The New York herald., 1922-12-10


intercepted pass both on account of the
prominence of the two contending teams
and on account of the extraordinary
character of the play occurred in the
games between Pittsburgh and Syracuse
This great play In this game came as
a thrilling climax to a stirring battle
Pittsburgh had scored in the first period
at the end Of a series OF line smashes
Syracuse retaliated in the second quarter
and tied the score. In the third period
Pittsburgh again took the lead with
another touchdown, scored through a
sensational forward pass. Syracuse in
stantly came back with a furious air
attack and again tied the score. Both
teams battled fiercely in the final quar-
ter Syracuse finally drove the ball 20
Pittsburgh's 20 yard line and there at
tempted a forward pass. The final mo-
ments of this tremendous battle had now
been reached. Quarterback Frugone OF
Syracuse shot the ball straight at Zim-
norman. but thee giant Hewitt of Pitts
burgh leaped into the air seized the
ball and instantly was off for Syracuse
goal line so yards away. His team
mates leaped into the interference, as
Hewitt, directing his course straight
down the field with gigantic strides, sped
from line to line and finally crossed
Syracuse's goal line for the final and
winning score on that hard fought field.
While Hewitt of Pittsburgh was win
ming his eleven's battle at Syracuse. Cal
veriski OF Tufts was performing a
similar exploit for Tufts against Will
Jams at Williamstown. In the second
period Williams attempted to invade
Tufts territory by a forward pass. but
Calveriski intercepted 1t and by a run
OF 55 yards through the entire Williams
team reached the latter's goal line and
scored a touchdown, which gave Tufts
points, the only score of the fray.
Another highly conspicuous game to
be won by an interrogation pass was the
Georgetown-L Lafayette battle at Wash
ington. Augustin Malley scored first for
Georgetown by a drop kick Gazella
later nullified this by touchdown from
which Brennan sent the ball spinning
over the cross bars for the extra point
Lafayette Immediately started n second
formidable drive. Lafayette essayed Z
forward pass. Carl Werts, however. the
alert center for Georgetown. intercepted
this pass on his own 25 yard line anC
racing back through a broken field witt
good Interference. rs yards. scored
touchdown for Georgetown.
RunbacI< of Punt.
To an observer tabulating the varIou.
winning plays in the countrys game.
from week to week II looked until th,
final week as though we would have thi.
fall no conspicuous instance OF n gam,
won by the runback OF a punt. but
Saturday, November %. gave us n bril-
liant performance. Illinois. at Urbana
was leading Ohio State by a score o
2 ha
sailing punt. riding the swirlirg wind
went down the field TO Ollie Klee of Obi,
State. who stood on his owr 25 yarC
line. As the ball settled into his tena-
cious grasp the halfback was or on
his long run. The "Illini" svarmed upor
him. but his own interference formed
about him and carried him through thu
thickest of his adversaries into a fre.
field, where he swerved and lodged tn,
final backs. covering the full as yards
touching down and winning the game.
or the various classes OF scoring plays
none Is more conspicuously the center OF
attention at the close Of the football
season than the try for point" and nc
class OF plays VIII be more discussed BY
that great body of unofficial rulemakers
OF the sport, the football public. The
privilege OF attempting TO score follow.
ing touchdown In one form and an
other has been I'm the Rugby Union
game since and before the first formu.
lated written rules at Rugby school in
1898.
In the early days OF the American
game goal following "A touchdown was
worth four touchdowns. When numer.
ical values were assigned the scoring
plays. the goal following a touchdown
was rated at and the touchdown at 2
The great discussion. however. that is
TO rage in these coming winter month,
Ia whether the try for point should b.
allowed at all In the game. The argu.
ment against the try for point Is that
Il awards victory on the skill OF one OF
two men, Notwithstanding that the cam.
paign for victory has involved a squad
OF possibly 100 men through three months
OF practice and other months OF pre-.
limlnary preparation that victory there.
fore should be won or lost by the con.
certed efforts OF an entire football estab.
lishment and not alone upon the skill OF
a field goal kicker or OF two forward
pass men. Although out Of the hum
dreds OF games played victory IN only
very few games has pivoted on the
try for point" nevertheless among
these few games consplcuously glister
games OF national Importance. Here
are the seasons victors and vanquished
through tho try for point: