The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-17
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

~ EN- YORK, Oct. 17.-Wheneyer
1 ' there is an important game at
West Point the customers should
be sure to take 1t in. A year ago.
Army and Harvard met up there
and 1t was one Of the thrill games
of the year. Over the weekend,
Army and Pittsburgh met and it
was another great game.
came back from the Point on the
same train With Waiter O'Keefe,
the suave air comic. That wasn't
a game" said O'Keefe. THAT was
one of those football scenarios that
Frank Wallace writes" And it was
that kind of a game. A professional
dramatist couldn't have pumped
more big moments into it.
Before the game. the experts agreed
Pittsburgh was the greatest team IN the
three or TOUR toucnaowns. Pittsburgh won.
put by the narroWest OF margins. IL
NAV be that Pittsburgh was mucn the
BY saturdays game. On the contrary.
with break in the luck Army might nave
Tne little stadium that nestles up in
the Mills Just of the Hudson. was far
from rlleu when the teams took the
oay ana the game was stand out at
traction. The estimated attendance was
10000. Actually y was closer to 10000.
not counting the Cadets. who were nom
This was an interesting development
The athletic officials OF Army ana Pitts
burRh decided the game was important
enough TO warrant a $3.50 tariff their
theory being that even IN THESE times
biz time stuff Today they are less OPP
timistic. They wish how they had cut
The game was not broadcast. so that
conventional EXPLANATION Tor a scsnty at
tendance is out The fact seems TO pc
that the customers stayed away because
IT was even for a great football game.
touch upon the economics Of the game
because this is likely to be vital subject
before the season .enos. and If there is
any lesson TO be drawn from the Army :
the eussomeTs can 9' take their footba
leave It. depending on how much 1t costs
to take 1t.
DITTSBURGH won, 10 to Is. The
Il game was decided in the third
!, period. At one time in the third
period, Army led by point.
Watching the Soldiers come from
behind and take the lead, you felt
that nothing could stop them.
1t was here that the Panthers
showed their real class. They took
the ball on the next kick off at the
12-yard line and walked all the way
down the field without a pause to
score the winning touchdown.
A sequence OF seven plays advanced the
ball lightweight yards tremendous So
yard forward pass. Heller to Skladanv. was
the decisive factor. This was a fine ex-
hibition OF courage. and high skill under
Leading by twelve points and appar-
emily well on their wav to an easy victory
the. Panthers suddenly found themselves
to H., The psychology Of the situation
was all against them. and conversely. all
in favor Of the Soldiers
ana vet on the very next plav the
Panthers took the ball and refused to re-
llnouish 1t until they had, gotten the
touchdown back. regained the lead and
Most OF the drama was crowded into the
the Partners held the Soldiers for downs
in this period that the Soldiers tied the
moments later. were overtaken. It was
also. in this period that Chuck Broshous
made drop kick.
DROSHOUS is one of those foot
- ball specialists. About all he
can do is drop kick They keep him
on the Army bench for that pur-
pose. He has been on the Army
bench for three years. This is his
last year of football. He has been
called on to make drop kicks for
the extra point a number of times.
Generally he comes through. Once
in while he fails.
Two years ago thev called on him to
make drop kick that would have saved
Notre Dame. This was the game that was
played in driving rain and in bowl of
Shiny ooze out on the Chicago lake front.
With the score to 6 against the Sol
diers, 90 900 people sat frozen in silence
as the young man pulled back his foot and
fired at the goal He missed Considering
the condition of the ball and the field It
was an excusable miss. Still. If he hadn't
missed the Soldiers wouldn't have been
Broshous the heavy cost Of his failure.
You can imagine what his emotions
were when they sent him out to kick that
goal Saturday. The Partners had missed
both of their kicks. The Soldiers had
missed their first kick The score was IL
to IL. AT that particular moment. the fate
OF the ball game seemed to hinge on
You could hear the heavy breathing of
box as the slim blond soldier took his
position back of the line, held out his
hands. caught the BAH and kicked it
SQuarelv between the goal posts