The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
THE RAY sND PL,,gRS.
Developments ss the ssame asd wsrs sf
thr Indy sissMls.


was one in which the ball wa- carried
very little by rushing and driven hack
and forth a great deal by kicking In ne
game Of consequence his year has kick ing
played so prominent a part IN the result
and the phases OF the battle a. they un-
folded. and in no game has the relative
, infuenc. of kicking 30 exceeded that III
the rushing. The Nays offence in rush
ing was twice a. product i've as the Army =.
but not good enough To produce a score.
while neither team had an offence that
was first class even "a offences GO this
season The rushing game this year has
been decidedly Intellectual as compared
to other seasons. tut taking that a. u
standard the offence to-day was weak
The Navy. however. was pegging AWAY
frequently at the Army's goal line by
far a greater part OF the play was in the
Army's territory The main reasons for
thes. two facts were the longer distance
achieved by the Navy punting. the adj
mrahle work OF the Navy ends in GOVERN z
Dalton's long drives and. correlat lively
the loose. uncertain handling Of punts'
by the Army men vino were play ing back
Tn. Navy often suddenly jumped into an
advantageous position 10y bouncing on
n punt sent well into Army territory and
mishandled 10y an Army back
Thrown back in their attempts 10 pene-
rra,e the Army defence and get over the
goal line by that method the Navy found
II necessary 20 try repeated field goals
Seven times Dalton tried "A field goal
six VI them plac. kicks from scrimna W.
and one a free kick. and the last time
h.a In. anal Ia.
Navy its winning points. In trying
these placement kicks from scrimmage
Dalton stood ra,h.- clos. To his line and
he had Ia Kick quickly IN. SUCCESS
OF his belaten field goal WAS due in a
great measure 10 tn. def handling 81
>o~.Il who took the bali from IN. centre
and was remarkably quicS in placing il
down for the kick
On prev iouus attempt the Navy WAS
close tn the Army's goal line and had
less than three yards - 40 for first
down. Another rush might have been
better policy Just at that time. especially
a. the Navy had just been dong It's best
hit II sustained rushing 10 the game
hut criticism ALWAYS can lee made of
a move which isn't crowned with SUE
cess A. s,il another time th--. wa-
an attempted field goal Nv The Navy
which without doubt ia View of the,
playing leading w 'o II. Mas poor Judg-
menl The ball WAS ia good poSiI ION
for a field goal dIrecily IN front Of the
posts u was the second down Another
rush ~a- tried. an end run but II carried
he hall Ia The sad. Of the h"ld and The
field goal was tried from mat far ls~S
advantageous position
The first quarter OF th. 80 ir-.- was
emphaticalv slow PLAYS were run III
slowly. and the quarter passed almost
without either team getting warmed mp
The second quarter wac ln Improvement
and tn. third quarter -tiil more oG an Irl-
provement Tn. play puiCken-l ~ u
went along u beCarn. NOR" positive.
tagged l'--- 49, the players got cut of tn,
feeling ON stage and pu' ~ their applI
emily hs-itating and uncertain attitude
Though team precision and errCilv.
striking IN formations a. we'll a. effective
formations themselves Were lacking
th.r- waS II great deal If splendid indi-
VidtIal playing This wa particularly
true Of he line men In break ing through
following tn" ball and abo~" all in clean.
hard tack ling IN. game brought on; a
lot Of good football which helped IL a. a
spectacle. In the fulflnisnt of deEnit-
piiTfoA.' EfOrt 20 show olHanot' s'Iprr'v
UTi'v A. "A result Of a -'.a-on = drilling and
cooperation tn. teams mad" no moTs
progress than other bIx teams hav" under
IN" present rules loss than was made
IN ih- Yale Princeton. Harvard YALE.
and Pennsylvania = Orn-li games P.op.
Catn. away wondering how West Point
ever beat Sal. Yet there wa- plenty of
evidence of careful drafting ~ t'Indam.t-
tab, and that POSSIBLY H. "a quality OVER
looked "A bIt IN some quarters IN the desire
To- hav. the team he. together
The ARMY was o,It punt 4 H." the Navy
and IN. Navy ends were better III getting
down under the longer pants they had
10 cover and preventing chance for y
run bs.,k la lin" play their was it'll.
choiC. either way The Army's kick
ing was "rraIic Several onSld- kicks
went only few yards over the scTim-
mage line. and then into the arms of a
Navy back Tn. Army didn't Use the
forward pass at all The Navy used II
twice IN connection with Nmf at "a
plaS. kick once II was suC".ssfui. III.
other tim. Al Army man was at IN"
receiving end
Ia up 20 date tactics there was oSl" play
-hft bv ~" \ave IN whiCh one guard
went around 10 the other side III the line
and the hacks. IN tandem Argument.
shifted 10 the reinforced side n" shit
was us.Si by the Navy IN rh.. third quar-.
Ter when tn" midshi pm-n wer. engaged
IN ia. one consistent -p.Ii III attack IN
tn" game HE Army secondary de
fence was uet-i-d AZ hat i'm. and did
,alIantly ~ batting the sI"C-~>lv" I'D
vance There Sa~ LAUNDERING pl..
ia the third p-rIod when lu Army back
ran into and spilled one II his own men
who had Just made = far catch.
A defence was shown by he rnid-hipm.n
which evidenced careful preparation
aI.rtn--s and tbs. faculty Of being equal
to all emergencies. IL Away kept the
Army a. "a Respectable distance. from tho
goal line The Army's defence. except
the backtield part Of II on kicks was quite
strong enough to have prevented score
Clean handling Of the ball this wear q.
almost "A sine qua non.
The end play on both sidas was decidedly
good and more spectacular than II ordi-
narily Is The Navy ends -xcrlled on
the whole. Long runs either around IN.
ends or running hack punts were nil. and
in line play the ends were evenly matched
In the open the Navy pair did the better
work Their tackiing was more depend
able. Daiton- punts attained the high
average Of forty yards and Deans we're
Of good average. We, the ends were nearly
always down the field or els. somebody
with them tO grab the runner before h.
got under way The Navy ends had fur
her to 60 on kicks than the Army oue-
posts but they were here just ~ promptly
and wer. better at closing in on the runner.
better at anticipating his intended dir'.c-
ton. Th. Navy had flock 81 men down
under kicks every time
Gilchrist and Wood exec He'd in end play ,