Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-30
SECOND SCORELESS TIE
Western ReserveSh Unexpected
Strength In Defense And Plays
The Middies To StandstilI.
THE SAILOR LINE WEAK.
Could Not Check The Western For
wards At Critical Periods In Sat-
urday Afternoons Game

With all of their big games be-
hind them, and only the "tail-end" of
the season to go over before their big
struggle with Army on November %,
Navv's football coaches will go to
work now to give the sailor team its
real development for that contest,
following Saturdays scoreless tie
with Western Reserve, of Cleveland,
Ohio.
With some of the best men out of
the line and with those who were in
the struggle suffering from injuries
or handicapped by recent sickness, the
work of the sailor team disappointed
its supporters. While there were
flashes of brilliant individual work.
and few periods when consistent line
gains were made, the greatest weak
ness shown by the middies in Satur-
ay's game was an inability to hold
the Cleveland line at critical periods
or to open up the way for the back
field when only few yards were need
ed for first down.
True, the middies had a decided ad-
vantage in ground-gaining. They tore
through the line and dashed around
the ends for substantial gains, but at
the supreme moment, when they had
the ball within striking distance of
the opposing goal line and a score
seemed almost inevitable, they were
utterly powerless to master the sit
uation. 1t seems almost remarkable
to say that five times the middies
carried the leather from near mid
| field inside of the visitors I0-yard
line, only to find the Reserves rally
ing gallantly in protecting their
| goal line.
Twice the middieS tried a forward
pass from a fake formation for field
goal from placement, in the hope OF
covering up the required distance, but
each attempt resulted in a failure.
| On two other occasions the visitors
actually took possession of the ball or
downs, while the last chance thaI
came the Navy's way was Dalton's try
for placement goal from the 25
yard line. This, too, went into {
rank failure, as he only lifted the bal
a scant four feet from the ground
In consequence, it bounded into the
mass of players and was recovered
by one of the Reserves.
Navy went into the game with {
slightly crippled team. Brown, the
big left guard, was not in the line-uI
at all. He is nursing an injury, as i!
also Davis, regular tackle of las
year. Captain Dalton had been il
very little scrimmaging during The
weeks practice, because of an injured
knee. In spite of this he played tn,
greater part of the game in his OLE
position, at left half. The fact tha
it is his left knee that is hurt did no
hinder his punting, and he great,
outdistanced Hoagland, who did mos
of the kicking for the Reserves.
Dalton constantly limped about th
field and was totally incapacitate,
to do his usual heavy line plunging
He could not get up speed. He wa
given the ball on several occasions
but only once did he make a gain
and that was a short one. He play
ed throughout the first period, bu
early in the second quarter he retire.
in favor of Leonard. However, he re
| bAoJ ih bAtC oCCOtlO ildl1,
coaches soon decided to call him t
the side lines for good.
| Hoagland's punts, though shorte
than those of Dalton were general
well placed. Another advantage tina
was with the middies was the wa
the backs gained ground in runnin
back the kicks. They seldom faile
to cover five or ten yards before bein
downed. The middies' team work di
not seem as keen as heretofore, an
thereby lies their failure to effect
score. The longest gain made durin
the game was that by McReavy i
the final quarter, when he dashe
through the visitors left tackle fc
80 yards. Another good gain Wa
that of the only successful fcrwar
pass made by Navy, Dickens carryin
the leather rs yards This, too, ws
made during the final stages of tn
battle.