Evening star., 1946-11-17
Cadets 1rampIe
Fdr-0utcIassed
Penn, "a 10 I
Cotch Fire After Slow
Stort, Score EosiIy
On Dozed Quokers
By Francis {. stonn
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Sfor Stoft correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.-After
a dismal opening period in which
Penn looked the part of Army's
flrst conqueror since 1913, the Black
knights of West Point slaughtered
the big, bumbling Quakers today
"a to z, to roll ever closer to a third
straight National championship.
Once Army caught fire, which
was early in the second quarter
Penn was outclassed and outfought
and. If Coach Earl Blaik had no,
cleaned his bench of reserves. and
If three touchdowns had not been
called back, the score might have
mounted to the 62-7 and CLIO pro-
portions that were attained In 1874
and 1945.
So swift and bewildering were the
Cadets that Penn did not measure
up as the East's No. 2 team and q
qualified foe to contest for the LAM
bert Trophy, symbolic of Eastern
intercollegiate supremacy.
Thus did Army rebound from its
bruising, scoreless tie with Notre
Dame last week and approach the
final test-Navy on November 30
needing only that victory to be as
sured OF top National honors.
Penn Willis Quickly.
Penn, heavier team than Army
and beaten this year only by Prince
ton in one of the seasons biggest
upsets, handled the Black Knights
with ease for 16 minutes this after
noon and sent the hopes of Quaker
supporters soaring by rolling up six
first downs to none, but when Penn's
Sunday punch failed to produce a
score the Blue and Red wilted and
Davis, Blanchard, Tucker g. Co. took
command.
Quarter-bac Arnold Tucker, In
jured on the fifth play of the game
and nonparticipant in the Sec
ond half, threw 10 passes, completed
eight for 63 yards and pitched a
pair Of touchdowns. Glenn Davis,
stopped almost cold by Notre Dame,
gained SO net yards on nine runs,
threw a touchdown pass and caught
two, Blanchard was unspectacular
but steady gamer with his bull
like rushes, one of which was good
for touchdown.
Penn, employing the r, single and
double wing formations, was the
early aggressor, but did not serious
ly threaten to score until late in the
first period when Elwyn Rowan,
Army halfback, fumbled on his 80
and Tony Minisi recovered for the
Quakers.
Army Gets Under Way.
With Minisi, Bob Deuber and Ed
Allen hitting of the tackles and
skirting the ends, Penn went down
to Army's 6 as the period ended,
but, with three downs left, the
Quakers blew their chance. After
missing a third-down pass with the
ball on the S, Bob Evans was wide
with field goal attempt and Army
took over the ball.
The Cadets took over the ball
game at this point, too. Davis ran
81 yards on a triple reverse and
Army, pounding. passing, knitting
and skirting, paraded 80 yards tc
score. During this march Davis
threw 24-yard pass to Blanchard
for an apparent score, but this was
nullifled by backfield- n-motior
penalty. Undaunted, Army ripped
down to the 4, from where Tucker
tossed stcond-down pass to Davi.
who, aided by a key block from
Rowan, scored standing up. Wher
Jack Ray missed the only extrs
point of the day it was 60.
AS soon as Army gained posses.
sion of the ball again, the West
Pointers were off on another march
this time starting on their 80
Tucker passed % yards to Davis ane
then Davis threw 80 yards ts
Blanchard, reaching the Penn IL
Then Blanchard bucked the line
and Tucker followed with two short
heaves to Davis and it became 1870
Penn Becomes Demoralized.
Demoralized, Penn was reeling and
but for a backfleld-in-motion penalty
it might have been 300 at the hall
for Tucker hit Rowan with a 36-yard
touchdown pass that was called back
1t turned into slaughter less than
three minutes after the third quarter
began when Davis recovered a punt
by Allen and ran it back IS yards or
"a zigzag course before he was
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