Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-03
VICTOR OvERPENN
IN STIRRING GAME
Failure to Kick Goal After
Touchdown Proves Fatal
to Eastern Eleven.

Ry the Associated Press.
ASADENA, Calf. January s.
- Prestige of Western foot ball
in the annual East.West series
i here, reduced to the drag status
or draw last year and de.
feats the two previous seasons. today
was restored to some of its former
luster.
In the thirteenth tussle of the series
in the Rose Bowl here. the Univer.
sity of Pittsburgh's Golden Panthers,
yesterday We're vanQuished by Stan.
ford Cniversity's Cardinals. to s.
1t was Clarence "Biff" Hoffman,
stalwart fullhack triple threat. who
gave Stanford Victory with his .unerr-
ing toe, but il was dashing young
Frank Wilton. halfback. who turned
the tide of battle. Within the space
of a few minutes. Wilton lost, then
won the game for Stanford.
tumble Helps Penn.
An offensive drive early in the third
period took Pittsburgh to the Cardi'
nails oa.yard line. There Stanford
took the ball on downs. Wilton on
the first play failed to gain. On the
second he again took the ball. but
fumbled while attempting to run his
own right end, and Halfback Jimmy
Hagen scooped up the ball and dashed
10 yards to a Panther score. The
kick for the extra point was blocked.
From the lowly status of the goat,
Wilton rose later in the period TO the
role of one of the heroes of the game.
Apparent defeat dashed the Cardinals
into fury. and they battered their way
TO Pittsburgh's two-yard line. There
Hoffman passed to Sims, but the lat
ter fumbled when tackled after he had
gone but a few yards. Wilton. how
ever, rose in the time of need.
snatched up the ball and fought his
way across the Panther goal line.
Here "Biff" Hoffman's proficient toe
did its work.
Much of the glory of Stanford's
triumph rests upon the capable
shoulders of Hoffman. Time and
again he cracked the Wanted Pitts
wark of the Cardinal offensive on
three long drives to the panthers' five.
yard line.
Frequent substitutions attested that
the weather troubled the Eastern
players somewhat. Coach Jock
Sutherland said that the warm
weather affected his men, and they
were badly tired after the game. He
said, however. that Stanford was the
stronger, ana ne was SatiSned.
WeIch Is Pitt Star.
Gibby WEIGH, all-America half
back, proved himself the star of the
Pittsburgh aggregation. None of his
runs was over Is yards, however. as
the Stanford men had been cautioned
by their griZZled coach. Pop" War.
ner. to watch him carefully.
The victory brought an end to the
link" that has haunted Stanford's
trips TO this section as defenders of
Western honors. 1t was the Cardi.
mails first triumph in three attempts
during the last four years. and it was
accomplished at the expense of
team which ranked equal with Yale
as the best Of the East.
The game also marked the third de-
feat within a period of one week OF
Eastern aggregations on the coast. A
representative team from the East
foppled before a Western aggregation
at San Francisco. le TO on Deem.
Der 2s. Las; Saturday Pennsylvania
tasted defeat at the hands of Gall.
fornia in the bay city. The score was
q 10 10.
Sutherland said that Alex Fox.
guard, who was carried of the field
on a stretcher during the game was
not seriously injured and had com
pietely recovered
The Pittsburgh players plan to
visit the movie studios of Hollywood
today, make the ocean trip TO Santa
Catalina Island tomorrow and entrain
that night for San Francisco. where
they will spend a day before starting
home.