Lebanon Valley at Penn State

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  New-York tribune, October 15, 1922, page 18

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  Penn State Beats Lebanon Valley in Ragged Game. 32–⁠6 STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Oct. ID Playing ragged football in the frat half, Penn State, showed vast improve ment in the final sessions and defeated plucky Lebanon Valley team, SO to s. The visitors scored touchdown in the second quarter when Homan. their star quarterback, scooped up tumble and ran fifty yards to the goal line. In the early part Of the game fumbling and poor Judgment proved costly to Penn State, the visitors being ever on the ALERT Tor a loose ball and recovering nearly every tumble. Bezdek’s line also failed to charce with the result that the backs conld not get start. Wilson proved to be the best ground gamer and made three touchdowns. Bezdek sent Earl Kratz into the game in place Of Simmonds in the second period, and the midget halfback was big improvement. He carried the ball we’ll and. in addition, intercepted no less than three forward passes. Penn State began to show real power in the last twenty minutes of the game and three steady marches down the held resulted in as mary touchdowns. A sensational catch of @ thirty-yard pass by Hap Frank aided in the advance. Mike Palms injured ankle bothered him during the game. He made only one out of four points after touchdown. Patton replaced him in the last period and ran the team we’ll. He used good judgment on his choice of play for the extra point, o short forward pass to Frank catching the visitors off guard.

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Penn State leads 20–⁠0 in 20 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.