Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30
Quarterback's Good Plays.

While the Army had three different for
ward pass plays and scores touchdown.
} tic first, on . very simple one. it beat
ne Navy with Just two plays, which its
aarterbach mad the judgment 10 spring
the right moment. One was used when
ne Navy held on its own 40-yard line.
Il Was third down and the soldiers had
about yards to- go The backs crashed
INTO the line, and IL looked as though
the Army quarterback, Pritchard. had
made a poor selection. but out of the
jumbo ~prang Merrilat, right end. with
the ball, and he not stopped until
he had reached the Nays .-yard line.
IL placed the ball in position from
u hich the soldiers carried il over iii two
straight plays. IIoge being the man to
, huri himself across by diving completely
over thc line Of scrinTnaSc- The other
play was W here the backs took Il forIna-
ton close To the line the same as that
from which the double pass had given
Merrilat the chance TO put the ball III a
position from which the other touchdown
could be made, and the ball went di-
rectly back to the halfback in the same
manner, and the backs went right into
the Tine of scrimmage again. hitting on
tackle. On this play the ball was given
on fake % unge to Pritchard. who did
all the forward passing for the Army.
and he crossed behind his own line and
from a point about yards back hurled
the ball to Merrilat, standing yards De-
b
were not only well executed. but they
were brilliant bits of strategy.
The peculiarly of the two plays in
question was noted. none having been
seen in the east similar 70 them. That
being the case. one Of the Army coaches
was asked il they had been Instituted by
Yost during his weeks stay with the
team. The reply was this:
II would not like to say whether or
not they were. Daley is responsible for
the fine play of the team in general. and
i would not like to detract IN the least
from any credit due him, even though the
plays were foSts.
While this does not say that the two
plays which beat the Navy We're crea-
tons OF the Michigan coach. the chances
are that he originated both lie has not
been at West Point six days Tor nothing.
and il is not unreasonable TO suppose
that a team could perfect two or three
/. plays under him in that time fost Is
\ known TO be a great exponent of open
and close foot ball combined In the same
formations. and it was just such a
formation that from which the Army
made its two most spectacular plays.
Navy Was outplayed.
The Nays style Of play was not near
as good that OF the Army. The Mid
shipmen came to New York expecting &c
smash their way to the Army goal time
after time, just as they had been doing
uurinS the pItfious part OF the season
against the other elevens. Such was not
10 be. though, as the Army plainly
showed that il had been coached 10 stop
the rushing tactics. and how well il sue
ceeded is shown ny the fact that the
:. Navy Was not able 10 cross its goal
There Is no question that the Navy had
a more powerful elecen, and that it's in
dividual players We're the better with
two or three exceptions but in the stvle
of play and the Judgment in the direc-
ton OF il lay the difference between the
two. When the soldiers kept the Navy
from banning around their ends and
through their line the latter were plainly