The New York herald., 1922-11-04
M|DDIES OUTCUESS
NITTANY LION TEAM
Forward Pass Attack Lands
First Score; Recovered Fun
BILE Brings Second.
BEZDEK'S AERIALS FAIL
Eight of Twenty-Five Over
head Tosses Completed by
Beaten Eleven.
BEZDEK'S AERIALS FAIL
BY SAMUEL j. BRooKMAN.


beaten football team bowed in defeat
here to-day. Minus a punch in its
line attack and ragged and uncertain
In its use of the forward pass, Penn
headway against a determined, hard
lighting Navy band. The score ended
"a to in favor Of the Middies, and
the Nittany Lions, players, rooters,
band, mascot and all, journeyed back
to college tonight with the sting of
the first defeat in three years.
For the Navy cohorts the triumph
was sweet nectar, coming so soon
hfter the bitter experience against the
University of Pennsylvania eleven.
Navy was determined that some one
suffer for the startling setback at
Franklin Field a week ago and Navy
showed from the start that the great
Penn State record of three seasons
was to offer no mental hazard. Navy
sought revenge and Navy found it.
Navy was prepared to fight to the last
Fitch and Navy fought with great
kest and unsparing effort until vic
tory was clinched beyond the shadow
pf a doubt.
1t was through no superior power In
attack. however, that the Miedies ac-
romplished the defeat of the Lions. The
occasions were few indeed when the
plungers of the Navy backs earned
first down. Penn State had shown on
bther occasions this season that while
Its team did not measure up to the
standard of that Of last year and the
year before. its defense left little to be
desired. and the Nittany Lions gave
hnother great defensive exhibition. But
when 1t came to alertness. to quick
Navy shone with far greater brillance.
Snap and GeneraIship Decide.
,Alertness, quick thinking and general
thip. these are the three factors that
gave Navy It's two touchdowns and vic
Tory. After a nip and tuck first period,
lurings which the ball changed hands
repeatedly because of the stubborn de-
Tense Of both sides, Navy, which con-
cealed it's forward passing ability. sud
denly launched anfaerial attack that
was sustained for a dist-nce of forty
Yards to a touchdown. Three successfuil
forward passes told the story, with Gulf
len on the receiving end OF eao''. Thf
first came on a third down. The othg
two were made on fourth down ap
heir timelipess and perfection cauAt
Penn state completely off its guard.
1t was late in the third period nat
The only other score of the game |as
made This time Penn State, after lold-
Ing for downs on Its IL yard line. sum
bied near, its goal line In attempting
hne plunge and Cullen of Navy, feov-
BRING the oval. raced across for !eucn-
down after lodging tackler or tYo'
Penn state, discovering earlythat IL
could not pierce the Navy line hth any
degree OF consistency, placed ihiet re-
lance on the open game. Palm the Nit
tany quarter, flung forward sAssfs ga
lore and flung most of thet ih Valii'
Navy was on the alert and cher broke
through to hurry the pass r smeared
the attempt by following te pan un-
liringly and with keen 1udgrfnt' In az
Palm hurled twenty-five pases through
the air and of the first twnty-one oniy
four succeeded, two nettiG ten yards
trlning distance. fR
Late in the fnal period when Frank.
q substitute playing left fnd, went IN
Tor Penn State the Nitniy LIONS sue
eeeded In completing fout other passes
and In raising hope amo1 the pleading
rooters that the hIthercN lnbeaten team
would temper thT stig or defeat by
scoring a touchdown I least. But the
confident Navy men 'on checked their
advance and Penn safe failed TO get
within the danger zoe
NotsbIes I'm 5000 Crowd.
A crowd Of 3o.O0., the largest that
liver attended football game here,
Iammed Amer1canLeague Park for the
tpectacle Presidnt Harding, although |
h special box has been reserved, found
n impossible toAttend, but Secretary |
penby OF the My was there and Gov. |
Eproul OF PenryIvania and Senator'S, |
congressman al members OF foreign |
embassies witrut number. II was a
gala gathering and strictly Navy
crowd.
Tho entire lersonnel OF the Naval |
Academy had ONE on from Annapolis.
The Middles more than 1000 of them, /
took the cftv storm shortly after their |
rrrival at ] NJ, and they marched all
the way frsn Union station to the |
hrounds behld a band that never ceased |
10 biarc form instant. Thousands lined |
Tho streetsen route. Once inside the
field the Nddles kept up a terrific din
that inste1 OF subslding as the after
hoon worson grew more deafening as
she Navyileven fought along to victory. |
with bih sides unable to sustain the
attack " ball changed hands a dozen
times inthe first period. Penn State |
every rw and then used a deceptive
double bass for a good gain. but the |
hdvanct alternated with losses as tho |
Navy forwards broke through and |
paunce on the man with the ball |
Both 'aim and Cullen were punting
well. vi Navy was showing far greater
sriiit In running back kicks. Palm |
seldoi was able 10 advance the ball
after receiving the punt. He had a
habI of running Immediately 10 the
pidane instead Of racing straight
phed and almost invariably he was
forsd out sof bounds.
Nvy attacked the center of Penn |
gt,o's lire with all It's fury and sent
p,schet and Cullen off tackle. but the /
dcenss OF the Nittany Lions proved |
Ia, stubborn. IL wse after a punt on |
Eae's forty-one yard line that Navy |
male its first march TO a touchdown
IN the SECOND period. One thrust at
III, line felled as most OF them had
fsed up TO that point. Then Navy, |
Without warning. called on the forward |
rss for it's winning effort. The first
fng was n short one over the line,
bnroy 10 Parr and Il netted only !
bvcn Yards. Navy was offsido on the |