Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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NOTRE DAME WESTERN MARYLAND In a 27-0 victory over a good football team, Carnegie proved that the Pitt victory was not a mere Hash of form under mid-season conditions. The day was another of those balmy summerlike days that marked the season as more suitable for baseball than for football. Western Maryland was completely stunned at the Plaid attack was unable to cope with the diversified offense. With Cass and Yoder as keystones in the forward wall, the visitors rarely carried the ball through the first line of defense. Captain Newman played a wonderful game both on offense and defense, scoring one touchdown, kicking two goals after touchdown, and making many long gains on straight football. Bcede continued his good work, reeling off yard after yard on well-covered plays. Toward the end of the game the visitors opened up with a shower of forward passes, but the attack was smothered by the alert Scotchmen. The Carnegie second team showed up well, scoring the final touchdown. Mohrman took the ball across after making a clever run, and Harman kicked the goal. On the whole, though rather drab after the Pitt game, this fracas was a pleasing exhibition by a smooth working, perfectly drilled eleven. PITT Page 160

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PITT part in the story of that hour. he Carnegie supporters were on their feet during all but about five minutes of that time, and with the final play, and Carnegie a 6-0 victor, they became the most insane, victory-intoxicated mob of hero worshippers in the land. Seven times the mighty Panther, charging with the power of a maniac, still stinging with the memory of the last battle, tore with fang and claw at the Tartan wall within the fifteen-yard line and seven times he was repulsed. Three times the angry Panther threw his every ounce of strength into play in an effort to break the Plaid line within the five-yard zone and three times he was repulsed. Bill Manby led the defense: intercepted passes, made man-killing tackles when only he stood in the path of the on-rushing runner, and finally, on the last play, threw Brown for a five-yard loss, to give Carnegie the ball on downs on the seven-yard line. But without Obie Newman’s superb punting, Manby's efforts would not have availed; and without Dwight Beedc’s thrilling sixty-four-yard run on a spinner play to place the ball in scoring position on the two-yard line, neither Bill’s nor Obic’s efforts would have availed; and without the supreme efforts of “Bull” Yoder, Purl Anderson. Max Bastian, Cass, Hablc, and the rest of the ream, nothing but God’s intervention could have saved the day. Tech screened the ball so well, that on several occasions the wrong man was tackled. A light, brainy, venturesome eleven fired with Carnegie spirit faced a powerful, heavy, plunging Panther lineup fired with a desire for vengeance—and Carnegie spirit won out. NOTRE DAME Page 168

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NOTRE DAME PENN STATE On November eighth, Carnegie was beaten 22-7 at State College by a more experienced, heavier, and in many ways superior football team. The Nirrany Lions had a stalwart defense, and a clever offense, and despite the Tartans’ best efforts, the punch with which to beat this combination was lacking. Mohrman, substituting for Beede, who was sadly missed, made a beautiful sixty-yard run in the final quarter for Tech’s only score. Spurred on by this success, the Plaid started a great offensive drive, but substitution of a few fresh men by the wily Bezdek soon ended this menace. Bill Manby shone again, intercepting a pass in the first quarter and running to the twenty-yard mark before being stopped. Manby, Anderson and Yoder blocked the road to the goal on many occasions, but in the end, the best team won out. QUANTICO MARINES I he Quantico Marines, who had been pointed for two weeks on Carnegie’s weaknesses by Coach Huge Bezdek of State, descended on Pittsburgh confident that they would win by several touchdowns, and left on the lucky end of a three to nothing score, having won the game by a scant three inches. The Marine line- PITT Page 170