The Washington herald., 1912-12-01

Brown tried four goals, two of t
by al hair. His first attempt was
carried wide by the wind, while
his second try passed under the
cross-bar, amid the groans of the
Midshipmen.
Navy Outplays Army.
The MIddies outplayed their rivals
throughout the game. Capt. Rodes, Leon
aru,. and GIlchrist being the chief fac
tors in the Navy victory. The Navy ends
where down on punts before the ball
had landed while on the defense but
few gains were made around the TANKS.
The Army eleven appeared to wilt after
Brown had kicked the first goal, as
punt was fumbled on the Cadets 20-yard
lire, and recovered by GIlchrist. This
rut the Middies within scoring distance
again, and Rodes lost no time running
the ball out in front of the goal posts.
With the Army forwards charging in on
him from all sides, Gilchrist calmly
caught the ball on a perfect pass from
Perry, and with the Middle end poising
the pigskin on the S7-yard line, babe"
Brown caught it square In the center
and It sailed clean as whistle over the
bar for the second score Of the contest
generals, and the Middies paraded the
remainder Of the game, which lasted but
two minutes.
Harry Leonard. the highest man on the
field, played one OF the most sensational
games ever witnessed in the big stadium.
Time and again the feet navy back
would circle the Army ends, while he
easily outpunted Hobbs and keyes.
Leonard booted q half dozen times for
& I'D rz-hf in fourth nnarfRr the
punt which resulted in the second Navy
score was 50 yards. Leonard would take
the ball on a kick formation and sweep
around the Army end for 10 or is yards,
end often hit of tackle for a short gain.
OId-styIe Football.
Old-style football WAS used almost en-
tireiy by both teams, the Middies trying
one forward pass and the Army three,
but all failed. When a Navy victory
seemed certain in the final period
Pritchard. the Army quarter, attempted
several long forward passes. but the men
on the receiving end dropped the ball
each time. The second pass was shot at
MeriIlatt at the left end, and with clean
field in front of him Merry dropped the
ball. This was the Army's one big
chance to win, and the Cadets never had
q chance after that
Markoe, at right end for the Army;
Capt. Devore. In right tackle, and keyes,
full back played the best bali for the
Army The Middies' line outplayed the
Army forwards all the way through. In
fact the entire Navy team outplayed the
Army eleven.
The West Pointers went in the game 5
TO A. favorites, but after the first five
minutes of play 1t was evident the Ca
diets were overrated. At no stage Of the
battle did the Gray Coats run away from
the Annapolis lads, while, on the other
hand, the Middies walked away from the
Cadets, often reaching the 15-yard line
only to lose the ball in an attempt to
circle the ends instead Of working for
ward pass.
Leonard's Wonderful PuntInE.
Leonard's wonderful punting had
great dea! to do with the Navy victory.
The speedy little Naval Academy back
punted far and high, with the result that
Gilchrist and Ingram downed the West
Point backs as soon as the ball was
caught.
The first half was stubbornly fought.
First the Middies would rush the ball
to the Cadets 2O-yard line and then lose
il, and then the West Pointers would
carry the ball up the field. Both teams.
attempted a field goal in the first half.
heNGS lIliSStu oht tic
while Howe missed a field goal from the
20-yard line
The West Pointers lost great chance
to score in the second quarter. The ball
was on the Middies' 2O-Fard line and
Leonard dropped back to punt. Deyore
broke through and blocked the punt and
Markoe grabbed the ball and started for
the Navy goal. Leonard, who had punted
the ball. downed Markoe on the Middies'
1O-yard line. Had the field been dry
Markoe would have scored a touchdown.
Howard Deserves Credit.
Doug Howard, the Middies' head
coach, was the happiest man in Quaker
town after the struggle. Howard gave
Rodes orders between the halves to at
tempt field goal whenever possible. As
It turned out that was what won the
game for the Middies.
It was q perfect football day. The air
was warm, while the sun was shining
brightly on the yellow and blue OF the
Mlddies and the gray and black Of the
Cadets. When the final whistle denoting
the end of the game was heard the two
battalIons Of midshipmen made a wild
dash for the center of the field, where
their snake dance was started. In and
out the long line Of gold and blue cadets
swept around the field until the entire
corps was massed in front of the West
Point stand There the tfme-honored
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