Evening star., 1945-10-28
Tars Grab Game
After Dawd|ing
For s. Minutes
Hoernschemeyer Air
Shots for 36, u Tell
In Quokers' Defect
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON,
Star Staff Correspondent.

II11LAOGLT lila, Ed., oCt. Zt.-
Navy put a million dollar finish to
a five-and-dime performance this
afternoon to snatch thrilling 14-7
football victory from the eager.
confident fists of an alert and speedy
Penn eleven.
Seven minutes from the finish,
the Tars seemingly were beaten
and greatly outclassed eleven. Then
"Hunchy" Hoernschemeyer tossed
to Dick Duden for a 36-yard touch
down and Navy was back in the ball
game. Only "a seconds of the game
remained when the lanky Hoosier.
uncorked the pay-off pitch to Tony
Minisi deep in a corner of the end
zone.
In that brief space of time, the
colorful throng of $4,000 fans saw
the Midshipmen transposed from a
lethargic, bungling crew of clod-
hoppers into smart, effective aerial
team. For So minutes of the game,
you would have given odds Penn
would win. Ironically enough, 1t
was an alumnus who tore the lau-
rels from the Red and Blue.
Minisi, on the receiving end of
Hoernschemeyer's decisive throw,
was the same Minisi who last year
got into Penn's lineup long enough
to carry the ball twice against Navy
and ended with a net yardage of
minus 2. He made a nice catch to-
day, with Don Schneider and H.
FarQuhar Jones in hot pursuit, but
the lions share of credit belongs to
Hoernschemeyer.
Navy Passes for 159 Yards.
The big plebe completed nine of
10 passes for net gain of 159
yards and he couldn't have drawn
a straighter line than he did with
that last throw to Minisi. "Hunchy"
was running to his right, 10 yards
behind the line of scrimmage. The
ball was on Penn's %. so that made
it 80 to begin, and Minisi was
streaking for the corner about eight
yards in the end zone. 1t was about
a 40-yard heave and the only thing
missing when delivered to the re-
cciver was big, blue bow.
Duden caught the first scoring
rac5, slipping behind Bob Evans to
take the ball on the 6 and go over
standing up. Duden played bang
up game for his team defensiveiy
as well as on attack.
Jack Currence placekicked both
extra points.
t. Place Kick Proves Costly.
Penn, with Coach George Munger
watching the game from his hos
pital bed via television, tossed away
an almost certain tie in a reckless
gamble for victory. With only two
minutes to play, George Sundheim
fumbled and Joe Dickerson recov-
cred for Penn on Navy's 15-yard
line. The Quakers Immediately
drew 5-yard penalty for having a
back illegally in motion On second
down, the Red and Blue elected to
try field goal with Evans kicking
from the Is.
1t was a well-booted ball that
missed the uprights by such a naE-
row margin that Penn players threw
their helmets on the ground and
crowded around Referee Albie Booth
in yociferous objection to his de-
cision that the kick was no good.
Penn broke the ice early in the
second period, cashing in on the
smart field generalship of Carmen
Falcone. who caught Navy mapping
with a quick-kick by Evans that
travelled 78 yards and rolled dead on
Navy's 2. Bob Kelly's return punt
was brought back to Nays n by
Evans, and three plays later the
Quakers had their touchdown
Evans pass to End Bob Sponaugle
put the pigskin on the 7. Jones
bucked the line for two and then
Evans tossed one to Frank jenkins,
a substitute end, out by the side
line, and he slid off Clyde Scott and
fell into the end zone. Evans kicked
The extra point.
Middies Halt Penn Thrusts.
The first break in the game came
at the start of the third period when
Penn, recovering one of Navy's
seven funbles on the Sailors 30,
marched to the 8. Dick Scott ended
that threat by intercepting Evans
pass, but the Quakers were back
again in less than two minutes with
swift, saber thrusts at Navy's f1anks
by Don Schneider and Bob Deuber
spearheading the advance. This
time the home team reached Navy's
S before being halted. Clyde Scott
saved touchdown, DETECTING Evans
bullet-like shot to Deuber on the
goal line by a fingernail.
Evans then attempted a field
goal from the 13, but Darlington
broke through and partially blocked
the ball.
Navy seemed sluggish, tired and
whipped throughout the first half
It gave Hornschemeyer scant pro-
lection on his passes, gave its ball
carriers Indifferent blocking and
was vulnerable to Penn's smart,
double-wing tactics. The Crabtown
crew had trouble getting around
Jenkins and Sponaugle at the flanks
and found Penn's husky line too
tough to dent. It has Hornsche-
meyer to thank for saving its un-
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