New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
Turning Point Of the Battle.

/ a new JOnn brown ana lOubHt tHelI
! way to victory.
Turning Point Of the Battle.
Thirty thousand persons who were
! jammed and crammed around the
soggy gridiron had just about made
mp their minds 10 tic score when the
! real excitement began. Brown took a
long chance and tried a goal from
/ placement from the 42-yard line short
/ ly after the final quarter opened, but
! the ball fell short and rolled between
! the goal posts Out 10 TIL 2O-yard
| line the krmy went, but on the first
! scrimmage penalty for holding was
/ imposed, so that Hobbs was forced TO
punt while standing on the goal line.
! II was good punt for full forty
Yards. and Rodes could not come back
an inch before being turned over by
| Merrillat. On the first rush by the
| Navy. however, the Army was again
penalized for holding, which put the
ball on the 25-yard line. Brown then
| dashed around the Army left end for
| twelve yards, Leonard and McReavy
| added four and two, respectively, but
when Rodes was smothered for loss
of six Yards by the fast charging cadets
! the time came for Brown TO emulate
the example Of John Patrick Dalton.
who carried the Navy TO victory over
the Army in 1910 and again last year
by a goal from placement.
The place was a bedlam. The mid
| shipmen. who had not been quiet for
a single instant, called hoarsely for
score. The cadets, in camp on the
other side Of the field. were shouting
Block that kick. Block that kick!
With the hubbub at it's height Captain
Rodes knelt on one knee at the 24-yard
line. received a perfect pass from
Perry. and Brown did the rest The
huge 200-pound guard swung his pow
erful leg and sent the ball swirling
straight I'd true over the crossbar and
between the posts for the goal that
spelled victory.
Mdshipmen in a Frenzy.
The midshipmen lost their reason, or
so il seemed frenzied shout went
up from eight hundred throats that
made all previous efforts at noise maxi
| ing sound puny in comparison. Four
sections Of the north stand were turned
into a yellow bank of f1utterng flags
Caps and lemons filled the air, while
| one Of the cheer leaders forgot the dig
nity Of his calling and turned fipfaps
| like a clown in the circus. On the
other side of the field in the camp Of
! the Army, all was silence.
AS IL to make assurance doubly sure
Brown kicked another goal from place
ment a few minutes later After the
kick off Leonard. the Navy back. punt
ed and the bail, rolling along the
| ground, struck the leg of an Army
nlaver. and a midshipman, quick 10
seize the opportunity, fell on it at West
Points 15-yard line. The Annapolis
team; could not gain by rushing-in
| fact. lost eight yards in three efforts
to break down the Army defence-so
Brown dropped back 10 the 36-yard
line and once more kicked goal that
brought out another frenzy of cheers
from the now joy-mad middies.
The Army fought on in sheer des-
p.ration, but the end was at hand. and
all too soon for the men in gray the
hattie Scared gridiron was given over
to the mad revel which has been
watched now for three long years.
Wild Revel on the Field.
M sooner had the last whistle blown
than the nidshipmen rushed the field
and. falling in behind their band In
loose marching order danced their way
to the Army side 10 cheer their land
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