Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-11-08
DEFEAT OF BUCKNELL
ENCOURAGES NAVY
The Playing Of GOodstein and Ward
Distinctly Good in Saturdays
Game.
BUCKNELL'S PLUCKY EFFORT.
To Get Rid ofthe Jinx Afflictiug Them
All Season, Fails---Final Score Is
to 3 Favors Navy Team.

No great encouragement was de-
lived by the friends OF the Naval
Academy football team from the fact
that il defeated Bucknell Saturday by
l2 to ,.
Though showing, occasional ilashe
of the punch that wins. the good work
was nearly rendered nugatory by fun
bling and poor judgment and other
faults that characterize q green team.
However. some good work was dcne
lty Davis, Martin, Blodgett and Orr.
and, on the whole. the line showed
Improvement in its defensive work
The I laying Of Goo lstein AID 'Vc.d
was distinctly good.
1t was very plain. from the start
that Pucknell had weak team in all
the important departments Of the
game, and it has not crossed an oppo-
nents goalline this season. It's line
was weak in several places, and they
had ro back that displayed any partic-
ular speed or punch FIom the very
start. the Navy's straight line play
could gain. otter eight to ten yards
light through the line. tut IN nearly
every instance a blunder or misplay
would prevent the groundgaining
from resulting in a score
Buclnell made a plucl1y effort to get
rid of the jinx wnich has been afIlict-
ing it this season, and tried number
of forward pass plays at the start.
They were not able to cross the mid
shipments eoaiiine. but they did get
the ball to their 20-yard line,and Hen
dren dropped back to the 80 yard line
and lifted 2 nice goal through a drop
kick 1t was q difficult kick, as il was
from considerable angle
Up TO the latter part of the second
| half. Bucknell was rot endangered,
| as they were always able to hold suf-
fciently to get the ball, and Mangan
kicked with judgment and for good
distances. The punches OF Davis and
! Martin proved too much for the visit
| ors in the second period, and they
| were able to carry the ball over on a
series of drives past tackle The third
| quarter was standoff. but in the final
| period, with the help of Vail and Da-
Wis. the ball was carried to Buclnell's
10-yard line. from which a forward
pass from Craig to Blodgett took the
! ball over the line
1t was evident in the second period
that The midshipmen lad stronger
team than their opponents, but FUN
! bles and mispleys at critical times,
with many penalties inflicted by Ref
cree Thon. pson, delayed the score. 1t
came, however, towards the close of
the period. Martin carrying the ball
over. and Blodget making the score a
tic by kicking a goal
whenever Bucknell got the ball, it
| tried its forward pass plays, but did
not succeed in making further gains
with it, while Mangan's excellent
| kicking was a bic factor in preventing
further scoring by the midshipmen
during the second and third quarters.
In the final quarter. after Davis and
Vail had made some good gains, a
forward pas play Craig to Blodgett,
gained ten yards and : touchdown.
The Academy team did not indicate
that it had gone forward to any ex-
tent, though there was some good
individual playing. By far the best
work was done by Orr, the little Navy
| quarter, who ran twice through a
broken field for upwards of 40 yards
Davis. Martin and Vail, carried the
ball well. and the work of Ward and
Goodstein in the line vas notable for
its power and DASH
Bucknell was strong only in the
kicking game, and in many essentials
the grade Of football on either side
was nearer that of high schools than
colNiate institutions.