Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-06
NAVY HAS IMPROVED
Although Up Against Brilliant
Bunch OF Southerners Sailors
Take Saturdays Game.
HAD ONE BAD PERIOD.
A. & M. Gave Wonderful Exhibition OF
Open Football When Lone Tally
Was Well Earned.

Except for enc bad perlod, curing
which their opponents uncovered a
bundle of fancy plays that took them
completely by surprise and gave their
supporters bad scare as the South
erners dashed down the length of the
field and in about five plays of pretty
open football scored, Navy's team in
Saturdays contest with A. and NJ,
showed the effects of last weeks siren
uous coaching.
There was marked improvement all
along the line and in the backfeld,
too, but the game clearly demonst rated
that McReavy and Rodes have little,
if anything on their lighter and de-
cidedly mere heady and speedy fell
lows, Leonard and Nichols. The work
of the last two was away above that
of either of the others. But the mid
dies did not show the form that would
prove boon to their chances for a
victory in the annual contest wi III the
West Point cadets to be played three
weeks hence.
Nearly everyone here who follows
football confidently expected that the
Navy would be able to roll up big
margin score against the Aggies, who
are generally classed some three or
four pegs below the Blue and Gold.
The start of the game was rather list
less. Neither team was able to make
much progress during the first several
minutes of play, though the middies
gained materially on the exchanges
of punts and had shade the better in
general offensive tactics.
A tumble was largely responsible
for the Navy's first score. 1t happen
ed shortly before the end of the first
period. Dalton punted to the Aggies
20-yard line. Hartsell handled the
kick clearly, but on the first lineup
McKeaver, the Southerners' centre,
made miscue in passing to Stafford
and Navy man was on the ball on
the 15-yard line like q flash. 1t re-
quired but three plays for the middies
to carry the leather IS the goal
line. Dalton bore the brunt of the
work and also scorced the touchdown.
Brown failed at an easy try for goal.
In the second period. however, the
Aggies opened the eyes of the middies
by brilliant exhibition of open tao
tics that resulted in a touchdown and
goal, thereby putting them one
point to the good. Getting the ball
in midfield after an exchange of kicks,
the visitors began 20 cut loose with
their fancy plays. A toward pass be.
tween Hartsell and Seaford netted a
gain of % yards, and then Hartsell, on
delayed pass, tore through Navy
left side for 15-yard gain. A plunge
through centre failed to gain, but the
forward pass was again employed, this
time Seaford gaining Is yards, plant.
ing the ball one yard from the coveted
goal line. From that point Hartsel
dove through Navy's right guard fol-
touchdown and HURT kicked goal.
In less than two minutes after the
opening of the third quarter DaltC n,
the Navy captain, who did most of the
ground gaining, went across for a
touchdown and Brown kicked goal.
Nichols was substituted for McReavy
and Leonard for Rodes. This pair
proved decidedIimprovement over the
older fellows. Each is much lighter
than either McReavy or Rodes, feeter
of foot and showed much greater vim
and dash in getting off with the ball.
Time and again they squirmed and
lodged their way around the visiting
end for gains ranging from 10 to rs
yards.
Dalton also came in for share OF
the end running. He got away for
dahes of 35 to 40 yards that aided
materially In scoring the third touch
down in the final quarter, and he also
made a number of shorter gains
through tackle.