The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

with the dispatch and precision of a tri-
umphal tour. Time after time Full Back
Keyes pulled his sensational runs from
the fake kick, for Malcolm, Hyatt,
Brown. or Mcdonald would be hurtled
through the line or round the ends. In
five plays the Army carried the ball 50
yards to Nays 20-yard line. Here Hyatt
failed at a drop kick and the great op-
Portunity was passed. for the heavy field
had begun to tell in favor of the stronger
heavier Middies
After a great deal of punting, Navy
finally secured the ball on her 25-yard
line. Then began her sensational march
to the only score of the game. The
Mtddies thought so well of Keyes' fake
kick runs that they sprang it right back
at the foe.
Daltons end run for 20 yards gave the
Sailors their first down of the game
That was the cue. Rodes pulled three
of the copyrighted Keyes runs in rapid
| succession, varied a bit by the Army's
pet line shifts.
Middies Use Army Play.
1t was a case of rubbing it in, but a
most effective one for from her 45-yard
line, in less than two minutes, the Mid
shipmen had carried the ball right to
Army's 30-yard line. The ball was fairly
in front of the goal posts, so that when
Armys line held twice the admiral"
ordered a try from placement. In a
pretty, clean, low boot Dalton redeemed
all his early punting disappointments by
as clean a field goal as ever skirted the
bar between the uprights..
For the rest of the half Navy was
mostly on the defensive, but never hard
pressed, playing a safe game with her
to advantage.
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and throughout the third period showed
his truly wonderful punting ability. One
of his boots was for 20 yards the ball
rolling away behind Army's goal line.
The big fellow also showed exceptional
ability in running back punts through a
broken field. An off-side kick by Navy
put the Soldiers in sore straits for a
while, but they recovered a tumble on
their 15-yard line and punted out of dan
ger. Littlejohn, who played a splashing
right tackle for the Army, twice saved
his side by recovering fumbles.
March Toward Goal.
Here the Army sent a great SILVER OF
hope through the gray squadron in the
side seats. for the eleven from West
Point rallied and began a march toward
the goal line of the Middies. Hyatt twice
hit tackle for long gains. and Keyes
Roughness and off-side play by the Navy
helped the advance of their rivals, for
in rapid succession penalties amounting
to some 80 yards were imposed. For a
moment a touchdown for Army seemed
imminent. But root as the loyal soldiers
would. their favorites could not roll back
the heavy opposing line beyond the first
fringe of the danger zone. Hyatt, the
clever quarter nack of the Cadets, time
after time worried and wriggled his way
through broken field to lose hard-earn-
ed gains when Il couple of Navy tackles
fell upon him and ruthlessly dragged him
back
Finally in desperation. Hyatt tried a
drop kick from the 4O-yard line, but he
was slow in handling a low pass, and
had to kick so high to prevent being |
blocked that Dalton was able to make |
a fair catch on his 1O-yard line. Dalton |
in the meantime was gaining anywhere !
from to % yards on every exchange |
until finally he kicked out of bounds. a |
blocked kick which the Navy received |
on Army's 35-yard line ended the third .
period.
DaItOn's Work GIitterS.
The further the game progressed just |
so far the class of Dalton began to
show above the best. but fast firing eff
forts of Armys most gallant men be-
came evident. What Ted Coy was to |
Yale three years ago, Dalton was TO |
Navy in the closing period of to-day's |
game. He not only punted faultlessly, |
but time after time rounded the Navy |
line for long gains, or skirted the ends. |
The Army. as the precious minutes which |
divided it from defeat slipped by, in its |
desperation, tried every vile and STRAIT !
egg at it's command, but all were futile. |
Twice Dalton broke attempted forward !
passes. and again he nailed a man who
almost succeeded in getting out to d |
clear try after receiving an off-side kick.
The Army had the ball near midfield |
when the end came.