The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
Dalton Kicks a Goal From
Placement After Six
FruitlesS Tries.
WEST POINT IS 0UTPlAYED
Annapolis Shows Unexpected
Strength and Blue and
Gold Celebrates.

vi to-day's big football match Dalton.
IN. Nays tall halfback. kicked a goal
from placement. which was the only
score Of ihe contest. and disposed of the
Nest Point eleven unexpectedly by
10 o Dalton had previously attempted
elk goal trials without success. so thar
when he shot the oval squarely between
thu posts and above the crossbars the
Blue ami Gold enthusiasts INDUCED in
one Of the widest demonstrations OF un-
oridled JOY ever seen at q struggle be-
tween Uncle Sans young soldiers and
sailors The Navy eleven therefore
wound up the campaign without being
scored upon and surprised the football
sharps by a display Of superior physiaus.
and skill which nonplusssd the hardy
kckers from up the Hudson
Roth teams were desperately strong in
oTssttlng attacks when the ball neared
tn. goal line. but the Navy ia the second
half OF the struggle excelled the Army
in attacking power and ripped things
M in way tina made the m,dshipmen
cheer themselves hoarse.
Having beaten Yale early in he season
and having held Harvard 10 six points
tn. Army players were generally ex-
pected To carry the day but a. tn. battle
progressed il was clearly demonstrated
that they were lacking in cool headed
Judgment and became evidently rat,led
a. the most critical points.
The superb punting by Dalton and Clay
Of the Navy was one of tho causes for the
Army's downfall. while the heetness of
the Nays ends. Gilchrist and Hamilton.
together with the fiercest kind Of tackling
helped To demoralize West Points back
field In a word the Navy got the lump
"n The Army from the outset and 10y in
C.-ssant aggressiveness the midshipmen
soon smeared West Points attack until u
amounted TO practically nothing This
was shown by the fact that in the first
half the Army gained only ~ yards 10y
rushing to Is by the Navy. Will. in the
second half West Points total gain Was
n measly Is yards Ia Is by ih. boys from
Annapolis. This produced sum total 81
Il yards for the Army and NJ for the Navy.
IN. longest run Of the game heing a dash
Il Less than fifteen wards
SAyY oUrprSrs ARMY
II" navy ANtrdBeu w N6TbH IN
each half which was unusually high In
Oh. frst half the Armys punts averaged
B. yards and in the ~ cond half 81 yards
But whether the Nays kickers were
aided by the strong northeast wind or
no, they placed their kicks with excellent
Judgment and drove them down h. tieid
with sufficient power 20 puzzle tn. players
Who tried 70 handle them.
In running hack p'Ints the Navy ex-
c.'lIed Ivy gaining ~ yards in the four
p@riods 10 ~ by the Army Th. Navy
tried two forward passes in the last period.
one OF which yielded 10 yards Both
teams tried several onsids kicks 10 no
avail. while in penalties Annapolis lost
50 yards. ~ for holding within the ~ yard
zone and two IS yard penalties, one for
helping and the other for holding in MD
field
The Army was twice penalizsd for fiv.
yards the offence in each instance being
interference in the centre. The Navy
made four out OF seven fumbles recorded
and each eleven lost the ball once be-
cause Of such an error. Tn. star play
ers for the Navy wer. Dalton. whose
field goal made him a hero: Hamilton
and Gilchrist. the ends; Loffin. the ight
tackle. whose best play almost resulted
the right guard. who IN spite Of headon
collision which made his nose bleed pro-
iusely throughout the encounter was
IN almos, every play and did much to
nullify the Army's assaults.
For West Point Dean. who was partially
knocked out after the first few minutes
81 play. punted cleverly and gamely
r1I-h.d in vain attempts 10 advance
the ball: Browne made some gallant
attempts TO pierce the Nays defence.
while Deyore, Arnold. Gillespie and
I.Ittlejohn fought hard for victory Whsle
the Navy made seven goal trials the
Army made only two. both by Dean.
one from placement out Of n scrimmage
aud the other on free kick after a fair
catch. In the first period Dalton got
in n tremendous punt which Browne re-
covered on the Army's yard u ne. As
the returning punt. was a full one Dalton
tried his first goat from placement on
the % yard line. The kick was bic. Sed.
bu, a. the Navy bounced on the leather
with alacrity Dalton the next moment
tried another goal from placement on
the ~ yard line his attempt being a
very poor one. Later on. after Deans
.,unt had been dropped by Clay in mid
-i.ld IN. Army had chance 10 show
,,Irh line rose 10 the emergency and
practically nothing was accomplished
::ayY ALMOST SCORES.
In IN. second period Dean for the Army
tried "A goal from placement on the o.
yard line. the hall missing the mark by
wid" margin. Then came an exchange OF
punr- until Hyatt furnbled the hall and
Gilchria secured IL for the Navy on the
A,lny'- as yard mark. A the Armys
d"f"nCa was stone wall Dalton tried his
'nIrd goal from placement on tho 10 yard
D4Nh "Ith the sam. dIscouraRing RESULT. |
shorty after that Dalton. making a fair ,
catch IN th" centre 81 the field ON tbs
Army II yard mark. attempted the !
fourth goa! from placement. but there |
wa nothing doing. just before this |
period ended Dalton got IN long punt |
and ~ Browne caught the ball and tried |
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