Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

1t was the great advantage given the
Navy in the greater length of its punts'
and the superior manner in which It's
ends covered them. to which. in the main,
it owes the honor won.
In the other departments Of play the
Navy men had it on the Soldiers. They
did not show to as great advantage In
other ways as in the exchange of pupts,
but what little margin there was must
be given them.
In the matter of line play. with the ex-
ception of the first two minutes OF the
game, the Army forwards were outplayed,
The big men in the Midshipmen's line
simply swamped the Army forwards and
hardly allowed the opposing backs 10
reach the line Of scrimmaSe. On the
defense the charging of the Navy line.
men was superb. The way they Went
into a play, spiiling Interference and get
ting their men, was beautiful to even the
most exacting critic. Time after tiine
the Army directed plays at them only 70
fall back defeated in Its purpose: VI.
the offense tine Navy forwards Ola not
omen up great holes for their backs, put
once in a while there would be an opening
and some blue-terseyed player Wouia
rush through for : or yards without pc
ing touched until stopped by a secondary
defense man.
Roth teams tackled well, exceptionally
well. and yet the work OF the Navy
ends gave it the advantage. IL was ..,e
one department in which there was httie
advantage, II any - ,,.,,;oh
gave If the scores; in blocking ana chars-
ing. in punting and covering KICKS the
Navy showed to advantage In oHehsin e
ulay it presented little mere Nersd1ue
attack and on the defense IL appealeu ~
be more we'll rounded. The Army dis
played poorer generalship. also In thal
when it found it could not possibly gam
through the line still kept plugging the
center 1t did not open up its play un-
III the last minutes. and then 1t was In
sheer desperation.
II was the Navy's victory. Ii deserved
to win. because 1t had the margin on It's
opponents, which generally insures sue
cess.
There were two men on the Navy
eleven who are sure to be mentioned Tor
an all-American eleven this year. their
work of yesterday being about the pest
who have watched the big teams play
remarked that their work compared
favorably with any Of the year. They
were Howe. guard, and Gilchrist. right
end Both men did some wonder
full defensive work. and both were in
every play The work of the latter in
getting down the field under punts and
In breaking up interference and Settlns
the man at the same time was excep-
tional 1t was a quality of play which Is
seldom seen. The work OF Howe was
noteworthy in the extreme. especially the
manner In which he played on the de-
Tense. The way he dived under the plays
was remarkable Time after time he
stopped the man with the ball before he
reached the line Of scrimmage.
One other lineman who did remarkable
work was Brown. Besides the fact that
he was the offensive hero of the game. in
that his two field goals were the only
scores. his defensive play fell little short
of that Of Howe If any. He Is another
who will be mentioned for that mythical
eleven which is the height of the aspira-
tons of the foot ball player.
The one factor which was especially
surprising was the manner in which the
Navy ends outplayed those of the Army.
1t has been claimed all the year that the
Army flankers were as strong as any
other pair in the country, but their work
Yesterday did not tend to make stronger
the claim They were clearly outplayed
from the start. Their work hardly COM
pared with that of the two men who
held down the places for the Navy at
any time.
Devore, the Army tackle. who has been
touted as the best In the country, did not
show SO wonderfully against the Navy
man, Hall. His work did not seem great
charging. and it is very questionable II
he had anything on the Sailor. taking
the afternoons play as a whole.
Keyes was another Army man who
failed to come up to expectations.
Word had been sent out several times
of his wonderful kicking, but he failed
to evidence any of his class. He and
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