Evening star., 1927-11-06
PENN UPSETS DOPE
IN LICKING CRIMSON
Red and Blue Shows Sharp
Attack as Well as a
Bulldog Defense.

By the Associated Prose
PHILADELPHIA November s.
The gun that wasn't loaded"-a
Pennsylvania eleven with death
grip defense and supposedly little of.
fense-blew up in the face of Harvard
today in the first foot ball meeting
of these ancient rivals i'm - years.
While $4,000 frenzied fans looked
down from the broad reaches OF the
Franklin field horseshoe. the Red and
Blue team that had bowed To Chica 90.
Pennsylvania State and Navy on
successive Saturdays kicked the
dope" bucket all over the field to
trounce stubborn Crimson eleven,
~ to q.
A bulldog defense that held Har-
ward once for downs on the one
ward line and Smothered every GRIM
son threat to penetrate deep in home
territory thereafter was expected
from team that has fought des-A
perately with its back to the goal
line wall all season.
Penn Has Smart Attack.
But soaring offensive when scor-
inG opportunities offered, hidden
ball attack masterful IN execution,
and a bright-eyed, ball-hawk de-
Tense that plucked Harvard passes
from the air for conversion into
touchdowns and made the lives of
Crimson kickers miserable all after
non was a sight Pennsylvania had
saved for its supporters in this alone.
The Harvard offense dropped into
high gear only in spots in the first,
third and final quarters when the
ig1G GitrfI I,tnl f,t-i1l
Art French and Howie Burns over
came the dogged Penn defense for
single handed gains. Crosbys line
smashing carried to the Blue and
Red 30-yard mark in the first period,
French's sterling end runs brought
the ball to Penn's one-yard mark after
a, penalty gave Harvard the ball on
the 20-yard strip in the third, and
Burns dashed prettily hut Intellectually
around the wings in the closing min
utes of play.
Scull Kicks Field Goal.
Otherwise, the game was display
of Pennsylvania : crushing line power
and new-found ability to take ad.
vantage of every break" offered.
Only once did Penn march to score
unassisted by Harvard lapses and
then the Red and Blue drive from it's
own 44-yard line. aided by n 21-yard
forward pass from WascoloniS to Paul
Sculi, ended in the latter kicking II.
yard field goal in the second period.
Penn scored two touchdowns i'm the
third period. the first when Ed Hake,
giant tackle, blocked French's punt
and raced % yards for the score. A
few moments later, Paul Scull inter-
cepted pass on Harvard's 36-yard
line and in three plays Shober dented
the Crimson goal. In the final period
Mulligen, a substitute end, plucked
another Harvard pass out of the air
and scrambled "a yards TO a touch
down. Paul Scull kicked two of the
points after touchdown and a forward
pass accounted for the third
Result Upsets Dope.
The game was distinct upset to
plGSkin prognOSticators who had en-
visioned Harvard as rising through
defeat of Indiana last Saturday TO
something akin to Crimson glory after
a mediocre early season record In
defeat. Harvard maintained it's UNIQUE
record of winning only on alternate
Saturdays.
If heroes had to be chosen from
the Pennsylvania eleven that did
everything well. honors probably
would fall on the shoulders of AL
Wascolonis, Paul Murphy, John Sho.
ber. Martin Brill and Paul Scull,
sterling backs. with orders Of merit
for the entire line and Folwel Scul,
end and brother of the fullback ace.
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