Evening star., 1946-11-03
|Quakers Triipped
by Tigers Late
Goal, II 10 "A
$4,000 See Inspired
Old Nassau Eleven
Score Big Upset
By Goyie ToIbot
Associated Press Sports Writsr

Associated Press Sports Wrher
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. "A 30
yard field goal by Ken Keuffel.
sophomore back from Essex Falls,
N. j., with only one minute left
to play gave the Princeton Tigers
a thrilling l7-14 victory over the
University of Pennsylvania today
in one of the greatest upsets of the
1916 season.
Ranked third in the Nation last
week behind Army and Notre Dame,
the undefeated, united and much
heavier Quakers were outplayed
most of the way by seemingly in
spired crew from Old Nassau, and
the triumph that Keuffels boot
provided was richly deserved. 1t
was the first victory ever scored by
the Tigers on Franklin Field.
From midway of the second quar-
ter a crowd of 72,000 had, watched
the two teams struggle to break
a 14-14 deadlock and it looked as If
they would have to settle for a tie
until, with the clock registering
exactly a minute to go, Keuffel put
all of his 185 pounds behind his
placekick. The ball just barely
cleared the crossbar as Penn's fol-
lowers sat in stupifled silence.
Penn 28-Point Favorite.
Penn, regarded as the ranking
power of the East with the excep-
ton of Army, entered the game a
28-point favorite to trounce the
Tigers, who had only broken even
in four games and had beaten no
better teams than Brown and Rut-
gers. Penns hube forward wall
outweighed the Nassau lnemen %
pounds to the man.
Starting confidentally, the Quak-
ers scored first in nine minutes on
an 8-yard reverse by Bob Deuber,
but within little more than minute
the Tigers had come back to knot
it at TT on a spectacular 26-yard
pass into the end zone from Dick
West to Ernest Ransome Shortly
afterward Ransome was hit heavily
by three Penn tacklers and was
carried from the field on stretcher
with a badly injured hip. West.
Washington Cd. c. boy, played
on the Episcopal High School foot
ball team before entering Princeton.
Before the first period ended
Penn came back to score the second
time on an 80-yard march during
which it dropped the single wins
back offense temporarily in favor
| of the T-formation. Tony Minisi
Penn's ranking star, who did no:
otherwise distinguish himself today
sprinted A yards for the touch
down after breaking of his left
tackle. That made it 14-7 as Bob
Evans placekicked his second extra
point.
Blocked Kick Costs Penn.
Princeton's equalizing score in
the second quarter was dilly. For
some reason, Penn elected to quick
kick on second down from its own
"a, and Tom Cleveland of Prince
ton broke through and blocked 1t.
Ed Mead. Tiger tnd, gobbled up
the ball, picked up pair of blockers
and tore 80 yards across the line.
Then came what deserves to rank
among the seasons more fantastic
plays. Keuffel's attempted kick for
point was blocked by Big George
Savitsky, Penn tackle, and bounced
back with everybody in pursuit.
Princeton's back, West, finally got
it and, failing to find any place to
run, .pegged the ball to the end
zone into the hands of the same
Ed. Mead. How Mead happened
to be waiting at the particular point
was a mystery. s-
And there matters stood through
the entire third quarter and right
up to the instant of Keuffel's his
toric kick. The Tigers, however.
had much the better of the entire
second half Led by John Powers,
hard-running sophomore full
back. Princeton put on one 54-yard
march in the third period to Penn's
II, and again in the fourth they
punched from the Penn 43 to the
two-yard stripe before they were
piled up.
Nine First Downs for Powers.
Powers personally accounted for
nine of Princeton's IA first downs
and piled up TO yards on % plunges.