Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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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

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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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NOTRE DAME up included many ex-university stars, who gave a very neat exhibition of football, but an exhibition not quite good enough to carry the Plaid off its feet. The Devil Dogs had considerable trouble stopping the double and triple passes, and the spinner play, but at no time did either team seem in imminent danger of being scored on by ground tactics. Penny Kristof broke up many Marine attempts, and Manby furthered his reputation as a snarer of passes. In the last quarter Groves, who had made several unsuccessful attempts previously, booted a clean Held goal from about the twenty-five-yard line. In the last three minutes of play, Bastian tried to even-things up by the same method, but his kick went wide by about three inches. A colorful spectacle was put on between halves, when the Carnegie submarine staged a spirited battle with, and finally blew up, the Quantico dreadnaught. NOTRE DAME The immortal Four Horsemen from Notre Dame brought Carnegie’s season to a glorious close; and though they vindicated the contention that they and their cohorts were the fastest, cleverest, most versatile, and best-trained combination in the history of the sport, and though they annexed a 40-19 victory, they were forced to share their glory with the fightingest, most tricky, and gamest team that has played in Pittsburgh in years. Carnegie held her illustrious visitors to a 13-13 tie at the half, and scored more points against the I loosiers than has any other team in the past four years. Playing before a packed stadium in which sat twenty-four of the most famous football coaches in the country. Tech stopped the flashy Irish backs time after time on end runs and oft' tackle plays, and completely mystified the visitors with clever trick plays. No single player stood out for Carnegie, though Ben Kristof covered himself with glory early in the game by scooping up a blocked punt and running forty-eight yards for the first touchdown; and Beede showed real football in hiding the hall on the last Carnegie touchdown, scoring from the fifteen-yard line through a ten-yard hole in the Notre Dame defense. I he Fighting Irish bear the Fighting Scotch, but not rill they had been forced to show most of their tricks, including a practically invulnerable aerial offense; and at that, Carnegie drew first and last blood. Page 171