Evening star., 1945-11-18
UCL A. Drops St. Mays From Unbeaten List in 1877 TIL
53 g. Nya
Big Cadet Score
Never in Doubt
Early in Game
Fourth-String Pointers
Complete Utter Rout
OF Dozed Quukers
BY FRANCIS E. STANN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

BY FRANCIS E. STANN,
Star Stan Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17.-Rated
the best college eleven in the East,
next to the service academies
Pennsylvania could not even fur
nish Army a good workout today
and before a capacity crowd of 49,
600 the Blue and Red went down to
an incredible defeat, 81 to O.
Army's first team romped over
the Quakers. In an apparent effort
to hold down the score, Col. Earl
Blaik of the West Pointers used
his second, third and fourth string
teams, but to no avail. Penn was
a match only for the fourth string
ers as Army continued to pile up
evidence that it is the greatest COL
iege team of all time.
Two minutes and % seconds after
the start of the game, Army's fleet
Glenn Davis romped u yards to
score standing up and establish the
tenor OF the game. Thereafter it was
nothing more than parade as the
Black Knights crossed the Penn goal
IL times altogether, but received
credit for only nine when two touch
down plays were called back. nulli.
fed by penalties.
Penn Line Is Shattered.
The vaunted Penn line, which was
hailed as a possible match for
Armys, was pitiful by comparison
Fullback Felix Blanchard, Davis and
a dozen other Cadet backs plunged
gally through gaping holes opened
oy West Points forwards, and the
rem offensive, headed by Quarter
back Bob Evans, was negligible. It
was strictly no contest and as earlv
as midway the third period the bie
crowd began seeking the exists.
Inc opening scoring play was al
nost a carbon copy of the touch
down which started the 48-to-0 ront
OF Notre Dame a week ago. penn
received the kick-off, returned the
pail with punt, and Army prompt
iy threw its one-two punch. Blanch.
ara nit the line and on the second
play Davis skirted end. The clock
showed that only minutes and o.
SECONDS had elapsed. Against Notre
Dame the same two plays required
IL seconds less time and Davis ran
precisely the same distance-27
yards.
A pass from Arnold Tucker to
Davis was completed over the goa
minutes later, but the Army receiver
had stepped a foot out of bounds
catching 1t. Then Blanchard ran
81 yards to cross the goal, but .
penalty nullif1ed the score. Mo-
ments later, Davis passed to Blanch-
ard Tor another apparent touch
down and again the play was called
back. .-... --'-
Blanchard Finally Counts. ,,
Undiscouraged, Army got down
TO business. Tucker ran 80 wards
to Penn's 13 and on three bull-like
rushes Blanchard was across for
a second touchdown which did
count, making it 1870 at the end
OF the opening period.
With the lineup sprinkled freely
with substitutes, Army continued
to maui Penn in the second quar-
ter, but the Cadets only score was
the result of a brilliant 38-yard
sprint by Davis on the first play
after receiving a punt by Evans.
This made it 900 at the half, but
Army had only started.
On their first play of the third
period the Cadets struck pay dirt
again when Tucker passed to Davis
from his own 28. Davis took the
ball on the midfield stripe and
easily outran Penn's secondary on
a thrust which covered 70 yards
and made 1t 27-0.
Seconds later it was $40. Tucker
intercepted a pass by Evans and rar
to Penn's 80. Again striking on the
first play, Army dispatched Blanch.
ard 81 yards to another touchdown
Thereafter it was a question o1
bookkeeping. Before the third perioc
was ended Blanchard went over
again. Then reserve Halfback BOZ
Chabot ran 63 yards to score on the
first play following recovery of q
Penn tumble. 1t was 48-0 now ano
the issue was not in doubt.
Reserves Complete R0ut.
Second, third and fourth stringers
completed the rout. Early in the
fourth quarter Army marched A
yards, climaxing the drive with 9
touchdown pass from Bob Walter.
house to End c. w. Grimenstein
when the ball was on the 2-yard line
That made 1t $50 and so EN-.
barrassing was it becoming that
scrubs unused all year, including
150-pound r. T. Richmond, a first
classman, were sent onto the field.
Even this didn't help. Richmond
as a parting thrust, grabbed a pass
and ran 38 yards for the final score
to complete the humiliation of 8
once-proud Penn team which hae
lost only one game, and that tt
Navy in the final Is seconds.
The only time Penn came close tc
scoring was in the final 80 seconds
when Army's team was hodge.
podge collection of scrubs. The
Quakers marched from their owr
"a to Army's 14-and then lost the
ball as the eager fourth-stringer.
stihened and held.
Pos. Army (6D. Penn (0)
Pitzer Jenkin.
LT.----Coulter r1-------------- -S.vitsk!