Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-10-24
PLAYED A PLUCKY GAME
Virginia POIys Proved Something
OF A Surprise To The Mid
dies And Held Them To
Three Points
DALTON'S THE ONLY SCORE
Kicking HaIi.Back Boots Over A Place.
ment Goal From The 3S Yard Line
Preventing NO.ScOre Tie

Saturdays game between the mid
dies and the cadets from the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute proved a sur
prise of no mean proportions, the sail
or lads being forced to work hard all
the time and only preventing a no.
score tie through the three points
earned by Dalton's placement goal
from the 3S-yard line.
The Virginans showed unexpected
strength, playing fast and aggressive
ball, of the open variety, against
which the sailors seemed unable to
make consistent headway. The visi-
tors were somewhat the lighter team,
but in spite of this they managed
several times to hold the sailors for
downs when only yard or two was
needed to make touchdown.
Through the series of open plays
exploited by the Southerners fur
nished the spectacular part of the
game, it was slow contest in other
respects because of the frequent pen
alties imposed for off-side, holding
and hurdling. The Navy probably
suffered greater in this respect, and
one midshipman, Brown, the big
plebe, playing at left guard, was
disqualified for slugging early in
the second half, thus forcing a
penalty of 25 yards against his
team.
Twice during the opening period
of the game the middies had rosy
chances to score touchdown. On
each occasion they got the ball on
a tumble kick on the Polys' 10
yard line, and two plays carried it
five yards farther. But as hard as
they hammered in the line they could
not get the ball over, and the for
ward pass that was attempted as q
last resort each time went into
fizzle, the Polys punting out of dan
ger. The first half closed after a
grueling combat with a nothing-to-
nothing score.
At times the Southerners went
through for substantial gains, and on
other occasions the runner was thrown
for loss by the fast Navy ends and
tackles. But their chief fault lay in
the fact that they did so little kick
ing. 1t was keen realization that
they could not gain consistently
against the heavy Navy forwards,
but with the aid the wind more fire.
quent kicks would have given them
chances to recover possible fumbles
nearer the Navy's goal line.
In contrast to this the middies re-
sorted to inside punting quite fire.
quently, and on several occasions an
alert MILDLY would recover the ball
for considerable gain. Nor did the
Polys take many chances at running
in the open field. Instead, two out
of three times on Dalton's punts the
visitors backfield men signaled for
fair catches.
Navy started in strongly in the
second period. In very short time
they twice worked the leather well
within their opponents territory. 1t
was on one of these occasions that the
single score of the game was made.
Cobb, who has been very accurate
in goal kicking, failed twice to boot
one over from scrimmage, and almost
Immediately another chance came to
the sailors, when fair catch was
made on the 38-yard line, from where
Dalton booted over the tally.
The game was marked by try
out of four different quarterback
possibilities. Sowell, who started in,
proved Intellectual, and after Shaw
had been given try, Erwin was sent
in. The plucky little player, how
ever, was either not up to his form
of last year, or has lost his cunning,
for his playing was way below par.
McReavy, the plebe who has been
doing we'll this season, was then sent
in, but too little of the game remain
ed for him to show what he could do.
The score: