Penn State VOLUME 9 NUMBER 10 Penn State Wins The Last Game University of Pittsburgh Overwhelmed by a Score of 38-0. Whole Team Play Wonderful Foo ball—Captain Mauthe On Thanksgiving Day, Captain Mauthe, with his Blue and White warriors, closed the most successful football season that Penn State has ever had by overwhelmingly de feating the University of Pittsburgh on Forbes Field. Pitt expected to lose but hoped for a low score; Penn State expected to win, but neither Pitt nor Penn State sup porters had predicted such a one sided score. Friend and foe had un derestimated the offensive strength of Bill Hollenback’s machine under the leadership of Captain Mauthe, and piloted by the Napoleonic Shorty Miller. The Blue and White outclassed the Blue and Gold in every department of the game. Captain Mauthe’s team had more speed, and was better trained, possessed more versatility in her greater number of plays, and show ed better command of all plays at tempted. In his final game for the Blue and and White Captain Mauthe played the most wonderful game of his many star performances. His play ing as a leader was an inspiration to his ..team. 'mates. • Time and again Ee ithciline’v. for.-gains.. varying from’ three to\ fifteen yards, carry ing the ball many more times than any' other individual player. His punting was above the ordinary; his kicks averaging over forty-five yards and never failing to put his goal line out of danger. His long forward passes to Very were the most brilliant ever seen on a Pitts burgh gridiron. But this was not all. In the first quarter he drew first blood by kicking the longest field goal reported for this season. Standing on the 51 yard line he planted his toe against the oval with force and accuracy enough to .carry it squarely over the bar be tween the uprights. He likewise kicked five goals from as many, touch downs and scored his teams first two touchdowns. Miller was another star of bright est lustre. Many times he dodged, sidestepped, or shook off tacklers for big gains on end runs or return ing punts. He took his turn at hitting the line for shorter gains. He was tackled hard but seemed immune to injury. His general ship was splendid. Sheer force and speed were often enough. When these failed, "Shorty” resorted to strategy. He sent charge after charge against one place in the Pitt line until it weakened and gave way or he varied from straight plunge to cross back or end run or forward pass or a fake kick or line shift. He was never at a loss and out guessed his opponents at nearly every, turn. Very, formed the third of Penn State’s three greatest stars. He tackled sure and hard, was down the field like a flash under kicks, and carried the ball well. His stel lar performance was in the receiv ing of long forward passes from Mauthe. Two of these passes came in quick succession in the third . quarter. They carried the ball 62 yards for a touchdown. The second one was caught with Shoff right upon him, but he used the straight arm and darted overthe line. The third pass came in the last quarter when many thought the scoring was over. Very receiv ed it and shaking off tacklers car ried the ball 60 yards to the Pitt 20 yard line. Wilson played well at the other end of the line, his best performance being the returning of a kickoff for 45 yards at the start of the second half. Berryman and Welty both proved able running mates for Mauthe and Miller. They carried the ball for many Blue and White yards and were strong on secondary defense, The former especially proved a stumbling block to Pitt advances by breaking up forward passes. One of these he caught behind his goal line, thus preventing a probable touchdown; while he carried another half the length of the field for a touchdown. State’s line at times gave ground before the furious onslaught of the Pitt backs, but when forced within the danger zone, it found itself and presented a stonewall defense I through which Pitt was powerless to gain. Hansen was the only Penn State man to leave the game on ac count of injuries. He sustained a sprained ankle in the third quarter and was replaced by Vogel. Pitt also had her stars, Wagner was the major of these. He playeda wonderful game on defense, carried back punts for good distances and gained many yards for the Blue and Gold. But he was mostly alone in his efforts to successfully advance the ball, Dillon being the only other one in the back field who was at all dependable. On this account Wagner was overworked, several times he was out for a few seconds or minutes and once was taken from the game but pluckily return ed later. Dillon and Shoff both starred at returning kicks. The former made several substantial gains, while Shoff got away for the longest Pitt gain of the game; a beautiful 50 yard run from a plunge through centre in the third quarter. Galvin played well in the line for Pitt as well as gaining ground from fake kick formations. Blair was another good Pitt performer in the line until he was forced to leave the game on account of injuries. Mauthe kicked off for Penn State and after an exchange of punts in which each team was seeking to try out the other, Miller made a free catch on Penn State’s 20-yard line. He then began a more thorough test of his offensive strength against the Pitt defense. The latter yielded five yards to Mauthe at end, then 17 more through left tackle. Next Miller took the ball around right end by a wonderful exhibition of getting away from tacklers for 25 yards. Here the defense strength ened and Mauthe kicked the long est field goal of the season from the 51-yard line. Score Penn Stat 3, Pitt 0. STATE COLLEGE, PA., DECEMBER 4, 1912 Captain J. L. Mauthe Mauthe again kicked off and Dil lon made a nice return of 25 yards. Galvin was forced to punt to Mauthe on Penn State’s 25-yard line. Again Miller s«t his steam roller methods at work. Berryman gained 5 yards, Very