New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
c,nerlor GeneraIShip, Says
Metzger. Gives Navy the
Victory.
YIcKING A MIGHTY FACTOR
came stubbornly Contested,
with Brown Doing Some
Brilliant ALI Round
Work.
By sol Metzcer.
~ rg.egraph 70 Tho Tribune ]


philadelphia. NOV. So.-Better general
II .s,o and better kicking won to-days
,rics game Tor the Navy. s TO 0. II was
Il as.,ly case Of brains winning over lack
II d, hrs,ns. and this was most apparent to
~ the manner in which the Army
nr,ed and handled the return kicks OF
\ -. Navy Time and again Hobbs would
| - the bali over the goal line for a
Nv. touchback when shorter and
| .,sb.r kick would have put the Navy in
| crave danger near its goal line
i I'm the return punts the Army backs
l -, besitated TO take a rolling ball
| r,sbt at their goal line, when touch
| ~ would have been sure to result had
,,.v 10, the ball lake its own free course.
:, ,,sced the Army in many bad hole,
| IA was followed BY even poorer judg-
m.rt This was in the way the Army
quarterback called upon his men TO rush
~. hall two and three times before punt
-, when Il was near his goal line, rather
,,s, have II punted out OF danger imme-
M.,elv so that the abundant energy at
81, 6Isposal would not be worn out in a
tru,tless attack al the wrong end Of the
heId
And TO cap the climax the Army opened
| III. eame in its dying moments with for
usrd pass attack that while not sue
e.s,ful would have done much 70 upset
the Navy defence had II been tried early
IN the contest, when the running attack
was used so successfully.
II seemed TO me a clear case OF poor
i judgment, as the pass IS most success
\ fully used when mixed with a strong
running attack. However. too much
blame cannot be placed upon the Army
for this style Of play, for the good reason
that many Of the big Eastern teams have
likewise depended upon the forward pass
10 give them a winning touchdown when
the score was against them rather than
| 10 use Il earlier in the contest. Obviously
the use Of It at this time stamps il as the
one best play in attack. so why il Is not
used earlier is beyond my ken. The Army
had a strong running attack al the start.
and had the passes been used then. rather
than later. l believe far better results
would have followed.
Rarely have ] seen q more stubbonly
contested match-never a TnoEe exciting
one between the tWo service teams. New
heroes were made, the greatest OF whom
was Brown. the right guard OF the Navy.
Brswn scored the lwo goals which Won
the game for lis team, but il is not tor
this that I VISA 70 praise him. Rather
because OF his great sN-arounc work
4 on offence and defence and his magnih-
cent manner in getting down the field
under punts Though I kept no record.
be must have made Al least half the
| tackles when his team punted, and ne
| tore into the Army backs as strenuously
as a Bomeisler His work was the finest
guarding l have seen in some years. even
better than that shown By Joe DUH OF
Princeton, one year back. By all odds
Brown was the best OF all the men play
4 hg so that. 10 my mind. glory never
rested upon more deserving shoulders
than when il crowned him with the honor
Of making both scores.
For Rodes al quarter and his gen
sralship in handling the Navy l have
nothing but praise. when Brown made
his last goal from the field there was one
great opportunity open for the Navy 70
score. or, at least, 20 get very much near
er the enemys goal line had he elected
! forward pass 70 his night end, Gi!christ
1 ss the Army backs had absolutely desert
Cd that side Of the defensive territory. 50
that all he had 10 do was 10 make
straight toss over the line. II was glar'
ing hole, vet Rodes believed in BroWr
and his ability to kick the goal, though
the touchdown would have added new and
greater Joy had ne called for such play
There was one weakness in the Navy
kicking attack which Markoe, OF the Army
\ brought 10 light by blocking one OF Leon
ards punts ROdes. Of the Navy, WnC
vas blocking on that side. waited foi
Deyore 10 come through and left MarkoS
clear path 70 his punter, Of which Mar
koe took full advantage. once again Mar
hoe came near blocking another KICK on
he Nays goal line. whereupon Rode'
discovered that Devors was more inter
esed in preventing his opponent gettlns
down the field than IN rushing the KICK
after that Markoe vas successfully DIS
posed Of as a dangerous man in this play
The Navy had a far superior centre Trio
tAan the Army. and thought enough OF u
70 play their centre free on Army punt
icrmauons. so that they had an extra
nan to back up the ends In case the
Amy tried % round them. This play
sS used by each team for BIG gains ano
1sses. One could see Yale written al
''sr the attack OF the Navy in this re-
Stct the runs being exactly similar tc
hose made by Walter Camp. IT., one
sar ago. when he played against Brown
'ae entire backheid would rush into the
''pcsing end and carry him out where
9on the runner would cut In outside Of
@ekle, generally for good gains upon the
amys right wing. as the Army right
<ekie and guard played In very close Il
'lue upon this play, and sought tc
ySeek their opponents.
Devore, al right tackle. was fooled re
'a'edly. and though he rallied and came
ming across the field TO stop. he wa:
able 10 make a diving tackle until The
yang moments Of the game. when h'
"oately smothered an attempt of this
N-, All OF which goes 10 prove thai
1es was using his head. for when HI
INC what Devore was doing. when his
M punted he applied the proper play
'un around that end-whic prosed en-
~ey suceessful until the last attempt.
tackles the Navy had bit the bet
OF the argument. though there was
- Inference between the four men