New-York tribune., 1918-11-06
EleUen From RnYituu
CrAsheS Sailor Boys
Robson Here, There and
Everywhere--A Record
Crowd Sees Game

NEW & ERHNgWICK, N. J.. Nov. g.
George Foster Sanford's big Red team
mace Election Day memorable one
mere TINS afternoon, proving it's right
TO be classified as one of the reallv
great college football aggregations Of
the unsettled season. The Raritan lads
tore up, rolled back and thoroughly dis
organized Charley Brickley'3 famous
naval transport Service eleven while
auinlhIsterlng crushing 40 to defeat
upon the visitors.
Inc largest crowd that ever gathered
on Nelson Field saw the triumph OF
Inc great Rutgers gridiron AGGREGATION.
l NAT IT was the most enthusiastic null
tltuce, too, goes without aaying. For,
whiIe the home team won, and won de-
clslVeiy, 1t was expected that Brickiey
ana his warriors would put up much
suffer battle. Before the pame had
progressed very far. however. it. became
evident that the result was purely a
matter of the size of the score and then
again whether or not the sailoxs would
ever be able to tally against Rutgers.
Eight Mighty Rushes
In eight mighty rushes the hard-hit
ting Rutgers team travelled more than
seventy yards to it's first touchdown.
Next, in eleven rushes. it ate I'D sew
enty-hve yards Of ground for its second
touchdown It required but twelvs
rushes for forty-scven yards and
touchdown in the second quarter and
only six vicious lunges for an addi-
tlonal seventy yards bit later on.
French, Kuhl and Gardner skirted the
Navy's ends at will. Rutgers defence
held like adamant.
In the third quarter, in Ave rushes.
the big Red team whitfield away 80
yards. which placed the ball on the,
Navy mems three yard line, French go
ing over on the first play in the fourth
period. and wound Up in the latter part
OF the fourth with three smashes for 2s
yards and another points
Three of Rutgers touchdowns were
scored by Gardner Kull, French and
Summerhill also went over the top for
the Scarlet. Gardner was successful
in four of his six attempts to kick goal
from touchdown.
The Navy backs. which included the
great Charley Brickley. of Harvard his
brother. George. from Trinity; Rip
Flannery, of Syracuse, and Jim O'Boyle.
of Georgetown, scarcely could gain a
yard so stone-wall was the Scarlet's
defence.
Robson. the dusky end. was an Hora-
thus on the defence. His defensive plav
was revelation Time and again he
broke through and smeared the Navy
plays before they could get well start
ed. lie had an uncanny way of sensing
the plays, and always seemed to be III
the right place at the right time--from
the Rutgers viewpoint
The work Of the vaunted Bricklev in
dividually was disappointment to
many of the fans. The former Har-
ward star did little more than direct
his eleven from the quarterback posi-
ton. Only twice during the entire game
did he run with the ball, and each time
he was dropped in his tracks. On the
offence Charley confined his efforts to
directing the play, almost invariably
passing the ball TO one Of the other
backs.
Charley never got chance to dis
play the ancient cunning of his big toe
The Tars never succeeded in getting
within kicking range of the Rutgers
earthworks. In fact, there were only "a
precious two moments of the game that
Rutgers was not on the defensive In
the short periods they had possession
of the ball they were quickly forced to
punt.
At the start of the game Bricklev
kicked off to Kull. who ran the bali
back twenty-five yards from the 5-yard
line before being downed In eight
rushes, with Gardner and Kull ripping
off ten and twenty yards at lick, Rut-
gers went the seventy yard to the Navy
goal line, Gardner going over the top
for the touchdown and also kicking
goal.
On the resumption of play Feitner
kicked off to George Brickley, who WAS
downed in his tracks by Robson. Fail
ing to make any impression on the Rut-
gers front. O'Boyle was forced to punt
Rutgers got the bail on her own 30
yard line. Kull made seven yards
through centre and then Rutgers was
penalized fifteen yards. The Scarlet
opened up with big smash, and Ill
eleven rushes ate up seventy-five yards
of territory, winding up with Kull 60
ing over for the touchdown and Gard
ner kicking goal
The second quarter was g repetition
of the first. Forcing Navy to punt,
Rutgers got possession of the ball on
Navy's 47yard line. 1t took twelve
rushes for another touchdown Gard
ner made it, but failed to kick goal.
Late In the period French intercepted
{ Brickley's attempted forward pass on
Rutgers's 34-yard line. The Scarlet in
! three rushes worked the ball into po-
sition for another score.
Navy Forced to Punt
Navy was forced to punt soon after
the kickoff in the third quarter, and
Rutgers gained possession of the ball
on her 30-yard line. The Scarlet went
the seventy yards to the goal line in
+ SIX rushes, one being q 23-yard end run
by Gardner and another being q 80
yard forward pass, French to Robeson.
Summerhili was catapulted over for
the touchdown and Gardner kicked goal.
Just before the end of the period
Rutgers made thirty-eight yards in five
rushes and planted the ball on Navy's
3yard line. On the first play in the
fourth period French went over for
the touchdown and Gardner kicked
goal.
Feitner blocked Rutgers punt later
on in the period and Robeson fell on
! the ball on Navy's 2S-yard line. It
only took three rushes for Rutgers TO
score another touchdown, this time by
| Gardner. He failed to kick the goal.
Just before the end of the game Felt
ner failed in an attempted field goa
from the 20-yard line.