Swarthmore at Pennsylvania

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  New-York tribune, October 16, 1921, page 16

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  Aerial Attack in Last Period Saves Penn From Defeat Wray, Sullivan and Miller Tie the Score at Seven All With Swarthmore PHILADELPHIA, Oct 15-A twenty six-yard forward pass thrown with unerring accuracy by Captain Rex Wray into the arms of George Sullivan and the accuracy Of Pos Millcr’s good right foot avoided 4 disaster for Penn on Franklin Field this afternoon and enabled the Red and Blue to tie Swarthmore in the annual football game The final figures were Z to T. 1t was in the fourth period that Penn called on the aerial attack to save it self from defeat With the ball on the 26yard line and less than five min utes to play, Captain Wray set him self back of the Red and Blue center, and after receiving the pass heaved the ball down the gridiron. The oval seemed to fly over the chalk lines and Sullivan had to put on extra speed to get his fingers on the ball as it went flying over the goal line. He brought it down to his chest, hugged it for one brief second, and then touched it to ground. Penn still could be defeated, but Pos Miller poised himself coolly as he aimed for the posts and the ball sailed between the uprights for the point that tied the game. The IT tie was in reality moral victory for the little Quakers from the suburbs. Lester Asplundeh scored the first huIs-eye in the feud with a score in the first period. ba

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, October 17, 1921, page 3 (results column)

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  NAVAL ACADEMY DEFEATED I7s 1920 CONQUEROR. PRINCETO! New York, Oct. 16.-Employng a dash ing, varied attack the Naval Acacdemy eleven yesterday defeated Princeton, it’s 1920 conqueror, and marched to the fore front of eastern football teams. The Tigers were outplayed at every angle, losing by touchdown, a goal and two field goals. Navy’s hard and direct off tackle were the most effective of it’s well planned as sault on the Tiger line. Lourie and Gar rity were absent from the Princeton line up. However the Princeton team was so completely outplayed that it is doubtful of the presence of Lourie and Garrity would have had an material effect on the result. University Of Georgia surprised liar yard and gave her one Of the closes calls she has ever had in an inter-sectional game. The Crrinyon luckily scored it’s only touchdown in the fiji st quarter and later stayed off defeat with a field goal from the boot of Pfaffman. Georgia, al ways general, broke through in the final quarter for touchdown and goal. a great play. The Army eleven played scoreless for a half, launched q desperate drive against the little Wabash eleven from Indiana in the third quarter and scored three touch downs. Yale fought hard and it’s line held when the Bulldog goal was threatened several times by Williams Yale scored three touchdowns and a field goal to win, 23 to O. Pittsburgh won in the final quarter of it’s game with Cincinnati scoring a touch down to win q to fl. Rutgers rallied in the closing moments of the game against Washington and Lee and won by a single point 14 to 13. Brown was unable to pierce the Syracuse line while its own gave way to Syracuse. Brown fumbled often and lost 2S to 0. Heisman’s Penn eleven was saved from defeat at the hands of Swarthmore on a i long forward pass in the last quarter The game ended in a 7–⁠7 tie. The seasons high score was made by Cornell, which scored 16 touchdowns in a. one-stded af. afr with Western Reserve. .Dartmouth’s sturdy eleven defeated the | Mountaineers from Tennessee 14 to 3 l Pennsylvania states more flashing of fensive carried it to 2S to victory ] over Lehigh.

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Pennsylvania leads 30–⁠4–⁠1 in 35 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.