States offense was het.
ter 1t had more capabilities. mora
sweep; it's shift gave it more deception,
ana 1T was the kind calculated to prn,
apce long gain oftenar