Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-11-07
TWAS A BULLY VICTORY
Middies Showed West Point
That The Goat Can Do Bet
ter At Licking Lehigh
Than The Army Mule
MIDSHIPMEN 80 LEHIGH 0
Sailor Lads Show Improvement In Every
Department OF Game But Pariicu-
Iarlv In Their Attack

IdIlN III iUctT AttdCk
The Navy's team is coming" and
will, if the present rate of improve
ment continues, give Army the big
gest surprise any poor mule ever had,
is the joyous prediction made by the
MILDLY supporters following the game
with Lehigh Saturday afternoon.
Showing improvement in every de-
partment of the game, but more par
ticularly in attack, the sailors rolled
up thirty points on their opponents
and kept their own goal line safe at
all times When, with the score 27 to
0-one point less than the Army fig
ures against the same team-Dalton
booted over a placement goal from
the 37-yard line and in one play
equaled and bested the Mules score
by two points, the Middies and their
friends all went wild.
That Navy would do better against
Lehigh than Army had done two
weeks ago had been hoped, but not
very confidently expected. ''28 to 0
or bust" was the Middies' slogan, and
everyman on the team worked for
and helped to accomplish this end.
Prior to the game members of the Le-
high team said that no such one
sided game as the West Point contest
would occur on Worden Field, and
claimed that the Lehigh team brought
to meet Navy was far better team
in every way than the one that West
Point had so easily downed.
Before the game was over the same
man said that Navy today has bet
ter team than Army'had two weeks
ago. The excellence of the Navy team
was indicated by the fact that it Sc
cured its points In nearly all the
ways which can figure in football
contest, and the work was not done
by few stars, but that every man on
the team did his part and nearly
every one shone in some feature of
play. Dalton was the star in both
the rushing and bucking game, as
usual, but his ground gaining was
nearly equalled by Clay, Rodes.
Cochran and McReavy, while both
Cochran and Clay did some excellent
punting. Dalton kicked two field
goals during the afternoon, but Cobb
performed the feat once, his toe being
responsible for the first score of tie
game.
The Midshipmen showed great
strength in every department of the
game, and the attack was superior
to any previous performance in
swiftness, power of attack and cer-
tainty of aim. The Navy improved
upon the splendid defensive game
it has exhibited in every contest
this season, and its attack was
nearly in class with its defensive
game.
The game started without Dalton,
generally considered the strongest
ground-gainer in the lineup. Clay
and Cochran were in at the halves,
and the former did the best offensive
work of the quarter. During this
period. however, the Navy was not
able to cross Lehigh's line, but Cobb,
who was called into the game in
Hamilton place, kicked field goal
from placement on the 20-yard line.
Early in the second period Dalton
took his place in the backtield and
caused a distinct increase in the
power of the Navy's attack. After
much kicking the Navy carried the
ball to Lehigh's 20.yard line, but was
held and Dalton kicked a goal from
placement from the 25-yard line.
Late in the quarter the Midshipmen
received the ball on Lehigh's 35-
yard line with Dalton and Clay do
ing the greater part of the advanc-
ing, carried the ball to Lehigh's
5-yard line, from which point Dal-
ton carried it over. Dalton missed
the goal.
The Midshipmen scored again early
in the third period. Dalton kicked off
to Lehigh's 8-yard point and a short
punt by Harwig gave the Navy the
ball on the 30-yard line. Again Dali
ton and Clay carried the ball down tie
field and Sowell took it over on a
plunge between guard and tackle.
Dalton again missed goal. The ex-
cellent running of McReavy. who had
succeeded Clay, figured in the next
touchdown, as he did a large part of
the work which carried the ball to
Lehigh's 5-yard line. Dalton carried
the ball over.
At the opening of the last period
Lehigh's defense had been petty well
battered down and its backs in condi-
tion where they handled the ball bad
ly. The sharp eye of the Navy line
men or the ball after it had been mis-
handled by the visiting backs, put
the local players in position for the
two scores of the half, touchdown
by Dalton, from which he also kicked
the goal and his long field goal from
placement, with which the scoring