The Penn's Grove record., 1923-11-30
Tigers End Season
D~ecisively Defeat Aberdeen On
Thanksgiving Day

On Thanksgiving Day the DUPONT
Tigers put a great finish to as great
a football season that could be desired.
The game that had been booked with
Woodstown on the home grounds was
cancelled by that team this week and
to fill the bill the return game with
18th Airship Company, of the Aber-
oeen Proving Grounds, Nd, was OBJ
tanned. The army eleven was played
here three weeks ago and they proved
to be the best team met by the Tigers
this season. The game was 6 to 6
tie This game was played for the
first half exactly as the previous one
with the home team being favored in
slight degree. However, along in the
second half the Tigers rose to the
greatest heights of playing and swept
all before them until the game ended
with an overwhelming score of 81 to O.
Alexander received the kickoff from
Patterson and ran back ten yards and
Immediately the visitors did some
wonderful offensive running, taking the
ball to the Tigers ten yard line. This
IA just as they had done in the pre-
vious game except that this time they
did it in two plays. First, Smith got
around left end for twenty-five yards
and then Harper made forty. Each
got thru the defense so that Joe Pat
terson was the only one between them
and the goal. Joe never failed. Me
gary and Gledhill then did some great
work in breaking the plays for losses
and the home team took the ball on
the ten yard line. For the rest of the
quarter the Tigers took the defensive
punting and Patterson made two fine
ones, the first for forty yards and the
second for forty-fve. They twice took
the ball by clever work, when Penning-
ton intercepted a forward pass and
later when Megary recovered q
tumble.
The second quarter began by Cap
tain Harper intercepting a forward
pass. Twice in the period the army
men lost the ball on fumbles and the
Tigers became more threatening to
score. Near the end of the half Pat
terson's drop kick was blocked but he
recovered it and ran it back twenty
five yards. He added fourteen more
On the next play. Viele scored and
the half Immediately ended.
One touchdown was not a safe mar
gin for the Airship men came hack
with Harper continuing to advance the
ball steadily for first downs. They
reached the ten yard line. Harper
fumbled. Joe Patterson picked up the
ball and ran the ninety yards for a
touchdown. He was too fast to be
overtaken.
By the time the last quarter was
reached the Tigers got to playing the
game that it unbeatable. They over
worked the visitors and did spectacular
plays, one after the other. The period
began with a forward pass from Geo.
Dolbow to Shiloh Pennington. 1t made
twenty-five yards and a touchdown,
Then on the first play by Airship Co.
Shiloh intercepted their forward pass.
Ed Bennett made it a first down
and then threw to Shiloh, who reached
the eight yard line. Wright carried
the ball over. After receiving the ball
again Harper punted out of bounds
on the twenty yard line. On the sec
ond play after this Ed Bennett scored.
He then took a turn at drop kicking
and made the only goal of the game
That ended the scoring, 10 for the
quarter. Before the game ended the
army men again lost the ball on a
tumble, Gledhill recovering, but in no
time Netzler, the biggest defense man
of the visitors, broke into a play and
recovered.
1t may be said that the game was a
great me-. The 18th Airship Company
was the best opponet of the season.
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