Evening star., 1919-11-30

,-Supcrior line play.
.sThat Is the gist Of the whole of
the. .y,uut"d Army line for gain after
in Play OF the forwards that was M
ciafs tot aione expected. The Army
pc iIIs- in The center of the line. whi
neas" hit higher than the other fellow
AHDy'S line outweighed the a%Gre-
catidn of forwards GilmoUr Dobie
brtaight to New York, but that was
Ibs:Ely thing in which superiority
cotesl he claimed From the begin
ming of the game until the closing
InuEaents, when change after change
was.made in the Army, the Navy men
outGiarged. outdroye and outplayed
in .jvcry particular the towering
yoVss giants to whom they were op-
posNti.
NAVY line. While the story of the
Sanks might be told in those three
woftis superior line play" It would
Iards Il set OF works as volUninous
and as viriIc as Richard Harding
Davis 10 give fun credit to the per
fcrraarces of tn. young men who
wore the blue and gold in that front
1inss of defense and who carried the
brtsat Of the attack.
Nrmy Errs in Gcneraiship.
Nays line began to outpiay the
AripS Immediately after the game be-
saIs.aud did not cease until the final
whistle was blown, and had it not been
ondary defense the result would have
been measdicd IN touc!Idowl.s and not
III field goals. IL any trio of hachfieid
Ipcat"Ecr put UP It more brilliant game
in backing up their forwards than did
LySf94d SChabaCker and McIsuarrie 1t
- was back in the forgotten times of foot
5alk, Had it not been for the almost
PERFECT support they gave their for
wacds the Navy probably would have
won-by three touchdowns Time after
tins the Sailors ripped great holes
through the Army forwards, but just
as the Navy backs were breaking
through an Army secondary defense
player would hurl himself headlong into
The breach and be backed up imme-
diately by one OF his mates. 1t usually
was McQuarrie who filled the hole and
either Lystad or Schabacker who drove
N 10 help him.
McQuarrie is not a second Oliphant
on the offensive. no matter WHAT
Army people may claim for him. but
If any man in loot ball today or in
foot ball of any previous day can or
could back up a line better. then he is
or Wds kind of superman not US
ualiy found. just what McQuarrie
might do with a more versatile of
tense than that which the Army had
today is Il matter which cannot be
settled. the chances are he would
prove briiliant-but not an Oliphant
After the Navy had kicked off to
the Army it found Itself suddenly
turned from having the Army in a
purely defensive position to a place
OF disadvantage for itself because of
the weakness of Dobie's defense
against quick kicks, the same weak
ness which cost it the game with
georgetown. Army ran the kickoff
pack to the 2J-yard line. where it was
Forced to punt. Navy received the ball
on its own 30-yard line and advanced by
STEADY rushes to Armys 3O-yard line.
where the Navy punted and the bali
went outside on the 3yard line. Army
rushed the ball to the S-yard line from
where McQuarrie got off an. exception
ally long quick kick which went over
the heads of the Nays secondary de-
Tense and rolled 10 the Nays 6-yard
line. 81 u
Army Frs in GencraIship,
Navy immediately punted and Will
hide made free catch ard elected to
try for Il free kick goal from field
With the ball on the aO-yard line and
az a difficult angle early in the game,
IL seemed Z mistake. The ball was
neaFN and wet. and it would have
oeen better gcneralsniD to attempt to
advance the ball. try for a touch
down and. at the same time, run
over in front of the goal posts. so
thal the team would be in good DO
sltlcn 10 try for a goal from the field
II the distance were not made
reward the close of the second ne
mod the Navy successfully worked a
series or line plays and double passes,
aaess havlhg Ialled to score on for
ward passes. and worked the ball
GOWN the field to Army's 2O-yard
Hne. At that point King was called
back for a try for goal from place
ment- II seemed to take the Navv
yiaESrs an inordinately long time to
a q nar..s FTNy
from and many were free with their
prtdIctio1S ;'at field goal would
not be tried but forward pass at
tempted. Such. however was nor tr1Ie
and when the hail shot back to Clark
IL was held for 4 place kick, the Navy
llne heid. and the ball scared straight
between and over the post for three
points, which turned the Navy stands
INTO = waving sea of blue and gold
and elected wild yelIs of exultation.
Navy tried many forward passes in
the nrSt half, hut could never make
the bail connect with the arms of the
waiting player. Usually the pass was
falriy good but the Army secondary
defense had been as well drilled in
that Kind of defensive play as il, had
oeen in backing up the line. Down
around the 2J-yard zone that seemed 10
be the Navy's favorite method of at
tempting to advance the bali, but passes
would not 90 successfully.
In the FIST half the Army ofrcnse
va never abe even 10 dent the Navy
Inc. IL tired repeatedly to hurl big
McQUarrie through for some gains
but efforts TO driV. back the NAVY
forwards w"r" futile. There was nntn.
ing OF rcsiii"ncE in the Navy defEnS..
attempts Of the Army to advance the
baii w"r" Just about as successful a.
they would have been had the backs
buit"d against the concrete founda
uon IF the Brush stadium. Those tive
teams might have played until next
july without "a minutes intermissiol
and about tk~ only possibility that
the A--ly would have had Of scoring
a touchdown would have been through
some Kind of AN accident TIL" sol
disrs Simply did not have the offens,
10 drive back the defense of the mid
shipmcm and III" Army undoubt eGlS
mad. a in!Stak in not doing more
prI ing. especially as McOuarrie wa:
outt. ting Clark The Army offenst
VIZ very similar TO ialc's.
kicks oH over Goal Line.
hrIuy k'ch-d or At the beginning o
tn second haif ard when the bal
Grcpp"I over the goal line a Nav!
m..r frll uu il ic- q toYc,'bacK. Th'
bal WAS ':.k,u Drt to tn" 90 yard Lire
AMI rushed 10 the middle of the neld
from wncr" th' n,idshipm"n punted
NIilddr. who was playing safety TO
til" Army and catching puUts. Shove,
q disposition to let questionable kick
rol'. aud On this occasion he allowe'
fic Navy boot to go by him and rol
out uf bounds about > or yards from
tho goat line. NcQuarrie kicked ou
10 the s;5-yard lire. but came within
an acc Of having his effort blocked.
With the exception Of the efforts o
the Navy AT The beginning of the sec
oud half Tor 4 few minutes. neithe
team was able to gain much ground il
the third period. The Navy seemed
TO 'ave given up its forward passing
cvii.r.rly convinced that it was to-