Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-23
A NO-SCORE TIE
Navy And Tigers Play Each Other
To A StandstiII Before Cheer
ing Thousands.
PUNTS PLAY LARGE ROLE.
Captain Dalton's Toe Offsets Rushing
On Princeton Eleven In Gridiron
Battle.

/ While a record d-breaking crowd num-
bering very close to ten thousand per-
! sons, who minded not the chill breezes
and cold drizzling rain that fell inter
mittently, looked on and cheered their
favorites, Navy and Princeton played
each other to tie score of to
Saturday afternoon.
The contest was played on the new
Navy Athletic Field, opened for its
first game before a big crowd of both
Navy and Princeton sympathizers,
and the only thing needed was little
sunshine to have made the day a gala
one at the Naval Academy.
In the crowd and as enthusiastic as
any wildly cheering young under
grad. was Admiral Richard VAIN
wright, former superintendent of the
Academy. He occupied a seat in the
new stand in the section reserved for
Captain Gibbons and his party from
the superintendent residence.
The Tigers gained more ground by
rushing than the midshipmen, but
Dalton's punting made up for this.
The offensive weakness of the Tigers
was too big a handicap for the Prince
ton team to overcome, and it became
evident early in the game that both
elevens would have to depend on pos
sible field goals for victory.
The Navy made few attempts to
gain by rushing, relying on the punt
ing of their captain and a chance
tumble by the Tigers to give them
10 tn 10
strike for the coveted goal line. The
chance came late in the third period,
when the Tigers fumbled on their
own 40 yard line and Howe pounced
the ball. From this time on to the
close of the game the Tigers were on
the defensive, having to fight for
every yard, with the constant danger
of Dalton's booting the ball between
the uprights for field goal.
Three times the big Navy captain
attempted goal from placement,
two of them being blocked, while
the third was short many yards. 1t
was at this period of the game that
the Tigers line woke up and played
splendid defensive game. The
presence of Eddie Hart, who played
at left tackle during the last two
periods, had a wonderful influence on
the team at this trying time.
Although on the defensive through
out the last period, the Tigers forced
the fighting during practically all
of the three first periods, and in
yards gained by rushing were far
ahead of the middies. This had
little effect on the outcome of the
game, however, as practically all of
the ground was made in the centre of
the field. Baker failed at one attempt
for a field goal, and Penfield also
missed an opportunity to win the
game by drop kick.
Considering the condition of the
field and the wet ball, there was re-
markably little fumbling done by
either team. The feature of the game
was Dalton's punting and the work
of Howe and Gilchrist, at right guard
and end, respectively. Dewitt also
punted splendidly and was more con-
sistent in direction and distance that
his more brilliant opponent, Dalton.
Had there been dry field the long
spiral of the Navy halfback might
have been disastrous, for he fire.
quently outpunted his ends, giving
Pendleton plenty of time to get start
ed on running them back
Brown, at right guard for the
Navy, played a magnificent game,
outplaying Wilson, supposedly the
flower of the Princeton line. Gilchrist,
at end, also surpassed any of the other
ends on the field. The brightest spot
in the Princeton line was Hart, whose
work in going down under punts was
phenomenal. Invariably he beat the
ends down, and the Navy backs took
to making fair catches of DeWitt's
punts in order to escape the catapult
which was ready and forging forth to
strike them in the person of the
Tiger captain. Hart still has much
to learn about playing tackle, how.
ever, and was boxed once or twice by
Gilchrist.
The defensive work of the Prince
ton line on the whole showed distinct
improvement, and not until the end
of the game could the big Blue backs
make first down. Dalton was almost
the entire Navy attack, doing all the
gaining. 1t seemed almost that the
home eleven might have gained more
by using their big captain oftener in
carrying the ball, for toward the end
of the game he plunged through for
the only first downs made by his team
The Navy line was strong and the
secondary defense was excellent. but
the attack seemed weak compared to
Princeton's, which is weakened in
strength SO per cent. by weak field.
The middies did very little rushing,
however, and it is possible that their
full offensive strength wasn't shown
to take any chances on the treacher-
Gus field.