Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-11-14
INDIAN BRAVES LOSE
Carlisle Succumbs To Navy
Team In Saturdays Great
Game On WOrden Field
DALTON'S BRILLIANT WORK
Enables Midshipmen To Sco-e In Last
Period To 0-Redmen Fail At
Their Tricks

feTiOu 10 U-keumen fai A
Their Tricks
By defeating the Carlisle Indian
football team Saturday afternoon on
Worden Field at the Naval Academy,
6 to 0, the Navy gave reason for the
local contingent to feel encouraged
as to victory over the West Point
cadets two weeks hence.
Saturdays game was one of the
most stubbornly contested th.t has
been witnessed on an Academy grid
tory of the Mldshipmen was we'll
deserved one. 1t came after five
minutes of the last period bad ex-
pired an after the teams had kick
ed and rushed the ball first to one
and then to the otner end of the
! field.
To score its touchdown, Navy
worked the leather for a total of
so yards. Dalton $ splendid 30-yard
dash contributed largely to the
score. 1t brought the ball within
three yards of the coveted goal
line, from which point in two plays
Dalton himself carried it over.
He fumbled the bali in the plunge,
but Brown, Navy's big guard. was
on the spot to fall on it for a touch
don. The same player kicked goal
from a difficult angle
Each team had several chances to
score during the early stages of the
game. The Mdshipmen, upon being
held when getting within the danger
zone, took advantage of chances for
field goals and Dalton failed in five
attempts. Carlisle was bent in cross
ing Navy's goal line, but their efforts
were fruitlesss. The desperateness
with which the game was fought was
{ indicated by the frequent penalties
inflicted.
Dalton made five unsuccessful at
tempts at field goals, though the first
one, in the opening session, which
was at dis tance of 40 yards from
the bar, went as straight as an arrow,
but fell about three feet shy of its
mark. Though Big Pete Houser who
played at quarterback for the In
dians, is a postmaster at field-goal
kicking, the Red Men were apparent
ly bent on invading Annapolis hith-
erto uncrossed goal line, for they de-
pended almost entirely upon rushing
the ball. Only once, and that just
before final time was called, did
Houser make an attempt at field
goal, and this was blocked by the
Middies.
One thi:g stands out prominently
as the result of Saturdays game, and
that is that the Middies have power
full machine when they buckle right
down to business. Without detract-
ing from the stubborn and gallant de-
tense exhibited by the Indians at
critical stages, the Middies at times
tore great holes in the line.
Five minutes of the fourth period
had elapsed when, getting the leath-
er in mid-feld, after an exchange of
kicks, the Navy started a steady
march down the field. In three plays
Sowell, Dalton and Clay ripped off 20
yards, and on the next lineup Dali
ton, Navy's star back and kicker,
made a mighty dash through the In
dians' left tackle and sprinted 80 yards
before being downed by Houser. This
planted the leather within three
yards of the coveted line.
Whe play was resumed Clay, on a
plunge through right tackle, took
the leather yard nearer, and then
Dalton drove through the opposite
side of the line, carrying the ball
over. In the play Dalton fumbled,
but Brown, the Middies' big right
guard was on the job and fell on it
for touchdown. The ball was
punted out for the try for goal and
Brown kicked it from a difficult
angle.
The Indians showed complete sur
prise at this quick change of things,
but they were undismayed and went
after the Middies with even greater
steam. They made a valiant rally,
after getting the ball on a punt near
their own goal, and began expoud-
ing theil trick plays, for which they
are famous. In this way they car
ried the ball straight down the field
for total of SO yards and seemed
destined for a touchdown. A for
ward pass by the Indians brought
the lather to Navy's 30-yard line.
At this point the Middies got to-
gether, checked the progress of the
Red Men to the extent of forcing
Houser to try for a field goal as a
last resort to score at all, and they
blocked it. A half-minute later final