Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-15
THE NAVY WON
FROM COLBY TEAM
Visitors Force Local Gridiron War
riors to Nose Out a Is to Ia
Victory.
ENCOURAGING FOR NAVY.
Academy BackfieEd Showed More
Speed and Better Team Work.

Speed and Better Team Work.
Colby College, of Maine. on Satur-
day afternoon, forced the Navy gridiron
warriors to extend themselves to the
utmost 10 nose ont a 2S to IA victory.
and il was not until within the last
few moments of play that the sailors
got beyond one touchdown to the
good of their oponents for win
ming figure
The visitors were slightly out
weighed and il had been expected the
sailors would win by a much more
one-sided score. However, Navy was
again lamentably weak i'm her line,
and showed the same need of better
tackling. Time after time it took
four and five of the sailors to stop the
Colby runner and bring him to the
ground The Northerners put up
plucky fight all the way. but the Mid
dies got the jump on them in the first
half. during which they piled up 81 of
their 2S points.
Colby made bad blunder by taking
the defensive at the outset, for there
was little to choose ini the offensive
work of the teams. This was clearly
demonstrated in the second half, when
the fight was a standoff, each team
crossing the others goal on one oe-
casion only. The visitors showed the
same grit as marked last years game,
when the Middies came from behind
and won. Cauley. Colby's fullback,
was decidedly the star of the game.
He shouldered the lions share of the
work in both attack and defense His
brilliant run of seventy yards through
a broken field for touchdown, after
receiving a punt, during which he eth
er evaded or shook off all of the op-
posing tacklers, was decidedly the
most spectacular play seen on local
field this season.
Craig. of the Navy. also made a fine
dash of sixty-five yards for a touch
down under similar conditions The
Middies achieved much success with
the forward pass. The encouraging
feature of the game from the Navy
standpoint were the excellent run
ming of Craig, who succeeded Captain
Miles at quarterback. in the first
quarter; good work along the same
line by Miles, Blodgett. Won Heimburg
and Davis, and the more efficient use
of the forward pass than in any
previous game this season.
Cauley's 70-yard run through the
whole Navy team for the visitors f.
nal score furnished one of the worst
features from the Navy standpoint, as
Cawley was in the arms of several
Navy players before he got under
way. Cawley punted splendidly ,hav-
ing something in length on Won Helm
burg who also kicked well and plac-
ing the ball much better. The Navy's
| first score was on a forward pass
from Craig to Won Heimburg, just af-
ter Miles had left the game. The Sec
ond was after Craig's biggest run for
GO yards. Both were in the first quar-
ter, and in the second Vail secured a
tumble on Colby's 20-yard line and
scored. In the same quarter Cawley
running from scrimmage, covered 20
yards and scored a touchdown. Vail
kicked all three goals for the Navy
and Cawley accepted his only chance
for Colby.
There was no scoring in the third
quarter, but each tailed in the final
period Colby secured the first points
Stanwood recovering a Navy tumble
and carrying the ball across the goa
line. Late in the period Blodgeti
, broke loose and ran 20 yards. though
caught on Colby's 5-yard line The
sailors could not get the ball over in
three attempts, and fumbled on the
fourth play. Colby returned the
compliment by fumbling on the frs
play, but the ball rolled to Colby's 10
yard line. Again the Navy could no
! gain, but were given a penalty of II
yards and Failing carried the bal
over in two attempts.
In winning from Colby, the Acad
emy backfeld showed more power
speed and variety of attack than at an,
time this season, but the old draw
backs-fumbling weak tackling ans
lack of the final punch at crucial mo
ments - sufficiently in evidence t.
make the friends of the team still
very doubtful about its ability to NEE
the Army eleven on equal terms tw,
weeks hence.
The line-up and summary:
Navy Colbv.
Won Heimburg Left End L. PER-,
Ward. d......L Left Tackle. Coolidge
Kercher. ........ Left Guard Deas,
! Jones Centre. .Stanwoof
Hoffman. Right Guard StinsoI
Gilman Right Tackle. HEATH
Johnson. ...... Right End. E. Perry
Miles. ..... Quarterback. 49,. .Obrier
Westphal. LEFT Halfback. .Hendri,
Davis. -. Right Halfback. .Shustel
Vail Fullback =. Cawley.
Substitutions - Academy jackson
for Johnson. Johnson for Jackson
Harrison for Johnson, Craig for Miles
Failing for Davis. Luth for Craig
Broadfoot for Luth. Blodgett for vor
Heimburg, Clark for Ward. Earl fol