Evening star., 1918-11-24
SPECTACULAR PLAY
BEATS NAVY TEAM
Great Lakes Eleven Wins,
7-6, by'Running Length OF
Field After tumble.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

:" ANNAPOLIS, Md, November %
Although outplayed by a considerable
T. margin, the Great Lakes Naval Train
ling Station team today defeated the
NAVAL Academy eleven, to 6, due to
a spectacular run down the entire
length of the field by Ealfback Ellison
after he had recovered tumble by
Ingram, who had plunged across the
visitors line for what would have
;tbeen the Middies' second touchdown.
This memorable sprint, which evened
the score and paved the way for the
winning point when Driscoll kicked
goal casioned one of the oldest in
,cidents ever witnessed on -sridlron.
1t never actually was completed
Emerging from the struggling mass of
warriors with the ball which Ingram
'.had dropped, Ellison started his romp
down the field with three OF MS mates
guarding his flying footsteps. When
Reichle toppled Left End hwen of
the Navy before half the distance had
been covered he removed 1he last hn-
man agency that could le-iti'natelJ
have halted Eilson's progress. AS he
tore on down the Gridiron the training
station rooters started rl1Shty
cheer when from the sideEnes the
.gray-sweatered figure of e Mildly :'la. :
er, Saunders, bounded up from the
bench, dashed out onto the hetl and
with flying tackle brought th.; Great
Lakes player down 80 yards from
the goal line. Stunned by surprise ny
such a sensational breach of the grid
sron code the crowd gasped and then
began to surge onto the :ield while
the athletes were expressing their
feelings in manner not sanctioned Dy
the rules. 1t appeared for :. tine the
general excitement would defe!np INTO
d near riot, but order soon WIS re-
stored The officials, of course. ruled
a legitimate touchdown had been
made and. when Driscoll booted the
ball between the upriSatS tor an auol-
.tional point, victory ior the Statlon
was assured, rs bat three minutes o1
play remained.
Middies Have the Edge.
In the ground gained the Middles
cleverIy had an edge On the visitors
making eleven first downs against five
and keeping the ball in their oppo-
.nents' territory a majority Of the
time. The famed Paddy" Driscoll
got away on one occasion for. twist
ing, dodging run of so yards. which
led to nothing. and his gTound-galn-
ing efforts on other occasions were
,nulled by the vigilance and speed OF
the Middies' second line of defense. In
the kicking department the former
star of Northwestern University fair
ly scintillated. however. his punts
averaging more than so yards and
greatly excelling the work of Butler,
who did most of the booting for the
Navy. On three occasions he attempt
ed goals from the field, one at dis
tance of 81 yards, falling just little
short of passing over the bar between
the posts.
II was near the end of the third
Quarter before Il double pass between
Coombs and Ingram. followed by
long diagonal forward pass to Rob-
serts, netted the first score of the
game In the final quarter the Mid
dies had plugged their way up the
field to within the shadow of the
Great Lakes goal line when the fatal
tumble occurred that changed the
complexion of the contest. Ingram's
slip came after a splendid exhibition
of line plunging that accounted in
large measure for Navy's consistent
gains.
The game was one of the most Bit
terly fought in the annals of foot ball
at the academy. and was witnessed
bv a crowd which filled every avail