Evening star., 1946-10-27
Minisi Defeats
Ex.Tean1mates
For Penn, 32-19
Makes Three Scores,
Passes for Fourth,
Before $4,000
D. E.. r Sk
By Froncis {. Stonn
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.-Tony
Minisi who played for Navy last
year and beat Pennsylvania with a
forward pass in the final Is seconds,
made it up to the Red and Blue
today as he led Penn to a 32-to-19
victory before $4,000 spectators
Playing only part of the first half
and not at all in the last two quar-
ters. the 20-year- -old left-handed
halfback scored three touchdowns
and passed for a fourth to give
Penn 1876 lead at the intermis-
sion. The margin was too great
for a plucky, ard-fghting Navy
team to overcome despite a great
rally.
So hot was Minisi's hand today
that in the second period he scored
two touchdowns within SO seconds
by way of assuring the Penn power
house of fourth straight triumph
and himself of All-Americaconside-
ration. He ran his string of COM
pleted passes for the season to 13
straight before missing, galloped 36
yards around end for one touch
down, bucked over from the 1-yard
line yard for another and carried
an intercepted pass 40 yards for his
final contribution to the defeat of
his former teammates.
Navy Dominates Second Half.
Navy was overwhelmed only be-
cause of Minisi, for in the second
half the Midshipmen took COM
mand and not only scored a pair
Of touchdowns but missed third
score by a scant yards. 1t was
Navy's fourth straight defeat
against a single victory, but the
Middies played their best football
of the year.
Penn surprised Navy by using the
T formation for the first time this
season to augment a single wing
offense, but only when Minisi was in
the game did the T click.
The Quakers, overwhelming favor
ties to win the 31st game between
the teams and end 6-year famine
against Navy, took TO lead after
I7:5l of the opening period when
an intercepted pass put them in
scoring position.
! Charles Bednarik, Penn center,
grabbed an aerial thrown by Quar-
terback Jack Welsh and ran % yards
to Nays Is. Bob Deuber, a fleet
ball carrier, reeled off 20 yards
around end and Minisi, after losing
3 yards, passed to End Art Littleton
in the end zone for the first touch
down. 1t was Minisi's 18th COM
pleted pass in as many tries this
season.
! Quakers Add to Lead.
| The only touchdown in which
Minisi had no hand was the second.
which gave Penn a 14-0 lead at the
end of the first period A 22-yard
run by Deuber moved Penn to Nays
AZ and pass, Carmen Falcone to
Ed Allen. put the ball on the 20.
Two plays later another fleet back.
Don Schneider, skirted Navy's right
end for a touchdown.
Another interception of Navy
pass, this time by Bill Luongo, gave
Penn the ball on its IL early in the
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Jerry Mccarthy, who lateraled to
Ed Lawless, and the ball was on
Navy's So. Oh the next play Minisi
ran around the Middies' right end,
cut back and Travelled all the way
for touchdown. When Bob Evans
kick was blocked. it was 900.
The staggered Midshipmen rallied
when Fullback Lynn Chewing
kicked outside on Penn's and Left
Halfback Pete Williams ran the
return punt to the Quakers A. On
the next play Welsh passed to Will
Iams, who ran down the sidelines.
shook off two tacklers. and scored
to cut the score to 20-6.
Penn charged back, however, to
put the game beyond reach. With
Minisi leading running end and
passing attack, the Red and Blue.
aided by a 15-yard roughness PEN
atty, moved Sc yards to Navyis /,
from where Minisi plunged across
to make it 26-6. Less than min
ute later Minisi intercepted a pass
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