Evening star., 1932-11-06
QUAKERS IN HEROIC
FINISH NEAR SCORE
Pass Over Goal Grounded as
Game Ends-CroWd 10000
Boos Fisticuffs.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Assoc ated Press Sports Editor.

| - In one of the most thrill
i ing savagely-fought battles
these old foot ball rivals
have ever Waged, Pittsburgh's
Panthers overcame Pennsylvania's
stout-hearted resistance today
and continued their march toward
a national championship.
The final score was l9 to u as the
scrappy Quakers, beaten for the lirst
time this season, fell short of over
hauling the Pitt powerhouse in an ex-
citing finish.
A crowd of 10000 aroused to SO high
pitch that many booed the exchange
of rough tactics on the gridiron, saw
| PENNSYLVANIA make a sensational bid to
| pull the game out of the fire in the
| final period after the hard-running
Panther backs. Warren Heller and Mike
Sebastian. had combined to run up a
| 12point lead.
| COON after these two brilliant carriers
> had swept 80 yards for Pitts third
touchdown, tailed on a 27-yard pass
from Heller to Sebastian. Pennsylvania
fired its counter blast, under the leader
ship of the feet Don Kellett. Taking
punt on his 43-yard stripe, this elusive
Penn halfback romped 81 yards for a
touchdown. Then with less than
minute to go. Penn recovered free
ball on Pitts l4-yard line. where
punt had bounced of the Panther
safety mans shin With no time for
running attack, Kellett gambled with
a pass. but the ball grounded behind
| the end zone and the final whistle blew.
1pln he hn0 Of
| fensiye punch. rolled up IA first downs
to PENIS 6 and generally had the upper
hand all the way but the Red and Blue
warriors gave a fine defensive exhibit
tion besides waging gallant uphill
fight.
Poor passing and penalties. many of
| them for unnecessary roughneSs. marred
an otherwise brilliantly played game,
Fists few at several stages OF this
super r-heated encounter ard officials
were kept busy prying the combatants
apart.
Z TWO long drives and an intercepted
| i pass produced Pitts touchdoWns
1t wasn't until the end of the
scoreless first period, however, that the
Panthers finally got their running at
/ tack geared. Heller plunged yards
/ for the first touchdown early in the
second quarter as the climax Of 63-
yard advance. but Penn rallied in the
closing moments of this period. recov-
cred a blocked punt and scored on a
14-yard pass tossed by Kellett to Jack
Powell. substitute end. Pitts single
point margin at half time was saved
when Penn failed TO match Welnstocks
plaoe-kick for the extra point.
Weisenbaugh substitute Panther full
back. plucked a long pass by George
Munger out of the air at midfield, raced
to Penn's 13-yard line before he was
forced out of bounds and then bucked
/ over for a touchdown in four plays in
| the third period.
LELLER and Sebastian, twin terrors
/ l l in a broken field personally man
ufactured Pitts final score on an
/ 80-yard drive in the fourth period that
4 produced the best offensive foot ball of
4 the game. They dashed 65 yards in
| three plays. then Heller completed
| 27-yard pass to Sebastian for the touch
| down after a 15-yard penalty tempo
rarily upset the Panther parade.
Apart from some superb defensive
4 line play. in which Walton and Skla-
dany for Pitt and Colehower for Penn
stood out, Pitt had the edge in most
| departments. The Panthers gained 271
yards from scrimmage to IS for the
| Quakers, besides completing 3 out of
II passes for 81 yards Penn connect
| ed with out Of 10 passes for As yards.
Pitt intercepted four aerials and Penn
three