Evening star., 1947-11-16
Aroused
Smear Quakers'
Perfect Record
Each Side Sets Early
Score, Then Soldiers
Stove OffAII Bids
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By GoyIe ToIbot
By GoyIe ToIbot
Asseeiossd Press Sporfs Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.-Army.
rebounding from last weeks batter
ing by Notre Dame. dumped mighty
Pennsylvania from the ranks Of the
Nations undefeated, united elevens
today by battling the Quakers to .
7 to deadlock at Franklin Field.
A chilled crowd of $4,000 saw the
two Eastern powers each grind out
a long scoring drive in the second
quarter and then settle back to hold
each other in check throughout the
last half. At the finish, Penn was
pressing the Cadets, but Coach
George Munger's big pupils couldn't
put across the touchdown that
would have kept their victory string
intact at eight straight.
Army, still almost totally devoid
Of passing attack, scored FIRST early
In the second period at the end Of
a bruising 7S-yard march through
the Penn defenses. Bob Stuart
cracked over from the 10 and Joe
Steffy booted the extra point to put
the Cadets in front, TO.
Penn Goes 81 Yards to Goal.
Penn, aroused at being behind for
the first time this year, took the
ensuing kickoff and tore ST yards
to its score in 10 plays, mostly on
passing game which left Army's
secondary defenders baffIed.
After succession of bullet throws
by Toni Minisi and Bob Evans had
propelled the bali to the three, Ray
Dooney, relief back, smashed 1t
across. Ed Lawless converted to
make it TT and they might just as
well have quit right there.
Not again did either team seriously
threaten. Army had shot its wad
and only once In the second half
reached midfield. Penn did little
better, but no much. Twice In the
final period the Quakers, who had
looked forward avidly to gaining
revenge on Army for some bad
beatings absorbed during the war.
bulled their way down to the
Cadets 80, but there they spruttered
out.
On the final play of the, game,
with the clock showing that no time
whatsoever remained, Evans stood
on Army's 40 and loosed a long
desperation pass clear into the end
zone. Nobody was there. to- catch it
! and as the ball thudded to earth the
crowd thronged on to, the soggy
field.
Statistics Favor Quakers.
From the inconclusive contest,
Penn at least salvaged a clear edge
in the statistics. The Quakers ran
up Is first downs to Army's 7, gained
158 yards by rushing to the West
Pointers 149 and completed seven
aerials for ST yards to Arny's two
for Is yards.
Only once did Penns passing SUI
periority pay off and that was in
engineering the Quakers' touch
down. During the spirited advance,
Minisi pegged to Jerome Mccarthy,
an end, for eight yards; Evans hit
the same Mccarthy for 20-yarder.
and Minisi hit Art Littleton, Penn's
other end, for II to set up the score.
Outside of that, Penn's overhead was
futile.
Army made no real pretense Of
gaining through the air. The Cadets
lone outburst, which got under way
right at the end Of the first quarter
and continued to successful
climax early in the second, was an
exhibition of sheer power football
and nothing but.
Fullback Rip Rowan, possibly as
good a running back as the East
can boast, got the push under way
with a brilliant 15-yard dash on the
last play OF the first quarter. A
moment after the two teams had
changed ends, Winfield Scott, Army
halfback, broke free for a 30-yard
sprint down to Penn's 26. Minisi,
the last Quaker in his path, just
managed to knock the feet Cadet
out Of bounds.
Stuart Gets Across.
Rowan, on the next play, circled
his own right-end to the Penn Is
and on the next burst of his right
tackle to the 10. That was where
Stuart took over. He smacked right
through the center Of Penn's line,
home Of Chuck Bednarik, Penn's
great Commute center, and went
over with two Quakers riding his
back.