The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-24
Showing
Against V.
Disappointment
PoIytechS Held Middies to
Two TOuChdOWnS.
Douglas the Star.
-iaval Academy "a; Y. P. 1, o.


ANNAPOLIS. Md, Nov. Z3.-In the
closing game Of the season on the local
grounds the Naval Academy won from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute this aft
ernoOn by u to O.
The Navy used most Of the players
who will start in the game against the
Army next Saturday. and the showing
was only fair. IN some particulars the
work Of the team was satisfactory,
but the Navy is still very far from hav-
ing a welI-balanced backdeld and sys-
temadc offense. IN fact, the eleven
does not appear anything like finished
aggregation, such as would meet West
Point on even terms
The visitors put up an extremely good
defense, but showed Nttle power OF at
tack. 3. HOdgSOn and Douglas had
pretty kicking duel throughout the
game. and both got or a series OF long
and Well-placed Dunts under the adverse
conditions OF a wet and sOggy ball and
soft foOthOld- Ihe Navy received the
KICKOFF and took the advantage at once
when Douglas kicked and the ball was
fumbled to Dague. This put the ball in
the visitors territory, where II STAYED
until a touchdown was made, after
thirty minutes or play. me visitors
showed great ability in stopping the
plays OF the Navy team and would gen
orally hold for downs or force a kick,
when HOdgson would boot the bah out
OF danger.
Fake Kick Nets Touchdown.
Finally. the Navy secured a touch
down or fake kick and forward play
from LANCE TO Dague. LANCE kicked
the goal. Toward the latter part OF the
half. the Navy did the most consistent
gaining o. the game. carrying the ball
from Virginia's 50-yard line to It's 10-yard
line. where the ball was lost on a
tumble.
In the 81 cond half the Navy made
more frequent and longer gains but did
not carry the ball steadily in q series
of PUSHES Virginia was again put TO
disadvantage by missing a punt. which
Dague recovered. Several times Doug
las made long runs On receiving kicks
or from the kick formation, and Ref
znider pleased tho Navy contingent with
several good gains. LANCE played bril-
liant football and got in one run OF
forty yards, the longest OF the game.
Subs Tried Out.
Toward the latter part Of the game,
Reifsnider got the ball at midheld and
ran twenty-five yards past Virginia's
right tackle Douglas and Reifsnider
followed with gains, and Richardson,
who had been substituted Tor Jones,
carried the ball ten more in two tries
on the next run Reifsnider carried the
ball over and Lange kicked a difficult
goal. After the second touchdown most
of the Navy regulars we're replaced by
substitutes and there was no more
scoring.
The Lineup:
Naval Academy. Position. VII
Denott Brown..,,,L- e. Itufford
Northcroft, Stoer..L. IT,. Diffendall
Reinicke, Stuart. IL G-.B. Breckenridge
Brand .............. Center 49,. Johnson
Wright, Straus. G...E. B. HOdsson
Adler.
Magruder.
Smith
LANCE, Nason.....Q. B............ Cooper
Shepherd.
Douglas. Gates....L. II. B,....-...Luttrell
Reifsnider, Burg. r. H. B.. Billups
Jones. Richardson. r. BIB HodgsOn
Referee-Mr. Whiting, Cornell. Umpire
AR. Gresham Poe. Princeton. Timers
Lieutenant Harms. L. s. N. and Mr..
Worthington, Virginia L1nesmen-Adid-
shipman StTOther and Mr.. Montague.
Virginia. TouchdOwns-Dague Ref
snider. Goals from tOuchdowns-Lange
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