The Washington herald., 1916-10-01
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.


Annapolis. Nd, Sept 8.-over on the
River Severn this Dickinson tribe from
up in Carlisle, Pa, battled Uncle sSam's
Midshipmen this afternoon to a draw IN
the leading American collegiate sport.
Coach Dunn and his eleven from across
the Mason-Dixon line presented a greater
/ defense than was expected OF this crew,
and after thirty-six minutes of actual
battling these armored cruisers from this
little old town could not penetrate the
| Pennsylvanians' defense. the final result
| being to 0.
One, Walter Roberts, formerly Of the
Colgate College eleven. who ranks as
| mere ''plebe" among these midshipmen,
was easily the individual star Of the fray.
''Sir Roberts" was all over the field with
| that old pigskin. but the necessary inter
ference for scoring a Touchdown was not
forthcoming. Champ" Welsh (and not
the worlds lightweight title-holder) was
the real factor in the defense offered by
this Dickinson eleven. Welsh, while not
fulfilling the qualities Of an exceptionally
good fullback. was outbooting "Pebe"
Perry, of the Navy aggregation.
Perry entered the contest with quite a
reputation as 9 punter, but this young
Welsh from Carlisle easily held his own.
Fumbles by the contestinR elevens mar
red the game during this thirty-six min
utes OF actual battling. Nsvy's only
chance to tally a real marker came in the
fourth period. when Perry attempted a
drop kick from the 3S-yard line which
obtained the distance but went wide OF
the mark.
Left Hall Back Martin, another "piebe."
showed sensa tional work at running with
the pigskin when he was substituted for
Davis. who also was one Of the Middies'
consistent ground gamers. Ingram. a
brother Of the coach OF the Navy eleven
proved equal to the work Of these back
field candidates by his consistent maneu-
vers, while Orr. who played three minutes
against the Army last season. was among
the top-notch ground gamers Of this crew
from this little Maryland town
Outside Of the brilliant offensive playing
OF Welsh, Swope. right half back. was
the other ground gamer for this Dtckin-
son eleven.
Navy won the toss and defended the
south goal. Westphal fumbled, but re-
covered the kickoff and went 20 yards.
Perry punted Is yards TO Welsh. who was
thrown in his tracks. Dichnson's two at
tacks at line smashing failed. and Welsh
punted outside
Davis knocked 7 yards of right
tackle, and Westphal added more with
a plunge through the right side. Davis
carried the ball yards for the first down
Westphal smashed through right tackle
for u yards and the second first down.
Davis failed to gain on the first plunge.
but gathered yards on his next attack.
Goodsteih, playing center for Navy, then
made a bad pass from punt formation
which lost Navy 20 yards, the ball going
over on this down. After two line
smashes Dickinson failed to gain and
Welsh punted Is yards to Roberts, who
u ~ h,- DaIr
punted on the first play for a touchdown,
this being the nearest the Navy invading
forces came to the Pennsylvanians' goal
line
In attempting to punt out Of distance
" elsh fumble1. hut recovered the ball
and circled left end for a 7-yard gain.
Welsh followed with 6-yard gain around
right end and swope added three more
through the center of the line. the period
ended with the ball on the 9-yard line
with Dickinson's fourth down and one
yard to gain.
Beginning the second quarter Welsh
punted to Orr, who brought the ball
back fifteen yards. Roberts gathered 8
yards of left tackle, but Navy was
penalized 10 yards for holding. Roberts
gathered 10 more yards and Davis re-
formation Roberts instead of Perry
punted Is yards to Welsh. who re-
turned II yards with the ball. The Dick
inson team failed on three-line plunges
and Welsh punted to Orr who r.turned
10 yards. Ingram, who was substituted
for Davis, knocked out yards of left
tackle and followed with yards making
another first down for Navy.
Martin then made 9 yards. but was
penalized 15 for holding, and on the next
play he knocked off 20 yards for a first
down. dickinson then held this driving
Navy eleven and the ball went over.
Welsh fumbled from kick formation, but
recovered the ball and punted 30 yards to
Roberts, who returned Il yards. Ingram
attempted a forward pass to Won Helm
berg, but the play failed and Roberts
was again called upon and made yards
of left tackle. Martin added one mors
and Roberts repeated his first down
action. Roberts again ran with the ball
on a criss-cross formation and made 81
yards, while Martin obtained the first
down with 5-yard plunge on left tackle.