The Washington times., 1925-10-31
PENN LAYS
FORFLEET
GRANGE
euakers Have Three Main
stays Out and Fight
Is Equal
By DAVIS J. WALSH
International News Service Sports
Editor

10 the Gay Wnen h0Q orange, the
greatest ball runner in captivity,
viii try his tricks against the
Pennsylvania defense. This is the
day on which Harold Grange will
attempt to buck and wing the
Illinois attack into a victory over
Pennsylvania in the greatest inter-
, sectional game of the season.
The daw dawned bright and
clear and everything was sweet.
Il was dulcet sweet to Illinois,
which had been afraid that the
field would be heavy. A heavy
field meant the stopping of
Grange and to Illinois this meant
the next thing to a defeat. To
Illinois, the stopping of Grange
meant the stopping of the Hlini,
two and two equal four in every
body's arithmetic.
However, a bright and clear day
greeted the occasion. This meant
that Grange would be able to do
his stuff unmolested and that the
Pennsylvania defense would have
to step out of character beyond
anything that it has shown to date.
A dry field meant that Illinois
were just as good as Pennsylvania,
with fear towards none and with
favor toward all.
Grange. having firm footing
and Pennsylvania minus Kreuzs,
Fields and Sieracki, called for a
game that was so even that no
one can tell the difference.
than human foot could accomplish;
Is was his chance to call signal.
pass the ball, receive passes from
the bail and project the defense.
II the man lives who can get
away with this, Grange Is the in
dIyidual but the betting was even
that he couldn't.
Betting. in fact. was strongly in
favor OF Pennsylvania, which has
come to the greatest intersectional
test Of its career with an unbeaten
record. The bettor was in favor
Of Pennsylvania because of its
staunch defense. The betting was
In favor of Pennsylvania because
1t played defensive ball for sixty
minutes out Of the hour.
The only thing that lowered
lACG
that the injuries seemed destined
to keep Kreuz, Fields and SieracIci
on the line. Long was supposed
TO take Kreuz's place, but you take
Areuz's place about as often as you
Jake laudanum from a baby.
1t was the big intersectionaI game
OF the year and Pennsylvania was
ready. So was Illinois. It was to
De case Of the famed Pennsylvania
oe ense versus the greatest ball run
ner OF the modern generation, and
none could say what would happen.
1t Was to be Req Oranges Inst
appearance in the East. the Sc ..t:.pn
Wnich gave him Li:&h, and then
list responsibility TO-. him Conse-
qLentIy. the middle west claimed
.I.rl as their own, but the East had
the original honor. Grange was
eyivania he returned for his greatest
The East was 50 hySterical
about It's first chance to see the
greatest ball runner If modern
times that Il stepped slightly out
OF character and rioted at the
gates. A crowd Of nearly 81, 00O
was to see the young n,aH in &C
ton, the general desire being so
great that enteFprising citizens
even went so far As to print
bogus tickets.
said the Pennsylvania athletic au.
thorities as they discovered the
deception. However, their vigilance
had nothing to do with the fact that
a capacity crowd would be on hand
or words to that effect.
The East was crazy to see Grange
and didn't care whether its tickets
were authorized or not. The meet
ing between illinois and Pennsyl-
vania was the first between the
two institutions. Pennsylvania pre-
Viously had defeated Chicago, Bell.
wether OF the Western conference.
in addition to Yale, Brown and
others. mostly the others. It was
one of the few undefeated Eastern
teams and Illinois was one of sew
eral defeated Western teams.
However, the Illini were generally
regarded as being a little tougher
than Chicago, and the fact that
Grange was accorded a reasonable
dry field added to the local tribu-
lations.
AS for Pennsylvania. the injuries
W ANACA AACoIL q AONA OoSC Va AA1SJ
per cent in the power of It's at.
tack. The injury to his knee was
such that Pennsylvania could not
hope TO start him. Long was
named as his substitute, the young
man being very gifted on defense
but not such a much on the at
tack. Douglass substituted for
fields on the other hand and was
quite a young man with the ball,
but a poor hand on the defense.
The substitution of Hake for Sier-
acki was pretty much OF an even
break, one plus one equalling two
in most of our primmers.
The meeting of Pennsylvania
and Illinois Gales for the second
clash between the local institution
and "A big timer from the Western
conference Chicago was defeated
last Saturday. However, what
Pennsylvania viii summon against
the deception that Grange and the
Illinois team can muster Is quite
another thing