The Washington herald., 1918-12-08
DIX TREAT 'EM ROUCHS' ARE
TREATED MIGHTY ROUGHLY
Camp Greenleaf Eleven
Easily Wins Eastern Can
-f-s
torment Gridiron Title
from Jersey Team by
= 34-to-0 Score.

DIX. WrtghlStOWn. y. d. VINO jour
neyed here yesterday to battle the
Camp Greenleaf gridironers from Fort
OgIethorpe. Ga. but IL there was any
treat 'em rough" stuff in the entire
game il reversed its cogs as the South
ern- khaki tribe simply treated its
Jersey rivals as they pleased. winning
By the overwhelming score Of "a TO
The. moving of the Tank Corps from
Gettysburg to Camp Dix was inquired
upon as strengthened the Jerseyites,
but even this treat 'em rough" crew
could not withstand the sweeping
r1ank formations presented by the
rIlxie outfit. while Capt. Sutherland $
Eleven proved more than once that
they were well tutored in the art OF
line smashes and off-tackle plays.
Camp GreenIeaf presented about the
best-iooking outfit that has been seen
in this neck of the woods this season.
and IN saying this. Navy or the Great
Lakes Gobs aTe not exempted. NOT
u.uch can be told of their defense as
they were never forced to pull the
fast-ditch stand. but sneaktng in De
hind their powerful attack can De
seen the hand writing Of one Glenn
Warner. famous coach Of the cham-
pioh Pittsburgh eleven.
fs"trfore than the usual amount Of
praise and glory coming TO Captain
Pat Whites charges. Camp Dix
took the field in pretty crippled shape
but the fight and determination of
eachAand every warrior in their ef-
forts to halt this combination from
aerzia was in evidence over the en-
tire journey. Never did the Dix team
Quit, as they time and again forced
the Southern title winners to punt
while brilliant tackling and wonderful
defensive work of the secondary held
down the count II was a case OF
two well coached eleyens battling
every minute for every inch of ground
and as Capt. Pat White remarked
after. the fray. THE best eleven won
because they knew just how to go
about winning"
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker
along with Chief of staff General
Peyton c. March and other high Of
ficials in both the military and naval
ranks were on hand to witness this
battle which was for the Eastern
CaRtopment championship. Dix was
asr.d as the best eleven in the north
erR camps while Greenleaf had easily
established their claim to the south
GIN AALAEH Nle NAO"N was AAldNN w
mostly of the Khaki Klad Klan but
The civilians were well satisfied with
the combat. which was bitterly fought
although the score would indicate a
oue-sided affair.
Not any one individual can be Sc
Iected from the makeup OF the
Creenleaf team as the star of the
OCCASION a. this crew was a we'll
sHed machine. working with a power
driving that outstepped and out
rushed their opponents from whistle
to whistle The Southerners regis
tered twenty-seven first downs dur
ing the battle to FIVE that were gath
cred by the Dix outfit Dix COM
p1eted two forward passes in the
closing minutes of play that were
the best executed during the after
noon. while GreenIeaf mana Sed TO
have three go through out of seven
attempts.
" any one can be claimed a star
the hoHors must fall to the diminu-
tive Bush. substitute half back of
the Dix team. as his wonderful de-
fenslve work during the game stood
out prominently. McClelland. the
former Pittsburgh star. along with
Lanahan and TOpham. were consist
ent ground gamers for the Greenleaf
team. while Teller and Stewart at
the flank positions for the winners
were always in the game.
This Treat EN- Rough" crew won
the toss and opened the fray by kick
ina to its opponents. Smith made a
good boot to Lanahan who rushed the
ball back TO the thirty-five yard line.
Two Tushes by Lanahan and Killing
netted eighteen yards and the first
down Of the game. A series of off
tackle plays by the backfield brous hit
the ball into Dix's territory and added
another first down. 1t was at this
point in the battle that McCIelland
chose to use a double pass criss-
cross shift. which found right end
Teller on the final receiving end and
the former Dartmouth star was not
long in skipping the end for forty
five yard rYn and a touchdown.
Sutherland punted out to Killing and
Immediately afterwards kicked goal.
Dix was again determined to get
the Greenleaf crew in its own terri
tory and kicked off to the Georgian
= team. McClelland brought the pig
skin back about twenty-five yards be-
foSo being downed. Lanahan failed
on line play but Topham circled
the right flank of the Dix team for
twenty yards. After two more rushes
had failed McClelIaPd once more shot
off right end for a sensational run
TINT placed the ball on the ten yard
line from whence Killing ploughed his
way out of a scramble for a touch
down. Sutherland kicking an easy
goal. .
Once more Dix took the defensive
roles and Smith kicked of to king.
IL was just at this stage of the game
that young Mr.. Bush made his en-.
TRANCE. Young Bush proved a great
selection for Coach Capt. Pat
White. as he threw King. the re-
esiyer OF the kick. in his tracks, and
was instrumental over the rest of
the route in halting the best of
Greenleafs plays. McClelland by a
great plunge netted another first
down after two line attacks had
failed. DiN's line was holding the
Southerners ali the way. and once
more the double criss-cross, with
Teller on the receiving end. an
nexed . yards. Stewart on the
same play grabbed off II more yards
against the other flank. but here
Dix's sturdy eleven braced and held
for downs, Topham missing a field
goaifr the 3s-yard line by inches.
This was DiN's first chance to
know. what the pigskfn felt like, and
they Immediately showed they knew
something about rushing the baII
when Fish knocked of 20 yards and
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