The New York herald., 1922-12-10

last desperate assault burst the blue
line In twain and scored the touchdown
that eventually won the game.
Those indeed are ideal football battles
in which a minor army fights so
cleverly and courageously against
mightier opponent that the closeness Of
the score gives victory to one but glory
to the other. or type like this was
the game this fall between Bucknell and
Pittsburgh. Rampaging up and down
the field through three quarters. Buck
nell repeatedly threw the Panthers back
from their goal line and menacingly
often sent their standards to Pitts
hurgh's rs yard line and once to the
yard stripe. Thus the final Ave minutes
broke with a scoreboard cleaning down
upon the field-Bucknell 0, Pittsburgh 0.
Anderson and Collona, the Panthers'
backs, suddenly burst forth in an
amazingly powerful march straight
down the field to Bucknells yard line.
Here plunging failed, but a penalty
against Bucknell gave Pittsburgh
another chain of downs. Again were
these exhausted and again a penalty
renewed opportunity for Pittsburgh by
another chain of downs. Bucknell. thus
battered within it's yard line ten times
in succession. still held It's goal line in
tact. but with an intervening distance
finally Of only few inches. On the next
play the great Colonna struck the ram
part with loud impact and the Orange
and Blue line bent under the onslaught.
When the players We're disentangled
Colonna was found to have placed the
ball a single inch beyond Bucknens
goal line. Thus fortune denied Bucknell
both victory and draw. but gave It's
iron hearted players a glorious defeat.
At Los Angeles the University of
Southern California was at grueling
grips with Nevada The very last mo-
ment of the game had arrived without
score. The Trojans, as the Cali
fornians are affectionately called, he'd
the ball, but were forced to put it down
fifty yards distant from their adver-
sa,y's goal line. Gordon Campbell Of
California called for desperate forward
pass assault First he flung screen"
pass to Dolley and the long distance was
halved Then he flung another and
Dolley stood on Nevada's yard line
for first down. Only seconds now re-
mained to play. The lines formed, the
ball was snapped and Doliey In ono
final tremendous plunge crashed into.
| through and over the Nevada rampant
and California won.
| From the Pacific to the Atlantic now
leaps this saga of footballs glories The
arena Is Fitton Field at Worcester.
From the FIRST few minutes II pay
until the final five Holy Cross has held
lead of seven points to none over Poston
University. Gordon Cochran of Boston.
who was carried injured from the Held
in the second quarter, demands TO be
returned to the battle. The coaches
yield to his plea. Within three m!1utes
this young cepturion of the greensward
and lines of lime has saved his eleven
from defeat. An intercepted forward
pass gives Boston tie ball on the 90
yard line. Cochran immediately hurls
pass fifteen yards down to Harris.
The lines form and Cochran strikes to
the right for eight and to thu left for
four. Again he takes che bail and
circles the end. He hits the lines nd
Boston finally stands on Holy Crosss
yard line. And now 1t Is Cochran WHO
Is called upon to make the crucial crash.
The ball flashes from center and Coch-
ran with a mighty impact breaks the
opposing line and touches down. A mo-
ment later, he kicks q goal. and as the
whistle sounds the scoreboard changes
to Boston Z, Holy Cross Z.
No battle could present a moro spec
tacular or sensational victory than that
of Drake over Kansas, won at Des
Moines. For almost three quarters of
the game the Drake forwards never had
possession of the ball outside OF their
own 15 yard line. Nevertheless. 90
sturdy was their defence that Kansas
could not score Later. in the third
period. Orebaugh. McCluen and Bolter
drove the Jayhawkers steadily back to
their yard line. from which Orebaugh
| o. 49, 80
the game.
It is a line of dauntless defences such
as this. repeatedly wrestling victory out
of defeat. that has won for Drake the
gridiron name OF Bulldogs.
Locke and Parlxin star.
The sectional element of West against
East, Iowa versus Yale, makes the
winning OF the latter battle historical
per sc. Toward the end of the first
period Iowa secured possession OF the
ball on Yale's As yard line. Locke, the
much heralded line plunger, tried the
Yale line. but II held firm. Then Par
kin circled the Blues right end for fif-
teen yards before he was forced out OF
bounds.
Parkin again took the ball and slipped
through the left side Of the Yale line for
three yards. Here Locke fumbled. but
recovered the ball. Parkin shot for
ward pass to Miller and the ball was on
the Blues % yard line. On the next
play Parkin got three yards through
Diller. Locke got yard and the period
ended with the ball on Yale's 10 yard
line.
The elcvens changed goals. and for
once Parkin failed to gain, but Gordon
Locke ripped his way through center for
four yards. Locke's next plunge re-
suited In a first down on Yale's yard
mark. In two attempts Parkin made
seven yards. When Yale stopped Locke
in his tracks and Iowa was penaiized
five yards for offside play matters
looked hopeful TO Yale. But Parkin was
only stirred TO fresh effort. Aided by
fine interference. he swung around
Yale's left end.
Eddy threw the westerner a yard
from the goal, but he coul1 not hold
him. and Parkin rolled across the line.
Shuttleworth failed in an attempted
drop kick for the extra point, but those
six points were enough to win.
No feature in the evolution OF football
In the last twenty years has been more,
impressive to the student OF tactics than
the growth of the field goal as win
ming factor In close games. The great
grIdron generals OF the SOS and 's0's
scorned the goal from the field. although
N then counted five points. They
scorned II because they bclievee that a