Great Victory Ends Season.
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season, State's sons were not rattled
nor disconcerted, but finally tri
umphed by calm, cool and grimly
determined methods and by play
ing the cleanest kind of football all
the time, and patiently biding that
moment of opportunity which did
not come until the battle had almost
ended. When W. U. P. realized
that State was ploughing forward to
certain victory, unclean play was
resorted to, and a penalty for
"slugging" gave State's team an
advantage. AEter all, then, it was
simply a question of the men,
and, as always happens in the end,
the victory belongs to the most
clean, loyal, manly, high-principled
fighters.
Every undergrad here in college
knows full well what sort of stuff
every man on our Varsiiy is made
of, and to our minds our team is the
finest in the country to-day, not only
in football ability, but in the char
acter of every player, from Captain
Dunn on. Following the Thanks
giving struggle, Coach " Tommy"
Fennell, the best anywhere, re
marked: "To see "Mother" Dunn
play through that entire game on
that knee of his is, by all odds, the
most wonderful thing I have ever
seen in foot ball." And anybody
who talked with Dr. Robison before
the game knows that there were
three more men, Henry, McCleary,
and Burns, whose serious injuries
would have kept almost any player
on the side-lines. But through
out that memorable afternoon all of
these went smiling into the midst of
every smashing play, and on at
least two occasions desperate flying
tackles by Henry saved a possible
touch-down.
Here is the manner in which
State's touch-down was made near
the close of the final period of play.
Near the center of the gridiron,
Banbury's onside kick was blocked
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
by Cyphers and secured by Got
wals. State's men seeing victory
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then commenced that terrific series
of plays which finally decided the
battle. Hirshman, McCleary, Wray,
and Henry scattered the defense of
W. U. P. for 20 yards until the 18
yard mark was reached. Here
Hirshman plunged for a yard, and
Ed Young put Banbury out of the
game for slugging, placing the ball
on W. U. P.'s 9 yard line. Hirsh
man crashed through for 4, Mc-
Cleary 3, and then the latter went
over the line in magnificent style,
winning the game for State !
Shortly before this, State's sons
showed W. U. P. their superior de
termination and endurance, for with
W. U. P. in possession of the ball
on their 30 yard line, the wonder
ful manner in which State pene
trated the W. U. P. line caused the
Pittsburg team to lose 15 yards on
three attempts to run the ball, and
this loss was followed by a blocked
kick. So that, many minutes be
fore the big event happened, Cap
tain Marshall and his braves were
doubtless "feeling in their bones,"
that State's irresistable attack and
defense could not be denied, and
this wonderful rally by the men in
White and Blue has never been
excelled on any gridiron. Earl
Hewitt, 'O3, a famous old State ath
lete, said in his speech at the ban
quet: "With all honor to every man
on our team, I want to say that
one man played to-day the finest
foot ball I have ever seen; that man
is Kunkle, and that No. 2 on his
broad shoulders will always be be
fore my eyes in a blaze of glory ! "
The most beautiful play of the
entire game came early in the first
half, when Henry dropped back
near mid-field for a try at goal from
field. W. U. P. was taken com
pletely by surprise when the ball
was snapped like lightning from
Dunn to McCleary to Coulson to
Burns, who sprinted 40 yards to
W. U. P's 15 yard line amid tre
mendous applause. Henry missed
a field goal, and then W. U. P. put
the ball out of danger. A moment
later, by means of a splendid forward
pass carried by Burns, and a smash
ing 35 yard return of a punt by
Hirshman. State again looked good
for a touch-down. But W. U. P.'s
gallant defense on their one foot
line saved the day, and Banbury
punted 40 yards. Soon Henry got
another try for field goal, but the
oval sailed wide, and by some fast
playing W. U. P. carried the ball to
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