The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-29
'MlDDLES CONQUERED
BY WEST POINTERS
Midshipmen Fought a Losing Fight and Had to Content
Themselves With the Small End of a 20 too Score.
Both Sides Fought Very Hard

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lat, Overesch and I. Harrison, for
the Navy. and Failing and Miles play
ed consistently well and the best play
the Navy had was the quarterback
run Of Miles. Miles was rushed into
this after Mitchen. whose muffing OF
punts was a handicap to the Nays
chances, had been taken out.
The Navy began briskly. when
Failing ran back sixteen yards with
the Armys kickoff The Anna polls
coalition made such stubborn re-
sistance in this the first quarter, that
the Army's only points were two from
n safety and the close OF the period
left the final outcome very much in
doubt
The first outstanding play was =
long dash by Prichard The Army
had taken the bail on a kick into Its
own domain, and from a kick forma-
,tion Pri5hard proceeded to skim the
terrene for forty yards. He footed
with winged feet around left-end.
and in turning the line had interfer-
enee which enveloped the Navy men.
He passed the middle of the field
with the Navy back after him in full
cry and only Mitchell between him
and the goal
Makes Classy Tackle.
Mitchell crouched in the pathway
or he oncoming PriChard, tense and
ready He timed his spring, and
caught his man just above the knees
with tackle that would have stopped
20o-pounder going a mile-a minute.
Prichard was lifted clear off his fleet.
such was the coliiding force OF the
tackle and the runners impetus. and
the two came down together with
Earring crash. AS a tackle 1t was a
classic.
On forward pass the Army landed
the ball on me Nays fifteen yard
line. The Army fumhled under the
impetuous charging OF the Navy for
wards, and could find no assure for
further advance, SO Prichard tried
kick from placement and missed. His
was one Of several trys for goals from
placement. and they. like the goal
kicking. We're very weak
From its twentyVard line the Navy
hit the Army hard and busted its way
TO the thirty yard line. the Army
tackling at this juncture being q
hodgepodge Of wild grabbing. How
ever bad pass by the Navy center
lost fifteen yard" FOR the Navy, and
Rlodgett dropped back punt Again
a bad pass, roo high fer BIodgett to
get for punt, and when he did boot
the leather the Army forwards were
swarming all over him,
Ttfe pigsiSin sounded like a German
/ Jack Johnson" II drove into ths
stomach of an Army man. AS to who
blocked the kick there was an ami
mated guessing match, and 1t finally
narrowed down to Weyand and Ater-
rillat. Anyway, il was blocked and
Blodgett fell en- the bail for safe
,ty.
The Navy's kick from the twenty
yard line juggled by the Army
IT was the Nays ball. The Navy az
vanced To the Armys thirty Vineyard
line and there missed placement kick
for goal. z.
The second period opened with
Prichard making a fair catch on the
Army's forty-two- yard line. He punt
ed, Mitchell muffed on the Nays
twenty yard line. and two Army war;
riors flashed by to the loose leather
and nipped It The teams lined up for
serimmage, Prichard back pedaIled
i've yards. ana just as easy as break
in z sticks. he threw over the inter-
rening space to Neyland in the end
zone, Thus beguiled, the Navy had
nothing TO do but line on the goal
mark and watch the Armys try for
goal The try was fizzle and the
score was s to In favor of the Army.
Touchdown number two for the Army
came quick on the heels of number
one. A thud. a swish and the booted
spheroid cleaved the ozone from Prick
ard TO Mitchell. Mitchell muffed and
the Army hawks swooped down ON
the bounding leather. Prichard waltz
ed back. Merriilat threaded his silent
way forward and forward pass
streaked from Prichard. the legerde-
main artist, to the handed Merritt
lat Merrillat was on the one-yard
line when Failing threw him like the
well known ton of brick. From this
point the Army sent cross-buck
at the Nays left wing and Hodgson
spliced through into the touchdown re-
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