Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-02


" December Smashing West
Points defenSes to bits with
rip-roaring, bewildering attack
that kept up it's momentum
from start to finish, Stanford put the
Army foot ball team to rout today and
won the most spectacular interSectional
battle of the year by the lop-s1ded score
of 26 to 0.
While a capacity crowd of $4,000
looked on in establishment, the last hope
and pride of the Eastern gridiron was
smothered, completely outplayed, out
generated and soundly trounced by
what turned out to be Cardinal cy-
clone sweeping all.
Led by their stalwart fullback and
CAPTAIN. Biff Hoffman, the robust grid
iron pupils of Pop Warner staged sur
prise attack at the start, put the Army
on the defensive and then proceeded
to administer one crushing blow after
another as Red eagle, the soldier ace,
fought CALAMITY but unsucceSsfully IN
losing cause.
eagle Furnished Thrills.
eagle gave the Army its few thrills
and at times broke, like lightning,
through the clouds of West Point dis
aSter. but the Louisiana flash was I'M
able to offset the smashing. batterlng
Stanford attack which four times
crossed the West Point goal and threat
ened to score a half dozen more times.
It was the case of a great team
against gallant band led by the
East's outstanding ball carrier and
there was no question OF the result
from start to finish. Behind for
ward wall that packed tremendous
power. especially in its center trio,
Stanford's fleet array of backs. led by
Hoffman, Lud Frentrup and Bob Sims,
ran the Army ragged.
Hoffman, a triple-threat star whose
performances eclipSed those OF eagle,
got the Cardinal thrust off to flying
start, helped fight off the Army's second
period counter attack, then returned
in the final half to share the blaze of
closing glory with Sims and Frentrup
who scored the fourth touchdown on
64-yard dash that was the most SEN
sational play of the game.
Helps Vests Edge on East.
Stanford's impressive triumph was
not so surprising as its clear-cut mar
gin of superiority in every department
of play. Coming on top of Oregon
States one-sided defeat of New York
University on the same field two days
ago. the Cardinal victory adds to the
most disastrous rout Eastern forces
have ever accepted at the hands
of Far-Western foes Little things
like cross country trips and the oppo-
sition of two of the East's foremost
teams apparently had no terrors for
| these bewildering invaders.
| Stanford, beaten out in the race for
Pacific Coast honors, looked like as
| powerful and effective foot ball ma
L zfus. - h. +rxy fAIn Tt1n
Cardinals had everything-a great line
with super-stars forming the keystone
| in Heineicke at center and RobeSky and
| Post, and a deceptive attack that al
| ternately featured Hoffman, Sims and
| Frentrup, as we'll as Wilton and Lewis,
all fast and shifty.
This attack constantly was punching
holes through the Army defense big
enough for a truck. The backs were
continually out lin the clear" in sue
cession of long gains. The Arrny's
counter efforts were gallant and effec-
tive enough to stop Stanford's drives on
five occasions. with the ball anywhere
! from West Points 1-yard line to the
| 20-yard line, but this sturdy defense
couldn't stop them all. ReinforcementS
were rushed into the soldier line by the
dozen, but to little avail
Margin in First Downs.
Stanford outrushed the Army by the
one-sided margin of 372 yards to 113,
totaling 26 first downs to only for
the Cadets. The Cardinals aerial at
tack, engineered by Hoffman, added 1874
| yards, while the losses of eagle and
Hutchinson Melted 102.
| The game was less than three min
utes old when Stanford launched its
| first drive into Army territory, sweep
, ing &c yards on a combination of
/ Sims and Hoffman before it was
checked on the 1-yard line. West
! Point might have escaped trouble had
/ Murrels punting been more effective,
! but poor kicks gave the Cardinals two
more chances, the last of which Hoff-
| man capitalized by catapulting through
the line for touchdown to end %
! yard drive.
| After stopping another Stanford adj
vance on their 9-yard mark, the Cadets
started the second quarter with their
most spectacular attack. eagle twice
! figured in two of the games most thrill
| ing plays, but the Army chances van
iShed when his pass to the goal line
/ was ruled incomplete because of the
anxiety of too many Army men to grab
! the ball. On this play eagle started
an end run, whirled as he was boxed,
dashed backward and finally passed the
ball on the dead run, as he was forced
to do several times.
Shortly afterward eagle got losses on
long, spinning dash, side-stepping and
stiff -arming at least half the Stanford
team as he fought his way forward
some 40 yards. His headgear was grabbed
off and he was upset once, but regained
his feet to plunge forward in whirl
of would-be tacklers. Nearly half OF
his gain went for naught however
when it was ruled he had stepped out
of bounds after going % yards. STAN
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