Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
DUQUESNE SCORES
AS TILT NEARS END
Cards Nearly Make Tying
Touchdown With Pass
on Final Play.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.

FLASH of lightning might have
~ been less startling than
"A touchdown scored by DuqueSne
\ University of Pittsburgh in the
waning moments of stirring
foot ball battle with Catholic University
at Brookland yesterday and it won the
day, scores. 10 to ID.
Some S, 900 concealed people were pre-
pairing to leave the stadium convinced
the struggle had been all in vain Tor
both teams when Duquesne suddenly
got started on a drive from midheld.
In a twinkling the Dukes completed
couple of forward passes and found
themselves on the 20-yard line.
Then GanZy Benedict, a flrSt-claSs
back looped lazy pass into the eager
hands of Jack Burns, who was stand
ing a yard behind the Cardinal goal.
The seventh straight Duquesne victory
of this season was wrapped up in that
fling. So was a large dose of bitter
disappointment for Catholic University,
for it was the Cardinals homecoming
game.
Cards Give EN- Thrill.
Catholic University has played seven
foot ball games this Fall and nearly all
have been thrillers with a big kick at
the finish. If for it's fighting spirit
alone, the 1929 Cardinal eleven will have
a prominent place in the gridiron an
nails Of Brookland long after its MEM
bers have become intimate with Papa
Time.
The Duuuesne touchdown would have
punctured the heart of less courageous
team. Two minutes remained 10 play
and eleven dog-tired and some severely
bruised young men set about to make
the most of them.
Carl De Mello took the ensuing kick
of on his own 25-yard line and despera--
ton lent wings to his dogs" He Streaked
it straight up the middle of the field
and was nailed on the enemy'S 45-yard
stripe. Then a corking heave by Gene
Murphy and sparkling catch by Ross
Zeno, an end, advanced the ball 26
wards and put the Cardinals within
scoring distance. The final whistle was
seconds away when Murphy tossed again
to zeno, this time behind the Duquesne
goal but the wingman couldn't quite
make the grade, the ball brushing of
his finger tips. A touchdown would
have tied the score. 1t was the last
play of the game.
De MelIO GallopS.
The Dukes scored three touchdowns
and the Cardinals two. In the first
period Murphy shot a long pass to De
Mello, who ran As yards across the
goal, the play gaining altogether 10
yards. DuQuesne got even in the next
quarter with a march from midfleld,
20-yard pass starting things.
In the third quarter the Dukes got
a break when De Mello got off a 10
yard punt, and on straight foot ball
drove 80 yards for touchdown, Chris
tina gaining IA yards on one play. The
Cardinals came back quickly to knot
the count again, this time with hard
earned score. Johnny Oliver returned
a kickoff 20 yards to midfeld, and
from there the Brooklanders paraded
to 6 points, the scoring play being
15-yard pass, Murphy to Oliver.
Through most Of the game Catholic
University was without two OF its
finest backs, Joe Champa and Capt
Jack Malevich. Champa was hurt early
IN the fray and was removed to Provi-
derce Hospital where it was said he
had a slight brain conclusion. Male
vich played for only a few minutes.
He was bothered a lot by an ankle in
Jury, which has kept him on the side
lines most of the season.
Duquesne presented an unusually
capable back in Capt. Donnelh. He
made no sensational runs, but time and
again he tore through for healthy
gains, the Cardinals always having Diff
ficulty dragging him down. Kemp, the
colored forward, over whom there had
been some discussion, played part OF
the second half.