Evening star., 1929-11-17
LONG PASS DECIDES
FOR BO|LERMAKERS
Woerner, Who Crosses Goal
in 20 Victory, So Happy
He MittS Official.
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


Iowas goal line gave old Purdue,
L. the only undefeated eleven in
the Western Conference, q bril-
liant 7-to-0 victory over the Hawkeyes
today.
Purdue, undefeated in six games, four
in conference competition, conquered
the Hawkeyes with two aerial shots after
the powerful Iowa line had refused to
yield to the smashes of the Boiler
makers great back-field trio-"Pest"
WEIGH, Harmeson and the battering
ram, Yunevich
Purdue cut loose with its winning
aerial stroke early in the second period,
with Glenn HarmeSon tossing the passes
that moved the Boilermakers within
one step of their first championship
since the Big Ten was formed 80 years
ago. They need now to conquer only
Indiana a week hence to become un-
disputed title holders, victorious in every
contest.
Hawkeyes Try Hard.
The largest crowd that ever jammed
Purdues bandhox stadium, 26, 900 spec
tators, saw every kind of foot ball. They
saw two hard = hitting, rugged teams
fight each other to a Standstill, in as
fiercely fought and sensational q game
as the Western Conference has seen in
years.
After Purdue had scored its points,
the Boilermakers showed they had the
fighting hearts of champions. AS dark
ness settled over the field with only q
few minutes left to play the infuriated
HawkeyeS made a desperate challenge
+ to tie the score, rushing the ball TO
within five yards of Purdue's goal, only
to lose it by failure to complete a for
ward pass back of the goal line.
Z Purdue registered its victory at the
start of the second period after a bit
terly fought opening session, In which
the Hawkeyes outplayed their foes. The
Boilermakers started their victorious
drive after Willis Glasgow, Iowa's
brawny captain, punted to White, Pur-
dues quarterback, on 1owas 4l-yard
After Yunevich and Harmeson smash
ed the line for 8 yards, HarmeSon
heaved a surprise pass, the ball sailing
IS yards into the arms of Bill Woerner.
Purdue's crack end. He had clear
field ahead of him, but Glasgow
charged across and bumped him out Of
bounds on the 25-yard line.
The BoilermakerS tried two more
plays at the line and then executed the
winning pass. Harmeson took the ball
and ran to his left, passing the oval
through the air for II yards while on
the run, to Woerner, who stood behind
the Hawkeye goal line waiting to catch
it, Woerner was so happy in his
triumphant catch tina he walked over
and shook hands with the field judge.
HarmeSon added more glory by kicking
the goal from placement for the extra
point.
Purdue made another threat to score
in the closing minutes OF the fourth
period when they began savage march
through the exhausted Iowa line, scor-
ing four successive first downs, going
from their own 20-yard line to Iowa's
25-yard line, where Welch failed 10
make the first down by inches.
The courageous Hawkeyes, who a
week ago ruined the championship as
pirations of Minnesota, outplayed Pur-
due in a running offensive for three OF
the four periods, but lacked the punch
to go through the desperate Purdue
team when within scoring distance.
The Hawks had three opportunities 10
score, once in the first period, another
in the second and the last desperate
charge in the fourth.
Iowa Misses Chance.
Iowa lost a golden opportunity in
the first period when Glasgow tossed
a long pass to Rogge, Hawkeye end, who
missed the ball by inches on Purdues
15-yard line In the second period
Oran Pape, Iowa's golden-haired speed
boy, who scored the touchdown that
beat Minnesota, entered the fray. He
was unable to get away on any thrill
ing long runs. but he tossed 2S-yard
pass to Rogge, who raced to Purdue's
24-yard line before he was downed by
WEIGH. Leo Jensvold made it trst
down on the 12-yard line by line
smashes, but the Hawkeyes were
stopped right there.
The teams fought on virtually even
terms. except in forward passing. Iowa
registered IL first downs to 10 for Pur-
due, and gained 204 yards for scrim-
mage to 208 for the Boilermakers. In
forward passing Purdue had the good
fortune to complete two out of four
for a gain of 46 yards, while Iowa COM
pleted one out of eight attempts for
20 yards.
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