The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-05
Navy Attack Weakin
Defeat by Generals
Army Almost Sure to Record Fourth Victory Unless
Midshipmen Are Equip ped With Modern Foot
bal-Maryland State Improves Team Play
By BRYAN MORSE.

MORSE.
son and Ignico. In smashing the Navy
line. pulling them Ave yards back for
me plunges. Washington and Lees
Ilne got the jump on the Navy line on
every play. and literally smothered the
OBVIOUS attacks Of the Navy backfield
IN addition. Yung showed the Navy
IolIower5. some OF the most effective
puntlng seen this year. His kicks were
well placed. gotten of quickly, and force
the 35-yard line in The third-auarter.
sailing the ball squarely through the
posts against the wind for three points.
Nays showing against Georgetown,
Lltts9urgh. West Virginia, and Georgia
n ns demonstrated latent power. The
Mldshipmen have been lucky in getting
many breaks. Added to this the power
rs there. better coached team play
,hg modern football simply manhandled
strated conclusively that unless some
thing radical Ia dong in the way OF CIV
ing the youngsters n masked attack the
Army VIII triumph.
IF Johnson. Pierott. and Ignico bat
300 this afternoon. said logger" FL
cock before the game yesterday. I'VE
VIII win" The trio batted better than
.DV. and incidentally batted the Navy.
And with the trio playing UP 70 form
Lee eleven breasted the tape with the
big Fellows and came through with as
clean cut win as has been recorded
10 GATE With two teams as evenly
matched In power.
II might be we'll to remark that since
Elcock has taken hold OF the WASH
ington and Lee team the eleven has
lost but three games. But one game a
year has been lost by the Lexington
team In this section which has n clearer
lead for the title.
The light may dawn at the Navy.
Head Coach Jonas Ingram on his visit
10 West Point yesterday might have
slimpsed Uotre Danes powerful line
outplaylng that OF the Army. II was an
aerial attack, however. something in
the line of modern football as instigated
by Charlie DAILY, that won Il decisive
as he Is popularity referred to at the
Navy. will open things UP for the mid
shipmen.
Some crumb OF comfort may be ex-
tended the Navy when II IL recorded
ly maintain that the Army players i'm
dividuahy are no stronger, gamer or
header They declare that In the
Army ll-to-1 victory over them Days
eleven got the breaks. and had IL not
been for the fact that one of the W. and
J.: men was practically helpless when
oliphant, seeing his condition, dashed
around his end for a touchdown, the
score would have been tied $500
In the morning Curley Byrds Mary
land State team recorded its most de-
cisive victory over St. Johns by 81 to D.
At no time during the contest did st.
Johns compare with. the State eleven.
three plays from midheld. when the of
iicials fAled 20 detect the rankest kind
OF holding on the ends.
A week ago the State eleven put up
Door performance against Haverford.
Too many quartefbacks and too many
captains ruined that game. Yesterday
the eleven moved rs a unit. played hard
football as team. eliminating the in
dividual stun. and was rewarded by a
satisfactory win.
kins that n host OF world-beaters will
come out for the eleven I'm the last
weeks OF the season. State Is worry
ing not a bit. for yesterdays game
demonstrated that Byrd has put state
on the map with football team that
viii make the Baltimoreans hustle from
whistle to whistle.
Football sharps are predicting an ut
ter route for Tulane when GEORGETOWN
meets that eleven In December. The
far South eleven Is likely to be shown
something by EXendine's eleven. Geor-
gia Tech, a fast travelling eleven. de-
feated Tulane, 45 to o, yesterday. The
Southern team showed up poorly In
tackling. and presented IA light team.
Dartmouth's victory over Syracuse
was another triumph for Frank Cava-
naugh; Yesterday might be almost
dubbed Dartmouth day." as Larry
Bankhart's Colgate team almost blast
ed Yale. Elcocks Washington and Lee
eleven smeared the Navy and Inger-
soils Virginia Poly's trimmed North
Carolina decisively. All of these men
| are Dartm<.Ith men and pupils OF CaVa-
naugh.
No one expected Dartmouth to win
over Syracuse on account of the fact
that the Hanovbrians were badly Grip
pied. defeat by Georgetown and a
slashing game played AT Princeton on
successive Saturdays was a hard row
for the Green. Yesterdays battle with
the Salt City eleven was distinctive OF
Dartmouth's comeback proclivities.
Gallaudet held Penn Military Acad.
envy. during the greater part OF yester.
days game. but was forced to succumt
to n variety of attack and a preponder-
able to stop the Gallaudet lads save
when Marshall got loose on broken
field runs.
Catholic University failed to play up
TO form yesterday While Virginia Mill
tary Institute was defeated at Lexing-
ton by IL to II by the Brooklanders, the
cadets were outweighed fifteen pounds
to the man. c. L. may have been hold
ing something I'm reserve for Maryland
state on Saturday. Last weeks game
took deal out of the Brooklanders, and
IL will require a few more days before
they get into their stride.
Georgetown Props melted out a 3p-to-6
defeat to the Army and Navy PREP
eleven yesterday, springing n distinct
surprise in scholastic football. Neither
team had met defeat, and II vas cN-
pected that the game would be closer
throughout. The Props may rightfully
claim the preparatory school champion-
ship. Unless the high schools interpose
| objection by meeting the Georgetown
lads In battle. there Is nothing to hinder
their claim for scholastic title honors.
Western was defeated decivisely by the
/ Props, while the Army and Navy lads
trounced Tech and Eastern.
Central ran against Tartar I'm the
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