New-York tribune., 1922-10-29

At the conclusion of the hectic de-,
bate the Navy had been effectively
scrapped so far as championship foot
ball aspirations for the good year 1922
are concerned beneath a 13 to Z de-
/ feat.
1t was day Of dedications on his
toric Franklin Field. Between halves a
bevy of distinguished gentlemen
walked on the field and exchanged a
few pleasantries, and Penn had been
formally presented with the new steel
and concrete stand that supplanted the
old wooden eGifice. Some twenty min
utes or more thereafter young Jona-
than Miller captain of the Red and
Blue forces, and his followers dedi-
Gated a new era in Pennsylvania foot
ball.
Of late years the Red and Blue grid
iron hosts have been forced to feed on
rinds and husks from the table of the
elite in the gridiron world. While the
shades OF the playing days of the
Woodruffs, the Hares, the Stevensons,
the Smiths. the Hollenbecks, yea, the
Folwells sighed wearily in their last
resting places, the later generations
have rather lapsed into the habit of
acting on the receiving end where
bcatings were to be distributed. But
to-day marked the turning. Just how
far along the new order will travel re-
mains to be seen, but Captain Miller
and his mates have at last set things
Alright. and the future may be left to
tell its own tale.
Meet Mr.. Miller
| And about young Mr.. Miller. To his
intimates and to the followers of foot
ball generally he is "Pos" Miller. The
legend back Of this monniker is not
known to this correspondent, but ON
the strength of what he watched this
afternoon he would venture the asser-
tion that rechristening is in order.
Assuming that the aforementioned So
briquet implies likeness between the
Red and Blue captain and his marsupiaI
highness, otherwise known as the opos-
| sum, it is quite apparent that it is time
to bunch the deck and call for q new
deal at passing out nicknames.
1t was Miller who served as the
spearhead of the attack that rent the
solid and heretofore impreRnable
rsrks of the Midshipmen. 1t was Mil
Ter who leaped through the air with
the agility of panther to bat down
the ball on forward passes, and 1t was
Miller, who danced back and forth UP
and down the length of his line Of
defense to exhort and encourage his
mates to resist the steady crunching
drive that the Blue horde from An
napolis was directing against the
pennsylvania defense. From the first
whistle this ubiquitous young man
stood out like 8 wart on a fat lady's
nose.
Busy ia Second Half
1t was not until the start Of the
second half that the Penn leader ral-
lied his forces and set about to the
task of going somewhere. Throughout
the first half it had been matter of
meeting the heavy onslaught of the
visiting brothers. In the opening
speriod the Navy charge went into
action shortly after play had gotten
iSrsler way, and though interrupted
once or twice finally swept on and over
the i'enn goal line. 1t looked like the
steam roller program of the Navy
eleven in other games thus far this
season.
Even on into the second half the
program obtained and 1t was not until
near tsie middle of that period that the
RED and Blue succeeded in dentine
the deiense of the visitors. Once Me-
siraw, half back mate to the mighty
Miller. slid past tackle for eleven yards
and at odd times other small gains
were registered, but nothing with any
continuity that presaged even q threat
for the Navy goal line.
| Thus the first half ended with the
navy on the smile end of TO score.
Several times in the second period they
had threatened to fatten their lead,
but penalties and q Tightening in de-
fensive tactics by Penn stalled them
of. Yet, as they trotted off the field
at the end Of the half, it looked like
another star in the middies' gonfalon.
1T will probably remain something
OF puzzle to the public generally lust
what Coach john Heisman said to bia
charges in the interval Of fifteen min
utes between halves. But whatever e