The Washington herald., 1917-11-25
MARINE TEAM
TOO MUCH FOR
/. CAMP lee BOYS
8loth Infantry Puts Up a
Great Defense, but Weak
ems Under Hammering.

Uncte sans new Marine tank, in the
form of a weIl-oiled gridion machine,
did the. caterpillar crawl in a rough
shod style at the American League
Park yesterday in the big Army-Navy
battle with the S19th Infantry from
Camp Lee, Va. The "leathernecks"
from League Island. Philadelphia,
Erabbed on the honors in this grueI-
lingly fought fray by a 2-to-0 count.
With a slow but determined attack.
these League Islanders wore down the
Army warriors and what had proven
for three quarters to be a. pinch
punching football game resulted in q
runaway race during the closing min
utes.
Aerial attacks by the Marines paved
the way for their quartet Of touch
downs, as the Infantry did not seem
able to solve the pegging heaves from
the hands of Scott and Williams to
the ever alert Avery. 49,
Fighting every inch Of the way these
khaki klad warriors from old Vir-
einia went to defeat. but the score
does not indicate thssbrilliant battle
whiehfwas presented by the Infantry,
as on two occasions in the first half
after the Marines had worked the ball
inside of the 5-yard- line the Camp
Lee eleven held for downs, and on
both occasions they took the pigskin
away from the "leathernecks" on the
\ 1-yard line.
It was a miniature Army-Navy bat
lie, as Secretary of Navy Daniels,
with Gen. Barnett, of the United
states Marine Corps. and thousands
Of Uniformed men, were present.
Previous to the game a machine gun
company of Marines from Quantico
gave an interesting drill, which was
Followed by Infantry movements and
bayonet tactics by a crack company
from the same station.
Although the Camp Lee eleven only
managed to squeeze in one first down
during the battle they showed q re-
markable strong defense until the
fnal period when many of their
strongest players were carried to the
side lines with injuries. The South
erners completed but one forward
PASS In three attempts while the Ma
rines put through seven aerial plays
n nineteen attempts.
The Marines gathered their first
points in the closing minutes of the
second period when they had worked
the ball to the 5-yard line and the
ArTny team held them for down. An
derson, of the Camp Lee outfit, drop
ped behind his goal post to punt out
Of danger but Center Benson passed
the ball over his head. Anderson re-
covered the ball and was thrown for
. safety. Just before the whistle sound
ed Scott shot a forward pass into the
arms of Avery who was awaiting be-
yond the end zone chalk mark and
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was called.
In the second half the Marines kick
ed OF to Camp Lee. who In turn re-
turned the ball to Peacock. On three
brilliant line smashes by Scott, Ovens
and Williams the Marines placed the
ball on the 5O-yard line. A forward
pass from Scott to Wilson netted II
yards, and a forward heaye from
Williams to Avery scored the first
Touchdown.
Camp Lee battIed hard through the
balance OF this period and held the
Ieathernecks in check, but shortly
after the whistle sounded for the final
period it could be seen that Camp Lee
had finished it fight. as a trio of
touchdowns were wrung up by the
Marines in the last twelve minutes.
Two Of these counters came as a re-
sui OF the forward heaVes, one from
Williams to Scott and the other from
Scott to Wilson. Dougherty. by
brilliant piece of broken field running.
annexed the last touchdown shortly
before time was called.
Eddie Mahan was only in the battle
for six plays, as when the Marine
team went into the defense in the first
period he was hustled to the side
Ines and Owens substituted The
general ail-around clock-like work,
both on the offense and defense of the
Marines. was easily the feature. The
summary: