Evening star., 1917-01-07
NAVY 'QUINT BEATS
YALE BY 23T0 q.
Sailors Profit by Opponents
Mistakes and Get Command.
ing Lead Early.
FAST PLAY MARKS GAME
BY H. c. BYRD.
Special Dispatch to The star.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, January s.
Starting with a rush and taking
advantage of lale's mistakes early
in the game, the Naval Academy
basket ball team. this afternoon
swept over the most important
spot in its schedule by margin OF
two points. The Navy quint
amassed lead OF ten before the
contest was that manv minutes
old. which was sufficient Ia stall
off the brilliant spurt ot the Dark
Blue in the second period. The
result was ?, to Fl.
The game was a brilliant cx-
hibition by two well developed
teams, with some splendid bits of
individual play that were inspir-
ing to the big crowd. Both quiuts
showed qualities of teamwork
seldom seen. and their integral
parts acquitted themselves nobly.
Navy won bv small margin. but
not until after it had fought des-
perately in the closing moments OF
the struggle to stave off defeat by
a team that was playing fine
basket ball. 1t was a contest IN
which the great credit, which
must be given to the loser, only
serves to reflect greater credit on
the victor.
Yale's Mistakes Costly.
The Navy won because il took advan-
tage OF Yales mistakes early in the
game and later had good enough sub
stitutes to halt a rush which Yale had
begun against the tiring first string
men. Every mistake Yale made in the
opening half cost il two points, be
cause Navy seemed able to drop the
ball into the basket every time II took
! the offensive and got within real scor-
distance.
intercepted and turned into goals for
Navy, and once a Yale tumble near
Navy's goal resulted in an immediate
score by the Midshipmen.'
Had the Navy shown the same ac-
curacy in the last eight minutes OF
play in the second half that IL evil
denced in the opening period IL would
have won by wider margin. The
Sailors must have missed at least ten
clear shots for the goal from real scor-
ing distances in the closing moments
of play. Yale played much the same
kind of floor game that did Navy. ana
it was not inferior, either. in that 70.
spect. Its well balanced team vas re-
BILE for the accuracy shown by
the forwards in locating the basket.
Almost every time Navy gave Kinney
or Olson chance for fair shot the
chance was accepted and made good.
On the Yale team were a son ana
grandson Of former Presidents of tho
United States-Taft. guard, and Gar
field. center. Both fitted well on what
is the best balanced quint seen in this
section in quite a while. Garfield out
jumped all three of the centers used
by the Navy and Taft played n partic-
ularly fine game under his own basket.
Time after time he intercepted passes
which were shot up the floor to feed"
a Navy forward. and in every case al
most Immediately was able to send the
ball shooting down to one of his team
mates in opposing territory.
Calhoun Is Navy's Star.
Calhoun was the mainstay OF the
Navy attack and not the least impor-
tant factor in the defense. In fact,
Calhoun evidenced an almost uncanny
ability to diagnose the attack of the
Yale five and get the poss sssion of tho
ball himself. either by interception or
by snatching il from the hands of
Dark Blue player. Besides his general
Hoor work. Calhoun. shortly after the
opening of the second half, made two
sensational goals. Standing in the
middle of the 1oor-and the floor is
unusually large-he dropped the ball
through the basket without II even
touching the ring. Within two min
utes after this a Yale man got him
under the basket; jumping out. he
tossed the ball back over his head
without a look. and again il went
through for a score Calhoun was the
star of the struggle and seemed to he
an individual player simply by reason
of his superiority over his fellows.
The hrst seven or eight minutes of.
the game were productive of about as
fast basket ball as one would hope
to see. Teams composed Of swift,
clever players went after each other
with a determination to win that was
evident in every move. Human cu-
that first few minutes. ap' there WAS
a slowing up after that. However. all
through II was an exceedingly fast
the members of both teams
keeping up the gait surprisingly well.
The scarcity of fouls attested the clean
ness of the steIggie. and also pre-
vented the frequent interruptions to
toss free goals which are the bane
of the basket ball spectator.
The first point of the game was
scored when Kinney dropped the ball
into the basket after foul had been
called on Navy player. Less than
a minute after this the Sailors went
into the lead when Allen picked up
a Yale tumble under his own goal
and made the score almost before the
spectators could realize what was hap
pening. Kinney of Yale shortly after
this ran in under Navy's basket. took
the throw-in from Taft from out OF
bounds and made the basket without
being touched. Yale was then ahead
by 3 to - but soon after Martin shot
Two long goals from the field and gave
he Middies the lead. which was held
until the end.
AT the end of the first half the Navy