Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-10
A NO-SCORE TIE PLAYED
Middies Meet Something Of A
Surprise In The Husky Rut-
gers College Aggrega-
tion On Saturday
NAVY WAS NEAR DEFEAT
When GiIchrist Was Interfered With By
Rutgers Tackler Seventy Yard Run
For Touch Down Is Called Off


Only by the keen ability of Referee
Taussig to discover a Bit of inter.
ference with running tackler, which
was not seen by many persons about
the field, was Navy saved from de-
feat at the hands of the husky and
heady Rutgers aggregation on Worden
Field Saturday afternoon. And this
in game that had confidently been
expected to turnout a walk-over for
the sailor lads proved the unpleasant
surprise to the MILDLY hackers.
The play was peculiar in that when
the same official was serving in the
Navy-Rutgers contest last season,
he was called upon to make a similar
ruling that likewise broke up score
after a long run by Rutgers play
er. The visitors were decidc 'ly sore
over the decision, but went ris IT back
to playing.
The play occurred in the second
quarter of the contest whel Navy
had the visitors driven back to their
40-yard line. Clay, who had an off
day and played an erratic game, was
guilty of a miserable tumble that
Robinson, left end of the visitors,
took ready advantage of. Scooping
up the bounding pigskin, he was of
in an instant down the field with no
one between him and the far away
Blue and Gold posts and cross bar
McGovern, of his own team, came
through and was soon with Robinson,
interfering for the runner. The
husky but speedy Gilchrist, of the
Navy aggregation, who played an
aggressive contest throughout, was
rapidly overhauling his man when
McGovern, running beside him, threw
his arm out and, according to the
referee, was guilty of interference
with man not carrying the ball.
This was on the 20-yard line, and the
referee called the play back to this
point, from where Robinson had
downed the ball safely behind the
Navy goal posts.
The visitors stoutly protested the
decision, but resumed play. They
could not, however, make much pro-
gress, and the attempt at field
goal, which they were forced to
make, was a dismal failure. The
game was played on soggy field, due
to the all. day rain, but, despite this
element, each team got off some fast
plays, though fumbles were frequent,
and both teams suffered penalties for
holding and off-side. The offensive
tactics of the New Jersey aggrega-
tion did not work quite as smoothly
as that of the middies, though on
the defensive the middies had little,
if anything, on them.
The lighter men from the New Jer-
sey town time and again broke
through and either threw the runner
for loss or no gain. On the whole,
however, the middies gained more
yards in straight plays than their op.
ponents. There was one shining light
in each of the teams-Dalton, for
the Navy, and Alverson, for Rutgers.
These two men were rivals in the
kicking line, Dalton doing most of the
punting for his team, while Alverson
performed that service throughout for
Rutgers; but Dalton's mighty toe
seemed somewhat off-color, and while
Alverson sent away slightly longer
ones, the MILDLY backs ran the kicks
back better than did the visitors,
thus covering up the advantage in
that regard.
Dalton was given the ball repeated
ly and seldom failed to nip off a
gain on his dashes through tackle,
or end runs from fake kick forma-
tions. He got away twice for gains
of 20 and 25 yards on the fake kick
and on a like play Alverson, Rutgers
husky left tackle, tore off a 30-yard
gain in the second period and 50
yards in the last session.
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