Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-05
hIDDIES SKATER
SCORING RECORDS
Western Reserves We're Literally
Swept Away
FINAL COUNT WAS ss TO o
Fourteen Touchdowns Scored And Re-
serves Never Had The Slightest
Bit OF Show.

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Breaking all records for point
scoring, the Naval Academy football
team overwhelmed the eleven of West
ern Reserves from Cleveland, Ohio,
on Farragut Field Saturday afternoon.
1.-THE final count was 95 TO 0, being
made up of IA touchdowns, from which
II of the goals were kicked
At no stage of the contest did the
visitors threaten TO score. They did
not, in fact, get beyond the Navy's 40
yard line. They were. so hopelessly
outclassed and outplayed as to take
every whit of interest out of the play
and discouraging to the visiting play
ers. The usual big Saturday after
noon crowd was at the game, and had
hoped to witness something of more
even combat. The Reserves confident
| ly expected to hold the score to a
small margin, although they were
aware that their team would be much
outweighed But they were literally
swept away by the swift moving Navy
machine.
Georgetown will visit Annapolis on
Saturday and the Middies are looking
to that contest as one that will be
much harder than the games of the
past four weeks.
The score was the fourth consecu-
tive big count that the Middies have
recorded against opponents. Mary
land State College was defeated 62 to
O; the Carlisle Indians, 81 to O; and
Haverford College, SO to 0, in the or
der named during the past three
weeks, making a total of 307 points.
Whether or not they have been up
against weak opponents, the result of
Saturdays game virtually furnished
complete chain of evidence that the
Navy eleven is truly "Dobie COACH
ed" team The Middies have shown
all the power and speed that is char
acteristic OF versatile combination
of gridiron players.
A month ago the Sailors were de-
feated by the team of the University
of West Virginia in a stubborn game
by the score of z to o, and the touch
down and goal that brought abont the
score came in the closing minutes of
play 1t was largely due to one of
the breaks" of football
Cheered Fer Century Mark.
In the closing minutes of play more
than thousand Midshipmen in the
stands almost shouted. Themselves
hoarse for their comrades to register
one more touchdown which would
place the total in the century figures,
but time was too short to bring this
about II was entirely possible, how
ever, for the Middies to have run up
a larger score, but in the second per-
iod, after they had placed themselves
in commanding lead Of 26 points in
the initial session, it was noticeable
that they let down considerable in
their attack In other words, they
brought the aerial offensive into play
and. while they reeled off some good
combinations in this respect, yet
many of the attempts were fzzles.
However, they added IA points to their
score.
The Westerners were considerably
cutweighed by the sailor lads, but this
would not have been much of fac
tor in the outcome of the game, ex-
cept for the fact that they also were
hopelessly outclassed in every depart
ment of play They simply had sue
cess in everything that football calls
for, and at no stage of the contest
were the Reserves able to check the
heavy assault, in spite of the fact that
they fought gamely to the final
whistle
Merely Wanted To Score.
Apparently realizing the superiority
OF the Middies in the early stages of
the game, yet the Ohio lads plainly
showed a keen anxiety to at least reg
lister a score against their oppo-
nents. and they fell back upon all
kinds Of plays to bring this about, but
their efforts were futile.
They could not make any progress
with plays directed against the Navy
forwards. so stalwart was the defense
of the latter. and they resorted to the
open style of play with the hope of
turning a trick One forward pass
between Shesta and Torrance counted
for gain of 35 yards. but apart from
this they were only able to gain one
other first down. This aerial toss,
however, was one of the features.
On the other hand, the sailor lads
simply tore through the Reserves
line at Will, circled their ends and on
several occasions exploited the for
ward pass effectively Altogether the
Middies invaded the goal line of their
opponent for Il touchdowns The
lineup.
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