New-York tribune., 1911-11-26

straight rushing to Jos for the Navy, and
made six first downs TO the Navy's four
The cadets gained eighty yards by running
back punts TO eighty-fve yards for the
midshipmen. which shows clearly that the
ends were about equally effective. In spite
of the wet. slippery ball, the game was
fairly, cleanly played. The Army made six
fumbles 10 eight for the Navy. but the
cadets always recovered the ball. whereas
the midshipmen lost II twice through mis-
plays The Navy lost seventy yards in
penalties 10 forty-fve for the Army, but
the latter suffered the most in this respect.
as one OF these penalties turned the tide
against IT,
There was plenty of punting, and in this
respect Dalton had slightly the better or
Keyes although the latter did remarkably
well. all things considered. Two of Dali
tons punts were partially blocked. but one
Of these operated in his favor, as Navy
man recovered the ball. Dalton averaged
greater distance with his punts, but keyes
placed the ball quite as well.
The tackling was hard and fierce, but
none too accurate The ends and tackles
repeatedly overran their man, and this was
particularly true Of the midshipmen, al
though in no case did particular damage
result as the runner would be turned off,
which gave the other players plenty OF
time 10 get Up and smother the man with
the ball. The Navy forwards were rather
slow in charging. and Weems, by playing
loose centre, made IL possible for the
Army backs TO gain some extra ground.
II was by far the slowest game Of the
season. As much time was taken out for
minor injuries and delays in getting the
plav started as was needed for the game
itself Toward the end there was a delay
after every scrimmage, or so II seemed
and the result was that the attack was
slowed up 20 a point that made steady
ground gaining next to impossible, even II
the defence Of both teams had been less
impregnable. The Army players appeared
TO be lacking in condition, and 1t was nee
essary 70 make a number Of substitutions,
but the midshipmen had little left when the
final whistle blew.
Captain Dalton the Star.
Captain Dalton was the outstanding star
OF the Navy forces His punting, rushing
and strong defensive play makes him a
leading candidate for all-America honors.
Gnchrist. at quarterback, injured his leg
early in the game. and limped about IN
way that counted against his being as
effective as had been promised Weems
was tower Of strength at centre his
passing being remarkably accurate and his
tackling sure and hard. Howe, at right
guard. also PLAYED a dashing game. but
Brown, who made such name for himself
a year ago. had his hands full with Little
John. his Army opponent and had few
chances to shine. Nichols played a strong
game at halfback both he and Rodes pro-
viding excellent interference for Dalton.
Arnold. the Army left guard, was the
man who stood out above his fellows on
the West Point team. He followed the ball
almost as keenly as Sam White, Of Prince
ton. was down the field with his ends on
several occasions and tackled all over the
field. Captain Hyatt handled his team well
at quarterback. and made no mistakes Of
Judgment so far as could be seen lie was
on the ball, TOO pretty regularly. and was
q power in the secondary line Of defence.
Keves. the fullback, has been mentioned.
He gained more ground by rushing than
any Of the other Army backs and his
punting was uniformly good. Siebert, at
centre. made a number OF good tackles in
the open. but his passing was erratc, the
ball rolling along the ground on three oc-
caslons. which made IL harder for I(eyes 10
get it off Devore did not live up 10 his
reputation due largely TO the fact that he
was pretty busy most Of the time keeping
HIS opponent out Of the play.