New-York tribune., 1918-11-04
Navy Air Men
Surprise cam
On Criidiron
c.,.;n of Aviators Clinches
Contest by 30-Yard
Field Goal
Bv A. c. Cavagnaro

a.val aviators' football team
~, a che Bay Shore station on Long
"s ,'sna furnished surprise when 1T de-
s'' a tho strong Pelham Bay Naval
's''N team IN contest on the grid
an ~ $, Travers Island yesterday by n
,ore ef 8 to 0.
~hs winning margin was returned by
s.,r;s ~, captain of the aviators' eleven
"a. former Washington and Jetfer-
sno rollere star player, who drop.
:ea s9as. .d held goal from the 3o-yard
s"s sss in the final quarter.
h1s h1u.rr;s had previously attempted one
s,ssse ,s.. goals from the a5-yard line in
y nlonsninc '~ss period. and while the ball
'as ',.S C' true from difficult ang lie It hit
as'sof of the uprights and bounded back
aaa sns y the field Of play. 1t was one of
=" I,' most spectacular attempts tor
slf VA goal ever seen on the old grounds.
a'IS Tss rather poor playing of the Pei
nam Raw sailors surprised their sup
asr,srs. as as they we're looked upon to
.sors An easy victory. However. the
'sysn failed to handle the ball cieanly,
sS,s s.ing penalized often for off side and
ss.as,g ss,,s on the line and fumbhng at
.vj ..;,;caj moments. Pelham never ser'.
.asly threatened To cross the Bay
SsG Ssors zeal line, getting down only as
;sr as the 26-yard line. Bay Shore
ssd the upper hand almost through
~. the game. and II was not until the
Ana, quarter that its line weakened to
,symit Pelham TO make first down by
rushing
,cton. thereby indicating that they re-
auirpd much needed practice. However,
Ss game was hard fougnt one, with
,bs attack on both sides bordering al
mox entirely Oh the old form of
..raioht s.r inc hucking Several forward
masses were attempted by both elevens,
nHt the few that were completed only
netted small galrs.
II was the ail-around efficiency Of
Harris and his capab team general,
harrington, at quarterback, that had
nuch to do in tie defeating of the Pei
Dsm sailors. Harris played an ag-
,nsssiye game when cal ed back on the
saence. while the Pelham men found
Il difficult to circle left end when he
vss plaving this position. Harrington
made number of good end runs and
lives through the oposing line. Fitz-
ratrick. who played at Fordham last
lesr, also was mucn in the llmelight at
left end for Pc ham, while Hanna. at
fu back. and Bernstein. st one of the
halfback positions. essaycd the bulk
Of the work in carrying the bali for
their team.
During the greater part Of the first
three periods neither team succeeded
N getting dangerously near each
others goal line. Bay Shore started
several marches down towards the Pei
IAN goal line, but were stopped within
he 25-yard zone when he d for downs.
tumble by Twinning, who had pre-
yiously succeeded Hanna at fu.lback
for the naval aviators. gave Harris his
chance to kick the field goal After
obtaining the ball on the 30-yard line
"a! Shore managed to rip aside the
Pelham Bay defence for first down.
Ei'h only several minutes to play,
Harris then dropped back to the 30 yard
Inc to kick his field goal. Pc ham
9raced in the closing minutes, forced
Say Shore uown INTO its own territory,
out the final whistle ended its promis-
'ag chance to score.
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