Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30
ARMY OUTCLASSED,
Wins BY STRATEGY
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ball, it was just after the beginning of
the game. when his team had been pre-
vented from making a touchdown by the
Army holding for downs on its 3-yard
line The Sailors got only yards on
three plunges, and then Brown went
mediately, but the kick was poor and it
was again the Nays ball on the 2o-yard
line. The Sailors only got five yards on
back. He took his time about making the
kick, but when he finally booted the ball
1t went as evenly between the posts as II
It had been placed. The score was 3
to in favor of the Navy and the
game only about four minutes old
The Army secured a goal from place
nent near the end of the first quarter
and Brown was again called upon to
boot the ball across in the second quar-
ter to give his team the lead again.
He responded with precision that was
as astonishing as 1t was disconcerting
to the Army supporters. Then came that
forward pass to Merrilat from Pritchard
between the halves with the score to 6
against it. The Navy kicked off at the
beginning of the second half. and Bene-
dict fumbled the ball as soon as tackled.
Gilchrist Of the Navy fell on It on
time the Soldiers line held and again
Brown was called upon to place his team
on even terms with the opposing forces.
He responded with another goal. making
his kick as perfect as had been his others.
Three goals out of three attemps is
rather remarkable even for a veteran
such as Is Brown. He had perfect angles
| In which to kick, but he must be given
credit for having responded perfectly un-
der trying circumstances.
One feature of Browns work at guard
| for the Navy Is his ability to get down
| under punts very fast. 1t Is rather ex-
| ceptional that a guard beats his ends
down under kicks. and yet that is just
what Brown does. Time after time he
was the first man down the field today
and was the first to hit Pritchard. the
Army quarter, who was handling the ma
| jority Of the punts.
Brown Too Fast.
| It ID very likely that Brown left hi:
position little too soon, though. some
| times in his haste to get down under the
| punts quickly. By getting through the
opposing line fast he left a huge holt
in his own line through which Army
forwards might charge in their attempt:
though huston, the Army guard playing
| in front OF Brown, was the man Wht
| blocked two of the Nays kicks, which
| gave the Army the ball down under the
| Nays goal twice and was responsible,
| for two of the sc0res-the field goal anC
| the first touchdown.
1t might be mentioned in this connec
| ton that that man Huston. who was II
front OF Brown, was enc of the bulwarks
| of the Army defense. Time after time III
stopped plays not only On his own side
of center. but those that hit the othel
side of the line as well. He played bril-
liantly and three times hurled back thu
| Navy offense within four yards of hi'
own goal within less than three minutes
after the game had begun. Next to Mer
ri1at, Markoe and Pritchard he deserve!
the greatest share In the Army victory.
4
lie Daley, the Army coach. There Is NJ
| doubt that he took inferior individual play
ers and with them beat an aggregation OF
stars. There Ia hardly any question that thu
Navy had the more powerful team. bu
against the well drilled. aggressive clever
from West Point they could make bu
little Roadway. In fact. the Army cleanl,
outplayed the Navy as team, though
as individuals the Navy certainly had thu
margin. When a coach can take lighte
bunch of men. men inferior as individual
players, and beat an aggregation of sucl
stars as made up the Navy eleven hi.
prowess is unquestioned and his ability
admitted and complinented. Truly Da
ley's team was q credit to one Of the
greatest foot ball generals that ever wore
q suit. Daley as a player at Harvard
and West Point proved hiqself the pos
SCISSOR Of exceptionally hnM Judgment IL
directing his teams, and ne made gooc
as q coach today just as fully as he ever
did as player. Whatever assistance
Yost gave the cadets In the matter o.
new plays, 1t was Daley's team, and Il
him should go the credit for having de
yeloped the best eleven the Army has hao
in long while. one of the most capable
that has ever represented the institution
One rather peculiar feature occurred
Just after the beginning of the secone
AaIf. Blodgett, who had taken McReavy':
place just after the latter had been IN
II 81 f.ny- N re
cepting an Army forward pass and fall
| ing after Biodgett had struck him th'
Navy lad twisted his ankle and had TO bt
removed from the game.
| The Navy quarterback, Nichols. useo
poor judgment just after the start OF
| the last quarter when he chose to pun
| in the middle of the field instead OF t
rush the ball. The Army was sever
points in the lead, when on fourth down
the midshipmen had only one yard te
go. Almost any back could have hurled
| himself over the line of scrimmage fol
| that distance and the hall could have
| been kept in the possession of the Mid
dies. Instead of running the ball and try
| ing to keep 1t In his possession, Nichols
punted. the punt was short and ar
| Army man ran the ball back to the
Nays D-yard line. 1t was soon after
| turned into another touchdown on a for
ward pass.
to make a forward pass until the fourth
quarter, when it was apparent that il
was a defeated team. Had the midship
men opened up their play earlier in the
contest SO that the Army defense would
have had to scatter more than it die
they would have been able to gain a LOT
more ground through the line. AS 1t was
with the Army defense playing close, es
pecially In its own territory, the Navy
backs could not hope to accomplish much
Several times they cleared the opposing
forwards, but were stopped Immediately
by the secondary men. In fact. it was
an Army secondary man who stopped the
Navy plays when the Annapolis eleven
had carried the ball nearly to a touch
down right after the beginning of play
With the Army forward passing as il
did. it would have been shown good
tense to spread more than it did. The
forwards were holding the onslaughts OF
the Army backs rather easily. and the
secondary defense of the Middies really
had little to do other than to look out
for forward passes. This the players
failed to do because they seemed more
intent on getting in fast to back up the
line. Had those backs stayed Is yards
behind their line the Army would prob
ably have never achieved those forward
passes.
Owing TO inability to make arrange
nents for a place in which to keep the
brought down from West Point. Instead
Of the regular mule the soldiers had OBJ
tanned trunk made OF board to repre-
sent a mule and had got two boys te
get inside to propel the mock animal. II
was the same kind of an animal generally
seen on the stage in musical comedies
The impromptu mule proved a iuckiei
mascot though than the real article had